January 29, 2013 – 8:00 am
I have previously posted elsewhere about how similar the failures in indigenous policy and development (particularly foreign aid) policy have been. Remarkably similar, indeed. They also show some distinct similarities to the more unfortunate effects of welfare provision. (By ‘welfare provision’ I do not mean the aged pension or health or education services; I am talking [...]
By Lorenzo
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Posted in Australia, Economics, England, History, Law, Personal liberty, Philosophy, Public Policy, The Left, The Right, Welfare
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Also tagged ALP, Amerindians, Anglo-Saxon law, Arnhem land, Assizes, Australian Aborigines, canon law, china, cliodynamics, collectivisation, common law, Commonwealth Intervention, Curley effect, Danelaw, development policy, Earl Ferrers, Elinor Ostrom, farming, foragers, foreign aid, france, free riding, Glenn Reynolds, Henry II, House of Elders, house of lords, human capital, hunter-gatherers, Immigration, indigenous policy, iraq, japan, Jesse Helms, Lapps, magna carta, narcissism, Norman law, North American colonies, Peter Turchin, singapore, sit down money, Somaliland, Thomas Hobbes, time horizons, trial by jury, Vernon Smith
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January 25, 2013 – 9:30 am
I rather like monarchy. I like the pomp and ceremony. I like the sense of continuity. (The Papacy, the Japanese monarchy, the English monarchy and the Danish monarchy are the oldest political institutions on the planet; the English coronation ceremony has elements that date back to Anglo-Saxon times.) I like monarchy’s capacity to separate the [...]
By Lorenzo
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Posted in History, Law, Middle east
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Also tagged Adam Garfinkle, al Assad, al-Saud, Alfonso IX, Anglo-Saxon, Arab Spring, Arab-Israeli conflict, Austro-Prussian War, Axis powers, Baharain, Cuba, Danish monarchy, Diana Princess of Wales, Egypt, Elliot Abrams, English monarchy, Fatima Zahra Mansouri, Frederick the Great, Great War, Hapsburg, Hassan II, Hohenzollern, Iran, iraq, Islamists, Japanese monarchy, Juche, Kim Family Regime, King Ernest Augustus of Hanover, King George V of Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover, Kingdom of Italy, libya, Macaulay, Mali, Mancur Olson, Marrakesh, Michael Totten, Mohammad V, Mohammad VI, Morocco, Mubarak, Nadia Bernoussi, Nicholas II, north korea, Otto von Bismarck, Papacy, Qaddafi, Queen Victoria, Romanov, Saddam Hussein, Salic law, Saudi Arabia, Shia, Sufism, Sultan of Oman, Sunni, Syria, Syrian civil war, Taliban, Timbuktu, UN Security Council, War of the Austrian Succession, Yemen, Yemeni civil war
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January 22, 2013 – 5:51 pm
Prince Harry shot at Taliban insurgents during his time as an Army helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, he says. The prince, whose four-month deployment to the country has just ended, spoke about his role as an Apache co-pilot gunner, and whether he had killed. “Yeah, so lots of people have. The squadron’s been out here. Everyone’s [...]
September 8, 2012 – 1:03 am
Prince Harry has been deployed to Afghanistan for four months, the Ministry of Defence says. The prince, an Apache helicopter pilot, arrived on Thursday night at the main British base, Camp Bastion in Helmand. The 27-year-old, who is third in line to the throne, will take part in combat missions against the Taliban. It is [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Britain, Defence, Funnies, Media, Middle east, Popular culture, Society, Terrorism, Wales
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Also tagged apache helicopter, british army, Military, Prince Harry, royal family
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A US soldier in Afghanistan has shot dead 15 civilians and wounded others after entering their homes in Kandahar province, Afghan and Nato sources say. He reportedly left his base early in the morning to attack village homes. Nine children are among the dead. The White House voiced “deep concern” and Nato-led forces in Afghanistan [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Defence, Funnies, Middle east, Politics, Terrorism
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Also tagged Alkozai, Hamid Karzai, kandahar, Najeeban, NATO, panjwai district, Taliban, US military, US politics
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The former spiritual mentor to Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has publicly accused his protégé of being “under a spell” as a constitutional crisis engulfs the country. The president has taken the unprecedented step of refusing to obey orders handed down by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, less than two years after the pair formed [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Defence, Funnies, Middle east, Politics, Religion
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Also tagged Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Defence, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Hamid Karzai, Iran, islam, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons
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April 28, 2011 – 11:28 pm
UPDATE: But sometimes, it’s just nice when the fuss is all over…
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Australia, Britain, Events, Funnies, History
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Also tagged ABC, archbishop of caterbury, Australian Broadcasing Coporation, barry humphries, BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation, buckingham palace, centrepoint, cherie blair, clarence house, coldstream guards, commonwealth, court of st james, dame edna, david cameron, fiona goble, Gordon Brown, guy ritchie, have i got news for you, horseguards, ian hislop, irish guards, john major, Kate Middleton, kiss me kate beer, knit your own royal wedding, lego, London, margaret thatcher, muslims against crusades, Nick Clegg, paul merton, pez, prince charles, Prince Harry, prince philip, prince william, protest, Queen Elizabeth II, RAF search and rescue force, rowan williams, royal wedding, royal wedding sick bags, scots guards, st andrews university, the chaser, tony blair, UK coalition government, UK conservative party, UK labour party, UK liberal democrats, westminster abbey, windsor castle
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February 9, 2011 – 5:38 pm
ANY attack on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott for claiming “sometimes s— happens” in Afghanistan is unjustified because Australia’s top commander in the region immediately agrees by claiming “it certainly does”. That’s the view of the Australia Defence Association, whose members include serving and retired soldiers, after viewing controversial footage aired by the Seven Network tonight. [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Posted in Australia, Defence, Funnies, Media, Middle east, Politics
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Also tagged australian defence association, australian defence force, corporal jared mackinney, diggers, Julia Gillard, tony abbot
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