I personally rate Russia's values very highly as a moderate traditionalist, though I choose not to hold to any overtly religious tradition, while also not condemning anyone else's right to do so. Adherence to any religious tradition demands a righteous acceptance of at least one among many particular traditional doctrines, but cannot claim exclusivity to... Continue Reading →
“Follow The Science”. Which science? The Science which follows “The Scientific Method”. The Method which ‘Weeds Out All Theories Which Do Not Work’.
"Follow The Science" has, by popular acceptance, become a 21st Century mantra. The problem with mantras is, they do not require any real level of understanding - just frequent repetition. And what has become known (enabled by general ignorance) as 'The Science', is not always 'The Real Science', but some deliberately incorrect and purposefully explained... Continue Reading →
Truth Relegated by political Parties to Whatever is Most Likely to Help Gain or Retain Electoral Power
Australia's conservative Liberal Party, all but wiped out at the last election, has learned nothing, it seems, about the value of truth in politics. The fact that the public - and politicians - are sadly uninformed about what is true or not in real scientific terms, is lost in the general hiatus of prior values... Continue Reading →
For Far Too Long We Have Allowed Government Funded Junk Science to Shape Our World and Our Thinking. Look Where That Has Gotten* Us…
* Use of that word proving I am not a common or garden British, Irish, Australian or New Zealand English speaker, but an independent thinker. It's use is correctly derived. And where exactly has that 'gotten' us? Quite obviously, today, and that also quite obviously does not just mean 'today', we have become (which is... Continue Reading →
I Am A Westerner Who is An Unabashed Supporter of Both China and Russia (The Global BRICS also, plus other Organisations in which they are Both Closely Involved).
Which means, I guess, that I deplore the actions of any nation, including my own, which sets a task to make life difficult for them. And so, I am watching with interest, and not a little amusement (tinged with despair), as the west continually slides into the deepest economic and societal hole it has made... Continue Reading →
The New Climate Action Scale – Apparently it Can Now Be Anything You Want it to Be
Shared in the linked piece below, Danish Climate Minister Lars Aagaard partially defined it as, “Setting a climate target is not just picking a number, it is a political decision with far-reaching consequences ... reached in a way that preserves competitiveness, social balance, and security.” Europe’s Last-Minute Climate Scramble: Brussels Waters Down Its 2040 Target... Continue Reading →
Australia Relying For its Security on a Failing State. How Stupid is That?
There is no escape for the US, from that failing State status, if it remains on the well-worn path it has made its very own for much longer (which appears likely). It will become a fully 'Failed' State, where everything that used to work to hold the working business end of a culture built on... Continue Reading →
There’s a Change in the Air. It’s Climate of Course, What Else Could it Be? But Who or What is Changing?
Had you noticed that? It's fairly obvious, except perhaps for those more deeply involved with the recent current climate zeitgeist, who are still very busy polishing their theories or theoretical stories, mindsets or memes. Whether home-grown or following 'the science'. There has always been a huge gap between the position of climate believers (many of... Continue Reading →
Friendly Relations With Every Nation of Earth
There is not a single Western nation which could make such a declaration with even a modest degree of honesty. But Russia can. And I am personally convinced that China also can. There may be a few other non-Western nations of whom that could be said, but none, I believe, other than today's Russia who... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 