"...the train of “maximum pressure” has now stopped at the station of frustration." - Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), in response to the recent listing of Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif with sanctions by the US. What bigger and better ridicule of The US salacious* sanctions policy (the policy... Continue Reading →
London Fears…
Linked TASS article: "London fears Russian ‘super quiet’ submarines operate unseen in British waters" 'London fears' - As Western nations navigate themselves into bankruptcy and ever unpayable debt burdens, fears are bound to grow that those who despite having restrictive economic sanctions imposed on them but somehow manage to continue to grow in stability and... Continue Reading →
Floods and Fires…
I more or less gave up blogging here some years ago, opting instead to blog, yes blog, on Facebook and more recently (2018) on V-Kontakte (VK), a Russian social media platform. Everything I have blogged since that time I have blogged first on VK and then exported that to FB and occasionally to here. I... Continue Reading →
It’s… Well, It’s Really Just The Absolute Inevitability Of It All…
Sharing a most revealing exposition (Hope and Vision in the Face of Collapse – The 4th R of Deep Adaptation)... with lines of enquiry that I have personally long awaited. The time is now. Get real... https://jembendell.com/2019/01/09/hope-and-vision-in-the-face-of-collapse-the-4th-r-of-deep-adaptation/ Dr Jem Bendell is a Professor of Sustainability Leadership and Founder of the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS)... Continue Reading →
Reasons to Hate America: ‘Despicable’, ‘Inhuman’, and so much more…
"Given this information, it appears that crop fires are part of Washington’s next phase of economic warfare/terrorism (in addition to the existing harsh sanctions), being imposed on war-ravaged Syrians who have courageously fought against western-supported global terrorism, within their borders for over eight years." - Sarah Abed https://sarahabed.com/2019/06/20/daesh-like-scorched-earth-terror-policy-sets-syrian-and-iraqi-agricultural-land-ablaze/ A fine new piece by Sarah Abed, plumbing... Continue Reading →
The End Of… Well, Quite A Lot Of Things, Really
I have for some time now been saying (on my VK site: https://vk.com/bernie.edwards and elsewhere) that the world should expect dramatic changes in the way we live, either this year or the next (2019/20). Meaning basically that the lifestyle you now have will entirely, not partially, entirely disappear along with all the chaos, disruption, and... Continue Reading →
The End of Human Rights
As we bid goodbye to 2018 - and why wouldn't we want to? - it is time to take a very brief - we don't need to look too closely or we might become a little despondent - look at what the past year has been all about. One thing, above all else, stands out... Continue Reading →
Seeing the West as the New (Worse Than) Nazis
While I am sure that many would attempt it, there is actually no-one who could successfully raise a fact-based, logically sound argument against that premise. If the West, led by America, has its way, the planet we now live on will be turned into a vast prison system where numbers will be forcefully kept down... Continue Reading →
Squaring Up To Face The ‘Ancient Covenant’, or Biting Off More Than I Can Chew?
l return to my blog site, after a rather long break, in order to attempt to answer a self-imposed question that I had no hope of adequately tackling in a social media post. Have I bitten off more than I can chew? I can't answer that until I reach the end of this story but,... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 