Nothing much of any major significance has happened in Syria in recent days but tomorrow, May 25, could be a day to break that mostly sleepy spell which has been a respite and regathering for all incumbent terrorist forces in the area - as forecast when the Idlib ceasefire came into force - something that... Continue Reading →
Looking for a Global Hotspot? Try This for Size…
"Let the Oil Tankers Arrive in Venezuela, Iran's President Warns" - teleSUR The US global bully may attempt to disrupt the delivery of oil and gas shipments from Iran to Venezuela today. That's the sort of game we are used to seeing them play. How facile are their arguments though behind such a move? Threats... Continue Reading →
Times and Tales of the Giant Kangaroo
Australia, a “giant kangaroo that serves as a dog of the US”. I don't know who said that. I think it was someone in China - but could have been an enlightened person anywhere. But the pithy quote (and no, I don't have a lisp) has been widely reported and I'm here to tell you... Continue Reading →
Giants Beginning To Fall
"When Giants Fall" - A real life screenplay, happening now at a Reality Theatre near you. James Howard Kunstler outlines the gripping plot. Don't miss it. Well... actually its pretty much unmissable.
Not So Open Skies
By making claims of Russian non-compliance with the Open Skies Treaty, as a form of excuse for the US to pull out of the multi-national arrangement, tells the whole world (by reviewing past experience of such events) that exactly the non-compliance Russia is accused of is precisely what America has been doing itself for many... Continue Reading →
What Goes Around Comes Around
The Morrison government in Australia needs to get its act together and work out who its real friends are. Annoying Beijing with stupid ideas aligned with Washington will not serve the country well in either the short or long term. We need China as an ally, as well as a trading partner, both now -... Continue Reading →
Truth v Falsehood
Speaking of falsehoods, their dissemination and the various drivers of that - take my previous post as relating to an illustrative example - I now share an article, important in my view, which describes many pertinent facts around those deceitful practices which have become so prevalent in modern times that they might be said to... Continue Reading →
COVID: Evidence v Bulldust
Efforts are being made by certain Western nations, and one might question the reasons for that, to pin the blame for the COVID-19 pandemic on China and more specifically on a biochemical lab in Wuhan. A ridiculous notion which bears no legitimacy and relies as usual in such situations entirely on unnamed, non-evidence based, diaphanous... Continue Reading →
COVID-19 Update, May 20, 2020
So, we have reached a global total of 5 million COVID-19 cases today, a couple of days before I suggested it would. That means the case load is not slowing down but is in fact speeding up slightly. Now that may be due to the increased rate of testing worldwide, or it may not. Whatever... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 