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Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.

The Sad Journey of an iPad2 Jun 2011

Jason ordered a couple of iPad2s for us several weeks ago which haven’t arrived yet. Here’s the shipping notification we just received from Apple. May 26th – Picked up…

No Illusion Notes 21/06/2011 Jun 2011

Could Obama Be Impeached for Waging War in Libya Without Approval of Congress? Glenn Greenwald asks in Democracy Now. Apparently he decided to ignore the views of top…

No Illusions Notes 20/06/2011 Jun 2011

Iraq hunting $17 billion missing after U.S. invasion – “The missing money was shipped to Iraq from the United States to help with reconstruction after the ouster of…

No Illusions Notes 17/06/2011 Jun 2011

“every pencil David Rees sharpens is shipped with a signed and dated certificate authenticating that it is now a dangerous object.” Chrissy and I had a great time…

No Illusions Notes – 16/06/2011 Jun 2011

In the news today… WikiLeaks Haiti: The Earthquake Cables – The Nation has some background (via Wikileaks) on what was happening in Haiti after the earthquake. Remember all…

NO ILLUSIONS 28 – Virginia Balmain, UNAA Jun 2011

My guest today is Virginia Balmain who is the President of the United Nations Association of Australia (QLD) and the Vice-President of the UNAA in Australia. We chat…

NO ILLUSIONS PODCAST 27 – ADAM SHAND Jun 2011

Veteran crime reporter Adam Shand joins me again on the show to talk about the TWO films being made based on his book KING OF THIEVES, as well…

The H+ Summit @Melbourne is Coming to Town! Jun 2011

Adam Ford, who invited me to speak at last year’s Singularity Summit in Melbourne, is also organising this year’s H+ Summit in Melbourne, June 25 – 26. He…

No Illusions Podcast #26 – #RaptureFAIL May 2011

Note: This show is a week old, sorry about that folks. I had weird trouble uploading it to the server. Mostly relevant though, except I have more to…

No Illusions 25 – Goldman Sachs May 2011

The majority of today’s show is about the most evil corporation on the planet, Goldman Sachs, and a great book about them called GRIFTOPIA by Matt Taibbi. I…