When you are reading about or researching a particular topic it is often the case that the opinions and views you will encounter are so similar as to be the same opinion. You may have opposing views or opinions, but the views in each camp tend to be virtually identical to one another. Occasionally you… Continue reading Distinguishing voices worth listening to versus the parroting of the same view
Category: Society
Trusting mainstream media-am I incredibly naïve?
I read a lot of comments on my YouTube channel about the “mainstream media”. How the mainstream media cannot be trusted, they are part of some deep state conspiracy and are pawns in the hands of malign influences such as George Soros, Bill Gates, and others. I have been accused of overreliance on mainstream media.… Continue reading Trusting mainstream media-am I incredibly naïve?
The MAGA meltdown in the midterm elections
It is tremendously heartening to see the failure of Trump endorsed candidates in the midterm elections in the United States. “Victory has many fathers; failure is an orphan” is an apposite truism at this point in time. The fallout and criticism of Trump in the traditional media, social media, and-dare I say it-the Republican Party… Continue reading The MAGA meltdown in the midterm elections
The midterm elections in the United States-an appalling vista looms
The midterm elections are on in the United States next week and they are being labelled as a “fight for democracy” by the Democrats. If you were to listen to the vox pops of Trump and Republican supporters at the various rallies being held around the United States, you would have to agree. The level… Continue reading The midterm elections in the United States-an appalling vista looms
Elon Musk behaving like a 19th century slave owner
Elon Musk’s decision to treat Twitter’s employees like modern day slaves without a particle of respect or dignity was noteworthy yesterday. Locking employees out of their workplaces and advising them to expect an email which will determine their future employment with the company was as crass and reprehensible an act by an employer for a… Continue reading Elon Musk behaving like a 19th century slave owner
In praise of a Bus Eireann driver
We went to Dublin yesterday on one our occasional jaunts to the pub in “town”. We get the bus up and back and don’t have to worry about drink driving. We have a few drinks in “The Oval Bar” on Middle Abbey Street, a short stroll from where we get off the bus on the… Continue reading In praise of a Bus Eireann driver
Flashbacks of working in the elements
As I put the key into the door of my office this morning at 5.50 am on the Main Street in Enfield, and as the rain briefly wet me and became uncomfortable, I thought about how lucky I was. I knew I was to spend the day in a warm, dry office without having to… Continue reading Flashbacks of working in the elements
Perplexed by Irish support for anti-democratic narcissist, criminal, Donald Trump
I have watched closely for nearly two years now the work of the January 6 committee and the Department of Justice in the United States in attempting to bring Donald Trump to justice for some of his crimes, most especially his refusal to accept the outcome of the Presidential election race between him and Joe… Continue reading Perplexed by Irish support for anti-democratic narcissist, criminal, Donald Trump
An Alpine village in the Third Reich
I am reading an interesting book from the history section of Amazon at the moment. It is called “A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of Fascism”. It describes live in one small village in the Alps in southern Germany as Hitler came to power and totalitarianism took… Continue reading An Alpine village in the Third Reich
Images from Sorrento, Italy-annual leave September 2022
There are some images on this page from our annual leave/holidays in Sorrento, Italy in September 2022. These are not necessarily the best photographs I took but I like them for different reasons. There is one photograph which is my favourite, however, and it is one I took on the first day in Sorrento when… Continue reading Images from Sorrento, Italy-annual leave September 2022