Stevens and Rhodesia

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Toulon Retreat

220 years ago today, the Siege of Toulon ended with a revolutionary victory.

The Boston "Tea Party" at 240

A dozen score years ago today, rebels dumped tea into the sea in Boston Harbor.

The Mad Monarchist presents U.S. views on monarchy:

Over at mises.org back in 2007, N. Joseph Potts presented his view.

Redrawing of Europe

95 years ago today, the bête noire of this blog arrived for the post-WWI Versailles conference.

Independence of Kenya

Half a century ago today, Kenya became independent, and Queen Elizabeth II assumed the title of Queen of Kenya.


Previously: Kenyan Independence

Schiff and Faber on the Continuing Madness

Farewell to Oscar II

A century and half a dozen years ago today, Oscar II, King of Sweden and formerly King of Norway, passed on – in his 79^th year.

A Day of True Infamy

96 years ago today, the Persona Non Grata and bête noire of this weblog signed the declaration of war against Austria-Hungary, after having spoken three days earlier. The motion to declare war passed unopposed in the United States Senate. It was opposed by one honorable United States Representative. This war had become for the Allied Powers almost exclusively – if not entirely – a war to make the world safe for unfettered mass democracy, although the British Empire had to wait a while to have that unleashed upon it.

Off to Redraw Europe

Five years short of a century ago today, the Persona Non Grata of this blog set sail aboard the USS George Washington to redraw the map of Europe and make the world safe for King Demos.

Accession of Franz Joseph

165 years ago today, the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria commenced.

Randoms on Democracy and Monarchy

Geeky monarchists have been noticed over at CrunchBase.

Royal World has some post, some of which are:

• Prince George Christened
• Bl Karl, Fairy-Tale Prince
• Enemies of Monarchy, Heroes of Modernity
• Monarchial Democracy?

Some of the posts of the Mad Monarchist:

• A Note on Political Realities
• Story of Monarchy: The Kingdom of Prussia
• Flag Flaps, Part II, France
• Story of Monarchy: Liechtenstein
• Mad Rant: Yes I Do!
• International Monarchist Conspiracy Against Texas?
• Monarchism and the Corporate State in Portugal
• The Ethiopian Mistake

Some on the Great War:

• The Mad Monarchist: World War I: The Blame Game
• Laurence M. Vance, Lewrockwell.com: An Injury to Civilization (a book review of Jack Beatty's The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began, see also The Pittsford Perennialist)

Some on the so-called shutdown of the federal government of those United States:

• The Mad Monarchist: Shut Down and Debt Ceiling
• The Pittsford Perennialist: Shut 'Em Down
• Foseti: The government “shutdown”

Vive la Reine has a post on the portrait of Louis XVI at Mount Vernon (via Tea at Trianon).

28 percent of Russians in an opinion poll want the vacancy of the Russian throne to end. So RT reports. Says Avenging Red Hand:

Why are we going around choosing kings? Maria Vladimirovna is the Empress. End of story. Crown her.

Radish gives us Democracy and the Intellectuals.

The Radical Royalist reports on the monarchism of Her Britannic Majesty's new Australian Prime Minister.

Over at his weblog More Right, Michael Anissimov posts Ten Objections to Traditionalism and Monarchism, With Answers, amongst other interesting material.

Outsideness says:

Constitutions are designs and operating instructions for mechanisms. They don't rule any more than rocket blueprints blast into orbit.

The same also says:

Unlike democracy, the Easter Bunny looks good in principle.

James Woods quotes a Pruzansky:

The problems we face today are there because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living[.]

Bryce Laliberte writes:

Democracy is not politically neutral. It favors certain kinds of social reform over others, which becomes a feedback loop into singularity.

Mr. Laliberte also writes:

Democracy is war. You win by the willingness to cause destruction.

Further:

I don't want democracy because nearly everyone is stupid and I don't trust them.

Also from Mr. Laliberte:

Opposition to democracy should be the conservative's foundation. Without this, he has already lost.

Finally a supposed quote from Queen Victoria:

Feminists ought to get a good whipping.