Utopia, you are standing in it!

Richard I (September 8, 1157– April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period.

Richard was the third of five sons of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine and seemed unlikely to become king, but all his brothers except the youngest, John, predeceased their father. Richard is known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Le quor de lion) or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior. The troubador Bertran de Born also called him Richard Oc-e-Non (Occitan for Yes and No), possibly from a reputation for terseness.

By the age of 16, Richard had taken command of his own army, putting down…

In September of 2003, Britain’s Channel 4 TV network began airing The First World War, a 10-part series based on historian Hew Strachan’s eponymous book about the cataclysmic conflict that broke out in the summer of 1914 and ended on the “11^th hour, of the 11^th day, of the 11^th month” in 1918. Produced and narrated by Jonathan Lewis (The Boer War, Stalin), the 500-minutes-long documentary is an engrossing overview of World War I that explodes many of the clichés and myths about the conflict that shaped the 20^th Century and whose repercussions echo well into the 21^st.

The series’ writing credits include Strachan and various historical figures from whose memoirs and other writings much of the narrative is drawn, including Karen Blixen (Out of Africa)…

A quick sample of the insanity of Antifa / Burn Loot Murder, the shock troops of today’s Democrat Party in the USA.

As their VP candidate Kamala Harris said:

“This is a movement, I’m telling you. And they’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop. And they should not“

Well at least not until Joe Biden is elected President. These people are basically trying to intimidate others to agree with them using – as Biden has repeatedly said – “peaceful protests“.

• Their tactics seem to be attracting many criminals thrilled by the prospects of beating people up (“Punch A Nazi“), smashing stuff and burning shit down. (“Everycity,everytown,burnthe precincts to the ground“).
• More than a few of them seem to be mentally ill.
• Intimidation is the primary goal; having already committed violence, Antifa / BLM’s future targets can’t be sure they’ll…

The First World War began in August 1914. Despite the German aim of a swift victory, their plans were thwarted. By the end of the year, the German army and its opponents, on both Western and Eastern Fronts, were stuck in trenches and the war seemed to have reached a stalemate. Given allied naval superiority and victories in the world outside Europe, matters looked unpromising for Germany. Therefore, in May 1915, the Germans decided to attack London from the air, in order to destroy the nerve centre of the British economy. It was thought that if the City — the financial heart of the country, replete with the Stock Exchange, the Bank of England and numerous warehouses — could be knocked out, then a victory for Germany would be all the closer. Initially, on 5 May 1915, the decision was taken to restrict bombing to the part of London east…

A quick sample of the insanity of Antifa / Burn Loot Murder, the shock troops of today’s Democrat Party in the USA.

As their VP candidate Kamala Harris said:

“This is a movement, I’m telling you. And they’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop. And they should not“

Well at least not until Joe Biden is elected President. These people are basically trying to intimidate others to agree with them using – as Biden has repeatedly said – “peaceful protests“.

• Their tactics seem to be attracting many criminals thrilled by the prospects of beating people up (“Punch A Nazi“), smashing stuff and burning shit down. (“Everycity,everytown,burnthe precincts to the ground“).
• More than a few of them seem to be mentally ill.
• Intimidation is the primary goal; having already committed violence, Antifa / BLM’s future targets can’t be sure they’ll…