This post was inspired by : BP proposal to drill exploration wells in Great Australian Bight rejected Photo: The regulator was not satisfied that BP's environment plan met all of the regulatory requirements. (Bill Griffiths) Well, there's a nice surprise. Those mega-corporations are no longer supremely unbeatable and they don't, increasingly often, always get their... Continue Reading →
I Said To Myself…
"Now, what do I want from here?", I said to myself as I stood, with my pantry door open. Actually, I spoke the words aloud, as I often do when by myself (well there's nobody else to talk to and I don't want my voice to shut down, do I?), but don't tell anybody else... Continue Reading →
Guilt By Association
"To honor the dead, we need to look inside ourselves, and inside the societies we live in. And only when we've found, and eradicated, those things that make both us, and our communities, 'guilty by association' -for lack of a better term-, will we have paid proper respect to those who lost their lives." -... Continue Reading →
WATERCOURSE
I came across this interesting blog today, courtesy of a visit and kind words by the owner, to mine. Worth exploring ...and, in this post, a nice surprise for old 'Chisel' fans.
This Is Your Final Wake Up Call
Canada seems to be waking up. Photo courtesy of Alana Phillips on Facebook ...and here's another similar viewpoint from Diane Rizun on Facebook So, I repeat, Canada appears to be waking up. Meanwhile, here in Australia, all I can hear is the sound of zzzzzzz's. Our final opportunity, maybe, to wake ourselves up (before we... Continue Reading →
Living In The Past – Part 2
Erm... have you seen the latest episode of the popular soapie (polling highly anyway), 'The Hasbeen Show', featuring Malcolm and Julie Hasbeen, and titled 'Living In The Past - Part 2'? Part 1 was of course back when Julie was still in a temporary but mis-timed relationship with Tony Nevashuddabeen. The burning question is, can... Continue Reading →
Moving Towards Enlightenment
"Many non-religious people still believe in God – what is that all about?" asks Adam Lee in The Guardian. It's just the first step in the process or regaining your own sense of individual sovereignty and being. First you need to divest yourself from (as many are now doing) religion, of any sort. You can... Continue Reading →
Heads In The Sand Government
There is a reason for why no serious bank will support the new coal mine approved by the Australian government recently ...and this is it: 'Global Coal Consumption Heads for Biggest Decline in History' Oh, but... our government, being the altruistic, caring, nurturing, organisation that it is, thinks (or claims as a valid reason) that... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 