The near-monopoly on the rare metals processing industry by China is becoming an increasingly obvious advantage in the Super-Power Trade-War, as the following article illustrates, the brewing US – Iran situation will add to China’s advantage. Note that “rare metals” aren’t all that rare or exclusively found in China, but […]
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As May retreats in tears after repeated Brexit “launch failures”, it seems the odds, (and “odd”is the operative word here) favour Boris Johnson as the next PM. I truly fear for the future of Britain. Truly, deeply. MH Boris Johnson is frontrunner for PM but he’ll face the same Brexit […]
Gifts or bribes? asks Pam Vernon. Perhaps the recipients should follow the lead of the Muslim Community and return these “gifts” rather than drinking from the poisoned chalice? MH May 23, 2019 Pam Vernon Envirowatch Rangitikei These were formerly termed bribes. Gifts sounds better though doesn’t it? Not so borderline […]
Will the Trade War turn “kinetic”? Personally I doubt it: China knows the US is “master” of military warfare and they will do everything to avoid that scenario. China’s speciality is economic warfare. I suspect by the tone of the Huawei communications, the US may have beaten them at their […]
“We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent upon its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed for our safety to its security and peace; preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work, and, I will say, the love we give our fragile craft. We cannot maintain […]
They came to Christchurch to escape terror in the Middle East, but terror found them where they least expected it. But it seems we can not give them time to grieve their loss, nor the decency to consult them. Instead their tragedy, which has affected all in Christchurch, is being […]
“The decisions came after environmental lobby group Extinction Rebellion NZ protested at several venues across New Zealand last month.” So says NZ Herald, in an article titled: ‘The science is irrefutable’: Two regional councils declare climate emergency Sometimes I am gob-smacked by the gullibility and feeble minded ignorance. Clearly no […]
This expert on the subject thinks so: All hail the Hypno-Trump! Michael O’Hara, CH, is a Consulting Hypnotist – Manhattan Hypnosis Admit it. Donald Trump is mesmerizing. Love him or hate him, everyone awaits his next word or action. I can’t help but watch with great fascination as “The Donald” […]
As the Trade War between the US and China heats up, Trump retains an air of calm confidence. As usual, current events in this arena seem to be proceeding as the President expected. However, as Paul Craig Roberts comments, the Iran situation may be a dangerous trap, and China has […]
As my Carol Sawyer relates in the article below, something is seriously off-kilter in NZ right now, and it seems tied in with things far beyond local events if media reports are anything to go by. A certain mainstream media source related no less than three times (in what amounts […]