I warned a few days ago that the Turkish southernmost observation post in the northern Hama province at Murak was in danger of being surrounded by the rampaging Syrian army forces intent on liberating their northern territory from the nest of thousands of terrorists, some under Turkish backing, occupying it.  This appears to be the... Continue Reading →

Climate change evacuation planning needs to start now, urges scientists This story, based mainly on a 'Science' magazine article, is almost all pure nonsense.  Well, apart from the first four paragraphs which are there purely as attention grabbers. And I don't mean that what they are talking about is basically untrue.  It isn't. It's just... Continue Reading →

US President Donald Trump recently made noises about returning Russia to the now defunct G8 group of nations. I think that Russia is not too concerned about being excluded from the Group of Eight nations since 2014, rendering it now a Group of Seven (G7). Maybe if it were a more serious forum, operating within... Continue Reading →

The above is a quote from this article: "Trump scraps Denmark visit after Danes say Greenland not for sale" He was serious, you know, and that together with the pouting sulk that resulted in the cancellation of his planned visit to Denmark, speaks volumes for the mental state and maturity of the American leader.  How... Continue Reading →

A new report from the United States Study Center, at the University of Sydney says that the US military is no longer the primary force in Asia, and missiles from China's rapidly improving military could overwhelm its bases in hours. I wonder if the Australian government knew of or took this report into account before making... Continue Reading →

I have consistently reported James Howard Kunstler's assertions (here, here, here, here and numerous earlier posts) that documentary evidence will be brought against those responsible for the prosecution of the 'Russia Collusion' lies fronted by the Mueller investigation over more than 2 years, now debunked, leading to potential jail time for Mueller himself, the Clintons,... Continue Reading →

So, my country, Australia, continues its time honoured practice of making the wrong military decisions by acceding to US pressure to join it in an ill thought out plan to police the Straits of Hormuz. I suspect that the US, embarrassed by the lack of international support for its scheme (only UK and Bahrain are... Continue Reading →

A thoughtful piece this time from young Jim Kunstler.  A potted history of the existence of man.  Brought right up to date to the current decade.  It is interesting to realise all that has come before and what we now see and, if we have any sense of the occasion, what we now fear.  There... Continue Reading →

On Monday, August 19, as Syrian army units were successfully retaking control of the town of Khan Sheikhoun, a Turkish army convoy including tanks entering Syria to ostensibly reinforce its garrison in one of the 'observation posts' in Idlib, was attacked by the Syrian air force. Turkey was naturally upset by this action, but Turkey... Continue Reading →