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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A reader writes that this blog is interesting but sometimes too opinionated and very conservative. Hmm. Is she saying that it would be improved if it was more opinionated and very conservative all the time – ‘sometimes’ is just not good enough? Or that it would be better if I was […]
The main technical problem with killing someone for personal gain is not getting caught. Here’s a plan. The target hosts tea for a worthy, clever and believable sucker. The target’s shattered body is found soon afterwards, when you + sucker have obviously been somewhere else. How could he have been killed in that short […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gulp. The British economy is declining at a frightening rate. Not quite everywhere. A friend who runs a business not far from here selling mass-produced medical widgets here and overseas says that profits are soaring as the cheaper pound both boosts exports and makes money earned overseas worth even more […]
Suz Blog in a less than chirpy frame of mind hosts this week’s Roundup, leading with various bloggers enthusing over anti-Israel protests here in the UK. She links to Craig Murray’s latest book. Craig himself has been busy on the anti-Israel demonstration trail: I do not believe in Israel’s right […]
