"Europe won't drag its heels until "Thunder" strikes - Strategic nuclear forces headquarter exercises have taken place in Russia" I am a UK armed forces veteran.  It was a long time ago and, approaching 75 years of age I am pretty harmless now - not that I was much of a threat to anybody even... Continue Reading →

"Global economy faces $19tn corporate debt timebomb, warns IMF" I hate myself for doing this, and by that I mean that I would rather chew my arm off than give any sort of airtime support to The Guardian. But that's another story and they have this particular story - so let's press on. A "...$19tn... Continue Reading →

"Why Australia's media front pages were blacked out today" This was yesterday.  OK, I'm a day behind. Sue me. Australia's major newspapers, such as they are, used a lot more ink than usual on their front pages on Sunday - or was it Saturday, I don't know, every day is the same to me (I'm... Continue Reading →

"The US Didn’t Foresee a Russia-Turkey Surprise in Syria" This New Eastern Outlook article provides an interpretation of events in Syria and the dramatic changes that have occurred there and sums up well what I have also said in recent days. How correct we are has yet to be realised of course, and Turkey is... Continue Reading →

"Putin: Russia ready to engage in civilized competition for cooperation with Africa" What do you make of this story?  I see in it a microcosm of all that is good or bad about the modern world and, with the situation in Syria temporarily taking a back stage seat, it seems that it is Africa's turn... Continue Reading →

Two truths about the climate crisis of which I assume the whole world now is aware.  Aware of the crisis I mean, not necessarily the truths. Extracted from the shared article below, so not my idea, but truths nonetheless with which I am in complete agreement - though I may not necessarily agree with every... Continue Reading →

"The Fatal Loop of Recursivity" Server Farming: The preoccupation of a whole generation, divorced from reality, led by the "reconstructed 'truth'" countered by "detecting its gross falsifications", all emanating from and stuck in a seemingly endless loop of, navel gazing - other folks's navels of course - fed by a seamless stream of farmed (recorded... Continue Reading →

"Erdogan says will discuss Syrian forces’ presence in north Syria with Putin in Sochi" What does this mean?  Well, it could mean nothing much at all but on the basis of this TASS report it could also mean that Turkey, already heady with the success of its coup over US presence in northern Syria, is... Continue Reading →

As Cartographer Ileyev said to me recently - "Existence is beautiful, if you let it be.  Life is not a question.  There does not need to be an answer..." Who is Cartographer Ileyev?  He, or rather, 'it', is an electronic alien life form that I met on a space station in a star system in... Continue Reading →