Nobel Finances
While the mainstream media of Western world stays busy figuring out which would-be warmonger is anointed with peace prize and which armchair demagogue receives memorial prize from bank of Sweden, we...
View ArticleCost of Peace – part I (Situation on the Ground)
It will be ironic, if war breaks out in Europe before centralizers at Brussels go to receive Nobel peace prize. Based on how things are going, nothing will surprise us. Spanish Military Association...
View ArticleAaron Swartz Commits Suicide
Reddit is one of our favorite websites, and so we were saddened to see one of its brilliant co-founders was forced to leave the world so young. Why do we say forced to? The comment section of the above...
View ArticleThe Five Stages of Collapse
Reposted from ClubOrlov blog. We have been following Dmitry’s commentaries since 2006, when he first gave his speech on comparison between USA and USSR. He recently wrote a book on the same topic that...
View ArticleAmerica's Four Socioeconomic Classes
Long time back, when I started to learn quantum mechanics and superconductivity as a graduate student, my professor gave me four relevant papers and asked about my opinion. At that point I was an...
View ArticleProblem of Excessive Scale
Here are two thought-provoking commentaries on excessive scale. The first one is from Dimitry Orlov blog and is an excerpt from his book Reinventing Collapse. Ironically, Kohr’s effort failed precisely...
View ArticleAdrift at Sea
The big story this past week, besides the annual State of the Delusion speech by Barack “It won’t add a cent to the deficit” Obama, was the fate of the passengers on the Carnival Triumph as their...
View ArticleIs There Any Alternative to Wall Street, Globalization and the Savior State?
Readers may find this commentary by Charles Hugh Smith informative. In our mind, the first step is to understand the problem in as much detail as possible. Most likely you will discover that the entire...
View ArticleA Country Without Conscience
In a twitter discussion with Titus Brown, Jared Simpson and Alex Nederbragt on two books recommended by Titus, we quipped that Americans should read Hitler’s autobiography instead of Churchill’s...
View ArticleWhat Do I Wear to a Funeral?
Funeral Dress Etiquette Here are some general tips to assist you in choosing the appropriate dress for attendance at a funeral or graveside service. Women. Choose black. I don’t think you can ever go...
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