Monthly Archives: December 2024

When people – especially wealthy and successful people – reach the third layer of their life (the oldest living member of their family, after the death of their fathers and grandfathers), they may decide to Get Something Done before they … Continue reading →

From Noahopinion: Why Japan opened itself up to immigration And why your country probably will, too. by Noah Smith —<Quote begins>— Noah’s First Law of Japan Discourse is that if a debate in the U.S. goes on long enough, someone … Continue reading →

@ASKid24I am genuinely surprised at the level of QC seen here. No batch checking at all that I could see and multiple points of QC at nearly every stage. Also, a seemingly fairly high failure rate on some QC checks … Continue reading →

There’s still work – real work – to be done. The Progressives will certainly fight back, as wll the Deep State. But they are being pushed back, step by step. Nice to see. From the Brownstone Institute: —<Quote begins>— A … Continue reading →

A few notes: 2:25 “Alright, so we are now on Ascension Island where we are not allowed to record, well to film anything.” “Yeah um which is a bugger because the landscape is pre awesome.” “It looks like Scotland but … Continue reading →

It will take a generation – maybe two – for the academic guild to die properly. But die it will. Businesses and government will be able to adjust, providing training for a fixed term of service… and if that service … Continue reading →

If an Imperial Advisor gets an important Noble deeply depressed and discouraged, a world can burn. Maybe even an interstellar civiliation. From How Carl Menger Started World War I by JW Rich —<Quote begins>— Menger would spend a total of … Continue reading →

A truly hostile, yet persuasive, bureaucrat can do more damage than a hundred bombs. Note that there are two bureaucratic ethnic groups – the Vilani and the Bwap – which are prominent in the Imperium’s bureaucracies, government and private. They … Continue reading →

Lost Worlds There was a time when Traveller with its empires and social stratification was a far better reflection of the real world: and that time was during the apex of European Dominance… before June 28, 1914. From Gary North: … Continue reading →