You've heard of the TPP, right? You know that I have, for years, been warning against Australia having anything to do with it, right? You know that our government has sold us out by signing up as part of it, right? You know that the full details of what it contains have only been released... Continue Reading →
Surprise! Surprise!
This post was inspired by : BP proposal to drill exploration wells in Great Australian Bight rejected Photo: The regulator was not satisfied that BP's environment plan met all of the regulatory requirements. (Bill Griffiths) Well, there's a nice surprise. Those mega-corporations are no longer supremely unbeatable and they don't, increasingly often, always get their... Continue Reading →
This Is Your Final Wake Up Call
Canada seems to be waking up. Photo courtesy of Alana Phillips on Facebook ...and here's another similar viewpoint from Diane Rizun on Facebook So, I repeat, Canada appears to be waking up. Meanwhile, here in Australia, all I can hear is the sound of zzzzzzz's. Our final opportunity, maybe, to wake ourselves up (before we... Continue Reading →
Time To Remove Those Rose Coloured Spectacles
If ever you wanted to see a list of doom and gloom pointers from a wide variety of sources (and I doubt that you ever did) to the imminence of global financial, social, economic and moral collapse leading to a complete disintegration of modern civilisation, then this is it. This post inspired by: The Automatic... Continue Reading →
The “Can’t Think Of A Suitable Title, Right Now” Post
“The truth is that China is a rogue state just as bad as Russia or Iran, and I just don’t understand why we’re sucking up to them rather than standing up to them as we should be.” - says UK PM's former adviser. There is nothing wrong with Russia, or Iran, or China, or any... Continue Reading →
What’s All The Fuss About Another New Little Coal Mine?
This post inspired by: Adani Carmichael: Australia's largest coal mine free to proceed after Greg Hunt gives approval Photo: Environment Minister Greg Hunt, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, announced on Thursday the mine would proceed. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Well of course they did that. They have an industrial economy to preserve don't they? Bugger the... Continue Reading →
Climate Activists Have No Idea
This post inspired by: A move away from new coal mines adds up I was going to include the photo from the above article (It's always nice to have a picture to look at), but I couldn't in all conscience do that. Have a look at it and then read on to find out why. ... Continue Reading →
Monsanto, Going Down
This post inspired by: Monsanto to Cut 2,600 Jobs as World Rejects its Products and Practices Well, the plan, and a whole lot of effort by activists, seems to be working. Monsanto is going down. I won't be cheering though. Not until the receivers move in and shut the whole disgraceful outfit down, for ever.... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 