A Short Post, Designed To Get You Thinking Why do we even need to invent a term like 'Shadow Government'? Words are used to convey ideas. While ideas can describe abstractions, practical words like 'shadow' and 'government' do not describe an abstraction. Someone, somewhere, put these two words together to describe something they had seen.... Continue Reading →
Gobsmacked No More
Watch this: Well that went over like a damp squib. Often the truth hurts. Especially when it's in your face. If I were in the audience I would have stood up and applauded loudly. Mind you, there was a time when I would have just been gobsmacked like all of the others. Gobsmacked No... Continue Reading →
Solutions – Water
Note: This post is being published now, in an incomplete state, because I wanted to make it known that I am still working on this project while at the same time looking for a new dwelling place as a result of change of ownership of my current rental home as addressed in this post. This... Continue Reading →
Ich Hatt’ Einen Kameraden
Camaraderie. While there are many things about soldiers that are unsavoury and often better left unsaid, there are also other things that can be considered remarkable, lasting, and to be admired. One of those more shining attributes, deserving of recognition, is camaraderie. As someone who has served in the military (I have this: ... Continue Reading →
The Economy, Post GFC
For all who think that the GFC of 2008 is something that has passed, is in the past, is over and done with, things are now looking up again, and we can soon look forward to everything getting back to normal, here is a quote from an article I just read, "The economy isn’t coming... Continue Reading →
Post Hiatus, Why?
Oh dear, no posts here in over a month. I haven't been lazy, unwell, bored, anti-everything or anything like that. I have been posting merrily away on my Blogger site 'Meanderings'. It all started with my needing to think about thinking about my future, and resulted in my putting down a few thoughts in a... Continue Reading →
For me, It’s Now A Wait & See Game
I have been blowing the trumpet for some time now, warning about the state of the world, politics, economics, climate and the environment. It seems, at least for the time being, that I have lost the drive to continue on this theme. The mojo has retreated to a safe place. The subject has become a... Continue Reading →
The Mad Scientists At AMEG Are At It Again
It has been a while since I blogged here last. I have been continually observing of course and have been posting some brief and interesting news items on my Facebook page but have not found the need to write an extended piece here. That has now changed.On April 12 I posted this on Facebook:Well, it... Continue Reading →
Let’s Stop Fooling Ourselves: We Can’t Afford the Future
Affordability? Of Concern To Us All. For this post I want to simply quote, verbatim, an article by Adam Taggart, originally published by Peak Prosperity. I couldn't put this any better and it applies just as much to my own country Australia as it does to America. Let's Stop Fooling Ourselves: Americans Can't Afford the Future Unemployment, Taxes... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 