This is not a happy blog, but it is about things which are necessary to think about. I wrote an earlier review about an interesting book, “The Queen’s Slave Trader” – I recommend that you read it. Some people hide from such things, taking scant comfort in a New Age “see no evil, hear no […]
History
Ministry – Video, “lies lies lies”
Uncle All’s usual brand of noise and chaos.. but LISTEN to the lyrics. Consider it deprogramming.
ancient Jailhouse Poetry found in a history book…
The translation is choppy, but the sentiment strikes me deep. “Ask him who taunts us with the vissitudes of fortune; has fortune ever thwarted any but men of worth?Look at the sea: do not carcasses float on the surface, while pearls lie deep on its bottom?If the hands of trouble have fastened upon us and […]
El-Hajj Sir. Richard Burton on the nobility of the Sword
“Amongst all weapons the rapier alone has its inner meaning, its arcana, its mysteries. See how it interprets man’s ideas and obeys every turn of his thoughts! At once the blade that threatens and the shield that guards, it is now agile, supple, and intelligent; then slow, sturdy, and persevering; here light and airy, prudent […]