Other than all being gamekeepers turned poacher – establishment figures, including but not confined to the military, now sternly critical of their countries’ elites and media narratives – what do the following have in common: Jacques Baud, Karen Kwiotkowski, Douglas … Read More »
Who has the upper hand in a bar room fight? The biggest and strongest? The martial arts ace? Maybe. But more often than not the person who’ll take things to the limit wins the fight before it’s even started. Are … Read More »
My last post but one asked, Does Washington want war with Iran? It noted the many pundits, critical of the USA, who also deem it subservient to Israel through such as the AIPAC. Thanks to that subservience, they further claim, there’s … Read More »
Pete ‘n Dud bemoan the beautiful and famous women they’ve had, who just won’t accept it’s over and time to move on … … while four self made Yorkshiremen sipping Chateau de Chassellat compete over who had it t’ardest when … Read More »
Amid the red mists of war, and swirling uncertainty of times which bear out Lenin’s adage that there are decades when nothing happens – and weeks where decades happen, commentators who’ve earned the right to be taken seriously may differ … Read More »
One of the many virtues of Melbourne blogger Caitlin Johnstone is her knack for skewering the lies which fill the air we breathe and no longer notice … Western civilization is dominated by a power structure that has invested more … Read More »
I don’t much like red lines and am suspicious of the motives of Leftists and Libertarians intent on drawing them all over the place: Wrong take on 9/11? … Syria? … Russia? … Covid-19? Dude, that’s you off my list … Read More »
I’ve noted from time to time the credulity – I’m being kind here – with which corporate media journalists play their clueless part – there I go again – in relaying Washington’s talking points. I have in mind today the … Read More »
It’s difficult to ascertain the level of seriousness of French President Emmanuel Macron’s threat to send 2,000 of his country’s forces into Ukraine. In early March I wrote that: It’s the highest level admission yet that an underequipped, undertrained and … Read More »
Spoiler alert. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, the fictitious Caribbean island of San Lorenzo is ruled by dictator “Papa” Monzano; a fierce opponent of Bokononism. Indeed, Bokononists risk death by impalement if caught engaging in the cult’s most sacred ritual … Read More »