Blather.

Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader would like to take a moment to put down a few things that have been going through his head.

Firstly, many thanks to the Minister of Agriculture and the Poet Laureate for writing during the week. Your Maximum Leader has been occupied with so many different things, blogging has been, at best, an afterthought.

Secondly, your Maximum Leader would like to commend to you two films. They are "Master and Commander" and "Kill Bill Volume 2." Each in their own way are quite good.

As one who has read some of the Patrick O'Brian books upon which "Master and Commander" are based, it was just what your Maximum Leader expected. The acting was good, and the movie was visually spot on. If you are not a big Royal Navy in the age of Nelson type of guy/gal, this is not your film. Your Maximum Leader watched it in the screening room of the Villainschloss with his esteemed Father-in-law and Brother-in-law. At many points your Maximum Leader and his esteemed Father-in-law were filling in important historical references for his esteemed Brother-in-law.

As for Kill Bill Volume 2, it was great in a Quentin Tarantino type of way. Flashy action sequences. Great dialouge. And some sick twisted stuff that makes you wonder if Tarantino weren't a director would he be a sociopath of some sort.

Thirdly, your Maximum Leader highly commends the recent Victor Davis Hanson essay on National Review Online. As always, Hanson is clear as to what our goals should be, and who our enemy is.

Lastly, your Maximum Leader did get to watch most of the "In Depth with Niall Ferguson" on Book TV today. Quite good. Indeed, your Maximum Leader must now start to rethink some of his long-held ideas concerning America as an empire. (Although that is a post for another time.)

Alas, with various commitments to family this weekend, your Maximum Leader didn't find enough time to write anthing of consequence. He hopes to regale you with some thoughtful stuff during the week.

Carry on.