If you ask anyone where democracy began, most people will say Greece. But this overlooks many ancient democracies around the world. Australia had a democratic, egalitarian, society, when Captain Cook landed, and it was probably that way for many millennia. Seeing it in practice, one English writer thought it 'remarkable, that perhaps the highest form of democracy ever known, came [...]
I wrote an article recently to bring attention to the media silence on the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike. Of course as soon as the strike ended after 41 days, some of the mainstream media then reported on it. No surprise there. No surprise either to the reaction on Facebook - overwhelming support from people who are not afraid to speak [...]
Apparently a hunger strike by over 1000 Palestinian prisoners, under way since April 17th, is not newsworthy. It seems these people are the wrong colour, wrong religion and critically, they live on land that others want to steal, and, of course, they have no significant media control. It's difficult to know the exact numbers of prisoners involved, reported figures [...]
In one respect it doesn't matter whether Assad and his Syrian Forces gassed 70 people on April 4th because the damage has already been done. He has been found guilty by nearly all western mainstream news media. Within hours they were all parroting the same press release to the effect of 'we don't have all the facts but everything points to [...]
Addressing the United Nations, in New York, in 1989, British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, pronounced a "threat to our global environment”, a matter of such “urgency and importance” that there would be no time to speak about anything else on the day. She continued her speech with a story of British scientist - Charles Darwin, landing at Tahiti, in [...]
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
The borrower is servant to the lender, and America is servant to the Federal Reserve Bank. So I cannot see how it matters materially whether you vote for Clinton or Trump. They are both prostitutes for the financial system, a pair of shills. And what a pantomime the presidential race is! X-Factor and The Apprentice now look like proving [...]
140 people were killed and over 500 injured when at least one Saudi jet attacked the hall where people were attending a wake for the father of Brigadier Jalal al-Ruweishan, of the Houthi-led government in Yemen. US built F15s are a Saudi favourite After initially denying the attack, a statement from the Arab Coalition admitted to it, saying [...]
The Royal family is exempt from freedom of information laws. They do not have to disclose official documents for 20 years, which should provide one time enough to get one's affairs in order. They can act in secrecy and the law protects them.
Speaking at a WW1 commemoration in Kanakkale, Turkey, on Friday, March 18, 2016, Turkish President Erdogan said “There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara cannot explode in Brussels, where an opportunity to show off in the heart of the city to supporters of the terror organization is presented, or in any city in Europe. Despite this clear [...]
1. I am the LORD thy God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. I am your god, I got you out of Egypt, it is due to me that you are free. You are not allowed to have other gods; I don't want [...]
From basket case to dropping tablets later in life. The career highs, and lows, of the man with the staff. [...]
Martin Luther King was a faker. A lot of people assume he was one of the good guys, struck down by unseen power. I used to think that. I used to believe a lot of what I saw on telievision. It's pure propaganda, every station, every minute of it. At least on the internet you have an option to read [...]
Once upon a time, not that long ago, there was a man who rode around on a donkey and lived in a cave, far away, deep in the mountains. He had little by way of modern equipment. He was not mad about modern stuff in general but he did have a mobile phone, a video recorder, a microphone, a tape [...]
I want to wish you and your family all the happiness and joy of Christmas. I hope we can get together this holiday season and spend quality time together.
