Category Archives: Politics

A Murder In Woolwich

Posted on Thursday 23 May 2013 by Rob Godfrey

There are obviously some unusual things about the murder yesterday in Woolwich: firstly, the two assailants didn’t just kill the poor soldier, they also attempted to cut his head off, and then stayed at the crime scene for the best … Continue reading →

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Planet Earth RIP

Posted on Thursday 16 May 2013 by Rob Godfrey

It’s been widely reported this week that carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has reached record levels – 400 parts per million (here). This is the highest level of CO2 for 3 million years – long before modern humans existed … Continue reading →

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The NDAA lawsuit – it’s not looking good

Posted on Thursday 9 May 2013 by Rob Godfrey

In September of last year, US District Judge Katherine Forrest made a final ruling that Section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – which allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial – was unconstitutional and … Continue reading →

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The latest on Mr Assange

Posted on Monday 6 May 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Julian Assange is still holed-up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Last month, Assange announced that later this year he will be running for a seat in the Australian Senate. Apparently he has a lot of support in Australia (here). … Continue reading →

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More on the Boston bombing

Posted on Sunday 5 May 2013 by Rob Godfrey

The following news report is from RT (Russia Today), which is a propaganda arm of the Putin government. However, despite this, RT does report real news. I’m often forced to cite RT when commenting on stuff, because the mainstream media … Continue reading →

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May Day 2013

Posted on Wednesday 1 May 2013 by Rob Godfrey

There were a lot of demonstrations all over Europe today, against austerity measures and demanding worker’s rights (a Reuters piece about it here), but not too many demos in the USA and UK, where they are probably either too propagandised … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky gets interviewed

Posted on Friday 26 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

A month or so ago, Noam Chomsky gave a telephone interview to Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks. Over the decades I haven’t always agreed with Noam Chomsky (who’s now 84-years-old), yet in this interview he’s absolutely spot on with … Continue reading →

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Boston – a Reichstag fire job?

Posted on Monday 22 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Warning: this post contains graphic images. I’m not one for conspiracy theories yet for me there’s something about the Boston bombings and its immediate aftermath that doesn’t quite add-up, not least the huge paramilitary police response (see my previous post). … Continue reading →

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The Boston bombers reveal a police state

Posted on Friday 19 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

At the time of writing this is still a breaking story, yet I have to say that I’m astonished at the reaction by the US authorities towards two young men, the Boston bombers, one a 26-year-old, now shot dead by … Continue reading →

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The Boston Marathon, Ricin and Texas fertiliser

Posted on Thursday 18 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Following last Monday’s bombs at the Boston Marathon, the Daily Mail of course reported that police were hunting a ‘dark-skinned man’ (here). It was obvious as soon as footage of the explosions was released that it wasn’t the work of … Continue reading →

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The NYT is back on form

Posted on Monday 15 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Yesterday the New York Times published a piece by a Yemeni citizen, Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, who’s been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay without charge for more than 11 years (here). Hats off to the NYT, because the mainstream media … Continue reading →

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Mrs T’s funeral and blue touch paper

Posted on Thursday 11 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

At the time of writing, the right wing Daily Telegraph are still not allowing reader’s comments on articles about Margaret Thatcher (this, four days after her death was announced). They did allow comments to begin with, on Monday, the day … Continue reading →

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The Iron Lady – RIP

Posted on Monday 8 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

When I left school in 1980, age 16, there were more than 2 million people out of work, a post war record. British Steel were closing down many of their plants and the steelworkers called a nationwide strike, a foretaste … Continue reading →

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Fukushima – on a wing and a prayer

Posted on Saturday 6 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Two weeks ago there was a power failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (here). The spent fuel pools of reactors 1, 2, 3 and 4 lost their cooling systems for more than 24 hours (apparently a radioactive rat … Continue reading →

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The Daily Rag

Posted on Thursday 4 April 2013 by Rob Godfrey

On Easter Monday, savage welfare cuts came into effect in the UK. A few days later the Daily Mail ran this piece… Vile product of Welfare UK: Man who bred 17 babies by five women to milk benefits system is … Continue reading →

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Bend over and take it

Posted on Saturday 30 March 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Depending on your point of view, there was an interesting piece in the Guardian this week, by Polly Toynbee (a link to it follows at the end of this post). What Toynbee says is true: the swingeing welfare cuts in … Continue reading →

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Boris the Buffoon

Posted on Monday 25 March 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Yesterday, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, was interviewed on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. Marr himself is recovering from a stroke and the interview was conducted by Eddie Mair. Mair confronted Johnson with the facts that Johnson made-up quotes … Continue reading →

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Shock and Awe

Posted on Wednesday 20 March 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq. I will hold my hand up and say that at the time I was in favour of the invasion, because although I took the weapons of mass destruction, etc, … Continue reading →

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Alex Jones strikes again

Posted on Saturday 16 March 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Our perception of the larger world comes mainly from a concept we call ‘the news’ – radio, tv, newspapers, etc; sounds obvious, I know, and the age-old problem with ‘the news’ is that it tends to be owned and controlled … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Symposium

Posted on Wednesday 13 March 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Earlier this week there was a two-day symposium, held at The New York Academy of Medicine and titled The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident. It was a project of the Helen Caldicott Foundation (here). Caldicott arranged … Continue reading →

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Fukushima – WHO is lying

Posted on Friday 1 March 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Those jolly chaps at the World Health Organisation have just published a report about the Fukushima disaster… W.H.O. Sees Low Health Risks From Fukushima Accident – New York Times What the WHO is saying about Fukushima is almost exactly what … Continue reading →

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A Cambridge Union debate on religion

Posted on Thursday 7 February 2013 by Rob Godfrey

The Cambridge Union Society was founded in 1815 and is the oldest student debating society in the UK. The Union has a long history of hosting well-known people in its chamber, including the Dalai Lama, Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill and … Continue reading →

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Give it up, Piers, they’re all a bunch of nutters

Posted on Wednesday 30 January 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Here’s the latest bit of Piers Morgan vs the Gun Lobby. The ironic thing is that the Republican/gun lobby are mostly ignorant, white racists. Not one of these gun massacres has been carried out by a person of colour. It’s … Continue reading →

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Religulous

Posted on Saturday 26 January 2013 by Rob Godfrey

Religulous is a documentary movie released in 2008. Written by and starring US comedian Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles, the title of the film is derived from a combination of ‘religious’ and ‘ridiculous’. In order to obtain the … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima 50, who are all dead

Posted on Saturday 12 January 2013 by Rob Godfrey

More doom and gloom, I’m afraid: Yesterday, NHK, a major broadcaster in Japan, put out a documentary about elderly and infirm patients who were in a hospital just a few miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. On 12th March … Continue reading →

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