BRIC summit

Russia Today reports on 4th Annual BRICs summit. The 5 countries are forecast to make up 50% of world GDP in next 8 years. Theme is how to maximise political clout, how to reform UN e.g. to prevent UN becoming a cover for unilateral action, lending in local currencies, establishment of alternative currency, establishment of [...]

How to launch an intervention of another country

This is what you need to say when launching an intervention of another country.

Wikipedia offline

The Wikipedia site was disabled today to protest against the restriction of free speech in proposed new legislation. Read More about the SOPA and PIPA bills at Wikipedia. If you usually use wikipedia you may find this information useful, I previously wrote about how to have access to Wikipedia while offline. If you are really [...]

Banks are lucky

Banks are lucky that they are the right size to ‘save’, as we remember, the banks were ‘too big to fail’. Which meant that when some of the banks became insolvent (bankrupt) all of the banks were eligible to receive welfare payments so that they could continue paying their bank clerks huge bonuses for doing [...]

Enriched Uranium Weapons used in Iraq?

Russia Today have interviewed Christopher Busby (as visiting Professor of the University of Ulster). Busby reports that measurements on the parents of malformed children born in the area contaminated by the battle of Falluja had high levels of Uranium isotopes indicating the use of enriched uranium rather than depleted uranium. He proposes 3 alternatives; use [...]