Hats off to the Lions!
Certainly, it was against my expectations! The Lions played the better Rugby, took their chances, and ran with the ball. This is what Rugby was always about! When I read that John Smit was concerned about the citing and subsequent banning of Bakkies Botha for his shoulder charge into Adam Jones in a ruck, I …
Green shoots?
We hear the pundits talking about green shoots, and listen to the commentators pointing to rises in Stock Exchange prices and hope that things are improving … but are they? We need to understand that there are in fact two economies. A real economy and a speculative economy. It is the speculative economy that is …
Democracy … when is it democracy?
By definition Democracy is "Government for the people, by the people." In the UK we operate the "Westminster system" which is a winner takes all system, and results in a "political party" autocracy. We consider this strong government, but if we analyse it carefully we see that it is little different from a dictatorship. Yes, …
Politicians … should we fire them …
Or simply set fire to them? Me thinks its time to clean out the pig pen! While many of the issues being raised over the expenses of MPs sound very bad, the issue is really simple. Over an extended period of time MPs instead of sorting out their pay packages have resorted to giving themselves …
It could all have been avoided … if only we listened
I will largely quote from an article written by Julian Delasantellis and published in the Asia Times, while it deals with how the USA decided against regulating the derivatives market, I want you to keep Gordon Brown's instruction to the FSA to regulate the Banking sector with a light touch in mind. In the USA, …
Time to get rid of spin … aka fudge
Here is a Guardian Headline Weak pound helps exports. Fall in sterling slashes UK trade deficit On reading we see that they are mainly talking about our February trade with Non-EU countries. Where our deficit fell by £1.6 … however our deficit with EU countries grew by £1.1 billion, While any decrease in our overall …
Computers, Viruses, Spyware, Root Kits … I wonder
This last year has perhaps been the most serious in the Computing Security Industry. In April last year I ran into the first "zombie" computer (a computer that has been "captured" by a botnet as is now practically outside the owners control), it was being used as a spam robot. It had been invaded by …
G20 Summit … well it was only hoping
I think it was Marie Antoinette … who responded to a call from the people for bread with "let them eat cake". The ultimate response from the people was "off with her head". Gordon Brown has at last gone one better, As the people of the world looked to the mighty leaders to do something, …
G20 Summit … lets hope some good comes out
What can we hope for from this Summit? Each country taking part has its own agenda and priorities. The UK, with its economy very dependent on its Financial Services sector, needs to see foreign cash flowing back into "The City" and is looking to other countries embarking on money creation policies. The USA above all …