This is an astro-maze post more for my benefit as I struggle to grasp what is actually going on with Brexit. Question – what is a lying chancer and the manic spinning-top that is Boris Johnson doing as the catalyst for change in a country as fixed as the UK? Partly it touches on Kissinger’s … Read more
Billionaire and Republican donor David Koch has died, having suffered from prostate cancer for many years. He was born 3 May 1940 and along with his older brother Charles, 1 November 1935, is credited with funding the rise of the right in the Republican Party. They disliked Trump but others in the present administration – … Read more
Offering to buy Greenland is clear sign that Trump has lost the plot altogether according to the Washington Post. Although evidently wikileaks indicated the USA is highly interested in investing in the resource base of Greenland and in tapping hydrocarbons off the Greenlandic coast. Greenland is the largest island in the world, an autonomous Danish … Read more
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, has been rattled by the nickname ‘Moscow Mitch’ and then ‘Massacre Mitch’ for his single-handed blocking of stronger election security measures after Russia’s interference in 2016; and his refusal to tighten gun laws. Then he broke his shoulder – not a great week. He was born 20 February … Read more
This is a stumble in the dark since I have zero idea of what’s happening in the near future. Britain is being hurtled along by a manic fantasist and a Machiavellian aide – neither of whom was actually elected by the people – in their helter skelter, do-or-die dash to be rid of the … Read more
The anniversary of Hiroshima comes and goes without mention unless it’s a round figure memorial – this year being the 74th. Nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans with the agreement of the British on August 6 and 9th 1945 which brought an end to war with Japan and to … Read more
Puerto Rico is in turmoil with mass public demonstrations forcing the governor Ricardo Rossello to resign after his threat to kill another politician was revealed in a social media chat and two top former members of his administration were indicted on federal corruption charges. The revolt that toppled his government in two weeks was … Read more
American rapper ASAP Rocky remains in custody in Sweden facing charges of assault, despite the best efforts of Trump and Kim Kardashian amongst others to get him freed. His hearing is set for early next week. He claims self-defence. He was born 3 October 1988 in Harlem, New York with a drug-dealing father who … Read more
Chris Evans, best known for his superhero Marvel comic roles, will appear in a Netflix docu-drama airing late this month playing a Mossad agent involved in smuggling Jewish-Ethiopians into Israel in the 1980s. He says he’s finished with his superheroes and wants ultimately to give up acting for directing. Born 13 June 1981 6.16pm … Read more
The royal handshake which anointed Boris as PM happened around 3.12 pm this afternoon. He then went onto to make a rabble- rousing speech declaring it would be a do-or-die exit on October 31st. Whether this is a calculated negotiating strategy to force the EU into re-setting their demands isn’t clear, but it’s high-risk, since … Read more