This post inspired by RT article Turkey could lose $20 billion over dispute with Russia Photo: © Murad Sezer / Reuters Recklessly and foolishly shooting down a Russian military jet comes with a high price tag. Whether that arises from: trying to impress your mates by merely acting on 'friends' bad advice or through... Continue Reading →
Ukraine – Dumping Ground For Very Old Humvees.
This post inspired by RT article: Pentagon supplying Kiev military with ‘junk’ Humvees from 1st Gulf War era – report Photo: Ukrainian soldiers inside their humvee patrol © Bulent Kilic / AFP Not surprising really. If you can get a bunch of mugs to believe that you want to be their friend and help... Continue Reading →
A Stitch In Time
As I lay in my bed this morning, during that dreamy time before rising (assuming that you have the luxury of being able to rise whenever you are ready, and not to the tune of some intrusive alarm), when thoughts tend to flow freely, I engaged my mind in some interesting thoughts. I will try... Continue Reading →
Looking Back To The Future
I made a prediction on Facebook back in January of this year, for how 2015 would unfold and I have referred to that both there and here in this blog a number of times throughout the year. I usually like to link my posts to a relevant article, and I did so in this case,... Continue Reading →
Still Kidding Ourselves…
Why are we still kidding ourselves, or what's worse, not even having an opinion or a care? No matter what happens this month in Paris, we are not going to hold down global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. There is zero possibility of that happening and, even if there were a slight possibility, we... Continue Reading →
Who’s Really To Blame?
" ...multiple service members were suspended from duty following an investigation into the deadly airstrike last month on a hospital in Kunduz." Yes, there has to a scapegoat. Even a few of them, if necessary. Any scapegoat really. So some unnamed 'service members' will do I suppose. Just so long as blame (and punishment)... Continue Reading →
Honest Abe
Photo: I don't know who owns this picture, but thank you 🙂
Too Much Turkish Delight
It is often exceedingly difficult to cut through the sugary coating surrounding the reporting of events that ever more frequently (and there is a reason for that) take place around our troubled world. Basically, before you sink your teeth into the Turkish Delight that the mainstream news media presents to us, you need to take... Continue Reading →
Careful Who You Piss Off
Be careful who you piss off. Unless, of course, you are a brainless jihadi who doesn't give a shit about anything. OK. You can piss the Americans off, and they will react by randomly bombing a few inconsequential buildings, killing more civilians than jihadis, but without any real plan to deal with you properly which... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 