...except, without the artificial lighting. "Friday essay: the uncanny melancholy of empty photographs in the time of coronavirus" - The Conversation epa08280545 An interior view of the nearly-empty Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcades (Italy's oldest active shopping mall) in the Lombardian capital of Milan, northern Italy, 09 March 2020. The Italian authorities have taken... Continue Reading →
How Will We Remember Spring 2020?
Let me first say that for me it is Autumn, not Spring, but that is beside the point. Every day now, The Virus (let's start calling it that shall we?) numbers become worse and worse. The figures, for what they are worth (but you can bet your boots they are proportionate to reality) are chillier... Continue Reading →
Who To Thank For Low Oil Prices Just Now? Vladimir Putin.
If ever there was a man, made and destined for the times he lived or lives in, and especially for today's times, it is the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V Putin. It is difficult to find something worth writing about at the moment (perhaps because there are too many choices) but this story... Continue Reading →
Fuck Mike Pompeo
It seems entirely appropriate on this day, March 18, 2020 to feature a video first published 3 years ago in remembrance of the start of the Syrian conflict exactly 9 years ago. By chance I found the video buried in one of the links covered by my previous post today. It reveals the truth -... Continue Reading →
Striking Over Pay Delays. Yes, but… Terrorists?
Terrorists on strike over pay delays. Now I've seen it all."Turkish-backed Militants Protest In Tell Abyad Because Of Salary Delays (Video)" - Southfront Oh wait... yes... Now I get it. These are only casual, part-time terrorists ...with a job description that refers to them as an 'army'. Now it's not just Piggy Pompeo, the whole... Continue Reading →
Solace and Guide
Maybe it is time to bring out the old Desiderata while we still have time to reflect in what will increasingly become a troubled world. Be comforted by this, and perhaps let it be your guide in the coming days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHPJlwu1l9s&feature=youtu.be . DESIDERATA Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may... Continue Reading →
It’s All Different Now
It's all different now. Nothing will be normal again. Believe it. And I can't describe it as well as some others, so... what he said - on Friday..."Black Swans, Dead Cats, Live Bats, and Goodbye to All That" - Kunstler And, what he said... today..."Things Have Changed" - Kunstler All pointers indicate that this is... Continue Reading →
Turkey Pays Heavy Price For Supporting Terrorism
"Syrian Opposition Supporters Intercept, Assault Their Turkish Allies On M4 Highway (Videos)" - Southfront "Combat Footage: Kurdish Forces Storm Turkish Position In Southern Afrin (18+)" - Southfront "IED Attacks Killed Militants, Turkish Soldiers In Northeast Syria: SOHR" - Southfront In the days leading up to the current shaky ceasefire in Syria's Idlib province it seems... Continue Reading →
iS tHE vIRUS tHE rEAL pROBLEM?
No, I'm not going loony and my Caps Lock key is not stuck in the down position. The title is for effect only. I have not written much lately. Mainly because too much has already been written about what is the latest 'crisis' confronting humanity, and much of that is just guesswork. The result of... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 