The Future for Australia is bright? Only if you are wearing rose tinted spectacles. Australia never really felt the GFC, and we were really smug about that, weren't we? Well, now maybe it is our turn to feel the pain, and it could be this year. Do you have mortgage debt? Do you think that... Continue Reading →
Somewhere In America…
Somewhere in America... Watch this video and be amazed. A copy of this video on Facebook has received over 39 million views. Wow! This performance is great, and shows the true value and perception of at least some of that nation's noble youth. Well done girls, you are amazing. Excellent. And they wrote the... Continue Reading →
Green Power, Not
Look, I know this is not a huge issue, it's just one UK power station as far as I know, that is burning wood pellets instead of coal to produce electricity, but it is huge in that it reflects the stupidity of the human race and the short term memory that we exhibit. Photo credit:... Continue Reading →
Bursting Balloons
This post inspired by: These Sky-High Balloons Could Generate More Power Than Solar Panels Image credit: Unknown, but came from linked article above Just another stupid idea from those who want, for some indiscernible reason, to hold on to some form of technotopia that has absolutely no hope of succeeding. When are they going to... Continue Reading →
The Sting In The Tail Of FTAs
Photo: A decision in November by President Obama to deny TransCanada a permit for its Keystone XL pipeline project was widely praised by environmental groups. Credit Andrew Cullen/Reuters This is why Free Trade Agreements (so beloved of the LibNats and LabRats in Australia and various political parties of other nations under the thumb and in... Continue Reading →
The Great Dumbing Time
Image credit: The Don Freeman FaceBook post I don't really care who I offend by agreeing with the message in this image. It is a sad thing to agree with but it is generally true, and it is not limited to the new generation who depend on the internet to give them some sort... Continue Reading →
Cartographical Enlightenment or ‘The Map Makes It Clear’
If you have an interest in all things Middle East, the Oil Wars, Islamic sectarian hatreds, and the fickle hand of fate and good fortune, then this article, the map it contains, and the inferences it makes and that can be further drawn from it, will be very enlightening concerning current events and future probabilities... Continue Reading →
Calving Ice, Redux
It has been three years since I first saw this amazing video. It was hard to convince anybody about the reality of climate change back then. Few were interested. That has changed some, a little, now, I guess, and as the next year and years roll out, that interest will continue to grow, simply because... Continue Reading →
Voice Of Reason – 2016
I mentioned in an earlier post how I see only darkness hanging over global affairs for this year of 2016. I have since found no reason to change that opinion in these first six days of the year. I am always interested in hearing what other people think and today I found this excellent appraisal... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 