The latest visible effect of climate change - no monsoon season so far this year for southern hemisphere - surpassing all previous records. "Latest monsoon onset for Darwin on record is now a certainty despite recent rain" - Australia ABC News We haven't seen anything yet of course on what the full effects of our... Continue Reading →
Trump’s World – It’s Only Make-Believe
"2020 Starts With the Plain Prospect of Rising Heat" - Tim Radford via The Titanic Lifeboat Academy The UK Met Office, based on measurements and forecasts by the Mauna Loa Observatory, estimates a 10% increase in global atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations for 2020. US President Trump, of course, suggests that we ignore such forecasts coming... Continue Reading →
Looming Defeat For US Imperialism
Pressure is mounting on the US to leave Iraq. Their position there surely cannot remain tenable for long. The position of the Iraqi government itself is also on equally unsteady ground. Iraq is ready to assert its sovereignty as a nation that has been deprived of that since the US invasion of 2003. This is... Continue Reading →
Supporting Something Useful
Every year I donate $20 to the Wikimedia Organisation, the home of Wikipedia, which I use extensively as a primary reference tool, not expecting anything back other than the service they provide. I don't support many things financially (never give to charity) but something useful, like Wikipedia, is Okay by me - if only to... Continue Reading →
Just A Matter Of Time
"How long until drought-stricken towns run out of water?" - Australia ABC News We are living in the end-times of modern human civilisation. I have said this many times before of course, always with complete conviction, yet also always mixed with a little faith in the inevitability of that. Today, in 2020, not so much... Continue Reading →
Leading Western Nation Has To Guess Its Own Flu Death Count
Western hypocrisy over the China coronavirus issue is laid bare by Jeff Brown on the Titanic Lifeboat Academy, 25 deaths in China gets national and international attention - 6,600* deaths in USA goes unnoticed and without any kind of unified governmental action. I hesitated to share this post initially because the figures are too fantastically... Continue Reading →
Evolution, Not Revolution – The New Russian Government
A better and more expertly reasoned summary of what the changes in the new Russian government actually mean - for both Russia and the World - you will probably not find. The Saker summarises like this, and I would not deign to fault it in any way - in fact there is much to really... Continue Reading →
The Dutch Incredibility Factor
"Dutch foreign minister’s speculations over plane crash in Iran impermissible — Zakharova" - TASS "It goes without saying that I entirely agree with what the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says about the Dutch foreign minister's ridiculous statements. The Dutch government has lost all credibility over its obstinate handling of the MH17 affair to reach pre-conceived... Continue Reading →
Ten Lessons To Lead A Nation
"Analysts name Putin’s ten lessons for Russia’s future political leaders" - TASS There is not a doubt in the world that all through the 'Putin Time' Russia has grown and flourished like it would not have done under any other leadership. President Putin has manoeuvred Russia from being, and not entirely of its own doing,... Continue Reading →
