Other Peoples Work

18th April 25 - At first glance you might think Trump's base all look like angry fucking idiots... and yes - you'd be right

16th April 25 - Facebook Page Oregon's Bay Area laments the asset stripping of the US and how it's coming back to bite them on the arse. For decent Americans, the 47th Presidency must be like living in an abusive relationship

26th March - Bernie Sanders lites the touchpaper on the fightback against Trump and invokes the 1st Amendment. This may well be a pivotal moment in US history. Or they might shoot him. If they do there's be a civil war in the US - there may well be anyway.

18th March 2025 - Michael Otto, a history teacher from Texas gives readers a wake up call to Americans about how their country is sliding into Fascism.

Attila the Stockbroker, is an English punk poet, multi instrumentalist musician and songwriter. He performs solo and as the leader of the band Barnstormer 1649, who combine early music and punk. Thanks go to him for highlighting this must read article by MIT Neuroscientist, Philip Law. The embedded websites are a must read

Ukrainian pundit Hugh Dellar brings an interesting analysis written by Vlad Vexler and looking a bit deeper into the political custard around the potential ceasefire

The Donald is a legend in his own mind. The say pride comes before a fall and this mad is pride personified. The drop may be long and it may be at the end of a rope.

No sane person wants war or wants us to have to prepare for war. If the Budapest accords had been honoured and the Crimea protected in 2014, it's a reasonable assumption that we wouldn't be three years into a war which threatens the existence of Europe. Even then the satus quo would be maintained in there wasn't a madman in the Whitehouse.