The Inforos article linked below is essentially about failure of credibility of the EU as a reliable negotiating entity and the unacceptable situation around crushing US sanctions against Iran - both important enough a stories in their own right.  But the story hides a much more important and wide-ranging issue - that of the impending... Continue Reading →

Have you noticed how heartily the demons of chaos are partying around the world? Nothing is running as normal any more and, quite frankly, 'normality' has been listed as 'missing' for quite some time. It's a chaotic world we now live in. It's also a very nervous world, and that is mainly due to one... Continue Reading →

The same story as my previous post but more detail, from Sarah Abed's - The Rabbit Hole blog: 'US Special Rep for Iran, Brian Hook makes Captain Hook look like a Good Guy'

The United States - Adrift and Rudderless on the Sea of Desperation. It has been revealed that senior US official Brian Hook (Cap'n Hook, the pirate?) approached the new takeover captain of the illegally (piracy is still illegal, isn't it?) seized (by Britain) Iranian Oil Tanker Grace 1 - now renamed - offering him several... Continue Reading →

This is a sad state of affairs, entirely the fault of the US invaders of Syria and their supported, de facto ground troops, the SDF.  Does America have no shame?  Syrian citizens in the remote areas of Hasaka and Qamishli, surrounded by SDF illegally controlled Syrian territory (courtesy the US invaders), find it necessary for... Continue Reading →

The incongruity of this image (the story is secondary) of the leader of a NATO nation (a group that has, ruthlessly and without any logical reason, sworn undying enmity to Russia) whispering into the ear of the leader of the Russian nation on agreements made jointly between them. An unbelievably ridiculous situation all centred around... Continue Reading →

Good on Russia for the perspicacity to stand tall against the incongruousness of the other Normandy three. "Normandy Four leaders’ aides fail to agree on summit’s date, expert says" Of course they do.  What point is there in talking further when the agreed points from previous talks have not been implemented.  Only fools, the intransigent,... Continue Reading →

Does the US owe you money? With an economy valued at a little over US$21 trillion and unfunded liabilities valued at almost US$126 trillion, how on Earth are they going to pay you? Data from US National Debt Clock - images captured around 13.45 AEST 2019/09/03. Note: Total US Unfunded Liability includes Social Security, (Medicare Parts... Continue Reading →

Another page turns in the Kunstler diary of the American condition blog. JHK has not said anything outstanding of late (unless you consider the possibility of "Pentagon intervention in the Homeland" to be such).  But this probably reflects the nation's sleepy awakening to the fact that they are now standing on a cliff edge and... Continue Reading →