I came across this American blog today (thanks to Ilargi at The Automatic Earth). It belongs to, and is the work of, William Schryver, a male who lives in the US (which is about all he wants us to know about him). But, I tell you what, his views on the Ukraine thing are almost... Continue Reading →
West Now Desperately Wants the Ukraine Thing to Disappear – Rapidly
In its own quaint machine translation to english, VZGLYAD points out the dilemma facing the west in light of their own (the west's) new found desperate need (I will say more on that) to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. It is a 'conflict', it is not a 'war', as I have said before. A conflict initiated... Continue Reading →
Western Reporters Incapacity to Comprehend; Is It Inbred or Learned?
I do not envy the task of Russian diplomats who are required to face a cohort of either unintelligent or possibly dumbed down western media reporters on a daily basis. In fact I feel they must be a special type of person - the diplomats I mean, not the reporters - to maintain polite conversation... Continue Reading →
What Mr Putin Actually Said
There are a lot of reports just now about statements made by Russian President, Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the State Duma and heads of factions in the Kremlin on July 7. And I suppose everyone has read the snippets which say... Today we hear that they want to defeat us... Continue Reading →
Of Boogers, Bogeys and Purple-Heads
I would like to see some sort of internationally recognised awards for Best Innovative Use of Language. If such awards there were, I would right now nominate for best Adjectivated Noun, used to great effect in the article linked below by Tom Luongo. I laughed long and repetitively on reading it last night and I... Continue Reading →
A Little Bit of Magic and Colour Away From the Cares of Modern Life
I want to show you today, although I have not wholly convinced myself of the wisdom of doing so (but I am going to do it anyway - mad, impulsive fool that I am), something that has been a part of my life now for several years. Something to which I have devoted many hours,... Continue Reading →
Some Deep Thinking Required
'Deep Thought' was a computer. The unseen character in a four part fictional work nominally posing as compendium for understanding 'the galaxy'. The 'Deep Thought' computer, the biggest one ever built (I'm working from memory here, so some details may not be completely accurate [afficionados need not respond]), was so built for the express purpose... Continue Reading →
Solid Effort Towards a Better World
I want to talk of something that is quite unfamiliar to the western world. The idea of cooperative development for mutual benefit between nations. There are reasons for that of course, which I don't intend to go into here. China has long been in the business of providing meaningful and stable infrastructure solutions for the... Continue Reading →
The Rest of the Story
This is not about a Myanmar MiG-29. This is not about an incursion into Thai airspace. This is not about Ukraine - which I regularly talk about these days. Though Ukraine gets a mention. It is not even about terrorism - that endemic feature of the modern world - though 'terrorism' is central to the... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 