Australia is the only country in the world that occupies an entire continent and is one of the few sovereign nations without land neighbors, enjoying a unique geographical advantage that could allow it to focus on its own development with a detached stance. However, as one of the Five Eyes Alliance countries, Australia’s intelligence agencies... Continue Reading →
Alaska? As I Suggested – Not Exactly a NothingBurger. Just Another Crude and Crass Trump Spectacular
An unnecessary US flyover mission, which would have been made palatable only if it ended with S400s pulling the B-2 and F-35s out of the sky, a declined working lunch, and mostly verbal pleasantries for the public. Nothing much more. Though that in itself is an achievement. And a tug-of-war first handshake, which seems to... Continue Reading →
Now That We Know More… There is Greater Assurance For Safety of Russia’s Delegation in Alaska – But Americans Can Never Be Completely Trusted
There is safety in numbers, and with such a large and impressive delegation attending the Putin-Trump Alaska Summit on Friday August 15, 2025, it would be rather foolish for any fast moves to be pulled. I expect there will also be a large and impressive security detachment present. 'Kremlin reveals details of Putin-Trump summit' -... Continue Reading →
The common belief that CO2 is the main driver of climate change and that elevated concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may endanger the public health and welfare ARE SCIENTIFICALLY FALSE.
That is the essence of a quote given in the article below. It both revokes and denies any validity to the single statement which has turned the minds of a great many folk to slush over the invalid notion that climate change proposes any risk or danger to the planet, its environmental balance, or to... Continue Reading →
The World Can Not Know Peace as Long as The US Continues to Exist in Its Current Form – And it is a Careless Mistake for President Putin to Meet With Perfidious Trump on US Soil
Brian Berletic - A former US Marine, self-exiled in Thailand as I understand it, and focused on geopolitics in Eurasia, expresses these thoughts on the X platform far better than I ever could. So I am repeating his words here as a quote of that definitive piece. Brian Berletic: Regarding US-Russian Negotiations 1. The US... Continue Reading →
Do Not Expect World Peace This Week. Looming Is “…an outright, systemic confrontation with Washington as well as the hopeless Europeans.”
(for quote source, see below) There is no reason - none at all - for Russian President Putin to make Concessions of any kind when he meets with Trump on Friday. This will be a final attempt to get inside Trump's Head (probably an impossible task) to deliver, first hand, person to person, Russia's message... Continue Reading →
Predicting End-of-Summer Arctic Sea Ice Extent (just for fun)
People who have strong feelings about something ought to back them up with something. That at least would demonstrate the level of strength behind those feelings. I am not a fool, and I don't intend to put my house up or in fact any money whatsoever, to back what I am going to say here.... Continue Reading →
Southern Oceans Cooling This Year
For the first time in three years a new negative Indian Ocean Dipole is emerging. That's good news for Australian rainfall over the coming Spring and Summer, and for overall climate conditions. I mentioned in my previous climate report that a lower ice build year in the Arctic (which this year was) due to later... Continue Reading →
Brasil Stands Firm Under Lula
My faith in Brasil, shaken a little earlier in the year, as a strong BRICS partner - especially after the great success of the recent annual BRICS conference in that country and subsequent government actions and standpoints, has now been fully restored. President Lula is shaping up to be a great asset to his country... Continue Reading →
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