Right off the bat – as Americans say though I ain’t one – let me say that having watched/listened to Yanis Varoufakis for years I truly respect this guy and his no-nonsense approach when talking economics – an area I’m familiar with but often need to listen while having a […]
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Vladimir Putin finally wakes up one day and discovers; hey, why are we fighting NOT negotiating? Now if you believe this scenario to be likely I suggest you skip reading the rest of this post and go have some coffee or tea instead cause it would be time wasted. The […]
Read More With recent revelations of the corruption scandal in the EU championed by Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola, the hope/expectation would not be dealing with this issue separately but rather using it to help develop a more robust system to fight corruption at every of the organization, otherwise it’s a precious opportunity […]
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Sadly my prediction of the end of the EU seems to be going to script, but as any rigid bureaucracy it takes time to unravel. It turns out that the sanctions regime hasn’t done its magic of stopping Putin’s aggressions, rather he has used it deliberately/effectively through his control as […]
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Little does he know that the EU is promising a new set of “Sanctions” and “considering” holding Putin accountable for this genocide in Ukraine; they’re always keen to keep our eyes on the future in order to ignore the present, bless their soul…. Truly amazing to watch the contrast between […]
Read More Of course we have all witnessed the Irrelevance of EU/NATO the spectators of the Russian aggression in Ukraine. But now with the landslide victory of Victor Orban in Hungary it must be crystal clear even to the blind that the western alliance in its current incarnation is a lost cause […]
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OK, right off the bat let me say that I’ve used P&O Ferries plenty myself and was impressed both by the service and the fact that they were still in business despite many other ferry companies going bust. But the double shock for me in this story are the following […]
Read More Well that old saying hasn’t changed much through the years, it’s just that we haven’t noticed it applies to us in these crisis too; yes indeed the “Chickens”. As I mentioned a while ago in a previous post “China is watching”; it turns out because I am indeed a “Rocket […]
Read More In a recent statement today President Biden warns U.S intervention in Ukraine (i.e. protecting Ukraine from Russian aggression) would mean WWIII. My simplistic response would be if WWIII is a deterrent in defending against aggression from Russia, China or any other power then all I can say is that the […]
Read More First off let me just say that more often than not I agree with many of the views of GPS program host Fareed Zakaria on CNN. I both respect his views as well as his efforts at presenting a well balanced/unique perspective on world events. However in this instant I […]
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