Category Archives: History

Deft Con Won

Posted on May 12, 2021 by currencylad

Cuban Missile Crisis: 1 month, 4 days. Brittany Investigation: 2 months, 15 days & counting.

Posted in Fake News, Federal Politics, History | 23 Comments

He was beaten to death for defying a communist regime

Posted on May 11, 2021 by currencylad

Solidarity: Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko is actually a perfect hero for the United States in 2021.                 Statue of assassinated Polish priest vandalized in Brooklyn park.

Posted in History, Politics of the Left, Terrorism | 12 Comments

“One small step for a man” vs. one giant heap for commie-kind

Posted on May 4, 2021 by currencylad

                    China mocks India in social media posts, prompting backlash. An account linked to the Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs posted a photo on the microblogging platform Weibo comparing the Chinese Long March-5B carrier rocket to photos of cremation … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Media | 32 Comments

Tony Abbott was the living embodiment of Adam Smith

Posted on April 29, 2021 by currencylad

HE must have been, right? ABC business reporter Gareth Hutchens argues that Josh Frydenberg is “repudiating the economics of Tony Abbott.” The Treasurer’s man-crush on John Maynard Keynes is “radically different” to Abbott’s preferences and situates Frydenberg “more in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and economy, Fake News, History | 56 Comments

Killed on 6 January: 1 – Democrats’ war to keep slaves: 650,000

Posted on April 29, 2021 by currencylad

January 6 was worse than 9/11? https://t.co/8JsQ9dpOpA — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 29, 2021

Posted in Fake News, History | 59 Comments

What odds Barack Obama giving Derek Chauvin’s eulogy?

Posted on April 27, 2021 by currencylad

Mary Jo Kopechne couldn’t breathe. Ted Kennedy responded – 10 hours later. After a nap.             US president pays tribute to his ‘mentor’ at the funeral of Edward Kennedy Kennedy pled guilty to a charge of leaving the scene of an … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Hypocrisy of progressives, Rule of law | 13 Comments

Letitia’s War

Posted on April 25, 2021 by currencylad

ON this solemn day – when wealthy and privileged Patricia Karvelas tells a war story of “sexism” at Parliament House and celebrates “brave women like Brittany Higgins” – I was already thinking of real Australian heroines and how they don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War and peace | 30 Comments

FDR Shrugged

Posted on April 19, 2021 by currencylad

From a very entertaining review of David Michaelis’ new biography of Eleanor Roosevelt:                                      Helen Andrews: Do-Gooder In Chief. Eleanor was moved by the desperate plight of out-of-work miners and, because they lived so close to Washington, it was convenient to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and writing, History, Wasteful Spending | 30 Comments

Splat

Posted on April 17, 2021 by currencylad

                 Afghanistan exit: ‘This is a terrible decision — it will be a disaster’. Afghan Association of Australia chairman Abdul Khaliq Fazal said the decision would lead to civil war, meaning the sacrifice of Australian troops could be wasted… Why would … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War and peace | 49 Comments

Andrew Peacock, 1939-2021

Posted on April 17, 2021 by currencylad

How strange that I should have mentioned him in a post yesterday. I always liked him.

Posted in History, Politics | 30 Comments