always noisy, always dirty and now boiling hot. i was watering the children’s garden at the church and not minding getting the water over me. The drive up was six hours after taking away a stop for lunch. It used to be 4 and a half hours but we hit the rush hour up to…
Author: Daniel
When there is conflict
the world itself becomes very interesting. It is not that it falls into war, but it is how the different groups fall and the hidden thinking comes to the fore from surprising places. How university professors support Hamas, dedicated to murder, How angry Israelis tie a wounded man to the front of a jeep. How …
Why Do They Run?
After correcting anti-Israeli posters on facebook and linkedIn on many occasions and they actually getting angry (Netanyahu is a liar, Israel is evil) their posts stopped coming. I thought it was because they didn’t enjoy being contradicted with fascist but actually they just dropped me as someone who could see their posts. So why did…
In the Till
Back in Margaret Thatcher’s day the Conservative Party was busy privatising companies owned by the nation and limiting the numbers of shares available to any single applicant in order to expand share ownership. I recall at least two members of Parliament trying to make multiple applications illegally. It is fair to say many people would…
Noam Chomsky
According to his wikipedia page he suffered a stroke last year and is convalescing in Brazil with his wife. At 95 it is obvious he will die at some stage soon but the stroke has left him unable to communicate or take any part in his usual reasonable caustic but always incisive commentary on world…
Derived Opinion
If you don’t know something is going on, you can hardly have an opinion about it. Or you may have an general opinion but you can’t have any in-depth knowledge of the facts. So who decides what we get to know? If the individual isn’t taught to use libraries and differentiate facts and fictions in…
Of No Use
The recent meeting and communique concerning the Ukraine/Russian offensive is of no use. Firstly everything said about territorial integrity the countries would have said for months to Russian ambassadors so nothing is new. Secondly it doesn’t mean anything because it could refer to whatever is left after a peace treaty is signed and Russia refuses…
Sea Theme
Sea–Theme Awash the rocks with sea–green kelp – Sea–gulls’ beaks yellow with sun Glitter against sky and cloud. Wild ferns shake gently to and fro – High into hills and faraway Wanders a moorland deep with mystery – The ocean frames it all, its movements Captured forever by the watching Moon; Whose white, long fingers…
Failing while falling
Cornwall council is trying to be green with its refuse collection. It has taken it from weekly to fortnightly and supplied a lockable black bin to everyone in the region – or is in the process of doing so. This black bin with very clear lettering on the side is plastic. I already have a…
Who Decides
Recently the elections started in the UK and every day the reporters are out talking to people and following the candidates. On the day, the comments or events are given a weight by the reporters – most notably here the D Day celebrations – and made small or big immediately. There is no percolation of…