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.
JohnJames /1 December, 2014
The John James Newsletter 20 20 October 2014. “An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of propaganda, is less inclined to put up a fight, ask questions and be skeptical. Continue Reading →
JohnJames /1 December, 2014
The John James Newsletter 11 6 September 2014. How the IPCC is sharpening its language on climate change Not only is the wording around how the climate is changing more decisive, the evidence the report references is stronger when compared to the previous version published in 2007. http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/how-the-ipcc-is-sharpening-its-language-on-climate-change/ Arab Region Has World’s Fastest Growing HIV Continue Reading →
JohnJames /1 December, 2014
The John James Newsletter 21 24 October 2014. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but who thinks of changing himself?” – Leo Tolstoy Australia is becoming more Fascist by the day Babies born to asylum-seekers in Australian detention will become stateless persons. Many asylum-seeker families will be forced to remain permanently divided. Courts will have Continue Reading →
JohnJames /1 December, 2014
The John James Newsletter 4 6 August 2014. “The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do.” Samuel Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations” One of the two first international monitors Continue Reading →
JohnJames /1 December, 2014
The John James Newsletter 5 11 August 2014. For full coverage of the emissions of methane and the consequences to our weather and our future Spend a little time with this. The Arctic Methane Monster’s Rapid Rise Jennifer Hynes gave thus presentation about the situation in the Arctic and the odds that things will rapidly Continue Reading →
JohnJames /1 December, 2014
The John James Newsletter 6 15 August 2014. “We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.” David Ben-Gurion, (1886-1973), from Ben-Gurion, A Biography, by Michael Ben-Zohar, Delacorte, New York 1978. Water Disaster Hits Every Single Person In Gaza www.countercurrents.org/abunimah140814.htm This Continue Reading →