There is a reason for why no serious bank will support the new coal mine approved by the Australian government recently ...and this is it: 'Global Coal Consumption Heads for Biggest Decline in History' Oh, but... our government, being the altruistic, caring, nurturing, organisation that it is, thinks (or claims as a valid reason) that... Continue Reading →
Of Lipsticked Pigs And Level Playing Fields
I have been having further thoughts on the post I made yesterday, based on an article by Paul Craig Roberts. That piece basically posited that Western Civilisation is set on a course which will soon deposit it unceremoniously into the dumpster of failed states and from there, whatever could be salvaged by the 'dumpster pickers'... Continue Reading →
Third World Nation
The US will be a third world nation within the next nine years. This is the prediction of Paul Craig Roberts in the article which inspired this post: US On Road To Third World — Paul Craig Roberts I am going to break down this article into point format to make it easy to see... Continue Reading →
Straight Talk
President Putin (the smartest politician in the world), unplugged and talking straight, tells it just as it is...
The Real News
If only...
Being Overlooked
The biggest environmental disaster in recent history, and the world largely doesn't know anything about it, simply because the world's media doesn't want us to know about it. This post inspired by The Guardian article: Indonesia is burning. So why is the world looking away? George Monbiot Photo: ‘Children are being prepared for evacuation in... Continue Reading →
A Golden Moment (for me)
This will be a short post, but one that I want to share. I go on merrily posting on my Facebook timeline, as I have done now for several years, (not necessary to go there as it mainly contains, recently at least, workups for posts that I want to repeat on this blog), never worrying... Continue Reading →
“I Wandered, Lonely, As A Cloud, That Floats On High O’er Vales And Hills”
I chose the quote from William Wordsworth's poem 'Daffodils' because it is a great metaphor for 'thought' or the 'wanderings of the mind'. Have you ever wondered how thoughts come to you? Do you ever even have thoughts? I mean, thoughts of your own? That may seem a little unkind, but what I mean is... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 