European Witch Trials and Forgotten History
11 Sep 2021 1 Comment
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When Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali
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On March 6,1964 Cassius Clay announced that he no longer would be known as Cassius Clay but as Muhammad Ali.
Clay had been linked to the Nation of Islam, although they initially had refused him entry as a member due to his boxing career. However when Clay beat Joe Liston in 1964, the Nation of Islam did accept him , I can only speculate that this was a good Public Relations move for them.
Shortly afterwards on March 6, Elijah Muhammad gave a radio address that Clay would be renamed Muhammad (one who is worthy of praise) Ali (most high).
Muhammad Ali had claimed that his old name Cassius Clay was a “slave name and a white man’s name”
Unfortunately this is what happens so often when athletes, musicians, actors or other celebrities get involved in a political movement(although the nation of Islam had religious elements, it was really a…
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Nazi War criminals in Ireland
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Before I start I have to say I love Ireland and I love living here, but like most nations in the world Ireland too has some black pages in its history.
Although Ireland was supposed to be neutral, at times it took that neutrality too far, Sending condolences to Germany after Hitler died was a good example. What is even more disturbing is that it did harbour Nazi war criminals and helped some evade justice. Often these evil men did lead a very comfortable life in Ireland.
A small number of Germans, Croatians,Belgians and Dutch who arrived in the Irish Republic after 1945. Although some were suspected of having worked for Hitler, there was no determined official effort to weed them out. It is estimated that between 100 and 200 Nazi criminals found refuge in Ireland.
I will be looking at just a few of them, starting off with a…
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Unnecessary Night-time Nuisance: Why Wind Turbine Noise Is So Much More Annoying After Dark
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Delivering a thumping, grinding, mechanical cacophony, industrial wind turbines drive neighbours nuts. But, as a recent study from Flinders University in South Australia has found, there’s a reason why wind turbine noise is so much worse after dark.
The pulsing, thumping nature of wind turbine noise – which relates to blades passing the tower – is referred to as ‘amplitude modulation’ (AM). And it’s the peaks and troughs in sound pressure levels that makes living with wind turbine noise a daily misery for thousands around the world.
But changes in humidity, temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction all have a part to play in how the wind industry’s victims get to experience AM in the range of other unnatural noises generated by these things.
Over the last four years, Dr Kristy Hansen and her PhD candidate Duc Phuc Nguyen have been researching the complex nature of the noise from…
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Judith Butler & The Guardian
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This week (7th September 2021) an interview with Judith Butler was published in The Guardian. It created a bit of a furore on Terf Island twitter, for comparing Gender Critical feminists to fascists. In the midst of the backlash the article was significantly amended. For the record, I do not think her words should have been censored. As it happens many people had taken copes of the article and, as the interviewer (Jules Gleeson) boasted on twitter, it has been drawn to the attention of far more people. (Search ”Streisand effect” if you need context for this tweet).
About Jules Gleeson
The interviewer is a self proclaimed intersex activist, with an interesting body of work.
It is perfectly possible the above 👆is a factual statement and they do indeed have a difference in sexual development (DSD). There are a number of variations of sexual characteristics which fall under the term…
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John Pierpont Morgan: The World’s Bank
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in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, survivor principle
Israel M. Kirzner’s Contributions to Market Process Theory and Entrepreneurship Studies
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in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, F.A. Hayek, industrial organisation, Israel Kirzner
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