Sunday, May 31, 2015

Quote of the Month

Over at his MailOnline blog, Mr. Peter Hitchens says:

Well, we have had a reflective and passionless revolution which had no intention of being either observed or interrupted, let alone reversed, so we are a country full of empty shells, still looking as they did, but emptied of all meaning.

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Friday, May 29, 2015

Spengler

135 years ago today, Oswald Spengler was born.


Wednesday, May 27, 2015

National Industrial Recovery Act Defeated

Chief Justice of the United States Charles Evans HughesFour score years ago today, the SCOTUS struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act.


Tuesday, May 26, 2015

EvKL Passing at 16

Kuehnelt-Leddihn Family Crest16 years ago today, Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn passed away.

His work is indeed needed in this day and age, and comes in handy as the world get deeper and deeper into its belief in democratism and the problems it causes.

Over at Counter-Currents Publishing, Alexander Jacob reviews the thinking of the late Austrian nobleman.

Please feel free to browse previous posts.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Friday, May 22, 2015

Russian Summer Ball 2015

The details of the London Russian Summer Ball for 2015 have been released. It's the 20th annual ball in the series. It will take place on Saturday June 20th.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Constitution Day








Friday, May 15, 2015

Austrian Independence Treaty of 1955

Karl Gruber: Austrian State Treaty, signatures of the five minsters and chancellor, exhibition 2005 at the Schallaburg60 years ago today, the Austrian Independence Treaty was signed. One of the provisions read:

Austria shall have a democratic government based on elections by secret ballot and shall guarantee to all citizens free, equal and universal suffrage as well as the right to be elected to public office without discrimination as to race, sex, language, religion or political opinion.
And yes, then there is this:
Austria further undertakes to maintain the law of 3rd April, 1919, concerning the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Friday, May 8, 2015

RMS Lusitania

A century ago today, a justification statement for the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, a century and a day ago today, was issued.










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Liberation Day

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Hayek on Keynes

Nobel Memorial Laureate Prof. Dr. Friedrich August von Hayek talks about Lord Keynes:


Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Sowell on Entitlements

Dr. Thomas Sowell gives his take on entitlements and other issues:


Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Faber and Grant



H/T: LewRockwell.com

Monday, May 4, 2015

The War on Cash

A 'stack' of bills with 3 $100 bills on the outside, a $50 bill, and many other $20 bills on the inside. Notice the different colored bills.Over at Doug Casey's International Man, Dr. Joseph Salerno is interviewed about the war on cash.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Churchill and Gallipoli

NASA: Gallipoli in Turkey from spaceOver at LewRockwell.com, Eric Margolis examines Churchill and military operations in the Dardanelles.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Randoms from April

Over at LewRockwell.com, writes Dr. Paul Craig Roberts:

Any American who thinks that he lives in a free country is delusional. He has no protection against roving gangs of goon thugs, and the state has license to steal his children. If America is a free country, I would hate to contemplate an unfree country.
Over at his weblog Royal World, pens Mr. Theodore Harvey:
The catastrophic destruction of cultural heritage in Nepal, along with the loss of human life, is horrible indeed, but I wish that more people could come to see the abolition of an ancient monarchy, as happened in Nepal seven years ago, as being just as tragic a cultural loss as this, though far more preventable.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrated her 75th last month. At a press event Her Majesty protested a reporter addressing her informally, discussed at the Royal Forums.

Friday, May 1, 2015

It's that Day Again...

for celebration of socialism: