Last night I watched the first in a new series on BBC 2 entitled The Conspiracy Files which kicked-off the series with an examination of some of the conspiracies surrounding 9/11. In all honesty I was quite impressed with the show, it was quite even-handed and took the time to examine individual claims seriously without [...]
Globally we live in an increasingly asset-driven economy, while generally it seems to be going quite well it is from a logical point of view unsustainable. Marc Faber explains vividly with this excellent tale of two tribes :
Irreparable Cracks in the Financial System
Well worth the read if you have the time.
The Press has been having a field day here in the UK over the last week with the Litvinenko murder, its been of the usual quality. Hysterical headlines, unsubstantiated accusations and rampant fear-mongering so one wonders once more whatever happened to good old investigative reporting because the first thing that sprang to my mind was [...]
Last night I went for drinks and a debate at the German Ambassador’s residence, not everyone’s idea of a good time as it was quite a political evening and some of the attendees could have bored the hind-legs off a donkey but illuminating in some respects nevertheless. The debate, or rather more the questions and [...]
He might have been a Catalan pirate, or a Jew fleeing the Inquisition. He was a religious zealot hoping to bring on the apocalypse. His miscalculation about the size of the earth was an error even the ancient Greeks had not committed. He mistook his location for the East Indies, and his [...]
I was quite amused by this little news item but then again not entirely surprised.
I like Noam Chomsky’s work, I may disagree with his views quite a lot but then there is no challenge in embracing only those who share your world-view. Chomsky can be considered a man who although terribly wrong as much as [...]
Due to congestion on the Northern line I decided to walk the final stretch to the office this morning. On my way out of the doors of King’s Cross I had to negotiate my way around an astoundingly burley police officer in a fluorescent jacket but just as I did he opened his arms wide [...]
The Great Game is afoot once more.
The story of the black pawn :
Down on the game by a rook and a knight, will he sacrifice himself to the white knight to save the queen? Enquiring minds would like to know.
Tune in next week for the next exciting instalment…
Protocol 1
Additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977
PART IV: CIVILIAN POPULATION
Chapter I: Basic Rule and Field of Application
Article 48: Basic Rule
In order to ensure respect for and protection of the civilian population and civilian objects, the Parties to the conflict shall at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and [...]
The Zinedine Zidane affair, and could be said for many things right now…
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I was going to write a lengthy rant about The NatWest Three being extradited to the US to face trial for their part in the Enron fiasco however its been dealt with most admirably by Jackart over at A Very British Dude and covered some more by Steve at The Sharpener, so you may as [...]
My Father was a military man and WW2 veteran so naturally I grew-up with quite a positive view of the British armed forces. In spite of years of government cut-backs we are fortunate enough to maintain a small but high-calibre force with intelligent and capable men dedicated to the protection of this country at the [...]
