I have said many times that Julian Assange (alongside Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning) is a modern day hero whose rights to freedom of movement have been abused by the British government for years now. The UN agrees, at least with the fact that he is being restrained illegally. http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA1LzA0L2FkLzJzdHJ1Nzhhc2RmLjhkMjZkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTk1MHg1MzQjCmUJanBn/23c69b9f/396/2stru78asdf.jpg Image credit: mashable.com 2stru78asdf.jpg Does... Continue Reading →
Confucius, he say… not
Image credit: Unknown source You mean to say, Confucius had a sense of humour? I'm sure he had. Actually it wasn't Confucius who said this or even something similar to this (I think everyone knows the old saying). This may be the most incorrectly credited saying of all time. I have even seen it attributed... Continue Reading →
15 Essential Homestead Kitchen Tools
Get a load of this. Excellent advice. I can't recommend this highly enough. There are even a few pointers there for myself. I don't, for instance, have an Oil Press or a food mill. Must look into that. I also don't have a meat grinder but, having been a vegetarian for the past twelve years,... Continue Reading →
Syraq – Cradle Of Civilisation
Syraq, that recently named new proto-nation, an unofficial joint venture between Syria and Iraq, facilitated by there being no recognisable joint border separating them from one another and having at least some form of organised structure in the shape of Daesh, the so-called Islamic State in charge of at least parts of both countries. And... Continue Reading →
Consider this…
Have you ever considered what life would be like without that very thin, fragile band of concentrated gases (concentrated in relation to what lays beyond it anyway) that we call our planetary atmosphere? How about that tenuous (meaning barely noticeable) magnetic field that reaches out into space to protect us from cosmic plasma and radiation? ... Continue Reading →
Thinking Local
France is introducing laws "requiring all of the nation’s “collective restaurants” (school cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, senior living communities, prisons and other state institutions) to source at least 40 percent of their food locally". "In addition to being locally sourced, the food served must be in season, organically grown and certified ecologically sustainable". This post inspired... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 
