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  • At first it was denials, then admittance – the excuses…. Is the Tony Blair foundation above criticism

    The Neenah Cherry song 7 seconds, is about starvation, war, pestilence and disease. Bob Geldoff got onto the phone to his mates and pushed to save the millions dying in Ethiopia, but the originator of the war in the Middle East – Tony Blair took advice and argued that $9,000 would cut the population of…

  • Epstein still haunts Trump from the grave…

    Epstein Trump’s $10 billion law suit is all over the news. The Wall Street Journal, the bastion of business and one of Rupert Murdoch’s most prized possessions seems very certain that the birthday card Trump sent to Epstein is legitimate. The $10 billion legal case brought by Trump is a SLAPP,(strategic Lawsuit against public participation)…

  • America, trying to move into manufacturing. (will it work)

    It won’t be the tariffs that Trump will regret, it will be the way he is going about negotiating at the top table that will challenge his ideas and arguments. Honda and Toyota, are already manufacturers in the United States and may find themselves in an advantageous position, but that really does not tell the…

  • Intelligence and the move towards realising the hole Iran is in

    Apart from the decision to think Israel was bluffing, the Iranians have made a catalogue of mistakes that have made its decisions to fight a war impossible. The concept that Ayatollah khamanei is threatening the United States falls into the bracket of not registering the reality of the states weakness. Trump may buy into the…

  • Diplomacy or revenge

    There was something that didn’t quite fit in with the news conference given by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The niceties of the press conference were mixed with a statement from the state that rambled on with threats and then on to international law. The elements that were most talked about were those of international law,…

  • The failure of the Revolutionary Guard and Ayatollah Khamenei

    There were no surprises when Israel attacked the nuclear facilities in Iran, what was a surprise was that the Iranians were not prepared to manage the attack last night. Trump had warned that Israel was going to attack Iran and its facilities, when he ordered the removal of all non essential personnel from the diplomatic…