Joe Biden In 2021, Biden made us all a brave promise. He said he had personally told Putin, in no uncertain terms, that should Navalny die in prison, there would ‘devastating consequences’ for Russia. He did, no he really did! Then the other day Navalny did indeed die in prison, all of a sudden, and […]
A carnival float depicting Donald Trump with a USA flag cut in the shape of a Nazi swastika in a backstreet for the start of the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. The foolish street spectacles in the carnival centers of Duesseldorf, Mainz and Cologne, watched by hundreds of thousands […]
Picture Al Jazera The usual suspects have berated the administrations of America and Britain as well as anyone supporting the action in hitting back at the Houthis or anyone questioning the action of trying to stop attacks on shipping using the Red Sea accessing the Suez Canal. We should not forget that the Panama Canal […]
Hogarth “Chairing the Member” 1818 Auld Mac’s Almanack, or what the calendar for 2024 holds. And boy is 2024 going to be a one huge year for those of us who enjoy following elections and trying to for-guess the result. Truly we are in for a combo of the World Cup and the Olympics as […]
There is much consternation in certain quarters at the forthcoming threat of full disclosure by Judge Loretta Preska unsealing the court documents which form part of the 2015 civil defamation suite by Virginia Roberts, relating to all Jeffery Epstein’s connections in January. But no matter how keen we are to know we shall have to […]
America’s Oligarchy Stitching Us Up Yes, indeed and as captions go, portentous moi? But at least I have caught your attention! After an extended spell away from my crayons and the keyboard I have been surprised by the number of people from all sorts of places (and some even I didn’t even know), who have […]
Old Mac’s Almanack Nothing immediately obvious. Which is not to say nothing terribly important. Because this is THE year that will set the course for the next decade if not longer. Ukraine / Russia. If Russia loses militarily then Putin goes swiftly. If Putin is deposed uncontrollably and goes suddenly, a collapse (swift or slow-mo) […]
To Valery Gerasimov et al may they rot in hell I am the very model of a Russian Major GeneralMy standing in the battlefield in growing quite untenable My forces, though equipped and given orders unequivocal Did not expect the fight to be remotely this reciprocal. I used to have a tank brigade but now […]
The king with half the east at heel is marched from landsof morning;Their fighters drink the rivers up, their shafts benightthe air,And he that stands will die for naught, and home there’sno returning.The Spartans on the sea wet rocks sat down and combedtheir hair. A.E. Housman, Last Poems XXV, The Oracles As children at […]
“Ukraine remains the only country in history to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons. It surrendered an arsenal of around 5,000 missiles and bombs in 1994 in exchange for security guarantees from Russia and the West”. Source BBC Do you remember when we all thought, what with those staunch agreements and cast iron promises from […]
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