We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
- Mahatma Gandhi
May 24
. . . has come and gone
for the eighty-fifth time
. . he’s still on the road
since we were young
entering our ears
through the air waves
gramophone speakers
cassette tapes
then CD’s
now Spotify
his Rough and Rowdy Ways
(39th album)
and his quiet days
in this earthly realm
may soon be over
sad to say
for as we are told
in the Psalms
we are given but threescore and ten
or, if strong, fourscore
then we Cross the Rubicon
to the Great Beyond
. . . How this bard
has enriched our lives
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
To each his suff'rings: all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) - English melancholy poet, last stanza …
"we don't have much time" - says the gender-fluid person with flowing blonde hair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqaci42vVf4 Including the comments, there are but plaudits for what Ted Turner did with some vast ranchland in Montana. Need to rewatch Corbett (eg) for some balanced reportage.
This is quite extraordinary and surprising.
😮 25 years after the event, Roger Waters has come out publicly as a raving 9/11 truther.
And he admits that he's been a closet truther for many years, and, surpise, surprise, the reason he never spoke out before was to preserve his "reputation".
The rest of us, non-famous people who came out decades ago, well meaning innocent clowns that we were, were …
Hero image: British cavalry charging against Russian forces at Balaclava in 1854 (The Relief of the Light Brigade / Public Domain)
The Book
Title: Empire: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Stephen Howe
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Release date: Jun 8, 2021
ISBN: 9781666114287
Web source: Everand
Stephen Howe interprets the meaning of the idea of "empire" through the ages, disentangling the multiple uses and abuses of the labels "empire" and "colonialism," etc., and examines the aftermath of …
IT DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE to describe the young man who shot twenty children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 as a religious person. This is equally true for the Colorado theater gunman and the Columbine High School killers. As one of the members of the Columbine duo wrote: (108)
The human race isn’t worth fighting for, only worth killing. Give the Earth back to the animals. They deserve it infinitely more than we do. Nothing means …
Above hero image: David Kilcullen (left) and Clinton Fernandez (right)
David Kilcullen (born 1967) is the subject of the story here. He was chief strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the U.S. State Department, from 2005 to 2006. He's certainly no lightweight. He's been a member of the US deep state, yet still appears to be an independent thinker, or so it seems. He came out as highly critical of the decision to invade Iraq, saying "There undeniably would be …
My first port of call for research into new Australian legislation was DeepSeek. This legislation was announced today March 6, 2026. It defines the Muslim religious group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a "prohibited hate group".
Hero image: this is a screenshot of Seven National News TV announcement today.
QUESTION
Can you tell me about new laws passed in Australia yesterday than ban a particular Islamic religious group?
ANSWER from DeepSeek
Note: italics or bold in the cut & paste answers has been …
This is an important interview (below) with Jeffrey Sachs done on January 27, 2026. I’m parking it on this platform for future reference.
The interview helps us understand that our empire is ALREADY at war with Iran - using hybrid and economic warfare - that has the potential to soon cause a regional war in West Asia.
Two key take-always from this interview:-
(i) economic warfare: the intentional collapse of the Iranian currency to cause widespread suffering of the people. This is aimed …
