That's the thing about 'Tipping Points', you see, it doesn't matter what you stop doing that might have contributed to the cause of the tipping point, once the tipping point occurs, nothing will stop it until some purely natural cycle brings about the general conditions which nullify the tipping effect. We have known that all... Continue Reading →
A Fitting Conclusion
Having now published a couple of posts on what is a recent great Russian achievement, the completion on May 9, 2020 (a significant date, being 75 years to the day, the true day, when the Great Patriotic War - WW2 to some - was completed in Europe) marking the completion of the Russian Orthodox cathedral... Continue Reading →
Great Music; Great Imagery; Short Video
View fullscreen. Turn up the volume. Bask in the magnificence. Grant your soul permission to be stirred. Just for a few minutes... https://youtu.be/onFc9d5glSo
An Edifice To Culture
There are, in this the 21st century, very few nations that can claim a culture of any sort, let alone a culture unadulterated by time. No nation of the West can make that claim. If we take as the measure of cultural significance as being something which can not be developed in less than a... Continue Reading →
Potential Bright Future for Afghanistan
This TASS news item on the current situation in Afghanistan, based on a report from the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), simply reiterates, though with more detail than I have previously seen, what is known of the matter. It chiefly shows that the Taliban are not operating haphazardly but with a 'thoroughly thought-through strategic plan on... Continue Reading →
Russia’s Brilliant Plan for Ukraine Gas Transit
I just read this TASS news item. My first reaction was "Whoa! This needs a closer look." 'Gazprom did not offer Ukraine to buy Russian gas, company says' - TASS Now, what I am going to say here is entirely my own personal take on the situation. It may or may not reflect actual truth.... Continue Reading →
The Whole Concept of “America” is a Total Mind-Fuck
Americans like to think they live in the perfect democracy - exactly following the pattern democracies were always meant to be. That is patently not the case. I have always known that. Always known the brokenness of the American model. And yet, having no direct experience of the place, never having been or even felt... Continue Reading →
I Waited A While To Show This… Now Is The Time
I admit to having been remiss to disclose something on this blog that I have held in reserve for a couple of weeks now, waiting to see what effect there may have arisen from it in the global, actually not global, in the Western narrative on COVID - since I have always held that COVID... Continue Reading →
The COVID Story Now Coming Unravelled
After several months of personally boycotting Jim Kunstler's blog over his illogical stance on China, I can once again share at least the current Kunstler post. He appears, at long last, to have got the China story exactly right - in my opinion. Hint: that may be something to do with his podcast meeting with... Continue Reading →
