John Fitzpatrick. About New China, the Koreas, Myanmar, Thailand, and also about Japanese and Chinese writers and poets. The main emphasis is on North Asia and the political tectonics of this very important, powerful, and many-peopled area.
Thursday, 28 June 2018
"Who put the Benzedrine in Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine?" ICE isn't new. The Germans used it in WW2 very effectively, and on a grand scale, so that their great soldiers could run 2 marathons in a day and still be eager to fight and kill, and win...and with Ice, and real human bravery, they did win. They were the Blitz in the Krieg. The British and UK governments used ICE in WW2 for pilots and submariners to keep them awake and wanting to kill and win. On ICE the American submariners killed everyone they should have, and shouldn't have, in equally full measure. Let's not talk about Vietnam. Currently, the Australian Air Force uses Ice for our brave pilots in the Middle East in 2018...to keep them on task. Ice isn't new, it's just bad for people. No, it isn't caffeine. Australian Ice is impure and expensive. Chinese Ice is pure and cheaper, and guaranteed pure by the cartels. It is very popular mostly for young women in China wanting to lose weight. Unlike Jenny Craig, it works. I understand why people use it. When nothing else works, ICE works. If you want to get rid of ICE you first need to get rid of a lot of other things that we love and admire about our transient selves, and our transient victories.
"Who put the Benzedrine in Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine?"
ICE isn't new. The Germans used it in WW2 very effectively, and on a grand scale, so that their great soldiers could run 2 marathons in a day and still be eager to fight and kill, and win...and with Ice, and real human bravery, they did win. They were the Blitz in the Krieg.
The British and UK governments used ICE in WW2 for pilots and submariners to keep them awake and wanting to kill and win. On ICE the American submariners killed everyone they should have, and shouldn't have, in equally full measure.
Let's not talk about Vietnam.
Currently, the Australian Air Force uses Ice for our brave pilots in the Middle East in 2018...to keep them on task.
Ice isn't new, it's just bad for people. No, it isn't caffeine.
Australian Ice is impure and expensive. Chinese Ice is pure and cheaper, and guaranteed pure by the cartels. It is very popular mostly for young women in China wanting to lose weight. Unlike Jenny Craig, it works.
I understand why people use it. When nothing else works, ICE works.
If you want to get rid of ICE you first need to get rid of a lot of other things that we love and admire about our transient selves, and our transient victories.
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
I am not sure if Australia can beat Peru tonight. Peru hasn't done well, but nor has Australia. Neither were expected to do well and both have lived up to that expectation. Worth watching just to see Tim Cahill on the field. He actually can score goals from time to time, and, yes, he is a bit of a dickhead, but, well... he's... OUR dickhead. So the head-on clash begins here at Midnight...the Australian Cassowary (primal, defensive, territorial, vicious, & can kill with one kick) pitched against the Peruvian Llama (deceptively cuddly, 4 leg advantage, and can spit in your face a lot). It IS the World Game!
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
It is refreshing to me, as an old communist, to see the Union flags on top of the big cranes building Melbourne in the second decade of the 21st century. Well done, comrades, you came through, and ensured yourself and your families that you got well paid, when everyone else was weak and buckled under. Well done CFMEU! You have a damn good flag! You've done well.
Well, North Korea has stopped firing off rockets in response to the cessation of invasion war games on its border. This is a very good thing.
North Korea, like other pariah nations, like Israel and Pakistan, are not going to give up their hard won nuclear weapons...but as long as people dont see them, and, in particular, dont hear them, this is much better for everyone.
Well done Mr Trump and Mr Un.
North Asia, unlike the Middle East, is far too important to everyone on the planet to have war games and firework shows.
Well done Mr Trump and Mr Un.
North Asia, unlike the Middle East, is far too important to everyone on the planet to have war games and firework shows.
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