"Cooperation instead of Competition" - "It is the contrary of what the west is used to." - "A concept hardly understood in the profit-driven capitalist west." It is the way of China which has "...opened her gates to the world to continue the harmonious flow of creating relationships" - "...avoiding conflicts and moving forward, a... Continue Reading →
A Real History Lesson (and a bigger picture)
While most of his work is very good, pointed and incisive - though sometimes a little off-key - JHK is occasionally absolutely brilliant. This is one of those brilliant times. "A Bigger Picture" - James Howard Kunstler In this quoted paragraph, reproduced below, there is a real history lesson and a juxtaposition of the then... Continue Reading →
Another Look at COVID-19
It has been a while since I last commented on the panademic but it now seems time to update observations. While there is still a big question mark over the discrepancy and divergence between cases and deaths, which is still left to be explained, there are now signs that the number of deaths arising every... Continue Reading →
Drain Hole to Nowhere
Well, it seems the European Union has just enjoyed a rare moment of sanity and has taken another timid step away from partnership with the almost universally hated US. Of course this has more to do with the fact that US sanctions under the rather pompous and self-defeating Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is actually... Continue Reading →
A Fresh Look at a New Round of Russia-bashing
Here we go again. Sour grapes leads the wet dreams of the kindergarten-cops intelligence services of the West to hatch for its political/media mouthpieces a new round of baseless, evidence-free, Russia-bashing propaganda - hot on the heels of flinging hot lukewarm barbs of criticism at China in recent months. So weak. So pitiful. So expected.... Continue Reading →
Self-interested, the rest be damned, bloody-mindedness
Is there a word suited to express the idea of 'self-interested, the rest be damned, bloody-mindedness'? "Why do you want to know?" I hear you say. Well... I'm always looking for new ways, and therefore new words, to express my hatred for those responsible for the outward puss-filled protuberances of US policy they are continually... Continue Reading →
A Heart-Warming Story Amid COVID-19 Chaos
I don't often get the opportunity to share a human interest story - there is so much lack of humanity or even inhumanity rife in our world - but this story particularly moved me and restored at least some confidence that there are still good people both among the more privileged and the less fortunate... Continue Reading →
Has Australia Made A Fatal Choice?
I'm always ready to share an article from James O'Neill. He is one of very few fellow Australians to make any sense of today's world. In this article he speaks of the fruitless attempts at empire building by Western interests of the past and the present. Fruitless because they never achieve any lasting presence or... Continue Reading →
Acknowledging A Helping Hand
I recently talked about the current attempted historical revisionism undertaken by the West, chiefly America, over that nation's inflated view of its own importance to the outcome of World War 2. While the proposition that America 'won the war' is entirely false, the story would not be complete without some recognition of its contribution to... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 