Sunday, April 10, 2022

"Time makes more converts than reason." Thomas Paine

Friday, October 16, 2020

moderator: "How smart is your dog?"
Joe Biden: "I've got a smart dog that understands simple commands."
Donald Trump: "I've got the smartest dog in the world. It speaks five languages fluently, but it doesn't speak Chinese because it doesn't want to catch the virus they sent us. It speaks better French than Angela Merkel. It speaks better English than Joe Biden. Because you can't trust what Joe Biden says. Even my dog knows that. And I'm smarter than my dog."
46% of US: "Our President is dumber than his dog."
37% of US: "Our President is smarter than his dog."
10% of US: "There's an election?"
6% of US: "It's hard to say who's telling the truth."
1% of US: "My vote goes to Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) / Howie Hawkins (Green) / (etc)"

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Riffs & Ripples from ZenRiver Gardens: June 1969 - 50 years ago - oppposing the VN War

Riffs & Ripples from ZenRiver Gardens: June 1969 - 50 years ago - oppposing the VN War: Mid-June 1969 - fifty years ago - half a century - l opposed serving the U.S. military in the Vietnam War. It was likely this week, possi...

Thursday, February 11, 2016


is it just me, or is Blogger becoming more and more unusable with each "update"?

anyway, on with the blog as best i can -

the space race used to be a competition -- how many generations before it becomes a species?

Wednesday, April 01, 2015


after a war ends there is usually a large rise in taxes

Wednesday, February 18, 2015


US allies keeping up the fight against freedom - Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi sentenced to 1000 lashes, 10 years in prison, and a fine of 1,000,000 riyal (US$165,000)
- http://e-activist.com

Friday, January 09, 2015


Save the Children's Global Legacy Award given to Tony Blair!
Was the other nominee Abubakar Shekau?

Friday, November 21, 2014


a whistleblower - someone sacked or imprisoned for not hiding their identity when attempting to disclose the illegal activities of their employer

Thursday, October 30, 2014


how can terrorism possibly be successful against an enemy which rewards its followers with sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll?

Saturday, October 18, 2014


the population of Scotland is bigger than that of most countries

Saturday, July 05, 2014


"America didn't fight Iraq - it destroyed it."

Friday, June 13, 2014


an unexpected consequence of the coup in Libya, which was encouraged and supported by the UK, is that Libya is now a centre for immigration into Europe

Friday, April 25, 2014


has the Arab Spring become an Arab bloodbath?

Friday, September 06, 2013


in the last 700 years there has been one female Lord Mayor of London

Thursday, August 15, 2013


people supporting the UK Monarchy reminds me of the slaves who fought on the Confederate side in the American Civil War

Tuesday, June 18, 2013


fighting terrorists with drones is like fighting fire with petrol

Sunday, April 14, 2013


Bradley Manning is the true US hero of the War in Iraq; perhaps one day he will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013


The twenty-first century definition of a terrorist state seems to be a state that is outside the control of the USA.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012


two of the iconic symbols of the C20th: the mushroom cloud and the Mandelbrot

Saturday, December 08, 2012


it's a fine line between superstition and not offending the gods

Monday, October 01, 2012


the offices of Al Jazeera in Kabul and Baghdad were both blown up by US missiles - so much for the freedom of the media

Monday, July 23, 2012


Thatcher's Government crushed the miners and closed the coalmines. Today a third of the UK's electricity comes from coal. The UK now imports coal from Indonesia, S Africa, Russia and Columbia.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012



when i was young, my teachers told me that the reason why the USA and the UK were morally superior to the USSR was that we did not torture people, and we did not imprison people without a trial

how times have changed!

Saturday, April 07, 2012



living forever is something which appeals mainly to the young

Sunday, February 19, 2012



advance notice for "Digin! The Bath Gardeners Market" (Avon, UK)
Sunday - 22 April 2012

Saturday, February 04, 2012



RIP Václav Havel