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

The Scorpion and The Frog Jan 2009

A few of us were talking on Twitter tonight about this famous story – which I’ve always assumed was written by Orson Welles for his 1955 film “Mr…

Urban Dictionary: impossibible Jan 2009

Finally! I coined a word! impossibible: A description of statements in religious books which are impossible. eg “Jesus rising from the dead is impossibible.” Urban Dictionary: impossibible

G’Day World #358 – Greydon Square is back! Jan 2009

Rapper Greydon Square joins me again on the show to talk about his new album The CPT Theorem. If you haven’t heard of 27 year-old Greydon before (or…

“The Jewish People Control America” Jan 2009

No – that’s not ME saying that. I have no evidence to support it. It’s actually a quote attributed to former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon from 2001. The…

The US calls Israeli PM a liar Jan 2009

From the “When You Can’t Even Trust Your Friends” department: A boast by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he persuaded President Bush to reverse a U.S. vote…

Condoleezza Rice left “pretty shamed” at US abstention in UN Jan 2009

Some interesting statements in this story. In a speech late on Monday, (Ehud) Olmert (Prime Minister of Israel) said Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, was left…

Gaza Not Hard To Solve Jan 2009

I’ve been involved in a few debates about Gaza over the last couple of weeks – on Twitter, in Facebook, and on a variety of blogs. And I…

Single Man Cooking Jan 2009

By great demand, here’s my new video podcast – A Single Man’s Guide to Cooking Great Shit.

Lard Jan 2009

Lard Originally uploaded by 1vintage1 Nothing more to say!

lifehack for getting recipes onto the iphone Jan 2009

One of my new year resolutions was to start cooking properly most nights of the week. Not just my usual lentils and mushroom stiryfry, but amazing food that…