by Jim Ball | Mar 19, 2020 | Blog, Caronavirus, China, Coronavirus, Random Notes, Trotsky, Uncategorised |
Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky once said that “you may not be interested in politics but politics is interested in you”. Actually he said ‘war’, not ‘politics’, but as the 18th century military theorist, Carl Von Clausewitz observed anyway, “war is politics by... by Jim Ball | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog, Caronavirus, China, Economy, Random Notes, Uncategorised
Interesting to learn recently that ninety five percent of antibiotics in the United States are now manufactured in China. We can assume that it’s pretty much the same for Australia. But even if that’s not the case, just extending that line of thought, I find it... by Jim Ball | Jan 11, 2019 | Blog, Democrats, Immigration, Immigration, Random Notes, Uncategorised |
The reason why what is going on in the US with Donald Trump and the southern border wall is important for Australia is because it’s the very same mindset at work in Labor and The Greens and I suspect elements of the Liberals Party. For some while I’ve been hammering... 
by Jim Ball | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog, Uncategorised
And why not? Two can play this game after all and Trump can play harder than anyone. If they’re going to go back 36 years for Brett Kavanaugh why not 40 years (1978) for Clinton’s very well documented rape allegations and multiple other sexual assaults on other women.... by Jim Ball | Aug 5, 2018 | Blog, Turnbull, Uncategorised |
“….The government’s handling of energy has been utterly disastrous. Not only has it lied but it has stupidly produced model after model to demonstrate the direction it wishes prices to go and each model had produced a different outcome — the end result being... by Jim Ball | May 13, 2018 | Aboriginal Constitutional Recognition, Aboriginals, Aborigines, Blog, Random Notes, Uncategorised |
On the Aboriginal Uluru statement of June 2017 on Indigenous Constitutional Recognition, the Referendum Council co-chair Mark Leibler has told a parliamentary committee there are only two options — either abandon efforts altogether or fully adopt the Uluru Statement...