#MODERN

Those who know me are aware how interested I am in Japanese history/culture. Two of the most fascinating periods in Japanese history are the Sengoku Jidai, or age of warring
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The smart thing to do now is stand up for conservative freedom of speech, especially if you disagree with what conservatives do with that freedom.A thread. Trump is a special
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Astrology Update for the week ahead... Oh Pluto! Firstly who is Pluto?He's the God of the Underworld, Hades, in Greek MythologyPositive traits renewal, rebirth. new beginnings,& spiritual Negative traits: the
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In Ancient Greece it was a common marriage tradition for brides to be "abducted" after the marriage was approved by their father- usually to the mock protestation of both of
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@Greenbackd @BillBrewsterSCG @farnamjake1 - Heard you guys discussing inflation on VAH and wanted to offer my thinking. (1/n) Let’s consider what inflation is at a fundamental level: too many dollars
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The thing about xiyao and truth serum is that I can't help but think more than anything they use it on themselves--to prove to the other that they're telling the
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Funny how just a couple hours after it was reported that a GOP congressman called AOC a "fucking bitch", the right wing noise machine is circulating a false story accusing
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7 years ago today Supreme Court conservative majority led by John Roberts gutted Voting Rights Act, unleashing wave of new voter suppression in states like GA, TX & NCBill passed
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Nigeria's Military Strategic Development Plan. How Far? In 2016 the military swore that never again will it allow any group of terrorist to control an inch of Nigerian territory and
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The Mirror (term transposed from Lacans study of developmental psychology): drama in the ancient and early modern period and sitcoms in the post-modern. Tradition is questioned and becomes a problem
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Here is a brief overview of the Webinar I did for the @lbmaexecutive webinar "Gold's role in a portfolio post Covid-19" http://lbma.org.uk/webinars Gold is seen to have stable characteristics for investorsa)Inflation
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Why all great empires collapse and why it should give us hope in modern times. A new THREAD. To provide hope and give context to current events, which have already
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The US is led by 'personalities' not statesmen. It was the inevitable evolution of the presidency & public office post Kennedy/Nixon debates of 1960; but an argument can be made
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Very important thread - reporting of the Northern Ireland protocol is typically inaccurate because it only refers to new East-West barriers (goods), not the new North-South ones (services). It affects
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"Romance is, in fact, one of the biggest sectors of book publishing there is. It’s a workhorse of the publishing industry, worth over $1 billion per year, which makes it
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THREAD-Deciphering the Five Elements1/nWhat we know is a drop and what we don’t know is the ocean.Our Vedas are an ocean of knowledge and today I am trying to explain
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