that people have agendas and outright lie but it is more complex when you listen to people who have the same facts before them yet come to different conclusions about them. In international news it seems to me the main focus always seems to be to paint one side as wrong no matter what and…
I Didn’t Know
In legalese putting in an ‘appearance’ doesn’t mean going to court yourself, it just means at the least sending in a signed document. It’s quite amusing to read through court papers for the probate I am in charge of and the criminal way in which certain people act and the machinations they go through to…
The Runes of War
I remember when Russia invaded Ukraine I said to a military friend ‘we’re all going to be tested now’. Hamas’ pogrom in Israel was more of a shock that hatred could till be so visceral and barbaric and that is after watching the bombing of Iraq. But as I listen to everyone talking ang moaning…
Is There No End
We know that the Arab tribes in the time of Mohammed had a tough life, and blood feuds were age old, tribal and inherited from father to son. We know that he unified these tribes using the only social cement at hand – religion – which was used extensively before and after him. If he…
Not sure I like this
I am actually excited about going food shopping tomorrow. I mean isn’t that a bit ridiculous? I know I am on a diet of one meal a day but I eat well I just don’t visit the shops more than once every two weeks and it feels like an adventure. I also have to admit…
It is Astonishing
That America, lauded as the land of the free, never goes to war to give people freedom but only so that it is not threatened. It hates Communism, rightly, but communists are just very poor capitalists as they never cease to use the monetary system, and their version of terror and violence is equalled to…
Putin
Apparently he suggested the Russian broke Berlin in 1945 and no one should pervert history. I am not sure to what he was referring, when I was at school our history teachers all said the Russian won WW2 not the USA. But history will record that one million German soldiers were held down in western…
Evolution
I am so over people saying evolution is just a theory equal to the theory that god created everything. The theory that god created everything means god decided life would feed off life with all the pain, fear, suffering and murder that entails. The theory of evolution proves we are animals, exhibiting animal behaviour despite…
Just A Walk in the Woods
Thirty years ago the forestry commission undertook to plant at least `0& of its forests with hardwood trees instead if all softwood trees. In the local woods they have been stripping out the softwoods recently and replanting. Softwoods grow faster and if managed to grow straight they make the government more money, but they are…
Soldier to Soldier Urban Warfare
This is an interesting research paper: The factors that threaten an army’s equanimity when it comes to fighting in an urban environment are the same for all belligerents. They do not impact regular Western soldiers more than irregular, non-Western challengers, who are thought to be unaffected by, or even gain an advantage from, these…