These two images deal with similar, yet vastly different topics.

The top one is called ‘Drowning’ and the brilliant artist has cleverly used his medium to suggest far more than what what we usually understand by the word.

If you reflect upon the haunting image and use your imagination, it could represent the human race drowning in the chaos of life. It could represent a women who has had enough of life and its hurts.

What about the butterfly, you ask? Like the woman, it too is beautiful and mortal. It too has its moment in the sun. It too perpetuates its species then departs, its mission over.

The lower photograph is not an image of beauty but of destruction and misery. It shows a girl wading through flood waters that have taken many lives.

However, it does show the indomitability of the human spirit, its drive to survive regardless of nature’s power or the carnage wrought by humankind’s power.

Which image would you prefer to hang on your wall?

Why?

 “Now, fellow con-men, how can we fool the world again, lead the suckers to believe that we aren’t bankrupt and we don’t want to dominate the world?”

America is in the headlines again and, as usual, for all the wrong reasons.

It seems it has finally come to the end of its borrowing binge and may not be able to pay its debts. It seems it thought it could walk on water and perform miracles for ever but reality has caught up with it.

America is running on empty. It is nothing better than a national version of Madoff who thought his Ponzi Scheme could go on for ever.

Sure, America has the world’s biggest army. Sure it has military bases everywhere and is running wars all over the place. But it’s all being done with borrowed money. It’s bought its preeminence and importance on credit and now the lenders want to be paid.

If you or I had acted like America, we’d be put in jail, treated as criminals. But America thinks it is above the law. However, the law of economics has finally caught up with America, the one that says you can’t spend more than you have!

It’s fascinating watching the Republicans and the Democrats and Obama doing their little dances and pushing for their solutions none of which are solutions in any meaningful way. The only real solution is for America to act like the bankrupt nation that it is and drop its grandstanding and largesse.

America should have harsh austerity measures imposed upon it like Ireland, Spain, Greece, etc,. It should be forced to live within its means. It should be forced to downgrade its military, close its bases. The dollar should no longer be the world’s reserve currency: it nearly worthless anyway.

America is no world leader. It is a failed State. It has followed Russia which also went bankrupt trying to build a massive army.

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Friends, I have been engaged in serious posts of late. I thought I might take time out to do something a little lighter. I hope you enjoy the change.

I also hope you can find some peace and harmony for yourself today, and every other day!

You’ll find it, if you try hard enough.

Friends, there are people in the world who think that the U.S. will never start dropping nukes on its enemies. I believe that they are misguided or perhaps engaging in wishful thinking!

I have compiled a list of 18 reasons why I think America will use nukes even though to do so would be an act of incredible stupidity and would quickly lead to retaliation and the quick destruction of our planet.

America will use nukes:

1 …because they have them.

2 …because America foolishly believes that its defenses will stop all incoming ballistic missiles and war planes.

3 …because its leaders harbor infantile delusions that they were born to rule the world.

4 …because, like the religious fanatics in Israel, most Americans believe that God is on their side and will protect them.

5 …because most Americans  and their leaders think that their army is so powerful and large that no other country will dare take them on.

6 …because American corporations lobby and push the Government to engage in wars to gain control over other nations and scarce resources to swell their profits.

7 …because the American population has been brainwashed to believe that the U.S. is exceptional and the greatest nation in the history of the world.

8 …because it has used atomic weapons before and knows what they do and the fear they create.

9 …because the American democracy no longer represents the voters but is controlled by imperialists and capitalists who believe that the means always justify the ends.

10 …because some religious fanatics in America believe that a nuclear holocaust will create the Rapture!

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“Gee, isn’t this fun! It’s just like when we were kids!”

Which Australian city will be the first to look like this?

Friends, on July the eleventh, Australia began joint military exercises with the satanic nation of America. It involves more than 22,000 personnel and 30 warships and will run for a few weeks.

As if that is not bad enough, the American Ambassador who visited the wargames, J. Bleich (who is a snake oil salesman if I ever saw one), has foreshadowed a large increase in storage of American armaments and personnel in Australia and we all know why: to help contain China and maintain and expand America’s Full Spectrum Dominance!

Bleich said,”One possibility would be to have more equipment stored here, the chance to do more exercises like Talisman Sabre,” he said. “We’re looking at all of those as serious options and certainly the Northern Territory and other parts of Australia are in the mix.”

Why don’t you just take over our country, Bleich? Sorry. I forgot. You already are!

One American officer is reported to have said, “Down to earth, just like at home … being able to come here and train with them (Aussie troops) and … getting our partnership that much better, it’s a great experience.” How benign!

Putting that into other words, the sentence  means, “…able to come here and sucker the Aussies into believing that we stand for freedom and democracy across the world but, really, we want to dominate and control the whole world. Australia is one of a number of countries that we have tricked into supporting our vision of an American Empire! Our Empire will eventually encompass the whole world and make us the rightful rulers of the world. It will mean that Americans enjoy the bulk of what the world has to offer and stuff everyone else!”

Given our close proximity to China, our largest trading partner, we in Australia should be ensuring that we remain neutral and become friends with everyone in the region. But our Australian politicians, ever lacking in vision and judgement, think that crawling to the Yanks is a good move. Their stupidity is profound!

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A White House meeting during speaking in tongues!

Another Pentagon plan for making the ultimate weapon!

“The (U.S) empire never sleeps or tolerates anti-war activism threatening its quest for unchallengeable “full spectrum dominance” (FSD) over all land, surface and sub-surface sea, air, space, electromagnetic spectrum and information systems with enough overwhelming power to fight and win global wars against any adversary, including with nuclear weapons preemptively.”

Friends, this statement came from an excellent ICH article written on June 29/2011 by Stephen Lendman, one called ‘The Business Of America Is War.’

It clearly shows why the rest of the world needs to be very, very concerned by the actions of the U.S. which clearly demonstrate that it has lost its grip on reality and is experiencing longer and longer period of complete insanity.

Some of the factors which show the level of American insanity are the following:

1. A country which is nearly (or actually is) bankrupt cannot reasonably harbor delusions about controlling the whole world.

2. A country with only 6% of the world’s population cannot control the world because it doesn’t have enough people.

3. There are major emerging or re-emerging powers (China, India, Russia) who are nuclear armed who will oppose America’s grab for total power and control of scarce resources. This will inevitably result in a nuclear war in which there will be no winners. Only a nation which is insane could contemplate such a scenario (it already did once – remember the Cuba Crisis?).

4. In the Capitol Building, members of the Congress and Senate congregate in dark corners and listen carefully to the various lobby groups and frequently ask, “What’s in it for me?” Some of the lobbyists wear skull caps or white flowing robes. Others wear military uniforms, one that show the strength of their despotism. Another group wear expensive suits and ask questions like, “Can we dig up Alaska?” or, “We want to explore the North Sea for oil. Can you declare it an American Territory?”

After these meetings, the Parliamentarians get together and sing rousing renditions of God Bless America and speak in riddles and see visions of Jesus and the Virgin Mary and whisper to each other that they are the Children of God not the goddamn Jews!

5. The Pentagon is where many insane Americans spend their days planning how to dominate the world.

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Friends, right across the world people are rebelling against Governments, Despots, Royal Dictators, etc. We see it each night on our television screens, the struggle by the masses to achieve freedom and equality.

We in the West think that it’s not our business, that we already have freedom and equality and human rights so why should we care!

But perhaps that is an illusion. Let me pose the following questions and, if you will, please answer them honestly:

1. Are you happy with the reality that the rich 10% have most of your country’s wealth?

2. Do you think that your Government really represents you and carries out your wishes?

3. Do you feel that your MSM tells the truth or is it more a propaganda outlet for those in power?

4. Are you happy that your country is involved in wars orchestrated by the U.S. and its colonialist Allies?

5. Do you fear your Government and the police power that it has?

6. Do you feel that your Government is too heavily influenced by Big Business?

7. Do you believe that Big Business is damaging the environment in your country?

8. Would you feel comfortable and safe leading an anti-Government protest in the capital city of your country?

9. Do you feel that the law is fairly applied to all or favors the rich?

10. Do you feel safe to walk on the streets of your main cities at night?

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Friends, if ever the world needed another CHE GUEVARA it is now!

Che is still admired by many for his work in combating those who oppressed the people of South America and Cuba, etc and exploited them, namely a cabal of despots like Batista, groups of wealthy European capitalists and colonialists who exploited the poor and took their resources, and gluttonous imperial powers like America.

His was a romantic life in part. Though he was flawed, he was an idealist, a thinker, ruthlessly fierce guerrilla fighter, author, Marxist revolutionary, and a doctor who put aside his fight to cure humans of their physical diseases and instead became a fighter for freedom in many countries.

Che correctly identified the U.S. and its colonialist Allies as the enemies of the world and freedom. He correctly saw that a version of socialism was the only way to guarantee equality. He saw that capitalism was a system that favored only the rich and the powerful, and that militarism would advantage only those with huge armies who would use their power unfairly.

Che also saw that guerrilla warfare carried out by determined men could defeat even the strongest armies. He even wrote a book about it and it is still used by those who seek freedom.

What follows is a brief biography. Please read it. It will inspire you.

Biography: Born on 14 June 1928 in Rosario, Argentina, into a liberal, middleclass family. As a child he suffers from asthma, and always did so.

1947 – He begins studying for a degree in medicine at the University of Buenos Aires. He spends his leave on motorcycle tours with his friend Alberto Granado. Guevara travels first in Argentina, where he meets the lepers at Cordoba, then heads west into Chile and then north through Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela (see Motorcycle Diaries).

His experiences with the lepers and the poor and underprivileged during his travels have a strong impact on the development of his political thought. He becomes convinced that genuine equality can only be achieved through socialism.

1952 – Guevara participates in riots against Argentine President Juan Perón.

1953 – Guevara completes his medical degree in March. He travels to Bolivia and then to Guatemala. Guevara meets his first wife, Hilda, an exiled Peruvian Marxist. The couple will later divorce.

1954 – The Guatemalan Government is overthrown by a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) backed coup d’état in June 1954. The CIA’s involvement includes the compilation of lists of individuals to be “eliminated”, imprisoned or deported following the coup.  His experience of the CIA’s role in the downfall of the Guzmán government confirms his growing belief in the need for armed resistance against opponents of socialism.

1955 – While in Mexico he meets Fidel Castro, the banished Cuban revolutionary. “Our first argument revolved around international politics,” Guevara later writes of his first meeting with Castro.

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Religion?

Democracy?

Capitalism?

Friends, the question posed in the title has occupied my mind for several days. Three possible answers have pushed themselves to the front of the queue: religion, democracy and capitalism.

Now, I must admit that religion, despite the advances of science and education, has done a great job of conning people. Clerics, accomplished liars that they are, tell their flock that when they die, if they’ve followed the rituals and teachings properly and given generously, they’ll go to heaven and enjoy the fleshy delights of virgins or, better still, sing in heavenly choirs. Billions of simple folk believe this implicitly and run their whole lives to suit this devious, unsubstantiated fabrication.

A downside to the religious con is that it divides people and, down through the ages, it has led to massacres as rival religions clashed. Nations have long claimed that ‘God is on our Side’ as they slaughtered men, women and children with gay abandon. Of course, ‘God’ is a man-made myth.

Democracy is also a con. Remember the slogan about ‘Government by the people, for the people’? Tell me the name of one country in the world where this applies. We all know that once politicians are elected, they immediately forget about the voters and set about running the country to suit themselves and the rich corporations that support them with political donations and little ‘gifts’ such as trips overseas, etc.

Democratic Government take the voters to wars that they don’t want. In Australia, they are sending refugees to Malaysia despite the fact that Malaysia canes people and hangs them and doesn’t allow refugees to work, etc. Democratic Governments like America have assassination squads who can ‘take down’ dissenters if the President so decides and it tortures people and puts them in cages without trial.

We all know that voting irregularities are common throughout most of the democratic nations (hanging chads and manipulation of electoral roles, etc) and we also know that some democratic nations support dictators and despots if it suits their economic or strategic interests. And the MSM in some nations decide which government will elected: Murdoch and his newspapers is a prize example of electoral manipulation.

Yes, throughout the world, people talk about democracy but few actually experience what it is really supposed to be about.

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Friends, in the 60s and 70s  our world was a different place. Although Vietnam was to become the killing fields, it was far away from the U.S.

On the North American continent, the flower people sprang into existence. They seemed to come from nowhere. They were intent on creating a different world from that of their parents. It was one based on free love, peace, grass (the smoking kind), music and dancing.

The hippies didn’t want the conventional lifestyle so they created their own. Not for them war and climbing the corporate ladder by any means. They rejected conformity and the empty, stultifying Protestant work ethic. They rejected joining the army and going off to kill others and be killed.

Instead, they attended festivals like Woodstock, tens of thousands of them, wearing garlands of flowers. Love and peace were their objectives, living for the moment, enjoying life.

What happened to them? What happened to their children? Why were they rejected as a movement and why did the current ugly, greedy, violent, chaotic world form in the void that they left behind?

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