Category Archives: History

Well may we say ‘God save the Queen …’

Posted on 12:36 pm, July 14, 2020 by currencylad

 …because Hocking will save the Governor-General                                                                           BACK in May, Whitlam biographer Professor Jenny Hocking was thrilled by the High Court’s decision to allow the National Archives to release the so-called “Palace Letters” between Governor-General Sir John Kerr and the Queen. … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, History, Rule of law | 58 Comments

The Fall of Atatürk

Posted on 2:09 am, July 11, 2020 by currencylad

THE Islamic call to prayer has been recited at the Hagia Sophia for the first time since the early 1930s. It was broadcast on all of Turkey’s major news channels. President Erdogan has already enacted the court-approved transformation of the … Continue reading →

Posted in History, International, War and peace | 91 Comments

‘Will no-one rid me of this turbulent successor?’

Posted on 9:03 pm, July 7, 2020 by currencylad

 That’s what so much of the past several months’ chaos has really been about                                  Today is the 800th anniversary of Thomas Becket's Translation, when his relics were moved to a splendid new shrine in Canterbury Cathedral on 7 July 1220. … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, History | 7 Comments

Right after former colonial hellholes acknowledge the present

Posted on 10:15 am, July 7, 2020 by currencylad

Harry and Meghan say Commonwealth ‘must acknowledge the past’.   White nations have no reason – and no moral authority – to apologise for their forebears’ imperfectly managed but admirable mission to extirpate tribalism and establish a trans-global confederation of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Hypocrisy of progressives, International | 53 Comments

Vera Lynn 1917 – 2020

Posted on 8:00 pm, June 18, 2020 by Sinclair Davidson
Posted in Cultural Issues, History | 22 Comments

Remember The Old Days

Posted on 12:13 am, June 18, 2020 by currencylad

Remember the old days when Qantas persecuted a young coloured guy, had him sacked and dragged through the courts because they just didn’t like his views and he wouldn’t bow the knee to them? Seems so long ago. Was it … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, History, Hypocrisy of progressives | 40 Comments

There will be very few children of the revolution

Posted on 11:00 am, June 15, 2020 by currencylad

 Mother Nature’s got this                                                                                                                      I’m grateful to AoS book lover and word wrangler OregonMuse for alerting me to a genuine Chinese neologism: Which raises the scientifically important question: Are Liberals Dying Out? Yes: If people tend to marry those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, History | 54 Comments

Topple Watch

Posted on 1:08 pm, June 12, 2020 by currencylad

This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race.”                                                            – John Curtin   As Australian leftists and … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, History, Politics of the Left | 64 Comments

Topple Tip

Posted on 8:57 am, June 11, 2020 by currencylad

BLM protests renew push to remove ‘racist’ monuments to colonial figures. I’m not having these fucking Vietnamese Balts coming into the country with their religious and political prejudices against us… Vietnamese sob ­stories don’t wring my withers.” – Colonial figure, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, History | 46 Comments

One an alleged rapist, the other an inciter of eight murders

Posted on 4:48 pm, June 7, 2020 by currencylad

Sharpton Speaks To Biden, Discusses Possible Commitment to a VP Woman of Color.  Yankel Rosenbaum’s life matters                                                                                                        THIS is the malodorous duumvirate that has emerged in the past week or so as the source and summit of virtue in the … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, History, Media | 34 Comments