CV: Winning the War on Bugs.

Contd.

While the world waits and wonders whether we all die from Climate Change or Coronovirus, there are some very positive signs.

Aside from those who have been taken ill and are suffering, most healthy people seem to be coping with fairly minimal symptoms and we should all hope that situation remains - although most of the partisan media and Globalist politicians appear saddened by this lack of mortality and public disorder.

It's not all bad news.

7. The Economy
The potentially good news is that we still have an economy, despite the determined attempts of the aforementioned media and Globalists, the markets were spectacularly stable with loses little more than common sense adjustments after more than 10 years of QE inflation. One thing is clear, the trading algorithms seem to have been fixed or managed to prevent a total sell off and force exchanges to close until now, at least, and there have even been a few minor rallies so some trading has happened.

But politicians cannot help themselves from interfering, and we are about to see how much damage they are capable of.

It has been noted by many observers that share prices were being maintained artificially high, and the eventual fall would be quick and hard, but the initial tumble has been relatively gentle, however, the effects of ministerial determination to scare the public and to shut down trade, is something that nobody can accurately predict and where we go from here is very much in the balance. Do markets collapse, or hold their nerve? We should soon find out.

8. Gold
Another good sign is that precious metals have not unduly escalated, so panic is not overriding common sense.

When currencies were backed by gold, it made sense for this commodity to rule in times of trouble, but now its intrinsic value is what appears to be determining price, it may even be that the recent years of price manipulation weren't even needed.

9. Bitcoin 
Another indicator that sanity is in control, is the moderate trading in crypto currencies which have previously been the target of much speculation and hype. This is the first time they've been tested in an extreme real world scenario and, again, good sense seems to be the victor.

Bitcoin is an interesting phenomenon, but it's real value is in the underlying technology and Blockchain is where the potential lies.

A way of visualizing this is to imagine when the wheel was first invented and our hero, or heroine, first showed this marvel to a gathering of villagers who immediately set to work producing and distributing wheels, and of course it was not long before wheels increased in price and were hoarded, so to prevent theft the villagers built sturdy huts with stone walls, rather than the usual wooden construction, which became known as wall-huts.

One day a rival tribe arrived in fast chariots and large carts made with wheels, either bought or copied. This was obviously a raid of robbers with ill intent, so the villagers quickly surrounded their wall-huts and vowed that none on their wheels would be stolen, but the raiders laughed and shouted.

 "We don't want your stupid wheels." They then loaded all the villager's crops and livestock onto their wagons, and left the way they had come.

For me, the biggest problem with Crypto lies in its limitations as a store of wealth, which has been ably highlighted in our current predicament. Because when power is down these digital currencies cease to exist, and while it has been observed that in times of extreme crisis Fiat currency is only as valuable as the paper it is printed on and that you can't eat gold, what we have recently discovered is that you can't even wipe your arse with Bitcoin.

When the world's economies are ready it will likely be USCoin, ChinaCoin, BritCoin and the like, that will drive trade while Bitcoin, although remembered with great fondness, will have limited value, not unlike an old vinyl collection of 60s classics.

CV-19: The continuing War on Bugs

Following my earlier ramble here are some more thoughts:-

4. Globalization is bad.
If one lesson can be learned at this early stage it is surely this.
The outsourcing of essential production to foreign manufacturers has historically been seen for the folly that it is, but outsourcing almost everything to countries half a world away is closer to insanity than stupidity and we are witnessing how big the resulting potential for disaster is.

In particular, for the manufacture of basic medicines and supplies to be handed to foreign actors is inexplicable, no matter how many pennies it pretends to save. Given the size and structure of our NHS who compete with nobody and spend taxpayer's money, there is no excuse for allowing the nation's health to be put in such jeopardy.

Regardless of how quickly this pandemic is contained, we can all see just what is almost bound to happen in the future if we do not reverse the current madness.

5. Globalization is very bad.
The abdication of responsibility from elected national government, to global 'institutions' and corporations is the unpaved road to disaster, and it gets bumpier and more dangerous every time it is travelled.

When unwillingness to challenge our Chinese 'partners' over their claims about the outbreak for fear of upsetting those on whom we are so dependant, was clearly instrumental in not taking early and adequate precautions, we should reconsider this state of reliance and trust in foreign entities, especially those whose priorities are to save face, and maintain control of their population.

It may well be that this virus needs to simply run its course, and we should just try to slow down the infection rate to manageable proportions, but another strain may arrive far more deadly and infectious, and in that circumstance borders will need to be shut quickly, but it appears this is not the way we do things any more. Our government must abandon this nonsense and protect our interests, not those of people whose interests we do not even comprehend.

6. Globalization is very, very, bad.
How can any government plan effectively for a national emergency or epidemic, when it doesn't even know how many people reside here? And this is not a question of being out by a few hundred thousand, or even a million, because official figures may be out by anything up to 10 millions.

Imagine living in a house and paying for the food and services, but not knowing who or how many people were living upstairs, and it being illegal to ask.

The mindset that pervades the Globalist ideology is damaging to the extent of producing a form of collective mental illness that prevents rational thought and overrides even the most basic self interest of preservation for ones own being, or family, friends or country.

CV19: The War on Bugs

It is seldom wise to address something as fluid as the COVID-19 outbreak at this early stage, but if we can't get a decent vision of what's happening in 2020, when will we be able to?

There are already several interesting points to note:-

1. Newts.
Fake news has moved over the years, from the on-line fringes to the Mainstream broadcasters who seem now to have developed an aversion to objective truth. It appears that they no longer lie just to bolster their socio-political aims, but because they are no longer capable of telling the truth, such that we can confidently predict that reported events are Never Ever What They Say, and the problem now, as the pandemic takes hold, is that if MSM presented us with concrete evidence that it was under control, who would believe them?

2. Social collapse is dangerously close.
For many years we have been assured that diversity is our strength, but what has been promoted as diversity has been nothing less than creeping genocide. In a world where order and cooperation between nations is vital to the flow of goods and services, and very few countries are self-sufficient in the essentials for their survival, we are now so dependant on infrastructure and electricity, that interruption of either would lead to dire and completely unpredictable consequences.

Civil society has taken centuries to get where it is today, and it is built on trust and consent, but importing large numbers of people from places where aggression and intimidation are used to control populations and maintain patriarchal supremacy, has had a devastating effect on much of western civilian life and continues unabated via the studious non-reporting of facts.

Anyone worried by the levels of vicious and wanton violence on our streets today, should consider what these knife-wielding, acid-throwing gangs and their enablers would do if there is ever a shortage of food and water and our fingernail painting police are all that separates them from us.
Which brings me to another point highlighted by CV19.

3. There are too many people in the world.
The proverbial elephant in the room is really more akin to an alligator in the swimming pool, and there are few in the public eye, and far less in authority, who will even make this observation much less attempt to deal with it. Using Western countries as a form of overspill car-park while we wait for the world to become unviable is not the solution, any more than is paying billions of dollars to corrupt and despotic 'leaders' to keep them in power and privilege.

The greatest tragedy for the Third World, is that, while education is the first step to improving their lot, it is their educated few who are most able to leave and who we are most often willing to receive.

UK: The art of the (no) Deal

With Tory backbenchers defeated for now, Boris is able to plough on with including Huawei in UK's 5G infrastructure, and while I would usually be against such a move, this time there is much more at stake.

During the whole Brexit debate and following stand-off, a trade deal with America was touted as both easy and so essential that Barak Obama came to lecture us while threatening to relegate us to the back of the queue if we dared vote Leave.

Trump has reversed this nonsense, but do we need or even want such a Trade Deal? 

Free Trade sounds great, but most know that anything worth having is seldom free, economically at least, and, while TTIP contained many onerous demands, ISDS alone was enough to scare the pants off any self-respecting democracy that values its own population's interests over international corporation's profits.

One driver for voting Brexit, was seeing how EU attempted to bring in TTIP without any discussion or scrutiny, and only a series of leaks and public resistance prevented this tyranny, so why would we leave EU and then sign up to an even worse deal, because President Trump is a tough negotiator and he will ensure that his US benefits from any future arrangement will far outweigh anything that we can hope for.

So Boris is left with a conundrum, after placing such store on a Deal with Donald, how does he now get to walk away without receiving a savaging from the hostile press at home...enter Huawei.

By accepting Chinese involvement despite US objections, he may yet manage to scupper any phony Free Trade Deal, and let Trump take the blame.

UK: Whose side are you on?

The drive for change that saw the Tories sweeping to victory in December and Brexit enacted at the end of January continued into February with the launch of Hearts of Oak, a non-political and unashamedly populist movement, which sees the erosion and subversion of our freedoms as possibly the greatest threat that Britain and the World faces today.

I covered the event for Going-Postal and this is a short postscript to that article, because two days later Tommy Robinson was arrested for assault after allegedly striking an 'accidental' child molester during an altercation which occurred when Tommy attempted to perform a citizen's arrest on the man who had admitted indecently touching his 8 year old daughter.

My purpose here is not to redress the imbalance in the way this incident has been reported, because most people will have their own opinions which are unlikely to be changed by me, but to talk a little about someone who has become the personification of all that's wrong in today's UK, and this is true whether you love or loathe him.

To the Left, he embodies the political Right-wing, aggressive and outspoken with views that they find uncomfortable and intolerable, but contrary to what you might expect, many on the supposed political Right feel exactly the same, because with Tommy, the issue is not so much Right or Left, but right or wrong, and the question we should be asking about him, is not how nice a guy is he, or whether he likes Islam or not, but, does he speak the truth?

What the media omit when they delight in reminding us that he is using an assumed name, is the reason Tommy had to change his public identity. They choose to ignore the death threats by the so-called religion of peace, the threats against his livelihood and his family and the constant harassment he endures from all sides.

When we spoke briefly after the Hearts of Oak launch, I voiced my concerns for his safety, especially during his all too frequent incarcerations, and he simply shrugged and said "What can I do?"

This was not a cry for help (as it would be with most people in his position) but an acceptance that the next spell in prison might be his last, and if the state wants to get him, then get him they will. As Julian Assange can testify, Tommy's acceptance of awards for journalism is no guarantee of acceptance by our mixed-up and messed-up society.

But there is hope for Tommy, the reception he received when called to speak showed the regard in which he is held by many, not just in Britain, but around the world, and the growing demands that this persecution ends.

The general refusal of our media to explain why the police were called to Centre Parcs, or ask why they then let a child molester leave the scene whilst at the same time arresting the assaulted girl's father, does not bode well for the rough diamond that is Tommy Robinson.

It seems that the most difficult thing for our would-be elites to understand, is that Tommy Robinson is not an individual, he is a phenomenon. 

I have met many Tommy's over the years, on jobs and in pubs, at football matches and on the streets and you can see images of their forebears in every photograph of those who fought for the freedoms which many of us now are prepared to throw away.

He's not everyone's cup of tea, and there are many things we might try to change about him, but only a lazy coward would deny that he is brave and determined. The point is that you don't need to like Tommy Robinson to listen to what he has to say.

Brexit: Agreeing to leave

Just spent some time perusing the Withdrawal Agreement and (Original) Political Declaration, and have some layman's observations:-

They're not as bad as portrayed.

Yes, there are lots of protection for EU interests, but why wouldn't there be? It's their club, and they're making the rules. The main objection to May's deal was that the 'Irish backstop' left us without a proper negotiating position in the following trading arrangements which had to be agreed before the Transition Period could end (and this TP is very heavily weighted in favour of EU as already noted), so Britain could have been disadvantaged for a very long time.

From what I can see, after the TP finishes we're out, with or without a Deal, and yes, that is the Deal which actually matters, the WA is just setting the ground rules and the more slanted they are towards the EU, the more incentive there should be to conclude the new FTA as quickly as possible, and there appears to be an honest emphasis within the documents, that both parties should negotiate in good faith.

There are legal ties and protections which stay in effect after Britain leaves, but they are mostly mutually agreed, beneficial and necessary, or purely to conclude disputes and other matters arising, and these do eventually disappear with a minimum of 8 years (seems a long time, but it's already more than 3 years since the referendum).

Committed Brexit campaigners have painted the EU as a vicious and Machiavellian conspiracy, but my main objection is merely that it is Globalist and Expansionist in nature, a bureaucracy which feels it cannot be faulted or questioned and that is why leaving is important and why the time taken is well worth the effort.

Most of the objections to this WA (DUP aside), are from those with unrealistic expectations on the speed and completeness of leaving the EU, and those whose only intent is to stop Brexit from happening under any circumstances.

UK: Is Boris big enough for Brexit?

The installation of Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister was a unique event in my lifetime - a new and truly popular Conservative leader. But what about Mrs Thatcher? [I hear the squeals, but she was initially extremely unpopular and only achieved popular approval courtesy of a certain Generalissimo named Galtieri.]

And, let's be honest, what's not to like?

A big, bouncy, blonde in No 10 is surely a welcome change from the humourless inhabitants that we have had the misfortune to have govern us in recent times. But it is this very popularity that now threatens him.

The forces are rallied and ranged in their lines of attack, and the suddenly sainted Scottish Judiciary, having declared open season on the British PM, have allowed the BBC to abandon all pretence of impartiality and join those clamouring for Johnson's head. Yet the northern judges are themselves guilty of the most egregious projection we have witnessed in many years, claiming the government are unlawfully "stymying parliament".

But just who is stymying what? 

For more than three years Parliament has stymied those trying to enact the referendum result, and these 'judges' are now complicit in that criminality. With barely pause to catch their collective breath, they have branded the British PM a liar and usurper of parliamentary privilege and they have attempted to foment constitutional upheaval. If they really believed the PM was guilty as they charge, they should demand that Parliament be dissolved and a General Election called, but of course, that is not on their agenda.

Where does this all end, with Brexit on 31st October as planned, or a further extension or worse?

We shall have to wait and see, but one thing is becoming very clear, the opposition to the people's decision is now so entrenched and unwilling to accept anything less than capitulation and Remain, that only an immediate and absolute clean break will be workable, when the time comes.

Anything less, any sort of slow or 'soft' Brexit will be met with such obstruction and institutional malevolence, that progress will be impossible and we will be confined in a perpetual state of conflict until we limp out, or are returned to the EU, weakened and divided, no longer an island Nation but a chastened province, a coastal state of the European Union.