So here we are in the 21st Century and Russia is in the middle of taking over Ukraine for no other reason except that they can. Putin the man prosecuting the war is going to be helped by China as they are looking to take over Taiwan. The problem with this is that the Ukrainian […]
Is Putin a demigod? Watching the unison of clapping that went on while he justified the reason for Russia’s to annexing of The Crimea, one phrase kept on coming into my mind. Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius or “Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad” Certainly those rather demented members of the […]
Poker as in life, timing is everything! Knowing when to make a move to get the desired outcome is such a finite quality that sometimes you cannot measure it and it therefore becomes an art. Some people like Machiavelli and Schumpeter tried to quantify this ability, but, in the end as Shakespeare said: All the […]
So Putin didn’t want to go into Syria because invading a country to save a population – the anti-Assad opposition – was not right. However, it is alright to invade Ukraine to protect a population so long as Russia is doing the invasion? Mr Snowden, Obama et al you’ve been had! Putin is looking to […]
Well we come to the end of Sochi 2014, and the most expensive public relation exercise by a political beast since the US Congress decided to define sexual relations at the end of the 20th Century. The fact that they did not include fellatio or cunnilingus in their definition says more about US Congress than […]
It is all kicking off in the Ukraine! Just like it is kicking off in Syria, Mali, Pakistan etc. Why in a post ‘Iron Curtain’ world people cannot accept that democracy is about the only system which works, but, minority views are important and freedom from oppression must be guaranteed. The reason why it has […]
While the UK gently dive into Olympic fever it is hard to imagine that the second biggest football tournament is about to start. Euro 2012 is nearly on the horizon yet to say that the UK is underwhelmed by it all would be a understatement. Usually there is a massive drive to ‘get behind the […]