Canada is a wonderful country to which my parents immigrated after WW2.I regard it as a privilege +honour to be a citizen of such a great and wonderful country.I'm not much into flag waving or marching on parades but in my heart I shall be celebrating the 154th anniversary of our coun...
Why did Germany start World War One? Germany sought to break up the French-Russian alliance and was fully prepared to take the risk that this would bring about a major war. Some in the German elite welcomed the prospect of beginning an expansionist war of conquest. The response of Russia,...
through the Hammers, right up to the modern horrors of the Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and most of Cronenberg’s output (and talking of Cronenberg, why did our local youth club think it was a good idea to show a bunch of 10 year old children films like Rabid, Dawn...
I ended up losing interesting about season 3, but I was impressed with how they made it an interesting story/character–and actually did a great job avoiding dumping on any religion (by going in a completely “Yeah, no, none of this is remotely accurate to any Christian tradition and is ...
yes well, some of those tanks may or may not have been T-34s that last ran when they pushed Germany out of Stalingrad. junior says: January 17, 2022 at 6:48 pm Kept in storage. The idea was that they would be pulled out (along with the T-55s) and given to the reservists if...
While Basel 3 did not make any significant change to those methods, at least in the case of credit risk, regulators have argued for years about the possibility of tightening the flexibility given to banks under IRB. As followers of this blog already know, I view Basel’s RWA concept as on...
I’ll give an example about Germany. In polls 80% of Germans want to stop immigration, especially of the Moslem and African kind. 80% of the Germans want out of the EU. 80% of the Germans want their DM back. 80% of the Germans don’t want to pay for the debts of other countries...
Then I scooped her up. `Oh, Uncle Dig,' she said, switching to German `Why did you come in then? I had almost sold him one.' And he had almost bought it. I shook her gently, her little face level with mine. `Look, Heidi. How many times have I told you that you mustn't ...
To give up is to admit their view of the world was wrong. They can’t do that. And their kids couldn’t find reality with two hands and a seeing eye dog, because they’ve been told it doesn’t exist, and if it did, it would be oppressive. Which is why we find ourselves facing...