Category Archives: USA

Syria threatened by blitz of conferences

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   16 March 2010 CONFERENCES TO BE HELD AS LONG AS THE SLAUGHTER CONTINUES A cunning ploy … Continue reading

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Red carpet

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   ANGLO-US TALKS FOCUS ON RETREAT FROM AFGHANISTAN 14 March 2012 We refer below to the writings … Continue reading

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Selling off the family silver

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    10 March 2010 PRIVATE AFFLUENCE, PUBLIC SQUALOR “First of all the Georgian silver goes, and … Continue reading

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Watch out, Martians!

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  8 March 2012 STAR WARS Here we go again. According to yesterday’s Guardian, UK Prime Minister … Continue reading

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Cable cars: theory v. praxis

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    6 March 2012 INTERVENTION IN FREE MARKET BY GOVERNMENT OPPOSED TO INTERVENTION When you get … Continue reading

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UK seeks torture “assurances” from Jordan

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   5 March 2012 PONTIUS PILATE It’s that man again, Abu Qatada. He just won’t go away. … Continue reading

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God and Mammon

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.   2 March 2012 GOD AND MAMMON COLLUDE TO STAMP OUT PROTEST Bailiffs protected by police evicted … Continue reading

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Graffiti

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    25 February 2012 The water can come back to a dried-up river, But what about … Continue reading

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Fahrenheit 451

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    24 February 2012 NOT SO FRIENDLY FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN A soldier from the Afghan army, … Continue reading

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Cimon retaliates, Ephialtes murdered

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  19 February 2012 DEMOCRACY ABOLISHED IN GREECE Democracy has been officially abolished in Greece, the cradle … Continue reading

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