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.
Friday, 20 July 2018
On Trump & Brexit: I think the election of Trump and the choice the UK made to leave Europe comes down to simply bad governance that supported only the Great Cities in both countries and brought about the general decimation of anyone's future outside those great cities. People who voted for Trump and for Brexit aren't fools, they are simply people for whom the system of City-State Globalisation hasn't worked. Too many people have suffered for too long, too many peoples lives and futures, and the futures of their kids have been ruined by the systemic neglect of the regions and rural places, all to feed the Great Cities..and so these people respond by voting. When the system is reversed and people in the country are much better off, then there is some hope for a reasonable outcome. Until then, there isn't hope for either country. They have screwed their best, their most, to the wall. The best, the most, don't like that.
PRIVATISATION: Victoria is an interesting state in Australia. Although, for example, ambulance transport is free and paid for through everyone's Federal taxes under the Medicare agreement, nation wide... here in Victoria, a short ride of ten kilometres will cost a homeless, injured, disabled, demented, old, young, person...anyone who isnt privately insured or a paid up member... $1,500, every trip. If not paid on time, the Ambulance Service hands over the account to some very nasty private bill collectors. True. Victoria is, in this way, a real cunt of a state. And...it has a Labor Government. 'Are you okay mate? you look really sick and cold, here I'll call the Ambulance.' 'no, no, don't do that. That's how i got to be like this. Just let me be.'
Monday, 16 July 2018
JELLIS CRAIG Property Managers, DONCASTER VICTORIA: Not the most pro-active property managers in the world. We were living here 2 weeks without electricity because they didn't know the right address of their own property. Its been cold, down to nearly zero and they can't fix the heater...interesting company. Our first experience with a big yet pointless business that can't deliver in Melbourne, the Worlds Most Liveable City..maybe it is if you dont deal with Jellis Craig..
has already cost us thousands of dollars to be very cold every day.
Thursday, 28 June 2018
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