What exactly is going on in the Gulf of Mexico? When there are reports of media blackouts, then the natural reaction is to start investigating, and in the current environmental cat…
2010 07 25
The United States Senate has called for Britain to hold a full and independent enquiry into whether BP lobbied for the release of the Libyan held in Scotland over the Lockerbie bombing. This position reveals two things: igno…
The ten UN judges at the International Court of Justice who supported the opinion that Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence on February 17, 2008 does not violate general international law are, at best, incompetent charla…
An alarming truth coming out of the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna is that women’s voices are not being heard, women are not participating at the same level as men in decision-makin…
2010 07 22
As the count-down to August’s great kick-off in Europe gets under way, after South Africa’s FIFA 2010 World Cup, who is going where, and for how much? Does the factor of financial crisis come into play in Soccer, the great Communicator? It seems not……
Last week an Unidentified Flying Object disrupted traffic at Xiaoshan Airport in the PR China. The incident happened late last Wednesday night, July 14. 18 flights, involving 2,000 passengers were affected by the apparition, which was seen by several e…
2010 07 20
No more tears at the doctors, no more promises “It’s only a little prick” or “This won’t hurt”. The feared annual flu jab is about to be replaced by microneedles, similar to a nicotine patch. No needle, no pin-prick, no blee…
In the last twenty-four hours, seventy-one people have died in Russia as a result of the heat. The record temperatures felt across the country, but mainly in Moscow, have caused people to take risks swimming in unfamiliar environments. So far in July, …
From the Ivory Coast to Guinea, from Nigeria to Angola, around 60 per cent of the fishing vessels are illegal. According to the local agencies, the prime suspects are the Chinese and the European Union. Does this illegal cat…
2010 07 19
The continent which produced imperialism, slavery and Hitler now produces Geert Wilders. Belgium and France ban the burqah, a British MP has stated he will refuse to speak to constituents who refuse to reveal their face and Dutch Party for Freedom lead…
Whether we like it or not, whether we label it a conflict or clash of civilizations, the fact remains that the banning of the burqah and the internationalisation of Dutchman Geert Wilders’ Stop Islam movement are producing hot debate in Europe, as inde…
For those of us in positions of symbolic or actual control, those of us in our fifties and sixties, the truth dawns upon us that we have collectively failed to take advantage of what we in…
2010 07 16