The BP Gulf oil spill is a perfect example of how so many things went wrong that it is inconceivable that it was an accident. Albeit, it certainly appeared as one throughout the entire event. For many of us who worked closely on that spill, it was clear that there was something wrong ...
I asked the guy across the aisle from me to pull up his mask, which he did for about ten seconds and then pulled it down again. At that point I gave up. Otherwise the majority of the passengers were compliant, but it was an uncomfortable flight: the seats seem to have shrunk in wid...
The film was researched by award-winning journalist Najibullah Quraishi. Produced and directed by Irish filmmaker and former BBC producer Jamie Doran, the film tells the story of thousands of prisoners who surrendered to the US military’s Afghan allies after the siege of Kunduz. According to the...
Why was Britain concerned about a way in the Balkans? Why did Serbian assassinate the Archduke Ferdinand? Why was Montenegro in the Russo-Japanese War? Why was the Soviet Union involved in the Korean War? Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War? Why did the Allies divide Germany...
The first was from Kuwait, who spoke very little English; however, he managed to confirm he had arrived by boat. The second noticed us from his bedroom window and informed us that he had come from Sri Lanka with his wife and child. ...
if not a small library. And the US is regarded by the Europeans as “unbridled capitalism.” Even Hong Kong intervenes in far more ways than Adam Smith contemplated. Of course Smith was not an anarchist, he did favor some government intervention in the economy. But relative to a...
Keynote speaker was Jew-owned Susan Rice (professionally inept and morally bankrupt) who chalked up future credits from her Jewish owners (slave trade agents) with words to mollify Jewish guilt of bloodshed in Gaza.“In a land where, in the haunting phrase of Yitzhak Rabin, ‘parents bury ...
In other countries such as Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam our Carnet de Passage facilitated the border procedures but the Carnet was not required. 2. Carnet de Passage for South America (2007-2016) During our 9-year travel on the continent, we didn’t need a Ca...
The popular history of churchianity begins from 325 years after Christ, the 20th year of the reign of Constantine the Great, when the famous Council was convened at the City of Nocea. Those who have read the life of this august Roman Emperor will remember how remarkable was the character...
Europe was in an almost constant state of war during this period.Are we entering another unstable period? The balance of power and relative stability that has existed for the past 45 years appears to be endangered. The current breakdown of the status quo leaves us once again vulnerable to ...