Americans know Somalia from the film “Black Hawk Down” based on the U.S. intervention of 1993. The U.S. had armed Somalia’s strong man, Siad Barre, as a counter to Ethiopia’s Marxist government, but with the [more…]
The recent “calm” in the gold market has left many observers, and especially the precious metal’s critics, questioning whether the “safe-haven” thesis still stands or whether its time has passed. In the shadow of the ongoing Middle East conflict and the [more…]
Three years later, on December 23, 1913, with Congress half-empty and senators racing home for Christmas, their manuscript — renamed the Federal Reserve Act, cosmetically altered, and attributed to a different political faction — was [more…]
Words are the currency of communication; endlessly combined they express every emotions, pass on knowledge, contribute to an ordered society and fulfil many, many more functions. The Bee Gees had it right: ‘Words, words are [more…]
Monday Good morning, my friends. It’s quite nice out this morning, with high cloud and watery sunshine. The forecast says the really good weather has gone for a bit. What a pity, I was enjoying [more…]
Week Four Continued There was a knock at the Colonel’s door, an orderly came in. “Take these two people to the accommodation you prepared earlier, show them where the canteen is.” Dave thanked the Colonel, [more…]
Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday proudly presents yet another of our light-loafered, lubed-up and luxuriant leaps over the pavilion-end puddles of musical magnificence. Tonight, dear reader, [more…]
Jinnie sat in the back of the Chevrolet Equinox and watched the countryside glide past. It was only about an hour and a half’s journey to the winery, the last part of which took them [more…]
Emigrating to Australia was a very big deal indeed. I hadn’t been further than places like Land’s End, Pembroke and New Brighton – certainly not out of the UK. The last few weeks were a [more…]
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