January 2012
64 posts
What does it matter to us, my heart - Arthur...
What’s it to us, my heart, but blankets of blood and of coalfire, a thousand murders, endless Howls of rage, and wails of hell-pits disclosing All order, and North-wind playing still on the debris
But vengeance? Never! And yet we crave it. Industrialists, princes, senators: die! Power, justice, history: kneel! We’re due, Due blood. Blood and golden flames.
All in for war, for vengeance,...
December 2011
10 posts
Some nice data on UK debt - public, household and... →
Letter to ‘The Financial Times’ (unabridged...
Sir — on the Monday 19th edition it is written that ‘British banks and insurers are pouring billions into the country’s housing stock as they look to cash in on rising rents and find wealth stores away from the turmoil rippling through the markets‘. Your correspondent adds that financial institutions invested some £2.2 billion into houses and apartments in the Uk during the twelve months to...
Noi Siamo Dappertutto. Oakland, California - a... →
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The Life of Vaclav Havel: Saint from the End of...
“…no one of my generation will ever forget those powerful scenes from Wenceslas Square two decades ago. Havel led the Czech people out of tyranny. And he helped bring freedom and democracy to our entire continent.”
David Cameron 2011
“There is no real evidence that Western democracy, that is, democracy of the traditional parliamentary type, can offer solutions that are any more profound....
“Knowledge would not be nearly so charming were it not be accompanied by so much...”
– F.Nietzsche