Polish colors

Each nation's folklore has its colors. Asians love Yellow/Green. Andean indians love Lila tones (pic). I feel more affinity for the Polish red. Also, Polish folk songs sound the best to my ears, not the Hungarian heyyehuyya hey!

Argentine history: as taught and real

In the school, I learned about the INVASIONES INGLESAS of Buenos Aires in 1806 and the heroic resistance of the local patriots. Illustration:  Beresford accepts his defeat (sic).

 It took me another 70 years to discover that the English had no intention of colonising Argentina; their motive was to seize the silver being exported to Spain through Buenos Aires, which they did with no resistance. Got the treasure and left. A few English soldiers deserted and married into the local aristocracy. 

 The prize carried off by the Narcissus to London consisted of more than 28300 kilograms of pure silver coins. It was divided into eighths according to the British Navy rules. Beresford and Popham took home the lion's share and became very wealthy. 

The Bank of England recorded 27 tons, 17 hundredweight, and 4 lbs of silver. Those are avoirdupois units (the ton/hundredweight system), so:

• 27 long tons × 2,240 lb = 60,480 lb
• 17 cwt × 112 lb = 1,904 lb
• 4 lb = 4 lb
• Total ≈ 62,388 lb avoirdupois ≈ 28,300 kg (28.3 tonnes)

Converted to troy ounces (how silver is priced): 28,300 kg ÷ 31.103 g = roughly 909,000–910,000 troy ounces. Silver is trading at roughly $59 per troy ounce right now — silver rose to 58.78 USD/t.oz on June 26, 2026, up 1.61% from the previous day, so the melt value of that hoard today:

≈ 910,000 troy oz × ~$59/oz ≈ $53–54 million USD (2026).

In actual pieces of eight (Spanish reales), it was about one million US$ ($ is the Spanish dollar). 

Bayer Saved from Ruin

 THE SUPREME COURT JUST HANDED Bayer Corporation—and its wholly owned subsidiary Monsanto—a major victory. In an 7–2 decision, the Roberts Court ruled that the moment the Environmental Protection Agency approved Roundup’s label, the company bore no responsibility for what the product did to the people who used it. With that, Missouri farmer John Durnell’s quest to get compensation for the cancer he says Roundup caused screeched to a halt—along with the claims of about two hundred thousand other plaintiffs. The halls of justice are now closed to them.

At least for now, America has evaded the environmentalist craze. Bayer is a good agrochemical company. It is a treasure for farmers everywhere. 

Breaking through the barrier of fear

 
Netanyahu said that the State of Israel is stronger than ever, and this is not only reflected in the regional arena but also in the national consciousness: "We changed the rules of the game in our region from the ground up, but above all, we changed ourselves." He claimed that Israel "managed to break through the barrier of fear with initiative and aggression."

Per contra, HaAretz opposition fishwrap, writes:

A Collapsing Society: Israel Suffers a National Mental Crisis Due to the War

Darializa Avila Chevalier

Darializa Avila Chevalier is an American community organizer and politician who just won a high-profile Democratic primary. She defeated five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat to become the Democratic nominee for New York's 13th Congressional District. She is a working-class Afro-Latina organizer and the daughter of Dominican immigrants. She is a strident enemy of Israel. About 60% of New York is ethnically Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, etc.), and 10% Jews, many first-generation Middle Eastern and Russian immigrants. She will join AOC in the American Congress.

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Change the voters, change the country.

I worked for several months in Santo Domingo, hiring a room in Trujillo's lover's house. He gave her the house where she lived with several servant-girls. It was beautiful, built of coral-cement. The State's sources of income were the lottery and alcoholic beverages. People were deeply Catholic and friendly to Israelis. I fed on fried plantains and fish in the street. There were no bookshops in Santo Domingo.

On my last tour in New York, we lived in City Island. In the long trips on the train to Manhattan, I always talked to strangers, mostly in Spanish. Caribbean people were relaxed and friendly, but Afro-Americans were tense and "acomplejados" (neurotic). The trains were old, noisy, and jumpy. Third world class.  

Hundreds of Hizballah terrorists trapped in Ali al-Taher underground base

ZAHAL has trapped hundreds of terrorists in a large underground tunnel complex housing a command center and strategic weapons depots, known as the Imad‑4 facility. Iran is desperately pressing Trump to stop ZAHAL and to let them escape. They announced that the Hormuz Strait is closed, and they don't care if the world economy goes to hell. If it does, blame the Jews. 

Update 23-6-26: Iran's pressure on the USA forced Israel to freeze the campaign. The whole world unites to keep us down, living in danger and fear. It is the Middle Ages, once again.

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