Paul Simister 💙

This ain’t no April Fool’s joke! Custer State Park’s first bison calf of the season has arrived. Every spring, new calves begin appearing across the prairie, signaling the start of one of the most exciting times of year in the park. Welcome to the herd, little one! 📷Dan Alfson

How does this help the health of people in the UK? Our junior doctors need to be employed and trained to reach the higher levels.

Alarming news about the NHS as Labour tries to fiddle the waiting list figures down. Also the use of misleading dummy appointments. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/2…

An excellent review of a great album, Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy. altrockchick.com/2026/03/29/liv…

This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood” (Is 1:15).

From the land where civilization began, Christians in #Iraq fill the streets on #PalmSunday 🌿, walking together and waving palm branches as they remember Jesus’ entry into #Jerusalem, keeping alive a tradition passed down through generations.

Holy Week begins: Palm Sunday—Jesus enters Jerusalem Holy Monday—Jesus cleanses the temple Holy Tuesday—Jesus warns of the End Times Spy Wednesday—Judas agrees to betray Jesus Holy Thursday—Last Supper & Agony in the Garden Good Friday—Crucifixion Holy Saturday—Jesus in the tomb

Crazy. This Labour government is doing so much damage to the UK, and I thought the Tories had been bad. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Astonishing, the world is changing before our eyes.

Just about every decision Starmer makes is wrong and damaged the UK. What does he think he is doing? telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…

Wild elephants in Thailand set up roadblocks to steal sugarcane from passing trucks. One notorious male nicknamed “Fatty” walks into traffic and forces drivers to stop. He reaches his trunk into the trailers, grabs handfuls of sugarcane, then lets them pass. This highway robbery has been happening for over 20 years and park rangers can’t stop it.

Even the Guardian thinks Keir Starmer is useless as the prime Minister. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This has been a fantastic series on the eight players lost in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958. There will never be forgotten.

Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay £1. The sixth would pay £3. The seventh would pay £7. The eighth would pay £12. The ninth would pay £18. And the tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.　 So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every week and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until, one day, the owner caused them a little problem. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your weekly beer by £20.” Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80. The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes. So the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free but what about the other six men? The paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share? They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33, but if they subtracted that from everybody’s share then not only would the first four men still be drinking for free but the fifth and sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.　 So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fairer to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage. They decided to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay. And so, the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (a 100% saving). The sixth man now paid £2 instead of £3 (a 33% saving). The seventh man now paid £5 instead of £7 (a 28% saving). The eighth man now paid £9 instead of £12 (a 25% saving). The ninth man now paid £14 instead of £18 (a 22% saving). And the tenth man now paid £49 instead of £59 (a 16% saving).　 Each of the last six was better off than before with the first four continuing to drink for free.　 But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got £1 out of the £20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got £10!“　 “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a £1 too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”　 “That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get £10 back, when I only got £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”　 “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!” The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.　 The next week the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important – they didn’t have enough money between all of them to pay for even half of the bill!　 And that’s how it works. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they just might not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.　 For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

Twenty One Lessons From Financial History For The Way We Live Now Russell Napier shares lessons from financial history and how they apply to his outlook for the world today. (05:34) Spend as much time analyzing supply as you spend analyzing demand. (09:37) There is no relationship between GDP growth and the return from equities. (13:12) Gordon Pepper’s Law - estimate how long the unsustainable can be sustained, then double it and take off a month. (14:46) Charlie Munger: “Never, ever think about anything else when you should be thinking about incentives.” (19:38) Governments like markets only when they deliver the prices they want. (25:01) The ratio of corporate profits to GDP must mean revert in a free society. (28:27) In assessing the appropriateness of monetary policy, assess both the price and quantity of money. (31:54) The most dangerous form of speculation is the search for yield. (34:24) For investors, the real danger from populism depends on the strength of the constitution and the rule of law. (36:02) The countries most likely to default on their debt are those that have defaulted on their debt. (37:45) High equity valuations fall slowly when the surprise is inflation, and quickly when it is deflation. (43:07) Never buy emerging market equities if the exchange rate is overvalued. (43:29) Tourism is the best guide to whether an exchange rate is overvalued or undervalued. (46:19) Always buy equities when the CAPE Ratio is below 10, unless the future holds communism, war or a surrender of monetary independence with an overvalued exchange rate. (47:46) Democracy is more suited to the operation of capital controls than the free movement of capital. (50:38) Governments don’t have to inflate away their debts because they have your savings instead. (51:33) Technology never ultimately defeats inflation. (52:32) Monetary systems fail about every 30 years. (54:25) Money is almost always in disequilibrium. (55:49) Never trust a forecast with a decimal point. (58:17) Extrapolation is the opiate of the people.

Great advice.

Labour scared of the electorate again. Democracy dies little by little.

The dreadful state of the NHS. An update five hours later said this very elderly gentleman was still waiting. It's a national disgrace.

A country that cannot provide swift medical care for its people is broken. A country where thousands die prematurely awaiting hospital care is broken. A country in the Bottom Two of survival rates for common cancers in the developed world is broken. A country where the target for the time between cancer diagnosis and starting treatment is the highest in Europe - and we still don’t hit it - is broken. A country where state of the art drugs and treatment are unaffordable is broken. A country with grossly unsafe maternity care where the NHS pays out billions to babies they have either killed or damaged for life is broken. A country where my mother’s elderly neighbour waited 17 hours lying on the floor for an ambulance - and died - is broken. A country where six hours bleeding or vomiting in A&E is the norm is broken. A country where Corridor Care is a thing is broken. A country where you have to call at 8am to compete to see a doctor maybe in three weeks time and not even in person is broken. A country where millions of people accept all of the misery and pain and discomfort and danger described above as just what we have to put up with is broken. Britain is Broken.