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Gimme Shelter Too!

Gimme Shelter Too!

Nov 17, 2019 | Blog, Greanville Post

The Rolling Stones’ 1969 hit song ‘ Gimme Shelter’ kind of said it all: Oh, a storm is threat’ning My very life today If I don’t get some shelter Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away War, children, it’s just a shot away It’s just a shot away War, children, it’s just a shot...
Why I Don’t Have a Mobile Phone

Why I Don’t Have a Mobile Phone

Nov 17, 2019 | Blog, Global Research

In the late 1990’s I bought an early model Ericsson mobile phone. Travelling around the UK countryside visiting farmers, it seemed quite useful, in spite of the very intermittent signal availability of that time. However, I found the masts which transmitted the...
Violence is as Violence Does

Violence is as Violence Does

Nov 17, 2019 | Blog, Global Research

Anyone remember the line from the film Forest Gump: ‘ Stupid is as stupid does’ ? Well, now we have, each and every passing day, the bastard children of our violent empire. Yes, violence has always been with us, this the frailty and flaw of humanity. One...
Water Water Everywhere……

Water Water Everywhere……

Nov 13, 2019 | Blog

In April I interviewed former World Bank staff member and  geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig via telephone at his home in Geneva. Koenig had just returned from South America , a place where he has travelled to many times . One of the issues that he is very passionate...
Peak Hubris

Peak Hubris

Nov 13, 2019 | Blog

“Hubris” is defined as rash and foolish pride, a dangerous overconfidence, manifested with arrogance.  The Deep State vaunts our “exceptionalism”, and since Reagan’s “City on a HIll” trope Americans have been assured by all succeeding Presidents that ours is the...