That US "power projection" is now based on a platform of "geopolitical irrelevancy" is, I think, obvious - at least to all those who form their own views rather than accepting the programmed 'groupthink'. And that is, I believe, how the world should be viewing the upcoming June 16 meeting between US President Joe Biden... Continue Reading →
New Zealand: Taking An Independent Position?
In a recent post I exempted New Zealand from comments on full alignment of that nation with the views and actions of the Five Eyes security alliance. This is not really something new. New Zealand has always been true to and followed its own principles. For a small, geographically isolated nation, that is a laudable... Continue Reading →
Rumours of War…
I still want to talk about war, but I can't bring myself to do it just yet. Even though all the poster signs, all the voices, all the military movements playing out a colossal chess game across various global hot points, spell out that war is in the air and on people's minds, there are... Continue Reading →
When Will The West Shed Its Juvenility And Achieve Adulthood?
"Australians flagged in Shanghai security files which shed light on China's surveillance state and monitoring of Uyghurs" - ABC News Australia Wait one fucking minute! This is talking about data supposedly hacked from a Chinese Police database. Isn't alleged Chinese hacking one of the things Australian authorities, along with a range of other western misanthropes,... Continue Reading →
COVID Truth – It Was Never China
A few days ago, but only read by me this morning, Gordon Duff, a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam war, published these words under the title: 'The Nasty Truth About COVID 19', especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook. Duff is a senior editor and chairman of the board of Veterans Today ... Continue Reading →
Democracy Is, As Democracy Does
Photo taken on May 28, 2020 shows a view of the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli) "Xinhua Commentary: Chinese democracy deserves being well understood" - XinhuaNet If the United States can refer to its own system of government as being a 'democracy' - though to many observers that would be a... Continue Reading →
The Answer is 42. What Was The Question?
Having painted myself into a corner with talk of the near-term end of the entire human race, it is difficult for me to talk of anything else in the meantime. But, we have to live in that meantime, and as best we can. And, what can you do if you know there is nothing you... Continue Reading →
Message From Wuhan
Forget any pre-conceptions about coronavirus. Forget what you may have heard or seen reported on Western news. Forget about what anyone, including Trump (oh, you've already forgotten about him? sorry for the reminder), has said about the virus and China - specifically about Wuhan. Listen to what the people of Wuhan city have to say... Continue Reading →
Prioritize the People – A Capitalist’s Nightmare
I quite regularly write about China but only rarely do those posts receive more than a handful of views, either on the blog here or on my VKontacte social media site at vk.com/bernie.edwards, whereas other posts (on VK at least) can attract up to several hundred views. What is it about China that seems to... Continue Reading →
