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Priest House - Easton-on-the-Hill - Family

Easton-on-the-Hill: Priest House [Chantry] 15th Century! (28.7.2025)

Although we have visited the general area a number of time – we had never seen this exhibit or been told about it. As we are currently staying in the locale – this place came-up in an internet search about something else. Like many such attractions, even at the height of Summer, there is only ever a trickle of visitors – which is a good thing for all concerned. We were handed the key, instructed to be careful on the old spiralling stone staircase, and turn-off all the lights when we are finished. There is even a toilet on site that is accessed with a key. Everything was perfectly clean, tidy, and in good order. Our two-daughters watched a short video film about the area, its history and industry! The photographs will tell the story of what we saw. A truly magnificent historical site that emerged out of the single most important and Revolutionary event (the “Dissolution of the Monasteries”) that forged modern Britain and the world!

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun addresses a regular press conference on July 23, 2025. (Photo/fmprc.gov.cn)

China: Trump’s Announcement to Withdraw from UNESCO Not Responsible! (25.7.2025)

After the death of Roosevelt and the election of the right-wing Christian “Truman” post-WWII – overt US agitation against the “Internationalist” principles of the United Nations (UN) began with a vengeance on the grounds that “Internationalism” was a key ideological demand of the Soviet Socialist System. As the primary armed force which took-on, confronted, and then defeated Nazi Germany (and its allies) during WWII – the USSR had a substantial philosophical input in the post-WWII world order. At least for a few years after 1945 – before the US realised the true extent of the political power its deployed army throughout the world granted the White House.

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A True Consciousness is Non-Inverted!

UK: Woe Betide Those Who Interfere in the “Consuming” Process! (22.7.2025)

It seems that modern science (which evolved from ancient Greek thought) chops material reality into small chunks that are far more easily analysed, studied, understood, and mastered. Modern life has benefitted enormously from this method of deconstructing reality. The totality of reality is dissected into understandable slithers for the laboratory. Just as material reality (which never changes its cohesive nature) is theoretically separated into smaller parts for clarity of understanding – this seems to be represented in society by seeming to alter the collective nature of human organisation transformed into closed-off individuality. Chopped-up material reality is reflected in the chopped-up nature of human society. Reducing things to smaller examples, can magnify what is being seen so that a reliable knowledge is established. That is, the measuring of dimension and process are the cornerstones of modern science. But here is the contradiction. This chopping-up is a temporary process, it is a theory – it is not “real” in the concrete sense.

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Cover of the 2025 Japan Defense White Paper [Photo - Ministry of Defense of Japan]

DPRK: Japan’s Extra-Territorial Militarism Funded & Armed By US! (19.7.2025)

Japan again asserted in the white paper on the basis of the stereotyped method that an “urgent threat” comes from the DPRK, China and Russia with their just measures for bolstering up their military capabilities.

This is nothing but shameless sophism to cover up the threatening entity of Japan which is escalating the regional situation in a gradual way and justify its reckless moves to turn itself into a military giant, leaving the whole area of the archipelago as a military outpost and logistic base for realizing the U.S. hegemony-oriented strategy in the Indo-Pacific.

It is the common knowledge that Japan formulated the possession of pre-emptive attack capabilities by revising the “national security strategy” and, for its realization, has speeded up the development of home-produced long-range missiles as well as the purchase of foreign-produced long-range missiles in recent years.

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Major-General Patrick Cleburne - CSA

CSA: Patrick Cleburne – the Irish Private that Rose to Major-General – and Called for the Freeing of the Slaves in the South! (17.7.2025)

As a “British” citizen, Patrick Cleburne joined the 41st Infantry Regiment of Foot of the British Army (serving between 1846-1849) rising to the rank of “Corporal” (and NCO signified by two-chevron stripes worn on the upper-shoulder – pointing-down). He served in the Garrison of Spike Island, situated in Cork Harbour. Here, the British Authorities brutally “processed” ethnic Irish prisoners – and Cleburne got to learn first-hand what anti-Irish racism was really like. Due to this experience, he eventually emigrated with his family to the United States, and was accepted with open arms by the people of Arkansas. He was not interested in preserving slavery and certainly did not own any slaves himself. As he appreciated the kindness of the Southern people – he decided to enlist as a “Private” soldier in the “Yell Rifles” – a local Militia in Arkansas. As these local grass-roots Confederate Units were entirely democratic in nature, all NCOs and Officers were elected by popular vote. This is how Cleburne was elected to the rank of “Captain”. Quite extraordinarily, when the Local Militias and Guards Unit were reformed with many being integrated into Infantry Regiments proper that constituted the Confederate States Army – Patrick Cleburne rose through the ranks to Major-General (CSA).

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Tens of Thousands of US Soldiers Surrendered!

DPRK: How the Korean War Was Famous for Deposing “Renowned” US Generals! (15.7.2025)

The U.S. imperialists, who ignited the Korean war and run amuck to swallow the DPRK in a short time, mobilized all the distinguished U.S. military generals when they suffered defeat after defeat from the beginning of the war.

In order to set back the unfavourable situation of war, the U.S. imperialists threw the U.S. 24th Infantry Division called the “undefeated division” into the war.

Divisional Commander Dean, who boasted of his rich war experience and asserted that he did not know defeat, was doomed to ruin in the Korean war.

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