Category Archives: mortality

On Cape Cod Hill: the Fog of Life

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Roy Van Til

Viewing the scene from above, I sharpened my awestruck gaze to see if the Headless Horseman or the Hound of the Baskervilles would come charging out of the gathering armada of misty fingers to cap off this nightmare display, a compelling vision that unfolded before me as I slowed to a halt at the crest of a lonely country road. Continue reading →

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Titanic Failure..…debunking conspiracies about physical gold and the iceberg

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Roy Van Til

Abstract
The tenor of the times is rife with suspicion at every turn.  With richly embroidered theories of dastardly conspiracies, the popular press and blogosphere are awash with rumors, innuendo, internecine plots, and nefarious scenarios circling around the gold industry that are reminiscent of the firestorm of thus far unproven conjectures about the Titanic, the JFK assassination, and 9/11.  In this casual essay, a comparison is made between the epic maritime disaster in 1912 to the recent worries voiced by so many potential investors and ordinary citizens about manipulation of the gold and currency markets.  The sobering conclusion is that bad things often happen without any tinge of conspiracy, whenever events and financial structures conspire to cause mayhem.  Humankind must always be alert to the possibility of an unscripted chain of causality that can deliver a serious blow to any system or technology designed by imperfect mortals.   Continue reading →

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Raging at Aging: The Wolfe is always at the door

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Roy Van Til

or the last 45 years I had not exchanged a word with him in person or through letters or on the Internet. Yet the cold, immutable news of his passing hit me hard. And it was more than the shiver of mortality that becomes all too familiar to us all as the earth performs its graceful revolutions. Continue reading →

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Protected: Jay Kool, Ph.D. and Mr. Ride, WTF

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Roy Van Til

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Bitchin’ Rights

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Roy Van Til

Bitchin’ Rights   Roy Van Til   Vienna, Maine   July 2011   Welcome to a nation plagued by non-stop bitchin’.  Indeed, the whiners rarely pause for breath.  The self-pitying drone of gripers provides a background rumble of moaning that … Continue reading →

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