Image: Women draw drinking water on the banks of the dried-up Vakaria lake at Vakaria village, west of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, May 14, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave The World Economic Forum is not a place where I would normally go to find the information that I like to share, but they do... Continue Reading →
The Other Side Of The Coin
Just to show that I am not simply a Russiophile, doting on Putin, always knocking America (and let's face it, there's plenty to knock about there), I want to show you something that I think is important for America and for the rest of the world. Donald Trump. Hilary Clinton. Is this, or is a... Continue Reading →
Was This A Turkish Setup?
Did those German tourists die on Tuesday 12 January 2016 in Istanbul a) as a result of an IS terror attack? or b) in a Turkish oligarchy setup made to look like a) for their own reasons? There are many questions asked in this RT article: Is Erdogan playing terror to garner political support within... Continue Reading →
Not Crying ‘Wolf’
Yesterday it was the Royal Bank of Scotland with their: Sell everything ahead of stock market crash, say RBS economists. Today it is Albert Edwards, strategist at the bank Société Générale with: Beware the great 2016 financial crisis, warns leading City pessimist What would they know, right? Well, it is not as though they... Continue Reading →
Taking The Piss Out Of Pomposity
Now, if I were mischievous, ...oh well, let's face it, I am, sometimes. But there is always a serious side to my mischief, whether people get that or not, and they probably mostly don't. It's 42°C (108°F) outside today (bloody hot), and the heat may have driven me to do this (a weak excuse). I... Continue Reading →
Maintaining The Trust
In spite of the almost daily barrage of innuendo, misrepresentation and outright lies emanating from biased Western media, the disinformation and outright lies coming from Western government propaganda sources and the pure gibberish put out by oral mucous ejecting, rabid, uninformed and ill-informed internet opinion 'experts' and trolls, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin still, after... Continue Reading →
Betting On The House
The Future for Australia is bright? Only if you are wearing rose tinted spectacles. Australia never really felt the GFC, and we were really smug about that, weren't we? Well, now maybe it is our turn to feel the pain, and it could be this year. Do you have mortgage debt? Do you think that... Continue Reading →
Somewhere In America…
Somewhere in America... Watch this video and be amazed. A copy of this video on Facebook has received over 39 million views. Wow! This performance is great, and shows the true value and perception of at least some of that nation's noble youth. Well done girls, you are amazing. Excellent. And they wrote the... Continue Reading →
Green Power, Not
Look, I know this is not a huge issue, it's just one UK power station as far as I know, that is burning wood pellets instead of coal to produce electricity, but it is huge in that it reflects the stupidity of the human race and the short term memory that we exhibit. Photo credit:... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 