America
War and Trade Restrictions
The US is ignorant of how to achieve two major goals: security and prosperity. Due to this ignorance, it has engaged in an undeclared war in the Middle East and has instituted protective tariffs at [more…]
Politics
America
A Brave New World is being born, whilst the Old One Is Dying
The imposed capitulation : a surrender document disguised as “negotiation” presented to Iran by the US is already dead & buried. The non-plan plan – imposing demands while begging for a ceasefire – includes zero [more…]
America
Neutering the Somali Option
While WSR attempted to wear his Koran Keir hat in attempting to navigate his tensions between African unity, Chinese ties, and the US’s evolving strategic priorities, he blinked first when dealing with the Don. US [more…]
Diary
A View From (The Bit Outside) The Greenhouse; Ordinary Folk
The 95% situation has moved on to something approaching 99% in terms of my health, in comparison to how I was feeling as an almost 74 year old (complete with all the aches and pains [more…]
Economics
Strategy, some Observations
Geopolitical, military & economic strategy is an art, not a science. Which means it is significantly more difficult to teach even if qualified experts were available. In Western hemisphere countries, usually representative democracies, strategic thinking [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty
Monday Good morning, my friends. No sun this morning and not terribly warm, but the man on the radio says it is going to get quite warm midweek. It has been quite mad in No. [more…]
Authoritarianism
Socialism: The Road to Hell Paved With Good Intentions
Introduction This article was going to be about how socialism as a concept and system is intrinsically morally corrupting and degrading, both to society and the self. The following article was going to be, ‘are [more…]
Democracy
Isolated WSR Snout in Trough
Since the new year WSR, wanting total control of the IEBC (in ensuring Presidential results are announced first), saw the IEBC register 5M IDP Voters in a week in the Northern Kenya Refugee Camps Kakuma [more…]
America
Epstein……Behind the Curtain (Part 5)
The chronology demands emphasis : October 2009. Epstein had recently been released from incarceration. He was a registered sex offender. And he was engaged in correspondence concerning state-of-the-art genetic manipulation technology and its commercial exploitability [more…]