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WRECKING BALL POLITICS.

Posted on November 15, 2018

A wrecking ball is an extremely blunt instrument used in the demolition trade to demolish crumbling and outmoded buildings. It is less destructive than the explosive charges used to bring down tall buildings, but like that method it also smashes … Continue reading →

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WAYS OF THINKING (Part 3)

Posted on October 24, 2018

Thinking and language. It is obvious that thinking precedes language and that thinking does not entirely depend upon language. New born babies do not have language skills, which they have yet to acquire, but anyone bringing up children from birth … Continue reading →

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WAYS OF THINKING (Part 2)

Posted on October 8, 2018

Dialectics. In ‘Ways of Thinking (Part 1)’, dialectics was described as a system of thinking, which unlike dualism, asks much more searching questions and does so over a number of stages, before coming to any conclusions. Even then the method … Continue reading →

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WAYS OF THINKING.(Part 1.)

Posted on September 17, 2018

In a previous article entitled ‘The dangers of Dualism’, I pointed out the pitfalls of being drawn into dualistic ways of thinking. However, that article only touched on an alternative and more thorough way of thinking. This article, and one … Continue reading →

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EVERYBODY KNOWS.

Posted on August 29, 2018

Everybody knows the dice are loaded. Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. Everybody knows the war is over. Everybody knows the good guys lost. Everybody knows the fight is fixed. The poor stay poor the rich get rich. That’s how … Continue reading →

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AN APOLOGY TO ROBERT FISK.

Posted on August 21, 2018

After finally finishing the book ‘The Great War for Civilisation’ by Robert Fisk I decided it needed reviewing on this blog. For even though it was published in 2005, its content is still valuable in understanding the situation we find … Continue reading →

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CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY.

Posted on June 11, 2018

[Democracy: “…a situation in which everyone is treated equally”. A process: .”..relating to or… available to the broad masses of the people.” Websters Dictionary] Democracy under Capitalism. Much play is made by the political class (and many other pro-capitalists) concerning … Continue reading →

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