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I can't help but wonder how history might have been different if Tsar Nicholas II and his Tsarina had had four sons and one daughter. Would four elder sons have provided enough male energy to counter-act the poor political advice of Alexandra, and helped their father, the family patriarch and the Patriarch of Russia, to have ruled better?

In the natural order, men and women have different spheres of influence. Man's sphere is the nation; Woman's sphere is the family. "The Ancients viewed hubris as an affront to the gods, with the worst crime committed by the hero when he transgresses the natural order." (Prof Tom Sunic, in an article posted today at The Occidental Observer.)

It is so sad to see that last photograph of the Romanovs. They are such tragic figures. I can't help but see symbolic parallels between their family and our current society: the wife does not know her place; the daughters are the "elders" amongst the children, and though of child-bearing age, are childless themselves; the only son is a sickly hemophiliac.

I don't mean to be morose. I just like to think that there is something we can learn from these old stories and those who have gone before us, if we let them have an impact on us.

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"our attack on Iraq was for Israel’s sake"

Hmm yeah, what did we do in Iraq, aside from all the war crimes in general, we disenfranchised the Sunni minority, which became ISIS. We then outfitted them with all the best video cameras and trucks and black pajamas, and sent them to fight alongside our al qaeda affiliate against Assad in Syria. Barack kept repeating there were no boots on the ground in Syria, then Trump said we were there to protect the oil, and now the Depends administration says they are bombing Syria in self defense of the military bases we built there. While U.S. troops in the region accumulate "brain injuries".

Oh and ISIS was also really good at blowing up priceless cultural artifacts that have existed since long before anyone ever heard of David or Daniel or Jesus or Mohammed or any of it.

America is going the way of Germany. Trump is going to take us there.

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