War, Or Unjustified Homicide?
"Yesterday afternoon, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power marched to Twitter to proclaim: 'we call on Russia to immediately cease attacks on Syrian opposition and civilians.' Along with that decree, she posted a statement from the U.S. and several of its closest authoritarian allies – including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UK –... Continue Reading →
Saudi Arabia Heads UN Human Rights – The Empire Files
Saudi Arabia appointed to head the UN panel on Human Rights? Is this a joke? Or is it the United Nations itself that is the Joke? "Saudi Arabia plans to behead & crucify a 21 year old political dissident on the heels of the UN appointing it to head Human Rights Council." - Abby Martin... Continue Reading →
Striving For Low-Tech Self-Sufficiency Continues
Because I enjoy a good coffee, even though I generally only sup one cup a day, I like to make it the very best coffee that I can, within the constraints of the simplicity of plain black coffee. That means, generally speaking, making it myself. I buy what I consider to be the best pre-roasted... Continue Reading →
Reasons To Be Cheerful…
Reasons to be cheerful? Better go somewhere else if that's what you are looking for. Not that I am advocating being gloomy or pessimistic, and not that I think that a cheerful spirit will not be an absolute necessity as part of preparation for your future. On the contrary. But we need to be realistic,... Continue Reading →
How Many Grasping Hands Want Your Dollar?
This post inspired by: There Are Five Times More Claims On Dollars As Dollars In Existence by Tyler Durden, published on Zero Hedge. If you see this headline somewhere, and you may spend a lifetime looking to find it anywhere else, please know that it refers only to US dollars. This means that every US dollar... Continue Reading →
What’s going on in my garden?
It has been such a long time since I made any real reference to my continued attempts to earn the appellation 'gardener', a practice or profession that many of my ancestors made a living from doing. But that was before we all lost the art of growing stuff and spent our lives as spoon-fed babies,... Continue Reading →
Latest Space Weather
The Sun is going through another turbulent time at the moment, as reported by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology - Space Weather Services. There have been a total of 26 solar flares of sufficient size to be reported by the Regional Warning Centre over the last three days, some of them in the mid to high... Continue Reading →
The Lies Continue …As Expected
I said earlier, wouldn't it be embarrassing for the Western coalition if the Russian forces operating in Syria to defeat ISIS actually achieved that, actually bombing them into submission. That would show that the West has not been really trying to end that conflict. Well, Russia has made a good start today. Photo: Sukhoi Su-24... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 