Glossary

The sea coast of England and Wales was divided into 19 districts in 1360 and each district had a Vice-Admiral of the Coast. Vice-Admirals represented the Lord Admiral who had jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, offenses, injuries and torts, which were executed through Admiralty Courts, also known as maritime courts. The admiralty laws that applied in these courts were based on the civil laws, based on the Laws of the Sea, as well as statutory and common law additions.

The Age of Enlightenment, or Enlightenment Period, encompassed roughly the 18th century, born out of the Renaissance and died out with the rise of Romanticism. The main memes embraced during the Enlightenment Period were that the application of human intelligence could solve the problems facing humanity, science could be used to improve human society and governments can coerce people into being better. 

Agenda 21 is a"sustainable development" action plan created by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division of Sustainable Development at the 1992 UN conference in Rio De Janeiro. "Agenda 21; Earth Summit – The United Nations Programme of Action from Rio." Critics express concern about resultant state interference in markets, wealth redistribution and eugenics.

Al-Qaeda is said to be an Islamist organization founded in the late 1980s by the son of a Saudi Arabian business family with close connections to the American Bush family. It is said to be a network of alienated, male, Sunni (not Shia) Muslims who hate the West and wish to either destroy (via Jihad) or convert it. Free-market economic theory would suggest such stateless terrorism is not economically feasible, let alone sensible.

The Alliance of Youth Movements and its subsidiary, Movements.org, are US-sponsored entities that are dedicated to the overthrow of existing regimes around the world, designed to take advantage of the Internet and its burgeoning technologies. It is likely that US intelligence agencies including the CIA are involved in every aspect of AYM, helping coordinate regime change and providing "youth leaders" who are actually agents.

In the 20th century, alternative media was mostly known as "leftist" and gave readers insights into the world that mainstream publications did not, but with a distinctly collectivist perception. The alternative press was also, obviously, a paper press, with distribution mostly in big cities, as the alternative press attracted less advertising and fewer subscribers simply by its nature. The Internet has changed all that.

The concept of altruism began to be defined in the 19th century and termed as such by French philosopher Auguste Comte around 1850. Comte was a founder of the scientific study of sociology. The English pronunciation is a derivative of the French term altruism. It is not specific to humans, which is psychological altruism, but also applies to plants and animals in their natural cycles. Comte was also central in the development of the scientific methods of positivism.

The American Civil War (1861–1865) is also known as the War Between the States. 21st century revisionist history (mostly libertarian) holds that the unintended or unexpected outcome of the civil war was a massive increase in federal power. Without the right to secede, states were helpless to combat the juggernaut of federal power resulting in an enormous flood of laws and regulations that started in the 19th century and increased in the 20th, into the 21st.

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) was founded in 1943 so it is one of the oldest and most influential pro-business right-wing think tanks in Washington. The AEI is in favor of free enterprise capitalism, and the group has been very successful when it comes to placing its members in influential governmental positions, especially in the Bush Administration. AEI is known as one of the country's main protectors and promoters of neoconservatism.

In March 1775 the 13 British colonies in North America had finally had enough of British rule and were forming a consensus to do something about it. By 1774 a Provincial Congress was the first sign of self-governing states. Within two years these congresses effectively rejected Parliament and replaced the British ruling arm with the First Continental Congress in 1774. When the British sent troops the colonies mobilized their own militias and fighting broke out in 1775.

The Anglo-American axis, within the context of the power elite, is the unacknowledged cultural cradle of the latest effort to consolidate countries and governments into a global order. The introduction of the Internet, like the Gutenberg Press before it, has exposed the machinations of the Anglo-American power elite and made visible the secret mechanisms of control via dominant social themes.

Antigua and Barbuda is a two-island nation of 170 square miles (440 sq km), geographically consisting of two major and 37 smaller islands, which gained independence from the United Kingdom on 1 November 1981. The capital, also the largest city, is St. John's, also the largest port, on the island of Antigua. 

The Arab Spring consists of demonstrations and civil disobedience taking place throughout the Arab world. It has resulted in the overthrow of rulers in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, while both Syria and Yemen are involved in Arab Spring-type movements. However, there is ample evidence the revolutions are manipulated and that the Anglo-American elite plans to replicate the Egyptian revolution worldwide.

The Aspen Institute began as a big-tent community event in 1949 as a celebration of the 200th birthday of the German poet and philosopher, Johann van Goethe. Now, conspiratorial historians liken the Aspen Institute to Britain's Tavistock, which is said to have produced modern rock and roll as "mind control" facilities intended to diminish the role of the family while celebrating State nobility.

The Associated Press (AP) was originally called the New York Associated Press (NYAP), as five newspapers in New York City wanted to share the cost of reporting news in 1846 of the Spanish American War. By 1862 the group faced stiff competition and heavy criticism from the Western Associated Press for monopolistic practices like setting prices and gathering news.

The ASEAN was formally established on August 8, 1967 and was initially comprised of Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, with Singapore and Indonesia lending their power and support to the group, as well. In 2012 ASEAN consists of ten member nations: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and VietNam and is focused on regional security and peace and trade relations with the rest of the world.

Atheism is a non-theistic philosophical theory of reality that essentially holds as a basic premise that there is no god and there is no necessity of a creator. The theory holds that the world could easily exist scientifically and human reality is based on the human experience. An alternate meaning for atheism denies belief in supreme beings of any type. General cause and effect principles of physics suggest that reality was initiated by a displacing force not a conscious, supernatural being. 

In the US in particular, the Athletic-Military Complex rages in all its glory and the subtleties of its purpose have been cast aside. In fact, more often than not, there are direct displays of military might with air force fighter jets screaming overhead of packed stadiums as the star spangled banner is sung by a celebrated star or starlet – usually standing amongst well-decorated veterans fresh from the front lines of America's latest "humanitarian efforts."

Austerity programs consist of a set of policies established by governments experiencing financial debt problems within their operational budgets and choose to embark on a commitment to reduce spending for public goods and services. The measures typically demand reduction in services to the lower socioeconomic level of society, often in response to previous over-spending that has amounted to transfer of public funds into the hands of individuals who need no handout.

Free-market economics are often referred to as Austrian economics. The "Austrian" school is fairly modern – neo-classical as opposed to classical, although got its start with the Late Scholastics, followers of St. Thomas Aquinas, in the 1600s. Many economists who promoted this sort of economics were Austrian – thus the name. The Mises Institute carries on the Austrian economics tradition, led by Lew Rockwell.

The rule over man instead of the rule of law is the main objective of an authoritarian government. Political repression and the exclusion of potential challengers are two of the earmarks of authoritarianism. Elections are usually rigged and political decisions are usually made by a select group behind closed doors. The main objective in most cases is the unregulated and informal exercise of political power by a leadership that is self-annointed / elected.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is the central bankers' bank, located in Basel, Switzerland, created by the Hague agreements of 1930 with offices in Hong Kong and Mexico City. The BIS is one more tool in the arsenal of elite monetary control of the world. It sits like a great spider at the heart of the corrupt and ruinous central banking mechanism that the Anglo-American elite has successfully foisted upon the world.

The Bank of America Corporation is much more than the name implies. One of the five largest corporations in the United States, it not only has relationships with practically all of the US Fortune 500 companies, but also does business with over 80% of the Fortune Global 500, second only to Walmart in terms of company size in America. In Fall, 2009 it held upwards of 12% of the deposits in the US.

While the Bank of England may not have the clout of the Federal Reserve, it is one of the most ancient financial institutions, sometimes referred to as The Old Lady. It has come under slightly less fire in the 21st century than the Federal Reserve, which is widely seen as reckless for the tens of trillions it has dumped into the market in an attempt to alleviate the financial crisis. Its days – in its current incarnation anyway – may be numbered.

Banksters are said to run the world through their ability to print money and set into motion various dominant social themes that frighten the world's population into giving up ever more power and wealth to the bankster's chosen global institutions. The goal is said to be one-world domination. Of course, absent mercantilism banksters would not have the power they currently have.

After 24 years Napoleon was finally defeated, exiled to Elba in 1814. But when he escaped exile and reformed his French troops, a coalition of British, Dutch, Prussian, Belgian and German militaries gathered to stop him once again. After defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, the victorious coalition entered France and restored Louis XVIII to the French throne. Napoleon surrendered to the British and was exiled to St. Helena where he died in 1821. 

The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), founded in 1972 with capital from the Bank of America (25%) and the ruler of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, became the 7th largest bank in the world with $20 billion in assets. After an investigation headed by US Senator John Kerry exposed internal affairs of BCCI related to global drug and weapons trade and illegal money laundering, BCCI closed in 1991. 

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. was founded in 1923 by Joseph Bear, Robert Stearns and Harold Mayor as an investment company. In 1955 Bear Stearns opened its first office outside the US, in Amsterdam, becoming one of the larger investment banks in the world. More than 60 years after its founding Bear Stearns went public in 1985. It now includes other services including foreign currency exchange, corporate finance, risk management, global clearing services and securities lending.

The world was a melting pot of opportunity at the turn of the 20th century even though there was a widespread trepidation about the stability of the future. Entrepreneurs from all walks of life came to the surface, and they put their sense of urgency to work. Amazing companies were formed that changed the dynamics of business and life in general. One of those turn of the century pioneers was Warren Bechtel.

The Bilderberg group, a secretive organization of powerful Western elites held its first meeting at the Hotel de Bilderberg in the Netherlands in 1954. It was founded in part by Józef Retinger who recruited Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands to the cause. Bernhard, a former Nazi, along with Belgian Prime Minister Paul Van Zeeland and Walter Bedell Smith, then head of the CIA, helped organize the initial conference.

Bitcoin is electronic cash, often called fiat. The currency employs cryptography to keep it safe and uses computer power to accomplish transactions. The idea of Bitcoin is to generate a currency that can be circulated outside of central banks' authority and not be subject to government control. It is left to users to verify and trust counter-parties and Bitcoin has thus grown up in an entrepreneurial fashion.

Monday, October 19th, 1987 has been designated Black Monday, the day the stock markets crashed all around the globe. Japan was the first to crash, Europe crashed on the heels of this and then the United States took a big hit. Creation of the so-called Plunge Protection Team, a Washington-based government/private banking group, dates to Black Monday. It can be said, 1987 crash contributed significantly to the illegal propping-up of markets in America and perhaps throughout the West.

In the arenas of economics and politics, Black Wednesday makes reference to September 16, 1992. It was definitely a bleak day for the Brits, as it was the day that Britain was forced to withdraw the British pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, known as the ERM. Ensuing high interest rates threw Great Britain into a recession. Businesses began to fail and the housing market suffered a crash.

Much has been written about the Bloomsbury Group's sexual idiosyncrasies, but these are merely a distraction from the real issue. The social and economic subversion performed by the Bloomsbury Group on behalf of the Anglosphere power elite and its central-bank dominated families continues to play out destructively today. For those who believe in freedom and free societies, there is nothing much positive to say about the heritage of the Bloomsbury Group.

Though it started in the United States, the membership list is hardly unique to Americans. It is marketed as an annual event and the subject matter has long been considered similar to the Bilderbergers. The general idea is that events that occur across the world are often instigated by informal agreements and discussions during this two-week event in the California redwood forest.

The Bolsheviks were originally part of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP), which followed the teachings of Karl Marx. Vladimir Lenin was the first leader of the Bolsheviks. Later, in his exile, Leon Trotsky, who did not align himself with the Bolsheviks until August 1917, would use the term Bolshevism to describe the original aims that Lenin had in contrast with what the Communist Party had become under Stalin.

During the spring and summer of 1932, approximately 17,000 World War I veterns gathered in Washington, DC, together with their families and supportive groups, to redeem their service certificates for cash payment from the US Government. Led by former Army Sergeant Walter W. Waters, the assemblage became popularly referred to as the Bonus Army. Their Hooverville camp was eventually cleared by the US Army cavalry, replete with tanks, and their belongings burned.

The House of Bourbon was the first to create a specific line of succession out of family lineage, or the family tree. The Bourbons first ruled Navarro in 1555. This Kingdom that was created was at the base of the Pyrenees Mountains bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. Bourbon rule still exists in Luxembourg. This will probably be the last frontier for the House of Bourbon and the line of family successions.

One of the most important accomplishments of the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944, technically termed the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was to establish interchangeable gold-based values for differing monetary systems. In addition, values were assessed for other precious metals such as silver and copper. The conference effectively ended economic nationalism and established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

BRIC is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and China. By mid-century the BRICs could constitute the most formidable economic force in the world. While the BRICs have indeed brought into question some of the global policies of the US, it cannot be said that they have radically realigned globopolitical policy. Right now BRIC nations account for 25 percent of the world's land mass and over 40 percent of the world's population.

Today, the BBC is still the largest broadcasting corporation in the world and operates as a supposedly independent corporation. Of course it is anything but independent and is actually the chief mouthpiece of an Anglo-American power elite conspiracy to build world government. The BBC is entirely focused in its editorial policy on internationalization. It is effectively a promotional organ for one world government.

The British Common Law system gives precedential weight to the idea that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently at different times. If parties disagree on what the law is, a common law court looks to past precedential decisions in relevant courts and is obligated to follow the reasoning used in that prior decision when applicable. Three sections of the Magna Carta, which was originally signed in 1215, still play a large part in English Law.

The lineage of rulers of the British Commonwealth of Nations is central to world history. Many individuals are not aware of the checkered past of the family, or extended families. Monarchs who rule continually for hundreds of years are perceived as ruthless. The contemporary Queen Elizabeth, who has ruled for nearly 60 years, and the British Royal Family actually function publicly with great articulation. They give no appearance of malevolence.

By coming up with seemingly reasonable solutions that include government resources, the Brookings Institution contributes to the idea that both government and private enterprise are part of the "solution." In fact, government is almost never the solution to anything; Anglosphere power elites NEED institutions like the Brookings Institution to continually buttress government involvement in private affairs.

Brownian is a term coined by the Daily Bell to describe a growing movement triggered by the publication of the book Web of Debt by Ellen Brown. The theme as postulated, which we also refer to as Brownianism, reflects Ms. Brown's desire to bring back a credit-based sovereign fiat-money. Ms. Brown's point of view, when it comes to money, does not include the perspective taken by the Daily Bell, which may constitute a third alternative to the dialectic she sets forth

Buddhism, developed from the teachings of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, is an eastern-based religion that is very similar to Christianity and Islam but differs in some very basic concepts. Siddhartha would eventually become the Buddha, which means "the enlightened one." There are two primary schools of Buddhism: Theravada, or "The School of the Elders" and Mahayana, or "The Great Vehicle."

The business cycle, as defined in the modern day, is a primarily central bank-driven phenomenon. The central bank prints more money, electronic and otherwise, and injects more credit (the real definition of inflation) than is necessary. The volume of money fools investors into thinking that a rapid expansion is underway, which, in turn, stimulates a "boom." Boom and bust cycles can last from only a few years to 20 years or longer.

C-SPAN, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, was first conceived in 1975 by Brian Lamb who was bureau chief for the trade magazine Cablevision. Today C-SPAN network has three TV channels, C-SPAN Radio and XM satellite radio. It broadcasts proceedings of the US House and Senate as well as other nations' legislative proceedings and various events of historical significance from around the world.  

CNN is a US cable TV news talk station started in 1980. Though often criticized as overly "liberal," CNN is neither liberal nor conservative. It is merely the primary mouthpiece for the Anglosphere power elite, an appendage of Time Warner, which is the larger corporate mouthpiece. CNN is relentless in its promotion of globalization. It celebrates the dominant social theme of socialist welfare-state driven centralization and the "rule of the few over the many." 

CAFTA is a free trade agreement between the United States and the Central American nations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the most recent member, the Dominican Republic. The US ratified CAFTA in 2005. Prior to CAFTA, the United States had already entered into free trade agreements with Mexico and Canada under NAFTA. Other countries in the region have trade relations with America under other agreements.