American-Qaeda
Another attack on the US Capitol, this time by a single terriorist in a car with a knife attacking police https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/02/us-capitol-lockdown bears remarkable similarities to the pointless but disturbing attack on the UK Houses of Parliament in 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_London_Bridge_attack. Both … Continued
Conservative Decay
Trump, Bolsonaro and Johnson are undermining the political philosophy of conservatism. By seeking populism and a constituency of idiocy because ‘public opinion’ that follows the proportionality of a bell-shaped curve can match policy to mad conspiracy theories (philosophy for idiots) … Continued
US Election
Predictions made in July, how did we do? Predictions Biden will choose Warren or Klobuchar. WRONG: Biden picked Kamala Harris. Trump will go with Pence CORRECT Biden will win the popular vote by about 4 or 5 million CORRECT Biden will … Continued
Nuclear Proliferation Illegal
50 countries have ratified a UN treaty declaring nuclear weapons illegal. This makes it international law from 22 January 2021. No nuclear nation that has used the threat of annihilation over other nations signed the treaty although negotiations between Russia … Continued
US Election Outcome Calculator
Predict the result with the Electoral College built in, courtesy of the FT. Our prediction based on – well we are guessing – is Trump 234, Biden 304. Assumptions are no Democrat to Republican losses, the states that Trump won … Continued
Devil and the Dark Blue Sea
The political choices faced by the UK at the last election: a socialist utopia that would cause taxes to increase and suppress innovation and progress while looking after those who were unable to look after themselves, or a slogan. The … Continued
America needs a new hero
America used to be the bastion of democracy and freedom. No more. The actions of the Republicans are not merely hypocrisy. It is not just politics. It is the destruction of the American ideal, the dream of freedom and progress … Continued
The Climate Emergency
The Arctic is now a source of excess CO2 as the danger of climate instability and global warming is becoming more critical every year.
How Immigration has helped Germany
In 2015 Germany opened its borders to a million refugees. Angela Merkel suffered criticism from the Right who disagreed. By 2017, there was a prevalent view that Wir schaffen das would be Merkel’s undoing, a “catastrophic mistake” as Donald Trump said in … Continued