I feel I have to write a few words today about the situation in Ukraine. This is a watershed moment by several measures. First it is a critical and most likely a decisive moment in the battle for Ukraine. And, make no mistake, that is exactly what it is. At least one other has said... Continue Reading →
The Greening of the Sahara, or Another Look at Global Warming
All the western world, and much of the rest of the world knows about climate change, is taken from a western standpoint. It goes something like this - quoted from a recent Times article - 'Where we will end up living as the planet burns' and saying much the same as I have acknowledged for... Continue Reading →
Let Them Burn Themselves Out in Kherson
The forces of Ukraine appear to be achieving some success in their so-called 'counter offensive' at certain points along the front lines of the Kherson region in Ukraine's south. Is this critical for Russian plans? I would say not. It is being achieved at the cost of much war materiel and many lives of the... Continue Reading →
Annihilation On The Dniepr
September 1, 2022 was an undoubtedly busy day. And the banks of the Dniepr river near the Zaporizhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, were not the least visited spots along its course yesterday. That was the day marking the start of the visit to the power station by IAEA experts sent to... Continue Reading →
A Tale of True Grit and Human Determination
I was about to write this up yesterday (as September 1 marked the beginning of the new academic year [school year] in Kherson - and I assume all of Russia) until the latest Escobar story came to my attention. But this is just as important, on a personal level, as anything on the international scene.... Continue Reading →
“Nothing personal. Just business.”
Oh my goodness, Escobar produces yet another gem. How does he do it? Where does he get his information? Don't tell me, I would prefer not to know. But it has the ring of truth and, as long as he produces stuff that is on the right side of history, I don't care what his... Continue Reading →
“On average, a warmer world is a wetter world” – and Other Important Matters
[A word of warning: You have no idea of what you are getting yourself into should you be reading this for the first time] It is difficult to find something to seriously write about these days. Especially if you consider all is going right with the world and both nature and natural justice are proceeding... Continue Reading →
That’s Not a Counter Offensive, That’s an Exercise in Stupidity
Well, it was meant to be a Ukraine counter offensive against Russian forces occupying what will soon be Russian territory. It's now a heap of smouldering wrecks and hundreds of dead bodies. Such foolishness defines Ukraine's leadership (and its NATO mentors). The title of the related story below (as so many machine translations of Russian... Continue Reading →
The New World Order in the Making
The world, you know, that place shaped as a sphere, where you and I live, somewhere, mostly on the one third of its surface not covered by water - and it doesn't or should not matter wherever that may be - that world does not want or need to be governed, ruled, oppressed, or dictated... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 