2021 is refusing to be a decent year, it seems, what with now the omicron surge of the COVID virus and the determined refusal of so many people to take public health measures seriously. It’s a shame that so many people are having to deal with this at a time that is supposed to festive… Continue reading Recent Reading
Category: Elsewhere round Asia and the globe……..
The paradox of low expectations.
I spent yesterday working on the site after we experienced a Denial of Service attack on Wednesday and Thursday. I’ve pretty well isolated where I think it came from and have taken proactive steps “under the hood” to keep it from happening again. Nevertheless, I am flattered that my modest piece of the internet made… Continue reading The paradox of low expectations.
This is what the internet is for!
Rumors of Kim Jong Un’s demise appear to be greatly exaggerated. Or have they? It seems that Mr. Kim is alive and well, after all. On Saturday, North Korean state media released photos and video footage of him smiling, chatting and walking before a large crowd at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which it said took place… Continue reading This is what the internet is for!
Fun facts
I subscribe to several daily business newsletters via e-mail. One is called Morning Brew. It is a trendy and very visually exciting newsletter that is focused on millennials but is also kind enough to let older gentlemen such as myself subscribe and read its content. In their June 11th edition I stumbled onto this, not… Continue reading Fun facts
New Words for the dictionary
Watching markets tank again, makes me want to keep beating the Brexit horse. Once again, thank you voters of the UK for giving me an opportunity to keep working well into my 60’s. That night job as an Uber driver in a couple of years will be a hell of lot of fun. Meanwhile, as… Continue reading New Words for the dictionary
Now it’s time to pay the piper.
This weekend has been one of the most interesting in recent history. Watching the post mortem on the Brexit referendum on British TV has been an education to say the least. When you walk off of a cliff, there is that interval of time while you fall, wondering how bad the impact is going to… Continue reading Now it’s time to pay the piper.
Funeral for a friend
I suffered the loss of a good friend last night. The United Kingdom ( May 1, 1707-June 23rd, 2016), America’s mother country, the source of US traditions and many of our values , a country that holds a special place in my heart, committed suicide last night. It was 409 years old. The corpse is still twitching… Continue reading Funeral for a friend
The Queen’s unruly subjects.
John Oliver explains in good form why the UK should leave the shitty politics , as well as the political assassinations, to their crazy American cousins on the wrong side of the Atlantic: Since we have a British satellite system, we are getting to see a lot of the debate on the issue first hand.… Continue reading The Queen’s unruly subjects.
Worth reading and a good follow up
To the earlier discussion about gun control. As a part of my job, I monitor the Israeli English press and where I can get them, translations of Hebrew newspapers. There was an excellent article in The Jerusalem Post this week about the Israeli approach to firearms and the American one. I think its important to… Continue reading Worth reading and a good follow up
The invisible hand kills people
Besides all the other things that are at stake in this current Presidential election; trivial things like the survival of the United States as a democracy and survival of a free press, is also trying to put a nail in the coffin of those folks who believe that the “market solves all things” and regulation… Continue reading The invisible hand kills people