Playing The Mischief With Us
As the papers recently filled with the distressing images of desperate souls looking to escape the imminent religious tyranny of the Taliban, I'm reminded...
If Brenton Harrison Tarrant Is A Fascist Then He’s A Left Wing Terrorist, Obviously
That gross and appalling tragedy in New Zealand. Nutter opening fire at mosques as Friday prayers take place. Yes, obviously, a tragedy and appalling....
Fascinating Idea From Ghana – Impeach Finance Ministers For Deficit Of 6% Of GDP
This is an interesting little piece of macroeconomic management being proposed in Ghana. If the Finance Minister allows a budget deficit of over 5%...
Oh Dear, Another Owen Jones Shoot Off Mouth, Shoot Off Foot Moment
It's almost as if Owen Jones is suffering from otherfootitis, the inability to open mouth other than to change feet. He's, obviously enough, outraged...
Ooops! – System Error Crashes Entire Electricity Grid Of Argentina And Uruguay
The entirety of two countries seems to be without electrical power this morning as a failure in the grid has left both Argentina and...
IMF Tells Ethiopia – No More Foreign Currency Market Borrowings, Probably Sensibly
The IMF has told the Ethiopian Government that it really must stop borrowing from the overseas markets in foreign currency - this is probably...
Of Course India Should Have Sold ONGC’s Oil And Gas Fields To Foreigners
There are those who insist that a national government must own the company which extracts natural resources from the territory of that country. This...
We’ll See You In Hell, Schwab!
It's been over a year since the World Economic Forum sponsored Event 201 – a COVID simulation that they set running in October 2019.
It...
Battle Of Adwa – Not First Battle Victory of Blacks Over White Colonisers But...
Ethiopia has been celebrating the Battle of Adwa when Menelik II and his troops took apart an Italian army trying to invade the country....
The Scrubbers Are Failing
In the film Apollo 13, a loss of oxygen causes the crew to start inadvertently poisoning themselves with their exhalations.
The engineers back on earth...