Once again I am posting something here which is pretty much a copy of a Facebook post I just made. It seems that I am tending to use Facebook as something of a workbench. Oh well, if that is the way forward, who am I to fight it. Does life ever seem like riding on... Continue Reading →
Enough is enough…..
I have worked out what I intend to write on my next election ballot paper: "This is not democracy. This is lunacy. There is only one option to vote for: The Growth Party. Until there is a votable option for de-growth, I will not place my vote." This video from Damn The Matrix explains some... Continue Reading →
In The Year 2045
Do you have a reasonable expectation of being alive in 2045, another thirty years from now? I expect I might have some hope of living for another 20 years or so but I would reach 100 years in 2045 and not many men do that. My mother though met that target this year so, just... Continue Reading →
Reasonable Doubt
Like many of my blog posts, I got the idea and inspiration for this one from another source. This one came from reading a post on TAE by Ilargi, himself a Dutch national, and therefore touched by the MH17 incident: The Day God Looked Away. What follows is a copy of something I just posted... Continue Reading →
A New Age of Global Paranoia
In the first weeks of this year of 2014 I became aware of a feeling that this was to be no ordinary time for the world we inhabit, the nations we live in, and the global civilisation of which we are all part. I blogged about that thought at the time here: 2014, The Year... Continue Reading →
Gobsmacked No More
Watch this: Well that went over like a damp squib. Often the truth hurts. Especially when it's in your face. If I were in the audience I would have stood up and applauded loudly. Mind you, there was a time when I would have just been gobsmacked like all of the others. Gobsmacked No... Continue Reading →
Tanks For The Memory
Something New Every Day Thanks to the internet we can learn continually, every day, with relative ease. If only it had been around in my younger years. I learned something new today about my native city of Lincoln situated in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom. It is amazing that one can be... Continue Reading →
A Question Of Sustainability
...For A Sustainable Future I write this piece to highlight a very important piece of information about the world population which can be found on the Population Matters website titled: for a sustainable future. It is the population counter which you can watch ticking over second by second on that web page and if you... Continue Reading →
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It . . . and I Feel Fine
This post features the following article by Daniel Smith, published by the New York Times, April 17, 2014 ...a long but very interesting read. It’s the End of the World as We Know It . . . and He Feels Fine (www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/magazine/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-he-feels-fine.html) The article is a piece about Paul Kingsnorth, a man whose ideas, feelings and... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 