The Moscow based online news-sheet VZGLYAD may not be well known outside its local area (actually I don't know if that is entirely true - I don't have its readership statistics - but I assume that to be the case), but it does produce some wonderful pieces of on-the-spot reporting. This is old-style journalism, and... Continue Reading →
I Knew There Had To Be A Name For It
...but I had no idea what that name might be. Now I know, thanks to William Schryver's imetatronink blog. The name is 'Maskirovka' and it describes what the Russian and allied forces did in Ukraine over recent weeks, culminating with the ease in which they were able to withdraw all those forces from around Kharkov,... Continue Reading →
Russia, In Spite of or Because of Recent Events, Still in the Driver Seat in Ukraine
The unabashed glee of the west over what has proven - now the smoke has cleared - to have been nothing more than a storm in a teacup during the second week of September, is (in the minds of those in the west who still have some sort of grip on reality) turning to thoughts... Continue Reading →
In Praise of a Great Article on a Much Needed Cultural Awakening
Very occasionally these days, one comes across a truly inspiring article... 'Civilisation Or Barbarism – Western Dusk, Eastern Dawn' - by Nora Hoppe for the Saker blog ...is one such rare treat. I urge you to read it. The west is finished. Get used to the idea. The East is fast rising. Get used to... Continue Reading →
OK, Ukraine, You Asked For It, Now you’ll Get It!
Everything is changing. You might say there is a great convergence going on (only that phrase has been misused before). But really, it seems, and the impression is not a minor one, that everything is coming together to meet a fulfillment of sorts, of something which possesses an air of importance, some as yet not... Continue Reading →
Everyday People
There is joy in life. Still joy in life, still joy in living. Even at seventy seven years of age. Yes, I know that is not really old, but there are an awful lot of folk who never get the opportunity to get even or anywhere near that far, for one reason or another. So,... Continue Reading →
Hold The Line!
Need something to cheer you up? Something to steady your nerves? Well, here's some good reading for you. I have previously shared some posts from the imetatronink blog of William Schryver and here is one I missed (can't be everywhere, and it is not my job anyway) earlier, from September 1 with a title (and... Continue Reading →
Bending, not Breaking
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 →
Not Something Else 