Sunday, December 18, 2011



Politicians and generals tell us, "We are winnning in Afghanistan". The West spends $140,000,000,000 a year on military operations and the number of violent incidents has increased every year since 2004.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011



RIP playwright Shelagh Delaney, writer of "A Taste of Honey"

Wednesday, October 19, 2011



"forgive and forget" doesn't apply to institutions and authorities

Wednesday, August 24, 2011



riots in the UK?

what about the riots in China?

Saturday, July 23, 2011




more animals used in UK experiments -- Charles Fourier judged society by its attitude towards women -- perhaps now, a society should be judged by its attitude towards animals

Wednesday, May 25, 2011



with the recent growth of Christian and Moslem fundamentalism, we seem to have regressed to a world of "an eye for an eye"

Monday, May 02, 2011



there's little difference between the UN authorising "no-fly zones", and the Vatican authorising armed invasions in medieval times

Monday, March 28, 2011



"the United States... whose record of violence is documented in the crushing of fifty governments since World War II, many of them democracies." - John Pilger

Thursday, February 24, 2011



David Cameron's the 'big society'?

whatever happened to 'small is beautiful'?

Friday, January 21, 2011


"Baby Doc" Duvalier returning to Haiti to help his former subjects?
with help like that, who needs national disasters?

Monday, January 17, 2011



is it feasible for the USA to ever pay off its national debt?