Thanks to my friend Alain for this. With his country voicing its ire at his use of presidential fiat to avoid a parliamentary vote on raising state pension age from 62 to 64, Emmanuel Macron appeared on TV to defend … Read More »
Vladimir Putin with his co-accused, Maria Lvova-Belova I’ve already written two posts on the ICC warrant against Russia’s president, and had thought that the end of the matter. In itself the move isn’t all that important, and I’ve given – … Read More »
Well worth a read is Finian Cunningham’s forceful response, today on Information Clearing House, to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for President Vladimir Putin and his Children’s Rights Commissioner, Maria Lvova-Belova. Many have yet to grasp … Read More »
“The safest, most redundant, least courageous thing anyone can do right now is condemn Vladimir Putin” – Caitlin Johnstone The Guardian yesterday, March 17, 2023. Sarcasm alert: how perverse of the Kremlin and its Putinbot pals! What on earth could … Read More »
I’ve been using that term so often of late I’m tempted to give it in abbreviated form. Trouble is, SSC is too close to this site’s SCS for comfort. But a shortened form is required, given that self-serving credulity is … Read More »
Humour me, why don’t you? Which of the two images below serves best as metaphor for this week’s panic in the markets? I’d say both but what do I know? Let’s just give praise to the Lord for “fact … Read More »
That’s the reply given by former leader of the Australian Labour Party, Paul Keating, when asked on Sky News, “what makes you so sure China isn’t a military threat to Australia?” Paul Keating gold. @SkyNewsAust asks why he doesn't see … Read More »
On his blog yesterday, Richard sets out crisp assessment of the bank’s failure. This he follows with eight take away points. So, what are the lessons? The first, and most obvious is that these bankers clearly had no clue as … Read More »
Thanks to Alain, my friend across La Manche, for this. An unflamboyant, soberly impressive as always Russian Foreign Minister had this to say yesterday: Why do they now want to reform the World Trade Organisation? Because the principles it was … Read More »
“This is big”, wrote Moon of Alabama on March 10 in his opener to a piece featured in my post next day. Even corporate media couldn’t ignore it altogether, though they continue to do their level best to downplay its … Read More »
