Grotesque as it seems even to express things in such a way, there are only two questions about the mass destruction of European Jews during WW2 (the Holocaust): Did it happen? Yes/No How to assess it? Good/Bad The mainstream line for anti-semitic and anti-civilisational fanatics of all stripes has been to […]
We customers just sit back and let the torrent of astonishing cheap electronic devices keep coming, each generation more wonderful than the last. It’s all down to Moore’s Law: crudely speaking, the idea that every two years or so the amount of computer bang you get for your buck in fact […]
I have mentioned Dick Holbrooke several times. See eg this early posting about his sheer physical presence. And this later one when Radovan Karadzic was arrested. Now he has been appointed by President Obama to lead US policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan. That lot should keep him busy. I attended […]
Back when the Euro was launched, senior US economist Martin Feldstein annoyed a lot of people by warning that the Euro was likely to lead to dangerous new tensions in Europe and between the EU and USA. Here is a flavour of the argument: Since there is no major country […]
My first personal encounter with something resembling War was back in April 1986 when the USA attacked Colonel Gaddafi – one of my very first postings described the episode. That event was, of course, not really War as currently understood – more a one-off action of ruthless retaliation aimed at […]
The UK and other Western powers are talking about helping stop arms being smuggled into Gaza, to support a ceasefire. Core Question: when they see likely Hamas arms smugglers heading towards Gaza and ask/order them to stop and they do not stop, are they prepared to use lethal force to […]
An enticing new business opportunity arrives in my Inbox: Dearest One, My late father deposited 6.5millon dollars in finance company hear in Cote d’lvory, before he die, for on-word transfer aborad through diplomatic cargo for investment purpose, This is an a confidential matter to be delt with carefulness to enable us understand […]
My previous whimsical posting has prompted several pertinent comments leading me to this marvellous site: 419 Eater. I now know more about this scam industry – much of it (but not all) originating in Africa – than is healthy. Some of the exchanges between Scambaiters and the would-be scammers intended […]
Former UK Ambassador at the UN Sir Jeremy Greenstock has caused a stir with his various observations on the BBC about Hamas – summary here by Paul Waugh. In the vast noise the Israel/Palestine/Gaza/Hamas generates it is next to impossible to keep any discussion coherent. See any Comments thread after any […]
Jermain Defoe goes back to Tottenham Hotspur FC. Let’s have a bit more of this, please:
