Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times say Bush and the US would be much better off if they launched a war against poverty, rather than the current nonsense that is supposed to reduce terrorism, but is actually increasing it.

This is an excellent plausible and scary thriller about how to shut down the US, without firing a shot.

The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration James Risen, ©2005 To better understand how the Bush adminstration got itself into such a mess in the Middle East, this book is a must-read. Almost every page contains yet another extraordinary scandal. To me, one of the biggest scandals is the way Bush and […]

A short film about jazz in Japan triggers some interesting thoughts and reactions.

25th April is the day that Australians and New Zealanders commemorate a military loss - the debacle of the First World War battle at Gallipoli. The ANZACs (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) were doing what they often have to do - fight other people's wars in other people's countries. On 25th April 1915, the […]

I was staggered in my first months in Singapore. Almost everything becomes an acronym. On the first day in my job here, I had to try to figure what everyone was talking about, as the following flowed easily: PIE (Pan Island Expressway) ECE (Electronics and Computer Engineering) AET (Academic Excellence Team) HDB (Housing Development Board) […]

It wasn't all about the military at Asian Aerospace today. The Airbus A380 was there - an impressive piece of machinery: And in the flesh, sporting the livery of Singapore Airlines (when SIA finally get one, it will be the world's first in service): These guys were enjoying the airshow. The show didn't work all […]

The Asian Aerospace / Asian Defence Technology event at Changi today was more disturbing than enjoyable. What is it with this crazy world? Governments and revolutionaires are willing to pay billions for incredibly sophisticated weapons. If the wealthy countries (especially the US) took only 10% of what they spend on military hardware and spent it […]

Since the US President influences all of us, and less than half of the eligible voters in the US even bother to turn up to vote, why not let everyone in the world vote for the US president? Any guess what percentage of the vote Bush would get then...? Be the first to comment below.

Saw a disturbing documentary (by Australia's ABC) recently on the story of biological weapons in the Soviet Union and USA. Having signed non-proliferation treaties in Nixon's time, both countries went ahead and kept making them anyway. The Soviets had 4000 tonnes of anthrax at the height of the insanity... (It was not clear whether it […]