Compared to pre-2008 crisis levels, world economic growth has plummeted by half and is at risk of a long-term, hard-to-reverse stagnation. The longer the US Sino-Tariff Wars go on, the harder it will be to undo the damage, because the consumer pays the increased… Continue Reading “Global Economy Growth Plummeted by Half in 2018 compared to 2008 crisis levels”
The European Union’s nature restoration law, which had set out to restore 20% of land and sea areas in the EU by 2030, has now been postponed indefinitely after a vote to pass the bill on Monday was canceled. The nature restoration law was… Continue Reading “Europe indefinitely postpones planned Nature Restoration Plan”
Massa toerisme staat bekend voor het ontregelen van lokale levenskwaliteit, omdat deze de hele samenleving in een ander jasje stopt, waarmee het volk geen voorrang meer krijgt in de samenleving en toeristen de overhand nemen omwill van een geldverdien model. Dit levert alleen de… Continue Reading “Toeristen op Curacao genieten van Mass scuba diving, Mangrove peddling, under water Scooter sight seeing tours, zwemmen met Dolfijnen”
Western Europe’s new green regime reorders the continent through policies of territorial cleansing and restriction, replacing the life-ways of rooted peoples with a managed wilderness shaped by remote technocrats and mandated compliance. What arrives with the language of environmental deliverance advances as a mechanism… Continue Reading “Europe’s Green agenda engineered to dissolve Ancestral Bloodlines”
After years of French-led anti-terrorist missions in the Sahel region it only gets clearer that African problems need African solutions. However, history offers a cautionary reminder to Africans that pan-Africans like Patrice Lumumba, Muammar Gaddafi and Kwame Nkrumah paid the ultimate price for such… Continue Reading “What is France doing in Africa?”
Where there is a crumbling old château, there must also be a pilfering poltergeist, sinister specter, or perhaps even the ghost of a decapitated Marie Antoinette roaming the hallowed hallways. There are over 40,000 châteaux in France, many of which have endured a colorful… Continue Reading “France Castles # 1 : Château de Fougeret, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine”
Where there is a crumbling old château, there must also be a pilfering poltergeist, sinister specter, or perhaps even the ghost of a decapitated Marie Antoinette roaming the hallowed hallways. There are over 40,000 châteaux in France, many of which have endured a colorful… Continue Reading “France Castles # 2 : Château de Puymartin, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine”
Before Cinco de Mayo became associated with tacos and margaritas, the day served as a reminder of Mexico’s triumph over the French. Celebrated annually, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the Second French Empire, led by Napoleon III, at the Battle… Continue Reading “Mexico’s Triumph over the French @ Cinco de Mayo”
The Northern Sea Route is expected to become a major trade route for goods shipped between Europe and Asia. It stretches the entire length of Russia’s Arctic and Far East regions. Ships under the Russian flag could get the exclusive right to transport oil and… Continue Reading “Russia’s Arctic Sea Lane to Become Major Trade Route between Europe and Asia”
Mysterious Château de Commarque was abandoned for centuries, and even today, much of the château is in ruins. The original castle was built in the 12th century. During the Hundred Years’ War (1337—1453), the master of the castle, the Count of Commarque, was fighting… Continue Reading “France Castles # 5 : Château de Commarque, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine”
You know when you launch into a Monopoly game that drags on for so long that you feel it will never end? That’s the case for the spectral card players at Château de Trécesson, doomed to play Cheat for all eternity. Well, we don’t… Continue Reading “France Castles # 6 : Château de Trécesson, Campénéac, Brittany”
The French are renowned for their cuisine, so is it any wonder that there’s a castle with a haunted banquet hall? On a wet and windy autumn night (as tends to be the setting for ghost stories), the Lord of d’Olhain was enjoying a… Continue Reading “France Castles # 7 : Château d’Olhain, Pas-de-Calais, Grand-Est”
Considering a trip to Europe, Asia, or the Caribbean this year? Well, be ready to budget beyond flights and hotels, as many popular international destinations are implementing or increasing tourist taxes to combat over-tourism and manage the strain on local resources. From Bali’s crackdown… Continue Reading “Hotel, Cruise & Tourist Taxes to Combat Mass Country Invasions”