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Putin, Russia, NATO and Ukraine.

5 Feb 2022 1 minute read 3 comments rah $0.14

Unless you have been living in the clouds you will be well aware of the escalating tensions in Ukraine? Russia fears the ever increasing expansion of NATO and its regional implications. It argues that after the Cold War NATO was as obsolete as the Wa...

Review of The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant

4 Feb 2022 3 minute read 1 comment powersjo $0.03

The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant is written by Terry Felber and this version of the book has a foreword by Dave Ramsey. The book is a short, fictional story portrayed as a grandfather tells his grandson about his life as a merchant. The grandf...

Vote Now: Yay or Nay for WW3?

27 Jan 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Remil $0.02

Everything indicates that Vladimir Putin of Russia will invade Ukraine during the first week of February, when the world's attention is on the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Europe is bound to react with severe sanctions at the minimum, at least i...

The Crypto News Round-up: December 23, 2021

23 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments coinpass Global $0.04

  MicroStrategy Considers Lending or Putting Mortgage Against its Bitcoin Holdings The CEO of Microstrategy, Michael Saylor, mentioned in the company’s investor day with shareholders that they could loan some of their Bitcoin holding to a trusted co...

Historic inflation, the European Union and the United States in danger and Bitcoin

19 Dec 2021 7 minute read 4 comments Doortoblockchain $0.64

In this article I want to talk a little in a not very deep way because in reality this would need a great analysis but if laying down the ideas to reflect on these 3 issues that are actually very related. Lets start by the beginning. After the 2008 c...

Frederick the Great: Tactical Genius or Lucky Opportunist? (Part 3/3)

19 Dec 2021 10 minute read 6 comments Dan_ $0.03

Part 3: Exercising strategic advantage Portrait of a young Frederick The Great wearing colourful dress and a breastplate. Part 2 covered the relevance of Frederick II’s experience on the Rhine, as well as his actions in the Herstall incident, and li...

Frederick the Great: Tactical Genius or Lucky Opportunist? (Part 2/3)

14 Dec 2021 12 minute read 0 comments Dan_ $0.12

Part 2: Frederick’s military background Portrait of Frederick II (the Great) in late 1739, only months before his succession. Oil on canvas, by Antoine Pesne (Source: DEA Picture Library, via Getty Images) This series has so far established that the...

Frederick the Great: Tactical Genius or Lucky Opportunist? (Part 1/3)

13 Dec 2021 11 minute read 2 comments Dan_ $0.04

Part 1: Reforms under the Soldier King Frederick William I inspecting his giant guards known as The Potsdam Giants (From Universal History Archive, via Getty Images) Frederick William I’s reign from 1713-1740 saw huge administrative, social, financi...

Frederick the Great: Tactical Genius or Lucky Opportunist? [Prologue]

12 Dec 2021 4 minute read 0 comments Dan_ $0.06

Frederick the Great, celebration of the victory at Hohenfriedberg, 1744–1745 (From Bildagentur-online, via Getty Images)   Frederick the Great attacked the neighbouring province of Silesia in December of 1740. There is much contention regarding whet...

WW2 Bomb Explosion Injures 4 in Germany

1 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments AverageVancouverite $0.04

4 people were injured when a World War 2-era bomb exploded at a railway construction site near the Donnersberger Bridge of Munich, Germany. Local media outlets report that one person was seriously injured after the blast nearly tore off his leg, but...