Those buildings have never been rebuilt, except in the form of an Islamic Mosque, sacred to Islam on the site of the destroyed Judaean temple. The was the second temple of Jerusalem. The first having been built by King Solomon around (if I remember right) 900 BCE as one of the first projects of what... Continue Reading →
“Chocolate Soldiers Never Die – They Quickly Melt Away”*
*While I claim that saying as being mine - it is, as far as I know, because I just made it up - it is obviously a derivation of the very old adage: "Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away". That 'fading away' being only possible by surviving any battles in which they took... Continue Reading →
Facing A New Era, Where Globalization (as defined by China) Is No Longer A Dirty Word. Because It Is Dependent On Neither Rules Based Ideology Nor Capital, But Allows For Countries To Develop Their Own Paths Without Threat Or Coercion.
If you want to get rich, build a road - Xi Jinping I just viewed a video which I found to be very interesting. Interesting, mostly because it matches to a great extent my own views and represents, in my view, the path our world is shaping up to follow in the next period of... Continue Reading →
A Top Russian Official Condemns the Gates Foundation of Evil Motives in Promoting Bad Vaccines
The Gates Foundation promoted substandard vaccines, Dmitriev said - RIA Novosti - Feb 16, 2026 [I include a translation to English of this piece at the foot of this post.] This news brings great joy to me, who previously has harboured thoughts of potential Russian knowledge, if not complicity, in the quite obvious fraud of... Continue Reading →
Russia, Somehow Always Manages to Choose the Right Path Which Upholds its Traditional Values and Maintains its National Identity. The Same Cannot be Said of Any Western Nation.
I personally rate Russia's values very highly as a moderate traditionalist, though I choose not to hold to any overtly religious tradition, while also not condemning anyone else's right to do so. Adherence to any religious tradition demands a righteous acceptance of at least one among many particular traditional doctrines, but cannot claim exclusivity to... Continue Reading →
Quick Arctic Sea Ice Update
THere are two days to go to complete my next monthly Arctic Sea Ice update, and I will have some more to say, for which I did not have time last month end. Two days, because this is not a leap year and there needs to be a comparison, over the years and decades, with... Continue Reading →
“…we’re gonna live in an Asia where the big decisions, are gonna be made in our own region, and Australia has to learn to work in that kind of environment” – Prof. Hugh White (ANU)
Professor Hugh White represents a voice of reason and sound judgment in today's world. I am pleased to be able to say that I am now mildly optimistic about the future of my country, Australia, based on reports on the recent visit of the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to China. Some reasonable groundwork has been... Continue Reading →
Australia is At a Crossroads? With China and Eurasia to the Neighbourly North; The US to the Far Right and a Road to Fascism and Chaos Pointing West.
China would never say that, but I can. And Australia has never seen a clearer point at which to make the break from a decaying and violent West, than today, as the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is about to head off for a 6 or 7 day visit to Beijing and a moment heavy with... Continue Reading →
Paradise For All – The BRICS Aim. The Only Opposition To That is From Those Who Want the ‘All’ For Themselves – The ‘America First’ Principle. There Can Be No More ‘First’ For Anyone.
The time of being 'First' for any sector of mankind is well and truly over. And thank goodness for that. Our planet, the only home we have got - or ever will have - has bounty for all its peoples. The planet does not distinguish between rights for certain groups, or even for certain species.... Continue Reading →
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