A devastating World

If you read or watch the news too much you could be led to believe that the world is doomed. We are globally $100 Trillion in debt, Ebola and AIDS are killing millions in Africa, Google is becoming Skynet, Lunatics are killing people in the States, Pakistan and Australia.

All we need now is a natural disaster and it truly will be Christmas.

Despite all these atrocities, one item has stuck out more than most, Malaria related deaths have been reduced by 50%.

I will shortly stop reading and watching the news. It is too depressing, too distorted and too mis represented for my liking.

The US has been manipulating oil prices for a while and now Russia is on the brink of bankruptcy and has been forced to raise Interest rates to 17% - I would start investing there again but its just a little too volatile this time.

Parts of Iraq / Syria are lawless and parts of Afghanistan / Pakistan are now the same. This is Bush / Blair's parting shot. Lets see them both face a War tribunal. Except it will never happen because it will mean that the whole system is flawed.

Solutions are few and far between - Lets write off global debt for a start, then address the whole issue of the middle east. Not with bombs this time. Killing people doesnt work because there are a 1,000 more people to replace them. And they will be even more peeved.

The Green Menace

I was travelling in Morocco shortly after the 9/11 attacks and was talking to some students who feared the demonisation of Islam and Muslims in general. They feared that they would be treated as the communists were before them.

That was over 10 years ago, since then the West has gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab spring has happened, and many 'jihadist' groups have formed. Each one creating a bigger threat than the last. The West was duped into believing Bin Laden was the bond villain and on his demise everything would be back to normal.

Except it isnt, we now have ISIS, who differ not only in their brazened barbarity but their wealth and their arms. Face it, they are so brainwashed they do not give a toss about the West, they will kill with impunity because the garden and the virgins await them.

Except it isnt as simple as this. The Western media have put so much spin on this issue it is difficult to work out what the hell is going on, except the US are still waging a war of sorts which sporadically involves other nations, even IRNA are getting involved.

But to what end? An Islamic state is never going to happen due to the divisions within Islam. And the Sovereign nations of the world wont allow it to happen.

I have been speaking to who I thought were intelligent people recently, who are now wanting the complete annihilation of the Middle East and for Britain to be ruled by White Supremicists and who are calling me a terrorist apologist. Its a troubled world, always has been, always will be. In the average month 108,000 people are killed globally in road traffic accidents, yet Jihadists kill 5,000 in a month and the BBC goes all Interactive on us.

It should be remembered that the US spend nearly 50% of the Global Arms budget and they will forever be seeking ways to justify this. I liked Hilary Clintons quote "You cant expect to keep snakes in your back yard and only expect them to bite your neighbours".

Still, its Xmas soon and everyone is getting braced for the annual consumer fest. I will be spending it amidst friends and loved ones who can see through the lies.

Meanwhile in the Middle East...

Back again - I just cant keep away from this social commentary thing, there is just too much going on.

The Middle East is hitting headlines with regularity, ISIS (or whatever anacronym they have nowadays) are now hated by offically everyone, so much so that even old IRNA wants a pop at them, and who would have thought that they had some old US 'Nam planes.

The politics of the region is insane, all because of one split in a religion in 632. And the US insatiable desire for meddling, oil and war.

The two super powers in the region; Israel and the House of Saud are both backed by the West. Whilst the rest falls apart due to petty and barbaric infighting.

All very depressing really, still, Black Friday has taken everyone's minds of these things, that and the vacuous consumer fest that is rapidly approaching.

Like the thousands of people that cant afford to live in the capital I have moved from Mayfair to the suburbs, Barnes actually, lovely little spot with a pond and where I bumped into an aging Jimmy Page (my nephew was very jealous, appraently he is a very good guitar player - although not quite up to Joe Pass standards)

I spent the summer amongst the French in a delightful cottage in the Dordogne, collating my memoirs and awaitng that lucrative book deal and potential six figure gagging order.

Meanwhile the rise of Fallange's UKUP is proving laughable, and the migration debate is sapping the energy of the prol's - Honest Dave like Obama has proven completely ineffectual, roll along the next election...