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• Update (1 November 2022)

  By Duty and Honor on November 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Okay, I am now feeling better after being under the weather for the past few days. Today, my goal at the moment is catch up with the Blog by writing a message to Bogumil for the ARPLAN Blog. It’s relevant… Read More ›

• “The Pax Americana” : The United States, The Second World War and The Course of World History: 1865-2022 – Part 2, Chapter 1 – John M. Lane — Studying the Past, to Understand the Present, and Prepare for the Future

  By Duty and Honor on October 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Making of the “Twenty-Year” Ceasefire “The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We… Read More ›

• Horror-Show Inflation in Euro Countries: Overall 10.7%, Germany 11.6%, Without Energy 6.9% — Wolf Street

  By Duty and Honor on October 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  “Defeating inflation is our mantra, our mission, our mandate,” that’s “why we have to raise interest rates”: Lagarde now after years of money-printing. Horror-Show Inflation in Euro Countries: Overall 10.7%, Germany 11.6%, Without Energy 6.9% — Wolf Street

• Update (31 October 2022)

  By Duty and Honor on October 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  I still have yet to recover from my cold back on Saturday. Took some medication, but it will time for me return to a healthy state. If that was not enough, my Internet connection is far from ideal at the… Read More ›

• Another Theory of International Relations?

  By Duty and Honor on October 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  For those who are not aware, I had finished my undergraduate education late last year. Although the major was Political Science, I chose International Relations as my concentration. International Relations is an interesting field that appealed to my lifelong fascination… Read More ›

• Update (30 October 2022)

  By Duty and Honor on October 30, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Feeling a bit under the weather for the past day now. I cannot help but notice that I am not doing well as a result of the recent changes in the season. I can’t tell if I have the flu,… Read More ›

• Advertise on a Competitor’s Social Media Platform? Um, that Would Be a Hoot… GM “Paused” Ads on Musk’s Twitter — Wolf Street

  By Duty and Honor on October 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Automakers are huge advertisers. Social media platforms are huge data collectors. And now Tesla’s Musk owns this data. Advertise on a Competitor’s Social Media Platform? Um, that Would Be a Hoot… GM “Paused” Ads on Musk’s Twitter — Wolf Street

• Revision (28 October 2022)

  By Duty and Honor on October 28, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Earlier today, I stated that I was going to write another Blog post about Life-Energy, that important concept which made the Work-Standard. Well, it turns out that I have already written enough on the Blog about Life-Energy. There is not… Read More ›

• Update (28 October 2022)

  By Duty and Honor on October 28, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Last night, I completed my critique of the Energy-based Currency. Seems like the Work-Standard is not the only one opposed to that conception of Currency. Even the proponents of the Gold Standard, the Debt Standard, Bitcoin and perhaps Ethereum will… Read More ›

• A Work-Standard Critique of Energy-Based Currencies

  By Duty and Honor on October 27, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Based on the current literature, there are currently two conceptual definitions for what passes as an “Energy-based Currency.” One interpretation suggests that such a Currency is really a metaphor for Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, which relies on consumption of electrical… Read More ›