The real Xinjiang story is not so difficult to understand: The rise of Xi Jinping and the Belt & Road Initiative posed a serious challenge to American supremacy much earlier than they were expecting, so the US amped up their … Read More »
In his book, Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, who used to have a Guardian column of that name, does three things. He: targets the shoddy thinking (at best) used to promote ‘alternative medicine’; targets the even bigger health risk posed by … Read More »
Life is not an easy matter. We cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless we have before us a great idea to raise us above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. … Read More »
We are ruled by criminals. The evidence for saying so is so overwhelming that burden of proof falls on those who disagree. Or it would, if the people paying attention to what our rulers do – as opposed to what … Read More »
1970s advert The evolution of the electric kettle is instructive. Invented in the eighteen nineties, its initial forms had drawbacks. Like taking an age to do the biz, heating water by making it live – quite serious, that – and … Read More »
Caitlin Johnstone not only has a flair for articulating counterintuitive truths simply and vividly – where counterintuitive = contrary to mainstream power-serving fairy tales. She also has a way of voicing nuances of thought and mood that echo my own. … Read More »
Facebook today: If I get answers on when non-Antipodeans can expect to see the film, I’ll post again. Meanwhile, if you want to be a (vicarious) hero, well just follow me – here’s how … *
This map has featured in many posts on this site. For years it has been my stock response to the widely held view of Russia as a nation so aggressive that “we” – taxpayers in the Western Bloc – must … Read More »
Facebook, yesterday. * Re John-Mark Considine’s claims of frenetic Sinophobia in the West, see the first of my China Reads, a closer look at the allegations, given wall to wall publicity despite evidential paucity, of “Uighur genocide”. Re my own … Read More »
Roger Waters speaks during a protest against the extradition of Julian Assange at Parliament Square, London, February 2020 RT two days ago: Roger Waters: Assange movement growing, but mainstream media ‘cowed by the ruling class’ Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, … Read More »