MadVlad Episode I

MadVlad’s Last Stand?  Or how the mighty fall

We in the West know full well what the mighty Russian Bear is capable of, so if Vlad the Lad’s posturing over the Crimean Peninsular is not to demonstrate his chutzpah, what is it about?

If these Russian speaking Ukrainians don’t like the politics there, he could offer them sanctuary in Russia, he’s certainly not short of space. I’ve no idea how Russia came to have bases on the Crimean Peninsular but quite probably it happened in Soviet times, for the Soviets ruled almost as long as the Tories have ruled the UK.

We all know how Vlad likes to come-on with the macho image, the bareback riding antics stripped to the waist, besides which, he’s not without opponents inside his own domain. We know this because of recent moves to try silencing them, by denying contact channels to the outside world via the internet.

So, could it be the opportunity to adopt scare-mongering tactics with the West diverts attention from his domestic squabbles, and is what attracts him to this situation. Opting to psyche out the world’s press corps with his infamous deadpan technique is one way to avoid the obvious, I guess.

Whilst a few lessons from ‘Trig’ the acknowledged master of deadpan, before he passed away a few weeks ago, might have prepared Vlad for this role, more so than he seemed able to muster on RT today.

So there you have it, for he must know deep down that he’ll get no kudos from trying to hold people who depend on Russia for energy, to ransom. In the end it will get him nowhere, in addition to which, he’s not going to be there forever.

More than likely I’d say, his posturing is for domestic consumption. Russia is a vast country with diverse interests, and you cannot change hearts and minds in this way. You might change a few hearts and maybe a few minds, but never the twain shall meet. You can’t legislate against attitudes of mind, even if you back it up with Gulags.

In some ways Vlad the Lad is harking back to Soviet days, something he well understands from his time with the KGB. Though when it comes to diplomacy, it looks like he’s not taken too many lessons onboard, and there’s still someway to go. So if he wants to go up against Uncle Sam, that’s just what the Yanks have lacked, since the fall of Communism – a Bogeyman.

Iran and Iraq were never in the same league as the Soviets. Though whether Vlad the Lad fits the bill on this one, I guess we’ll have to wait and see. In the end however, as always – it will be the economics as always that does for ‘em in: >

A story without an end?

The World's Money Bags

 

THE CITY OF LONDON

 

The ‘City of London Corporation’ exists within the Square Mile of the Old Roman Walls of London; it is a (Masonic, Private Independent Sovereign State), which directly or indirectly controls all Mayoralties, Councils, Regional Councils, Multi-National and Trans-National Banks Corporations and Judicial Systems through the Old Bailey, the Temple Bar and the Royal Courts of Justice, in the Strand. The IMF, the World Bank and the Vatican Bank, through N.M.Rothschild & Sons (London Italian Subsidiary Torlonia)’

  In addition; it owns the European Central Bank and the United States Federal Reserve Bank, which is privately owned and secretly controlled by, (eight British controlled shareholding banks). The Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland is also British controlled and oversees all of the Reserve Banks around the world including the European Union and United Nations. This all happens as a result of a Gentleman’s Agreement, with the Sovereign.

The supreme ruler; of this ‘City of London Corporation’ is the Lord Mayor, elected annually. He lives in the Mansion House. The full title of the ‘City of London’ governing body is:- the Lord Mayor, 25 Aldermen & 130 Common Councilmen. All of the giant; largely Jewish International Banks and Corporations in the ‘City of London’ controlling  the world’s finances are members of one or the other twelve great Livery Companies domiciled in the Guildhall, (the H.Q. of the ‘City of London Corporation)’

Ultimately all this wealth of the world, held by the ‘Corporation’ belongs to the Sovereign. However, due to the aforementioned (‘Gentlemen’s Agreement’) made several centuries ago, it is controlled independently by the ‘City of London Corporation’. The Lord Mayor should this (Gentlemen’s Agreement) breakdown, would be obliged to hand back control to the Sovereign. Who has the power to rescind the Corporation’s independence. 

© - By kind permission of John Christian 2006 

Addendum:

You could be forgiven for thinking this blog is a 'Load of Cobblers'. But to the best of my knowledge and belief it is absolutely the truth. Insofar as I know no one has ever disputed the original, that I copied this from 14 yrs ago. So until someone and I've no idea who; steps up to the rostrum, to denounce it. I will be prepared to swear it is the truth; the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

My confidence I believe, is well placed. For as the precursor to the crash of 2007/8 that created unimaginable buying opportunities. Which came about as Matt Taibbi of the Rolling Stones Magazine, so admirably explained it. Ended as the Hi Rollers of New York City got up from their Wall Street Casino Tables SKINT. But they were soon exculpated at the Taxpayers Expense, as Government piled in with the funds to bale out the banks.

So the rest as they say, is History. But the nub of the Big Crash; both in the UK's City of London and Wall Street, was instigated here in London by a Wall Street buddy boy sent over here to exploit loopholes. He is now living in exile presumable well cossetted as a reward for his derring-do. Though he probably knew what he was doing and why. So he just got on with doing it and sailed away, Job Done.   

The Fabian Society

A Few Facts you may not be

 aware of - about the Fabian

 Society and its intentions
for our British Way of Life

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The above named society is a name you maybe familiar with, but know little of the actuality. The purpose of this blog; is to alert all responsible minded people throughout this United Kingdom. To this peril loose in our midst.

The first ever Fabian meeting was held at the home of Mr E.R. Pease, a member of the London Stock Exchange 4th January 1884. It included past and present members of the Socialist Democratic Federation, the Socialist League and others. Its leading members were well known figures of the day . George Bernard Shaw , Sydney Webb, Eleanor Marx (daughter of Karl Marx), her husband Professor Aveling, the Theosophist and Oculist Annie Bernard and the author H.G. Wells.

It was named after the (3rd Century BC) Roman General Quintas Fabius (303-203) He lived for a hundred years and was a Roman Dictator during the years (221-217 BC). With a band of guerrilla fighters and superior cunning, he defended Rome against Hannibal's Carthaginian Army. He made great use of gradualism and terrorism at the time of the 2nd Punic War.

The philosophy of the Fabian Society acknowledges gradualism and the principle tenet of Marxism - the abolition of private property. It is a mixture of Fascism, National Socialism, Marxism and Communism bundled together. Though of course the abolition of private property does not apply to the elite oligarchy at the top. They end-up owning everything.

(Could this simple fact be the reason UK PMs have been faithful adherents?) Over two hundred of our elected  Westminster MPs are committed Fabians, including Gordon Brown & Tony Blair (Chairman of the Fabian Society) prior to election as Leader of the Labour Party. Their very first meetings on elevation to the leadership of the Labour Party as PMs was at meetings of the Fabian Society

In the reign of Henry VIII (1491-1547) & Elizabeth I (1558-1603) as the Church of England, the city of London turned Protestant. Gradually it apostatised and renouncing belief it turned away from the King James Bible and Christianity in general. So by the late 1800s the City of London and the monarchy had become rabidly Socialist of a Fabian persuasion.

The pseudo religion of Fabian Socialism is largely based on the teachings  of Plato; a pagan philosopher and author of a book (The Republic). Published in 400BC. He uses it to dream of a world Republic headed by a Royal Philosoper King - himself. I might add at this point the fact that both Karl Marx and Hitler were also great students of Plato.

End of!

The Calculation of Longitude at Sea

The Harrison Chronometer

Amazing how one can go through life in total ignorance of matters right under our nose? Something that occurred to me of late, when I came across the saga surrounding the business of calculating Longitude at Sea and the chronometer invented by John Harrison.

  His original idea was prompted by a competition created by the 1714 Navigation Act which offered £20,000 to the person who could find a simple and practical method for the precise determination of a ship's longitude.The Act was passed by Parliament in July of 1714. But it was to be 10 years or so around 1724/5 when Harrison came to London seeking assistance. He approached Edmond Halley the 2^nd Astronomer Royal who felt he knew little of clock making and sent him to George Graham a clock-maker to help develop the appropriate timepiece

  My interest in this subject came about when I picked up on a suggestion from France that the East/West Greenwich Timeline should be moved to run through Paris. I soon realised I needed to look into this suggestion more closely and figure out what the devious ‘Frogs’ were up to, as I researched the reason behind this move.

  I soon figured what it was all about, as I was aware that for decades, both Paris and Frankfurt had frothed at the mouth over the City of London’s dominance of Financial Markets. It occurred to me when I came across a fascinating book ‘This England’ by John Burke with a forward by Sir Arthur Bryant.

 The forward explained London’s significance to international trade by the fact that it sits athwart The European/Atlantic trade-routes with exceptional geographical potential for commercial and strategic opportunity.  Almost entirely due to the fact that Greenwich is the point where East meets West and the 'Burghers' of Paris were attempting to use EU dogma to take advantage of this fact of life for themselves.

  Scurrilous I reckoned and decided they should not be allowed to Slip it past us on the Blindside, when attention is diverted by the on-running saga of Brin - Brout or Brexit. To be finally determined by referendum via the British Parliamentary System. Before the end of 2017 something we are now pretty sure will take place in the summer of 2016.

  The business of moving the East /West timeline to Paris however will not be resolved by Brexit nor will it go away. The French Republic will raise it again and again. In much the same way Argentina uses Falkland Islands Sovereignty as a Political Football to shore-up national pride in the South Atlantic, whenever Nationalist sentiment needs a boost       

  Our Longitude Act  is an Act of Parliament by the United Kingdom passed in July 1714 at the end of the reign of Queen Anne. It established the Board of Longitude and offered  a monetary reward  to anyone who could find a simple and practical methods for the precise determination of a ship's longitude. The Act of 1714 was followed by a series of other Longitude Acts, which revised or replaced the original.

  But it was to be 1765 before the matter of awarding the prize was settled and even then the Board of Longitude was playing jerk-off with John Harrison to make him reveal the secret of his timepiece - so it could be copied universally.  It awarded only half of the prize money with the other half dependent on revealing his methodology. Insofar far as I can determine, his secret rested on modification of the balance movement, calculated to speed up the ticking of the timepiece at the heart of the Harrison chronometer - to a rate that matched the angular rotation of Planet Earth.

  In this way he managed to cross the Atlantic to Barbados to an accuracy hither too unknown which confirmed Harrison’s Chronometer had kept time within the most stringent limits of the 1714 Act. The margin of error being just 39.2 seconds or 9.8 miles (15.8 km) at the latitude of Barbados. 

Researched courtesy of Wikipedia. 

Watch this space, I'll be Back 

 

Yours truly,

Daz.

Donald Trump Reigns Supreme IMO

Dave Black	20:19 (12 minutes ago)
to opinion@derbytelegraph.co.uk, me

Dear Ed,

Rarely am I moved to bother responding to Derby's misguided authors; about errors of judgement in published emailings. But the gentleman mercilessly sledging Donald; probably the greatest president since Roosevelt, now making America great again, is begging  to be put right. From day one Donald has set out to restore America as an example to the world. Primarily; by updating his armed services and the economy, to world beating standards. Then using this renewal to create dialogue; where previously, strife existed with former Communist Hegemonies across the globe. Taking on situations to redress imbalances in trade and immigration where previous incumbents feared to tread. Withdrawing US troops to ease tensions where others like Blair and his acolytes exacerbated tensions to have their wars on false premises. By persuading Arabs and Israelis to get on together. Need I say more other than to point out the amazing records on Wall St throughout his tenure in the White House. With the USA  stronger militarily, bigger and better financially than ever before. The US is now in a position to  impose economic sanctions in favour of bombs and missiles. To bring recalcitrant nations to heel and restore economic imbalances in trade. For as former Democratic President Bill Clinton famousiy pointed out: "It's the Economy Stupid," 

Yours truly,

Dave Black

MadVlad Episode VII

Its Economics Wot Calls the Shots Vlad!  

A recent Guardian piece can be seen to be singing from the Dave Black Hymn Sheet, as claims that Vlad the Lad is caught in the crossfire of Economics, as I have frequently pointed out via Twitter. 'It was economics that did for the USSR & will do for Vlad; with his version of expansionism, when the realities of modern day living for the masses, kicks-in.

Died in the wool Communist zeal is exactly what it sez on the tin, but forget the ‘died in the wool’ bit. You can attempt to pull it over your own eyes, in the name of expediency, but in the end you’re fooling no one but yourself. So eventually Vlad; you will see this macho posturing stuff for what it is, as your place in the pecking order of reality will kick-in. It always does mate, in the general scheme of things, reality economics is the final arbiter.

So you can't say you haven't been warned Vlad; though whether you follow me on Twitter or read the blogs at my Google Blogsite I can't  say, but you should! For you of all people must know by now; that a bit of straight John Bull, can go a long way and you know it makes sense you 'Son of a Gun'

Watch this space, I'll be back!

Dazzoir.

Pandemics down the Centuries

Introduction

                                      Covid-19

So much has been said about what has and is being done to control this dreadful disease. Though it seems to me; we learned little or nothing from previous pandemics down the centuries, and if nothing else.

   Strikes me this one should provide a wake up call for all humanity to pull together in sorting out how this one came about. By creating measures to deal with the next one that comes at us. For surely as night follows day; another pandemic will at some point in the future happen again.

For almost two thousand years and possibly even before we learned how to record such matters of interest. Plagues and pandemics.have killed millions. But with regard to this instant TV analysis in respect of Coronavirus Type Covid 19.. Where reporters bleat we should have done this or that. I refer you to the tweet I used to introduce this piece about the historical record of Worldwide Pandemics. About being alert for the next one. For surely we hope it can be dealt with; quickly and efficiently in the light of this present experience. Though it depends entirely. on the rate at which the spread of such infections can be ascertained and controlled. Being alert to the ways in which they are transmitted and the measures needed to contain it.

See below: for the way previous pandemics have played out to get things in perspective. Though far reaching effects from of this one could be economic. A broken money system for one thing. With all this Funny Money; click of a mouse stuff, swilling around in treasuries across the globe. With no way; to equate it with anything, of value. Other than a Gold/Silver ratio of 15/1 but that was ended in the 1700s. 

Isaac Newton was Master of the Mint and was overruled by Parliament as the Gold/Silver Ratio was changed. It repatriated all Europe's gold the England, as the English traders and merchants used silver to buy it up their gold.  The rest is history; as we are learning today, while the economics of our present day monetary system have yet to be fully recognised by national banks and tackled head-on.    

Previous Plagues and Pandemics

Hiv/Aids pandemic (2005/12) Death Toll 36 million. Cause Hiv/Aids

Flu pandemic (1968) Death Toll  1million. Cause Influenza

Asian flu (1956/58 Death Toll 2 million. Cause Influenza 

Flu pandemic (1918) Death Toll: 20 -50 million Cause: Influenza

Sixth Cholera pandemic (1910/11) Death Toll: 800,000+ Cause: Cholera

Flu pandemic (1889/90) Death Toll: 1 million Cause: Influenza

Third Cholera pandemic (1852/60) Death Toll: 1 million Cause: Cholera

Black Death (1346/53)  Death Toll: 75 – 200 million  Cause: bubonic plague

Plague of Justinian (541/42) Death Toll: 25 million Cause: bubonic plague

Antonine plague (165 ad) Death Toll: 5 million Cause: unknown