Proving that not all Australians are brainless noodleheads (unlike our politicians), a group of 28 likely lads from Mullumbimby (Mullumgrad), on the New South Wales north coast, have formed a serious but fake Russian choir to exclusively sing Russian folk and cultural music. They have turned themselves into something of a success and I have... Continue Reading →
Liber… what?
I have to admit, not with any shame or embarrassment, that I have never really understood the difference between such similar words as liberalism and libertarianism. Not that I have ever put much effort into trying to do so. So I am glad that someone, someone without any apparent axe to grind, has taken it... Continue Reading →
Sleepy Time Over in Syria?
Nothing much of any major significance has happened in Syria in recent days but tomorrow, May 25, could be a day to break that mostly sleepy spell which has been a respite and regathering for all incumbent terrorist forces in the area - as forecast when the Idlib ceasefire came into force - something that... Continue Reading →
Looking for a Global Hotspot? Try This for Size…
"Let the Oil Tankers Arrive in Venezuela, Iran's President Warns" - teleSUR The US global bully may attempt to disrupt the delivery of oil and gas shipments from Iran to Venezuela today. That's the sort of game we are used to seeing them play. How facile are their arguments though behind such a move? Threats... Continue Reading →
Times and Tales of the Giant Kangaroo
Australia, a “giant kangaroo that serves as a dog of the US”. I don't know who said that. I think it was someone in China - but could have been an enlightened person anywhere. But the pithy quote (and no, I don't have a lisp) has been widely reported and I'm here to tell you... Continue Reading →
Giants Beginning To Fall
"When Giants Fall" - A real life screenplay, happening now at a Reality Theatre near you. James Howard Kunstler outlines the gripping plot. Don't miss it. Well... actually its pretty much unmissable.
Not So Open Skies
By making claims of Russian non-compliance with the Open Skies Treaty, as a form of excuse for the US to pull out of the multi-national arrangement, tells the whole world (by reviewing past experience of such events) that exactly the non-compliance Russia is accused of is precisely what America has been doing itself for many... Continue Reading →
What Goes Around Comes Around
The Morrison government in Australia needs to get its act together and work out who its real friends are. Annoying Beijing with stupid ideas aligned with Washington will not serve the country well in either the short or long term. We need China as an ally, as well as a trading partner, both now -... Continue Reading →
Truth v Falsehood
Speaking of falsehoods, their dissemination and the various drivers of that - take my previous post as relating to an illustrative example - I now share an article, important in my view, which describes many pertinent facts around those deceitful practices which have become so prevalent in modern times that they might be said to... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 