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 →
The Year of Humpty Dumpty
"This year was marked by global unrest — and 2020 is likely to be worse" ABC News Analysis Well, I have been saying that, perhaps in fewer words and less detail, all this year and in previous recent years. 2020 is not going to be a happy year, for anybody much. I don't even feel... Continue Reading →
Useful Satisfaction ≈ No Progress
So, the Normandy Four meetings held on Monday are hailed as having been both useful and satisfactory. Does that equal 'success'? Well, only if you consider success to mean nothing has changed and no progress has been made. TASS has produced 5 separate stories on this today, none of which indicate that anything happened which... Continue Reading →
OPCW Discredited – Syria Vindicated – US Knows No Shame
Shared without comment - none needed. "A leaked email accuses the OPCW of doctoring a report to suit the US government’s justification for its illegal bombing of Syria in April 2018. I explain the scandal mainstream media is trying to suppress" - Dan Cohen
Embracing Jugaad
With apologies for any possible confusion, I have changed the title of this post from 'Raising Questions?' to 'Embracing Jugaad' (see the link for definition) since this is a concept we all most probably will eventually need to adjust to using. These words form part of the report from ABC South Asia correspondent Siobhan Heanue... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 