Category Archives: People, Politics & Culture

Death on the Amber Shore

Posted on January 27, 2017 by rsree

Warning: This, sadly, is a true story of incredible cruelty that you will not be able to get easily out of your mind once you have read it. It is one of many similar acts of unimaginable savagery making up the … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture | Tagged Anna Grube, death march, East Prussia, Holocaust, Jews, Konigsberg, Maria Blitz, Martin Bergau, Massacre at Palmnicken, Nazi Germany | Comments Off

Welcome to 2017, “The Year of the Idiot”

Posted on January 2, 2017 by rsree

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. (H. L. Mencken, 1880-1956) Given the subject matter I am … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture | Tagged Donald Trump, from the frying pan into the fire, Goldman Sachs, Presidential Elections, the swamp, USA, voter fraud, zombies | Comments Off

The Scourge of Mankind

Posted on December 21, 2016 by rsree

One continues to wonder why anyone would be willing to kill a fellow human being just because they don’t share your religious beliefs. But for any student of European history it is not too difficult to be reminded of such … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture | Tagged Abbot of Citeaux, Béziers, Cathars, Charlemagne, Charles the Great, Christianity, Deuteronomy XIII, inquisition, Jihadi, Languedoc, massacre, Middle East, Muslims, religion, Roman Catholic Church, Saxons, Verden | Comments Off

Mars

Posted on October 15, 2016 by rsree

On October 12 of 2016 U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to help send people to Mars within the next 15 years, pledging to work with private companies “to build new habitats that can sustain and transport astronauts on long-duration missions … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture | Tagged cosmic radiation, Dead Planet, Jules Verne, Mars, Mars One, Mission to Mars, One Way Journey to Mars, Ray Bradbury, science fiction | Comments Off

Dreams

Posted on October 5, 2016 by rsree

‘Our birth is but a sleep and forgetting: The Soul, that rises with us, our life’s star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar.’ (William Wordsworth) There are some who believe that reality is but a dream in … Continue reading →

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Religion

Posted on August 23, 2016 by rsree

The suggestion that the human race is lost and absolutely hapless when it comes to understanding their place in the world has been expressed many times. In the mid 1600’s the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza wrote that people find themselves … Continue reading →

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The Largest Maritime Disaster in History

Posted on June 25, 2016 by rsree

On the 30th of January, 1945, the Soviet submarine S-13 attacked and sank the MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic sea with as many as 10,000 refugees on board, and in so doing caused the largest maritime disaster in recorded … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture | Tagged alexander marinesko, Grossadmiral Dönitz sea bridge, Kaliningrad, maritime disaster, MV Wilhelm Gustloff, WW2 | Comments Off

Religion Kills Once Again

Posted on October 31, 2015 by rsree

It was reported by the BBC today that a Bangladeshi publisher of secular books has been hacked to death in the capital Dhaka in the second attack of its kind on Saturday, police say. Faisal Arefin Dipon, 43, was killed … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture, Philosophy, Science & Religion | Tagged faith, hacked to death, Islamic Radicalism, religion, secularists blogger, truth | Comments Off

Religious Zombies

Posted on July 29, 2015 by rsree

Zombies are undead creatures, typically depicted as mindless, reanimated human corpses with a hunger for human flesh (Wikipedia) Zombies are purported to be mythical creatures – nevertheless there is abundant evidence that they exists, but then more so as religious zombies, by … Continue reading →

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WWII – Liberation Day

Posted on May 5, 2015 by rsree

Today, May 5th, is National Liberation Day in the Netherlands to commemorate the capitulation of the Nazi forces in that country exactly 70 years ago on May 5, 1945. It is a national holiday, although not a statutory day off … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Politics & Culture | Tagged Arthur “Bomber” Harris, civilian refugees, Dresden, Liberation Day in the Netherlands, WWII, WWII Bombing of civilians | Comments Off