More on the Paul Filibuster

Over at The American Conservative, W. James Antle III reflects on the Rand Paul filibuster. So does Patrick J. Buchanan.


H/T: The Pittsford Perennialist


BTW: Senator Paul wins the CPAC straw poll. So the Daily Paul reports.

Interesting Times...

Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity interviews Jim Rogers on the interesting times ahead – and on what has lead up to them of course (H/T: LewRockwell.com):

And Mr. Rogers on Russia Today:

Peter Schiff also gives his take:

Over at LewRockwell.com, Paul Rosenberg presents his thoughts on financial surveillance.

Nicholas II Abdication

Four years short of a century ago today, the Emperor of Russia was forced to abdicate.

Russian Summer Ball 2013

The details of the London Russian Summer Ball for 2013 have been released. It's the 18^th annual ball in the series. It will take place on Saturday June 29^th. It will celebrate the quadricentennial anniversary of the Imperial House of Russia.

Tickets can be applied for.

The War on Cash

Over at LewRockwell.com, Prof. Joseph Salerno gives a few examples from the war on cash. The first quoted story is from yours truly. The story is from last October/September.

The Recent Filibuster in D.C.

Ben Swann presents his take on United States Senator Randal Paul's filibuster:

The Pittsford Perennialist has a post on the issue – noting correctly that it was heroic.

Anthony Gregory comments:

On a related note, BTW, if your host blogger were a United States Senator, he would filibuster the confirmation of the Secretary of State on the grounds of opposition to Wilsonian foreign policy, spending a significant amount of speaking time on the virtues of some of what this foreign policy has destroyed – notably the monarchical order.

Redstockings Day

On this International Redstockings Day no congratulations are brought to you at this blog. However, a compilation of posts elsewhere – more or less recent – is brought to you:

• Tea At Trianon:
  • Resisting Feminism
• The Thinking Housewife:
  • Why Female Soldiers Will Lead to Fake Combat
  • Why We Must Discriminate
  • Women’s Liberation Isn’t Liberating
  • The Democrats’ War on Women
  • Towards a Definition of Chivalry
  • Violence Against Women Act
  • The Women’s Movement Comes Full Circle
  • Pathetic for Wanting a Wife Who Cleans and Cooks
  • Am I Saying There Should Be No Women Pilots?
  • Working Husband, 24/7
  • The Girly Marines
  • Women’s Labor Force Participation at New Low
• The LRC Blog:
  • Becky Akers: Grammar Grumble
  • Butler Shaffer: A Bold, New Proposal
  • David Kramer: re: A Bold, New Proposal
• The Pittsford Perennialist:
  • Husbands, Take Off Your Aprons!
  • Single Women's Suffrage
  • Modernity's Debased View of Woman's Equality
  • Arbeit Macht Frei?
  • My Younger Brethren

A relevant Monty Python scene (H/T: Butler Shaffer of The LRC Blog):

Previously: Succession Progressivism Progressing, Gender Blurring

Russian "Liberation"

Eight dozen years ago today, the February Revolution broke out in the Russian Imperial capital.

Failing, Trials, and Gold

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren asks some questions on Wall Street:

Over at the Crawling Road Blog, Craig Rowland gives some thoughts on gold as insurance.


H/T: Ad Orientem

Vendean War

220 years ago, the War in the Vendée commenced.

An excerpt from a recently made movie based on the conflict:

A few posts elsewhere related to January's regicide anniversary:

• Royal World: French Revolution debated
• Royal World: In Memorian Louis XVI
• Radical Royalist: French Royalists commemorate murdered King Louis XVI
• Tea at Trianon: A New Biography of Louis XVI
• Tea at Trianon: The Execution of Louis XVI and the End of Monarchy
• Tea at Trianon: Declaration of Louis XVI (June 20, 1791)
• Tea at Trianon: The Arrest of the Royal Family at Varennes

Swiss Referenda

Yesterday I went to a morning meeting organized by the Norwegian think tank Civita.

The topic was popular referenda, and the main speaker was Mr. Florian Irminger from Switzerland.

Mr. Irminger seems to think that the problem of tyranny of the popular majority can be solved by banning referenda that can curtail the basic human rights of individuals. Thereafter he went on talking about all the “welfare” programs and environmentalist issues, etc. that the people can establish and maintain.

So...

I guess the Swiss will be banned from banning minarets but can still pass all sorts of tax programs and provider state arrangements. No tyranny? Seriously?

Quote of the Month

Writes “Mencius Moldbug” over at his verbose weblog Unqualified Reservations:

What is England's problem? What is the West's problem? In my jaundiced, reactionary mind, the entire problem can be summed up in two words - chronic kinglessness. The old machine is missing a part. In fact, it's a testament to the machine's quality that it functioned so long, and so well, without that part.

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