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 »
Events are conspiring to keep me in Ukraine. Today being Easter Monday for non-Orthodox Christians – but still a month away for Russians and Ukrainians, Ethiopians, Greeks and Serbs – I’d intended to post on the 1916 Easter Rising against … Read More »
Among that dwindling proportion of steel city posts I deem non-political, two are dedicated to Bob Dylan. In a 2019 response to an ad hominem attack by Germaine Greer, Bob Dylan – one killer of a poet, I began: When … Read More »
Today is the holiest of the year for non-Orthodox Christians. Millions will pay tribute to a man they say was the Son of God, sent to earth in human form to preach and work miracles then go as foretold to … Read More »