Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Pentagon has finally admitted to the long-obvious fact that it killed ten Afghan civilians, including seven children, in an airstrike [ … ]
The Blue Horses of Our Destiny: Artist Franz Marc, the Wisdom of Animals, and the Fight of Beauty Against Brutality – Brain Pickings
Tragedy and transcendence in the search for the spiritual in nature. Source: The Blue Horses of Our Destiny: Artist Franz Marc, the Wisdom of Animals, and the Fight of [ … ]
De-dollarisation can pick up speed – Opinion – Business Recorder
Source: De-dollarisation can pick up speed – Opinion – Business Recorder
Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration of Time and the Antidote to the Anxiety of Aliveness – Brain Pickings
“A life in the past cannot be shared with the present. Each person who gets stuck in time gets stuck alone.” Source: Einstein’s Dreams: Physicist Alan Lightman’s Poetic Exploration [ … ]
Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron wins the 2021 Age Book of the Year
The Tasmanian novelist’s second novel has won the $10,000 prize. Source: Robbie Arnott’s The Rain Heron wins the 2021 Age Book of the Year
Write on Art: ‘Children and Chalk Wall 3’ by Joan Eardley | Art UK
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963) National Galleries of Scotland Source: Write on Art: ‘Children and Chalk Wall 3’ by Joan Eardley | Art UK
South African scientists say new coronavirus variant has ‘concerning’ number of mutations | TheHill
A South African research paper released this month detailed a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, with scientists noting that it has “concerning constellations of mutations.” Source: South African scientists [ … ]
Afghanistan Marks the Beginning of the End of US-led Unipolarity – Modern Diplomacy
While the impact of the terrorist attacks and the following military mobilization of the U.S. leading to invasion of Afghanistan influenced the geopolitical debate in the post-9/11 period, the [ … ]
Warmongers Keep Raging About The Phrase ‘Ending The Forever Wars’ And We Should Laugh At Them – by Caitlin Johnstone – Caitlin’s Newsletter
Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ In the wake of the Afghanistan withdrawal influential promoters of western militarism have been absolutely fuming about the popular idea of [ … ]
Afghanistan crisis leaves Brexit Britain as a global bit-part player with few friends – Kenny MacAskill MP | The Scotsman
The New American Century was a concept promoted by right-wing American hawks. Source: Afghanistan crisis leaves Brexit Britain as a global bit-part player with few friends – Kenny MacAskill MP [ … ]
Amid a global banana crisis, Puerto Rico’s biodiversity offers a taste of hope | Nation | postguam.com
Amid a global banana crisis, Puerto Rico’s biodiversity offers a taste of hope Source: Amid a global banana crisis, Puerto Rico’s biodiversity offers a taste of hope | Nation [ … ]
Peter Thiel’s Tech Firm Just Bought $50 Million In Gold Bars | Markets Insider
Source: Peter Thiel’s Tech Firm Just Bought $50 Million In Gold Bars | Markets Insider
Lucinda Mellor: The daughter of an aristocrat who married punk royalty, Joe Strummer and her continuing struggle to come to terms with his sudden death in 2002
Things were on the up and up for Joe Strummer in late 2002. He had started work on a new album. On November 15, he and his band The [ … ]
THIS IS DYNAMITE! – YOURS FOR SCOTLAND
MARK HIRST’S CLAIM OF MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. Reproduced at the direct request of Mark Hirst. The original was first published on Gordon Dangerfield’s excellent blog. Gordon Dangerfield8 hours… Source: THIS IS [ … ]
The Turn of the Screw | Grouse Beater
Kenny McAskill MP The Role of Lord Advocate of Scotland By now, only a fool determined to be thought a complete idiot, or BBC’s scissors and paste freelump journalist Kirsty [ … ]
From My Fathers Ashes
From my Father’s Ashes (Freddy) The wind blew west in Monaghan as it rained down on Afghanistan pity not the dead but the fools who think they live as happiness [ … ]
It now appears clear what has happened to the £600K | Martin James Keatings
Below is the briefing from the treasurer of the SNP given to the NEC, I’ll not rehash my comments of re-appointing a treasurer beaten in a fair party member [ … ]
Kevin McKenna: Scotland’s political elites are cancelling what it means to be a woman | HeraldScotland
THE new chi-chi idiom favoured by Scotland’s fake liberal elites is ‘down the rabbit-hole’. It sits with another one, ‘alt-Nat’. Each… Source: Kevin McKenna: Scotland’s political elites are cancelling [ … ]