Category: Columns

Geoff has written for publications as diverse as PC User and The Northern Star His weekly columns have been a source of humour and inspiration for tens of thousands of readers and his mailbox is always full.
Here you can find his more recent contributions.

Criminal Gangs

Criminal Gangs

Geoff Ebbs /8 January, 2018

Why pay billions of taxpayer dollars to christian welfare groups when they have been exposed as Criminal Gangs. Not only has the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Sexual Abuse identified the repeat offending of those organisations, it has shown that they abused their political influence and closed ranks to protect their members from prosecution. Continue Reading →

John James Newsletter

The John James Newsletter No. <211>

JohnJames /22 December, 2017

The John James Newsletter 211 22 December 2017 I AM TAKING A BREAK.  ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS, YOUR FAMILIES AND YOUR FRIENDS  AND I WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR. We use 1.4 billion plastic bottles every single day, and only a fraction will ever be recycled, and once they get into the environment they take up to 1000 years to Continue Reading →

Subs ain’t subs: WooMembers bundle

Geoff Ebbs /18 December, 2017

Despite being the darling of IT developers, the failure of WooCommerce Subscriptions to support traditional content developers has serious implications for WooCommerce’s reputation in the wider community. With 2 million stores using WooCommerce it is by far and away the most popular solution for ecommerce in the world. It has been gaining market share from Continue Reading →

John James Newsletter

The John James Newsletter No. <210>

JohnJames /16 December, 2017

The John James Newsletter 210 16 December 2017 Nuclear annihilation is ‘one impulsive tantrum away’ Beatrice Fihn When the nobility see that they are unable to resist the people, they unite in exalting one of their number and creating him prince, so as to be able to carry out their own designs under the shadow Continue Reading →

The Cross

Religious tax-exemption protects the state

Geoff Ebbs /15 December, 2017

From Nic Forster There are good reasons why we don’t tax religions: 1. They would mostly claim charitable status anyway 2. It opens up the possibility of a government making discriminatory or punitive anti-religious policies 3. As tax-paying institutions, they would earn the right to engage in politics 4. It undermines the separation of church Continue Reading →

Russian PMC in Syria

Russia’s corporate army in Syria

Geoff Ebbs /12 December, 2017

Source: Al-Monitor  As the civil war in Syria officially draws to a close, the imperial states withdraw with much media fanfare. Their influence, though, remains in the form of corporate armies paid by national governments to maintain the pressure where their interests demand. Russia maintains a significant corporate army in Syria, though it has stepped Continue Reading →