I am about 40% through reading Godfree Roberts most interesting and revelatory book "Why China Leads the World". There are a great many wonderful passages in what I have read, and which I would dearly love to quote, but I am holding myself in check because a) I don't have permission to reveal extensive parts... Continue Reading →
In Space, Russia Is First …and other space/climate related topics
I have been worried for a few days about the absence of Andrei Martyanov, but I need not have cared. He has been working himself up into an almost apoplexic state which has culminated in his latest post... Why They Hate.... - Andrei Martyanov - Reminiscence of the Future. A diatribe, releasing all his anger... Continue Reading →
Welcome To The Cradle
There is a new voice for West Asia, and it appears to be a very sensible voice, producing such informative articles as the one I feature below. Operating only from a couple of months ago, August 2021, I gave it an early welcome by sharing an article from Pepe Escobar featured there. A very good... Continue Reading →
“In the entire history of mankind, there has never been a political elite sincerely concerned about the wellbeing of regular people.”
That's a quote from MEP Christine Anderson, Member of the European Parliament, speaking at a recent panel opposing vaccine mandates and green card passports. I want this lady fighting for me, not the dumb sumbitches (pardon my street-talk) who get regularly selected as representatives of my people. Torpedoes being dropped seems to be a thing... Continue Reading →
Australia’s Cognitive Dissonance (What World Do They Think They Actually Live In?)
As an Australian citizen I am constantly bewildered by the antics of my nation's government, which has all the appearances of having gone insane, lost the plot, has a few Kangaroos loose in the top paddock and have been carried away by delusions of their own grandeur. Do they really believe they can out-compete a... Continue Reading →
US Reduced to Using Only Govt Funded NGOs as its Elite Front Line Troops
Knowing it has zero chance to impose its threats militarily anywhere in the world now, the US is reduced to promoting what has always been its second line of offence (defence never having had a role in US foreign policy) - government funded NGOs - to be the elite forces of its front line efforts... Continue Reading →
Is the Individual Right?
There is much talk today of the losses of freedoms of the individual. It used to be - at least in theory, and, for the most part also in law - that the individual, and therefore the rights of the individual, were held to be sacrosanct. That word, contrary to its generally held meaning, has... Continue Reading →
China is home to more Global Fortune 500 companies than any other country. Most of them are state-owned.
It is just a matter of interest, but it is a very interesting fact, is it not? Actually that is two very interesting facts. It cannot be doubted that we are living in the Chinese century. China is rising, to dominate world trade. It is not a strange thing then to expect, while ever the... Continue Reading →
Time to Refocus on Syria
After roughly four and a half years from the ceasefire which - as a result of the interference of 'bleeding heart' Western pundits concerned for their pet terrorist groups, crying 'Stop the slaughter of civilians', when there were in fact no innocent civilians left in the conflict zone - brought an end (with Russia's agreement)... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 