2026-08-27

Are the Storm Shadow chickens about to come home to roost?

The only mystery is why Russia has been so restrained in its response to the UK's seemingly never-ending supply of missiles to Ukraine for launching at Russia.

We have noted the UK's determination to provoke Russia previously. Scott Ritter even publicly described Zelenskyy as a British agent! And who can forget the abrupt termination of seemingly productive Ukraine-Russia negotiations immediately following Boris Johnson's visit to Kiev?

Will our leaders now get the message that they are playing with fire? Or do they want war with Russia, no doubt on the pretext that they have made an unprovoked attack on our entirely peaceable UK munitions factories...

Or might the Kremlin decide that the real enemy is deeply entrenched in London,

2026-08-27

Brendon O'Connell is nothing if not fiercely independent.

I don't think he agrees with anybody, but he isn't following anybody else's line. So he brings something independent along with him (as far as anybody can tell these days anyway) so he is worth listening to, if you can follow his eclectic mix of AI produced video and his habit of hopping from one argument to another without much of a warning.

Still, he's good training for the independent viewer, with a style very different form almost everyone else. 

Make of him what you will.

2026-08-26

David Starkey, genuine National Treasure (being one of the very few still breathing who understands the British Constitution and how we got here) holds forth at the Institute of Economic Affairs (no it's not something out of "Yes Minister") on where it all went wrong.

Plenty of food for thought here, including the clear (but unstated) idea that words are indeed spells. Well, if they act like spells, then they are indistinguishable from spells, especially when they come freighted with an assumed meaning that actually isn't appropriate to the particular usage...

Maybe we should insist that all politicians should wear a conical hat to remind us.

But judges don't get a free pass either:

"... although you pay obeysance to the idea of democracy, it's too dangerous to allow it to work without controls... instead you have this marvellous thing, 'liberal democracy', which means.... democracy that is limited by

2026-08-26

So if the people themselves are the government as this implies, what need we of a separate government?

If the people could keep order amongst themselves, why do we need to elect a government?

The true meaning of "anarchy" is "no government".

Not necessarily "no order".

It's an idea we must explore because such exploration would either confirm or deny our need for a government of people as opposed to government by the people themselves through local methods  practices and/or institutions.

Given that almost nobody thinks our current system of central governments that naturally accrete all powers to themselves is at all satisfactory, and indeed seems to be approaching its final stages of corruption and decomposition, perhaps we should accord such an

2026-08-26

It is widely agreed that science advances by the scientific method, whereby all are engaged  in the search for truth and theories stand until they fall, either to logic, or to experimentation, or to observed behaviour that improves or even disqualifies the theory.

Theories that stand the test of time gain wide acceptance but are not "proven" in the sense that they cannot possibly be improved by a better theory - that option is always recognised as a possibility.

For this process to succeed, scientists must challenge the status quo. Thus was Newton's theory of gravity displaced by maverick Albert Einstein's theories of relativity.

So one might deduce that the maverick who dares to challenge the status quo is indispensable to the advancement of true science. One might well be right, as this position is entirely logical.

Lies, Damned Lies, and Covid Statistics

2026-08-25

How the authoritarian world works, according to Dr Sansone.

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2026-08-25

Words of wisdom from Mark Attwood on education. And more, of course.

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2026-08-25

This follows on from When Court Judgements Stray Off-Piste, an American case concerning child custody, in which he had a passing involvement which turned out to be significant.

Who knew that apparently straightforward court cases could be so nuanced? 

And nuances there are aplenty, enough indeed for the three further articles that Martin Geddes offers.

Two smoking guns, and just one envelope

What the two smoking guns reveal

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2026-08-24

With conflicting signals about what's actually going on beneath the abundant surface noise, making sense of who is on which side and which side is in the ascendant, even how many sides there actually are, is what one might consider an inexact science.

Nevertheless the parallels between the Day the Earth Stood Still and today's mood of expectant hiatus are pronounced.

Well-connected and experienced as he may be, Ben Fulford is probably no more able to foretell the future than anybody else, but he possibly is better informed than most.

Once again this week's offering is substantially pre-written, and serves to remind us how the world came into our current predicament. Perhaps it also offers pointers to the future...

(Modest

2026-08-24

Economies run on diesel, so it's no great surprise to be told that there is a crisis in the supplies of diesel fuel.

Oh, and Trump is claiming the Strait of Hormuz as American territory, but I don't doubt that the war of words isn't over yet by a long way.

ZeroHedge reports.

2026-08-24

For those of you who don't understand the question, best move on to another topic.

Or you could dive in but only if you're prepared to turn your whole outlook on life upside down and empty it all over the floor - and then to do what it takes to put a new outlook on life together again (over time - it takes time... ).

Still with us? Bravo!

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2026-08-23

Secretary Bessent is making the running - if you want to know how this ends, follow the money...

"... you can't rig everything all at once... "

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2026-08-23

How to get the UK out of its endless decline into ever deeper debt and inflation?

Barbara Boyd spells it out.

No doubt to deaf ears in Westminster.

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2026-08-23

Mandating any therapeutic medicine to be added to food automatically negates the "informed consent" rule, in my book.

It should therefore be challenged as illegal.

Good luck with that.

Still, nobody it seems can agree on how much "folic acid" (ie: artificial folic acid) we should be medicated with, so one seems entitled to ask "where is the science here?".

Or is it just an absurd self-serving merry-go-round?

"We are the government, therefore we must legislate - it's what we do".

And if we the people don't call them to account, that's what they will continue to do.

2026-08-23

This is an explanation that you probably won't hear from your doctor.

I can't say whether or not it is correct, but given the general accuracy of official medical advice these days I personally wouldn't bet against it. 

What is Tonsillitis?

2026-08-23

Or should that be the salt of the sea? And if so, which sea??

As we may have come to expect, some think that the official guidance leaves much to be desired and indeed much unsaid.

"A Midwestern Doctor" sets out to nail some of the more glaring omissions.

So is the official guidance "worth its salt"?

2026-08-22

Martin Geddes analyses an American Court Case to pin-point the salient points at which judgement appears to have strayed.

Not because he wants it reviewed (maybe he does, maybe he doesn't) but because it's instructive to illustrate the various ways in which judgement can stray.

2026-08-23

Constitutional Cluedo.

2026-08-22

Things your Cardiologist may not tell you.

Modern medicine isn't there for our benefit - it's there for the benefit of the medical industry.

Of course the medical industry needs to make a profit, but likewise the people who use its products need a cure. Somehow that last part gets marginalised, and the main marginalisers are the government regulators whose task is to regulate. The chain between patient and medical industry is controlled by governments of all shapes and sizes, and in private practice by insurance companies. Sometimes by both!

The patient's only control is his/her choice whether or not to use a medical product or take medical advice from the qualified experts. Because governments and insurance companies interpose themselves between between the patient and the medical professions, we the people pay through our taxes and insurance premiums whether or not we choose to take the advice and/or treatments on offer.

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2026-08-22

Mark Attwood talks to Shaun Attwood, both in their own way well-qualified conspiracy theorists, so if that's not your bag, what are you doing on this site?!

Seriously though, it's a bit slow to start but but it warms up nicely. A lot of ground is covered, some of which probably is new to somebody.

And hey, it's all conspiracy theories so make of them what you will. And if YT doesn't take this one down then we really are in new territory...

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