The minimum age for recruitment into the British army remains at 16 years of age. Is this OK? This post inspired by Guardian article: Children have no place in the British army I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, a boy at 16 is still a child by anyone's standards but, like myself, most of... Continue Reading →
Empire Overreach And The Crash Of The US Petrodollar System
I have often said "It's about the oil. It's always about the oil". Well, nothing is ever quite that simple and while I still hold to that statement, I can see that it does not represent the whole picture surrounding the present and recent historic state of economic and military machinations conducted around our troubled... Continue Reading →
Have a lulu of a Christmas
Ok. Being something of a Grinch, this is, I think, as close as I am going to get to making any acknowledgement of Christmas this year (and the song is really about the 1st of May). Oh well, close enough. Have a look at this: Lulu was married to Maurice Gibb of the BGs for... Continue Reading →
BiPolar Seasonal Light Shows
I lived in Lincolnshire, England for the first 25 years of my life and never saw or even heard of the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) ever appearing, as far as I remember, that far south of the Arctic Circle. But here it is, from The Lincolnite Photo: Charles Simpson Not to be outdone, even... Continue Reading →
You See, It’s Like This…
There's an old saying. Old but true. Inviolably true. It comes from the time, not so long ago really, when humankind lived in the world of reality. Don't get me started on the "nothing is real" bit, I know all about that, and I'm not talking about that type of thing but the kind of... Continue Reading →
Reality Or Pixie-Dust?
So, the Fed has opted to abandon the real US economy for the Tinkerbell and pixie-dust delusions of the Wall Street markets by raising official interest rates overnight. The move was not justified, being merely a face-saver after so many months of 'will we, won't we' dithering. This post inspired by: Federal Reserve announces first... Continue Reading →
Jobs Of The Future – Tinker
'Tinkering'. What a great word, and one that will assume even greater importance soon. This post inspired by: The Lost Skill of Tinkering from The Travelling Naturopath Blog Only very old stuff can be tinkered with. All new stuff, when it stops working (and often before that), is simply junk. My advice is to keep... Continue Reading →
“Economic Winter Is Finally Upon Us” – JHK
I just couldn't go past this timely article by the erudite Jim Kunstler: Fedpocalypse Now. Excellent stuff. "Welcome to the successor to the global economy: the yard sale economy, with all the previously-bought stuff going back into circulation on its way to the dump," says JHK. I'm not sure he hasn't stepped over the fence... Continue Reading →
It’s A Mystery
So, it's a mystery. Well, not really. The more jobs, the more money is in the economy and the more inflation there should be. It hasn't happened. What's wrong? This post inspired by: The Mystery of Missing Inflation Weighs on Fed Rate Move Photo: Scott Eisen/Bloomberg News It can only be the jobs figures,... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 