On New Year’s Eve, December 31st, Dylan Carter of the Brussels Times reported, Volodymyr Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Management Board of Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator Ukrenergo, said that “There is no thermal or hydropower plant that has not been damaged. There is no big important substation that is operated […]
Month: January 2023
Metaphors Of Belligerence: Wars By And Against Nature
Metaphor consists in giving the thing a name that belongs to something else. Aristotle, Poetics (1457b) It all seemed familiar. Anthropomorphised Mother Nature in vengeful mood; humans wondering if they might meet a frozen demise in trapped vehicles; the planners taking stock as to how best to cope with […]
Russia, Iran Open A Trade Route Heralding A Bloc
Consequent upon the Ukraine war, as the Sea of Azov becomes an inland sea for Russia, bracketed by the Crimean Peninsula and the mouth of the River Don, the sea and rail networks of the region extend to Iranian hubs on the Caspian Sea and ultimately lead to the Indian […]
Censorship Prohibits Spreading Truths, And Demands Spreading Lies
When U.S. President George W. Bush, on 7 September 2002, said that the IAEA had just come out with a “new report” concluding that Saddam Hussein was only six months away from having a nuclear weapon, and the IAEA three times denied it, the President’s allegation grew into, and became […]
Ukraine War Tolls Death Knell For NATO
The defining moment in US President Joe Biden’s press conference at the White House on December 21, during President Zelensky’s visit, was his virtual admission that he is constrained in the proxy war in Ukraine, as European allies don’t want a war with Russia. To quote Biden, “Now, you say, […]
Putin Now Has A Likely Successor: Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev, the prominent Russian lawyer who rose to become Russia’s President during 2008-12, is now even likelier than he was before, to become the successor to Vladimir Putin. Medvedev has just been promoted to a new and permanent position in Russia as the head of Russia’s military-industrial complex, which […]
A Virgin Gave Birth
I was browsing through some online material recently and came across a conversation between a non-believing sceptic and a Christian apologist. The question was asked (right off the top): “Why a virgin birth?” The apologist did a decent job of responding, giving a fairly common explanation of “why Christ had […]
Happy New Year! We know this past year has had its fair share of ups and downs – but good or bad, these experiences have shaped who we are today and who we will be in the future. Each year is a gift that holds hope for new adventures. May […]
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