On any given Sunday. "Gangs and drugs get the headlines, but a different crime takes up far more police time than any other: family violence. We spend a Sunday night with Jackie and David, two cops on the frontline of this hidden emergency." You think modern Western society is doing alright? You think the society... Continue Reading →
Of Wise and Unwise Choices…
"Zelensky submits draft constitutional amendments" Ukraine President Zelensky, a bit slow it seems (needs things repeated), out of his depth and living in a dreamworld, hopes no-one will notice that the constitutional amendments he has submitted to the Ukraine parliament are not the ones, not even close to the ones, he has agreed to implement... Continue Reading →
Differentiating What Is Real And What Is Not
"Putting Einstein first: It's time to stop lying to our children about physics" - ABC News I will say one thing about Australia's ABC News, we do get some interesting stories from them, it's not all about politicians and the global economic mess - although I suppose it is in a way. One thing is... Continue Reading →
Renewed Hope For Australian Hero
When did 'embarrassment' become a crime? "Assange's father hopeful of son's release" - The Advocate - which, being Tasmanian, will probably be the last Australian news source still operating in the climate ravaged world of a decade or so ahead, if there are any at all. "He's one of the world's great journalists and he's... Continue Reading →
In A World Of Rioting Lawyers
The world has gone completely mad when a mob of 500 lawyers (can you imagine that?) assaults and ransacks a hospital over some issue. I guess it doesn't matter what the issue is, just the idea of mobs of lawyers running riot around the place simply boggles the mind. It couldn't happen in a sane... Continue Reading →
Is Undefined Change A Change At All?
"Lavrov's talks with Pompeo and Trump were pragmatic and constructive — Zakharova" A very busy and impressively important person, and adept representative of Russia's interests abroad is Foreign Minister, Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (I think in this article is the first time I have seen his full name used). He is Russia's 'everywhere man'. And not... Continue Reading →
When Growth Rates Are Misleading
Well, here it is. A few minutes ago I captured, as closely as I could, the Worldometers' population clock tick over to the count of seven and three quarter billion humans alive on the planet Earth. Screen snapshot - apologies for image quality - see link below for current figures. Yes, I know that births... Continue Reading →
Syria – Setting The Record Straight
"There was no sectarian war, there was no ethnical war, there was no political war; it was terrorists supported by outside powers..." - President Al-Assad of Syria. This quote was part of an interview of President Assad by the Italian TV channel RAI in November 2019, the full text of which is contained in the shared... Continue Reading →
Horowitz Toothless. Now Waiting On Durham & Barr’s Bigger Bite.
"The War of the Narratives" - Kunstler And so the Horowitz report has come and gone, passing by as a toothless and mostly harmless piece of work, but which does at least condemn as negligently incompetent, if not criminally so, an FBI organisation that has forever tainted at least its recent history. There is nothing... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 