A wonderful tribute to a passionate humanitarian who touched the souls of many. Her memory and the way she was taken away should serve as our energy & moral compass of where we want to be.
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Archive for December, 2016
Conflict of Interest; EC vs. UK and Now EC vs. EP…Any Takers?
This is the letter I sent on Wednesday to @eucopresident Donald Tusk on the involvement of EP in #Brexit process pic.twitter.com/3VZP9kkjEk — Ex EP President (@EP_PresSchulz) December 16, 2016 A letter from European Parliament President Martin Schulz to European Commission President Donald Tusk complaining about the sidelining of the EP […]
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A Storm in the Brain: Liberalism Gone Astray (updated)
As shocking as recent political events throughout the western world have been during the later part of this year, come to think of it-obviously with the benefit of hindsight-I am NOT sure how we failed to see it coming. I also genuinely believe that this kickback we got to these Liberal […]
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Brexit plan will not be published before February, says Davis (Commentary)
The incompetence of this BREXIT Team is really striking and shocking at he same time. Here are the telltale signs that would give you a clue about incompetence; When you see a plan that is being developed on the go you know you are in dangerous territory for a few […]
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The Carpenters – Top of the World
Being nostalgic, but one of my favorite songs-ever.
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Amadeus Soundtrack-Director's Cut
This is by far my favorite movie and my favorite Composer. First watched the movie at on video at a friends house in 1988 and was blown away by the music and the performance.
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BREXIT: A Call for a Simple and Transparent End-to-End Process (for cry'n out loud)
Forget about the devil being in the detail, we don’t even want detail at this stage. A good baby step forward is to have clarity in process. Why am I talking about process, here is why; Triggering Article 50 without knowing/agreeing (both in Parliament & with EU) on terms is […]
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Behavioral Economics and The Pattern of Thought
A very interesting interview about Biases in Human Judgement, here are key take aways; The area of Behavioral Economics pioneered by 2 Israeli social scientists; Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky Human Mind not wired to make probabilistic judgements a) Blindness to statistical truths b) Better in story telling-skewed in predictable […]
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BREXIT: The Cost of Regulation/Red Tape and The Tradeoffs
When you start listening to a conversation about regulation & red tape within the context of the EU Brexit proposition, you should begin to roll your eyes and make sure that the person doing the taking can feel your “excitement”. The reason is simple; it is a talking point mostly […]
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Russia 'intervened to promote Trump' – US intelligence: (Commentary)
It’s not really about Russian intervention; if there was any-and I suspect there was-they merely pushed it the extra mile or 2 towards Trump. The real issue in my mind is how divisive politics has become to the extent that people are willing to look the other way at any form/level of […]
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