Brian Berletic - A former US Marine, self-exiled in Thailand as I understand it, and focused on geopolitics in Eurasia, expresses these thoughts on the X platform far better than I ever could. So I am repeating his words here as a quote of that definitive piece. Brian Berletic: Regarding US-Russian Negotiations 1. The US... Continue Reading →
Do Not Expect World Peace This Week. Looming Is “…an outright, systemic confrontation with Washington as well as the hopeless Europeans.”
(for quote source, see below) There is no reason - none at all - for Russian President Putin to make Concessions of any kind when he meets with Trump on Friday. This will be a final attempt to get inside Trump's Head (probably an impossible task) to deliver, first hand, person to person, Russia's message... Continue Reading →
Predicting End-of-Summer Arctic Sea Ice Extent (just for fun)
People who have strong feelings about something ought to back them up with something. That at least would demonstrate the level of strength behind those feelings. I am not a fool, and I don't intend to put my house up or in fact any money whatsoever, to back what I am going to say here.... Continue Reading →
Southern Oceans Cooling This Year
For the first time in three years a new negative Indian Ocean Dipole is emerging. That's good news for Australian rainfall over the coming Spring and Summer, and for overall climate conditions. I mentioned in my previous climate report that a lower ice build year in the Arctic (which this year was) due to later... Continue Reading →
Brasil Stands Firm Under Lula
My faith in Brasil, shaken a little earlier in the year, as a strong BRICS partner - especially after the great success of the recent annual BRICS conference in that country and subsequent government actions and standpoints, has now been fully restored. President Lula is shaping up to be a great asset to his country... Continue Reading →
Talking About Arctic Sea Ice – Again
With all the talk of potential missing data issues - which turned out to be nothing much at all (so why did they make such a huge fuss about it?), I didn't finish off what I wanted to say about the July 2025 Arctic Sea Ice situation, so here goes... The August 1 data came... Continue Reading →
Scott Ritter – as you have never heard him before – Oreshniks to devastate Ukraine + >50% Chance of Nuclear War on West if long-range ATACMS used in Russia
Trump’s Nuclear Ultimatum to Russia – Are We on the Brink of WW3?! | Scott Ritter - Dialog Works - Youtube - August 3, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ9mSvdPqR4
Fossil Fuels, “…remain fundamental to growing economic prosperity and ongoing improvements in human health and longer lives.”
Humanity will fail if it ceases to use Fossil Fuels as an essential basis of society. The title quote comes from this article, and it applies to all nations - not just the US... 'The Hill Allows a Clinton Crony to Lie About Climate Change Tearing Our Nation Apart' - by H. Sterling Burnett -... Continue Reading →
Arctic Sea Ice Update for July 2025
Yesterday, you may have seen the article below in my report on Arctic Sea Ice as at end July, 2025, where I promised to say more about it soon. Well, there is a daily update August 1 now, but whether this is just a late last update from the old system, I don't know, and... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 