Nearing the end of my working life I told anyone who cared to listen that I had never in my life thrown a sickie nor taken a penny from the state in benefits of any kind. I am still waiting for the accolades and I am not holding my breath. My neighbor Eddy was bemused by my overblown pride as an example to the feckless of society.
The World Economic Forum is a creepy event, and its participants are hypocrites and scammers, says American investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger.
A popular truism is that you are known by the company you keep’. I pondered this when walking with my companion we attracted pitying glances. Whilst I was reasonably attired my companion looked like a down and out. Wearing ill-fitting jeans and a jumper that had seen better days my friend was also in desperate need of a shave and haircut.
For the second time, the Hungarian government wants the names of four Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin removed from the EU sanctions list. Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU Andrzej Sados called such actions ‘incomprehensible and shameful.’ Moreover, now that the tenth package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus is being actively discussed in the EU, Viktor Orbán is preparing the ground for countering them, writes Wirtualna Polska.
Without elevators, gas stations, ATMs and shops – Europe suffers the obvious costs of possible power outages in much of Europe.
A sharp rise in energy prices in Europe could lead to an increase in deaths this winter, which risks exceeding the number of soldiers killed in Ukraine, writes The Economist.
African independence is a deception just as the so-called ‘Russian Revolution’ is a misconception. In 1917, Imperial Russia’s colossal natural resources were seized and transferred from Imperial Russia to Wall Street and international banking houses and corporations.
I recall an adage taught to us in school:
For want of a nail, a shoe was lost,
For want of a shoe, a horse was lost,
For want of a horse, a battle was lost,
For want of a battle, a kingdom was lost.
Ukraine is a bankrupt state. It spends more than half of its own income on debt servicing, said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
November 10 – RIA Novosti. The energy nightmare in the European Union will only get worse, according to the worldwide news agency Bloomberg. ‘In order to maintain energy supplies to homes, EU countries will have to very skilfully balance between supply and demand.
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