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Essays on the challenges and possible end of the Western Empire, in particular global politics, history, culture, philosophy and health

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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Folic acid to be added to food? Medicine or food and can we choose? (opens the original)

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    The supplementation of essential foods with other “foods” or “medicines” is nothing new. Sometimes it may make sense to supplement certain foods with vitamins and minerals in order to address certain potential health issues and to prevent future disease due to deficiencies. Iodine is one example. And yet, we now have a new law being passed that will put folic acid in all flour in order to prevent folate defiency in pregnancy to protect babies from neural tube defects. The issue is that folic aci

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    UK Terrorists steal Diesel for Iranian trucks (opens the original)

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    And so it continues. Five men were arrested in the wee hours the other day at Fairford air base, home of U.S. Airforce planes, some of which were used to bomb Iran earlier this year. The men were then released on bail, much to the horror of Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, who said they had been trailing these men for some time. Why release them on bail? If it was a terrorist threat, then they can be held indefinitely, as has happened to others who have not been a terrorist threat but accused none

  3. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    George Kennan’s Biggest Regrets, Europe’s dilemma and the UK’s diminishment. (opens the original)

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    George Kennan was one of America’s most influential and significant foreign policy diplomats, a political scientist and historian, particularly in the immediate post war eras under President Truman and also under President John Kennedy in the 1960s. It was his influence that inspired the Truman Doctrine and laid the foundation for the West’s containment strategy with the USSR, on the idea that the Soviets were essentially expansionist and unless contained would roll over the rest of Europe and b

  4. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    The BBC: “War may be coming. Are we psychologically ready?” (opens the original)

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    bbc.com/news/articles/cmn0jke547r5Drip, drip, drip!! Every two to three days, another piece of propaganda is fed to the good people of Britain, to get ready! We are going to war. I am sorry to harp on about the ways in which the British state is preparing us for war with Russia but none the less, if I am not totally deluded, the way in which the articles are written now, and very much this one, seems to lead us to the conclusion that a war is very much on the cards. Let me quote from the article

  5. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    An Update on the UK’s plans for a cold winter and the threats to the “United” Kingdom (opens the original)

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    A BBC article of a few days ago has an article in it entitled; “PM’s top security advisor says Europe faces hard winter to keep pressure on Putin.” The UK’s national security advisor Jonathen Powell has said Europe must be ready to endure “real hardship” if it is to keep up economic pressure on Russia.Quest for Health is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</di

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