Budget Fudget
Almost the entire Australian political class has government spending exactly backwards.… Read More Budget Fudget
Author: sackergeoff
Israel is perpetrating mass murder of innocents
This is a statement I just posted on Facebook Just to be clear: Netanyahu is a mass murderer of innocents. The State of Israel was founded on terrorism and has practised repression and apartheid throughout its brief history. Several of its Prime Ministers were terrorists. And now it perpetrates mass murder of innocents. Note: This… Read More Israel is perpetrating mass murder of innocents
Barack Obama wants us to care about the oceans
What are the five most precious things in my life? [Published by Pearls & Irritations 21 Dec.] I have wondered often lately what might catch the attention of those who are busy despoiling our planet, and cause them to reflect on what they are destroying, and whether that matters to them. What if they asked… Read More Barack Obama wants us to care about the oceans
They spit in our faces
The fossil fuel corporations and their enablers treat us with complete contempt. This is not very polite to say, I know, but they spit in our faces and laugh. [Published at Pearls & Irritations 19 Nov.] The great majority of people around the world want more serious efforts to stop global warming. The International Energy… Read More They spit in our faces
Trump is the reaction; the Democrats are the problem
The US Democrats failed, again, because they don’t understand that it is what they have been doing that feeds Trump support.… Read More Trump is the reaction; the Democrats are the problem
Why are climate warnings ignored?
The global consumer-capitalist machine is well-programmed to consume the planet in its quest to produce ever-more stuff. Avoiding pollution is incompatible with its present functioning. If we want to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions we need to know how to get inside the machine and turn it off, or transform it. [Published 6 Nov by… Read More Why are climate warnings ignored?
Esmé string quartet playing Schubert’s last
So I looked for a more recent performance and found the Esmé Quartet doing it on YouTube, from 2022. Never heard of them, but let’s hear what they’ve got, these four oriental women. When I was discovering classical music at university long ago Schubert quickly became a favourite – the Unfinished Symphony, the Trout Quintet,… Read More Esmé string quartet playing Schubert’s last
Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
Your actions are inconsistent with the weight of scientific advice and with the wishes of the majority of voters. Do you understand that we are now at serious and imminent risk of tipping irreversibly into a hellish future?… Read More Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Australia
Universities: dead, buried and cremated?
Its purpose is to hold, impart and add to knowledge. Some of the knowledge is not popular with authorities or vested interests, such as pollution created by mining or the difference between antisemitism and objections to the actions of the state of Israel. Indeed to many politicians these days any knowledge seems to be a threat.… Read More Universities: dead, buried and cremated?
Artificial cleverness is polluting the essence of our humanity
The tech world is oblivious to the foundations of our being. We are, still, intimately and intricately a part of the organic biosphere that embraces this miracle planet of ours.… Read More Artificial cleverness is polluting the essence of our humanity
Thrival Economics 