The makeup of the new New Zealand Government indicates a continued trust of the ring wing values of Prime Minister John Key (National) but a distrust of the extreme right wing ACT party that was subject to a take over by (National ex-PM) Don Brash (he ousted the former leader, Bill English, now Finance Minister …
Month: November 2011
Totalitarianism in America
As the Occupy Wall Street Protests continue - there appears to be a very disturbing federal effort to disrupt the protest. Naomi Woolf writes this is indicative of corruption at the highest levels - greedy members of Congress who pass laws that benefit their own back pockets. And the federal coordination of police action spraying …
Protests and police brutality
The question must be asked how freedom of speech is respected when police pepper spray valid protests against decisions made outside the social framework democracy is supposed to provide? The riots in London were initially in response to police brutality; Is this really what we want - police killing and assaulting the voices of citizens? …
UK to join Euro?
Michael Heseltine thinks the UK will have to join the Euro. He says that if the Euro was to fail - or more specifically if too many European banks fail, the UK stands to face collapse of many banks in the UK.
Iran and the Bomb
Excellent article about the Iranian point of view in The Guardian The logic of governmental terrorism against civilisation is a long and horrible history. It is not logical to hold humanity under threat, to hold all life under threat as a means to ensure peace as it enslaves humanity. We need some of Daniel Kahneman's …
The Euro crisis
There are many ways to "solve" the crisis. You do not win a game of chess by barking at the pieces on the board, but sacrifice can have huge dividends. Part of the crisis is one of leadership. Our leaders keep talking but not facing the fact that the economic system is riddled with corrupt …