Conrad’s Cunning Plan – Hiding In Plain Sight I THE GREAT WAR Week 95
19 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
WW1 Defense in Depth – Trench Tactic (Cross Section)
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Why does Lesotho Exist?
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in economic history, International law Tags: maps
Was He A Usurper? King Richard III. Conclusion
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From The Emperor’s Desk: Prior to the Coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom I had been working on my series “Are They A Usurper?” aand my topic had been King Richard III of England. I would like to conclude my evaluation of King Richard III.
My verdict, quite simply, is yes I believe King Richard III usurped the throne from his nephew, and the rightful King, Edward V.
As previously mentioned the case hinged on the legality of the marriage of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville. It is alleged that Edward IV had a pre-contracted betrothal to Lady Eleanor Butler. There is no evidence of such a pre-contract.
The Richard III Society has an excellent article online addressing this topic.
“The fact of the pre-contract cannot now be proved, although it could have been known to many persons in 1483, but there is no doubt…
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The Israeli coalition’s judicial reform: What would it mean for democracy?
18 May 2023 Leave a comment
I have given a semi-public lecture on the Israeli judicial reforms in comparative-institutional perspectives three times since late March. Now, with the permission of the hosts, I have uploaded one of them to YouTube.
In this lecture I offer my perspectives on the proposed judicial overhaul in Israel, speaking as a specialist on constitutional design of democracies around the world, as well as someone who has followed and taught about–and sometimes published on–Israeli democracy for years. I gave this for Congregation Beth Israel in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the invitation of my friend, Rabbi Nadav Caine, who also serves as host of the lecture.
May 17, 1536: The Marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is Declared Null.
18 May 2023 Leave a comment
Queen Anne, pregnant, in 1536, was aware of the dangers if she failed to give birth to a son. With Catherine of Aragon recently dead, Henry would be free to marry without any taint of illegality. At this time, Henry began paying court to one of Anne’s maids-of-honour, Jane Seymour, and allegedly gave her a locket containing a portrait miniature of himself. While wearing this locket in the presence of Anne, Jane began opening and closing it. Anne responded by ripping the locket off Jane’s neck with such force that her fingers bled.
Later that month, the king was unhorsed in a tournament and knocked unconscious for two hours, a worrying incident that Anne believed led to her miscarriage five days later. Another possible cause of the miscarriage was an incident in which, upon entering a room, Anne saw Jane Seymour sitting on Henry’s lap and flew into a rage…
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Why 95% of Denmark’s Jews survived the Holocaust
18 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II. The Holocaust
I Made Contact With Lost Amazon Tribe by Speaking Their language
18 May 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages
Study: ‘Warm ice age’ changed climate cycles
18 May 2023 Leave a comment
Credit: Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia
Re. the well-known 100,000 year problem, the researchers propose new climate-related evidence for ‘the shift from the 40,000-year cycles to the 100,000-year cycles we experience today’.
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Approximately 700,000 years ago, a “warm ice age” permanently changed the climate cycles on Earth, says Phys.org.
Contemporaneous with this exceptionally warm and moist period, the polar glaciers greatly expanded.
A European research team including Earth scientists from Heidelberg University used recently acquired geological data in combination with computer simulations to identify this seemingly paradoxical connection.
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Always a good laugh
17 May 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, television, TV shows
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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