This TASS news item on the current situation in Afghanistan, based on a report from the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), simply reiterates, though with more detail than I have previously seen, what is known of the matter. It chiefly shows that the Taliban are not operating haphazardly but with a 'thoroughly thought-through strategic plan on... Continue Reading →
Russia’s Brilliant Plan for Ukraine Gas Transit
I just read this TASS news item. My first reaction was "Whoa! This needs a closer look." 'Gazprom did not offer Ukraine to buy Russian gas, company says' - TASS Now, what I am going to say here is entirely my own personal take on the situation. It may or may not reflect actual truth.... Continue Reading →
The Whole Concept of “America” is a Total Mind-Fuck
Americans like to think they live in the perfect democracy - exactly following the pattern democracies were always meant to be. That is patently not the case. I have always known that. Always known the brokenness of the American model. And yet, having no direct experience of the place, never having been or even felt... Continue Reading →
I Waited A While To Show This… Now Is The Time
I admit to having been remiss to disclose something on this blog that I have held in reserve for a couple of weeks now, waiting to see what effect there may have arisen from it in the global, actually not global, in the Western narrative on COVID - since I have always held that COVID... Continue Reading →
The COVID Story Now Coming Unravelled
After several months of personally boycotting Jim Kunstler's blog over his illogical stance on China, I can once again share at least the current Kunstler post. He appears, at long last, to have got the China story exactly right - in my opinion. Hint: that may be something to do with his podcast meeting with... Continue Reading →
COVID, as the Tip of the Iceberg in the Battle for Who Controls Humanity
I have previously heard of investigative reporter Whitney Webb, perhaps even read some of the work she did during her time at MintPress News, but I have never met her face-to-face, so to speak, until this video which came my way this morning. Two things: I have not been able to separate the video from... Continue Reading →
We Still Have A Choice …for Now
It has been on my mind for a while now. What am I doing? Where are we going? Is anything still worthwhile? Is it all too late? Is our world on a one way track, to nowhere? ...or even to somewhere we would rather not be? ...some place not of our choosing? ...somewhere we were... Continue Reading →
Knowing Your World Leaders
'GLOBALink | Xi Jinping as an avid reader of world masterpieces: Russian literature' - Xinhuanet The more I learn of China's national leader, President Xi Jinping, the more my respect and admiration for him grows. In this short, narrated video, President Xi's deep interest in world classic literature, in particular that of Russia, provides more... Continue Reading →
How Embarrassing For The US?
In an era of "The (Real) Revolution in Military Affairs" - see Andrei Martyanov's book of that title, the US and its NATO allies (a motley crew) falls well short of the sort of capability necessary to maintain any relevant security through their own military forces. And that's no lie. In the Wikipedia entry for... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 