German Chancellor Angela Merkel is under considerable political pressure to fix Germany and Europe’s immigration problem within the next two weeks. Otherwise, Bavaria will start turning migrants back at the border and thus render a pan-European solution impossible. Today, she met French President Emmanuel Macron for talks and the…
Read MoreOnce again, a discussion on immigration is taking place in Europe. For the last few days, the new “populist” government in Italy has refused a berth to a ship called the Aquarius, which is carrying some 630 immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Today, Valencia in Spain has said it would accept…
Read MoreChina’s Long-Term Strategy vs The West’s Civil War and Short-Termism While the effectively bankrupt West is tearing itself apart and undermining its society, economy and science, China is not just getting on with it, but forging ahead. A good starting point in understanding what is happening now, with all the…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s alleged description of Africa, El Salvador and Haiti as “shitholes” predictably led to global fury and accusations of racism. Trump would be well advised to refrain from such comments since they merely damage his standing and thus his power to get things done, but as usual, the resulting…
Read MoreIn 2009, the second edition of Mark Maslin’s book Global Warming. A Very Short Introduction appeared in the well-known series published by Oxford University Press. According to Maslin’s website, the book has sold over 40,000 copies – and yet it betrays a fundamental flaw in thinking, knowledge and understanding before…
Read MoreA howl of protest went up following the press conference of French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20 summit in Hamburg. A journalist from the Ivory Coast asked Macron why there was no Marshall plan for Africa? Macron answered that Africa had “civilisational” problems, adding that part of the challenge…
Read MoreThe Guardian today reported on “new research” by the PEW Center that Islam is set to become world’s largest religion by 2075 – data analysis finds population with no religion will shrink while number of Muslims and Christians is expected to grow. As usual with such “forecasts,” neither PEW nor…
Read MoreToday the BBC posted an anodyne video entitled Islam: The world’s fastest growing religion based on data from the Pew Research Center in the United States. This is fine and dandy, but not only is the video at least 25 years behind the curve, it also refuses to look at…
Read MoreOn 15 March 2017, The Guardian ran a piece under its “Development 2030” rubric with a headline which confirmed our 2016 forecast of Africa’s mounting problems: Why have four children when you could have seven? Family planning in Niger. Niger’s has the world’s highest birthrate and its population is set…
Read MoreA tipping point has been reached across the West where immigration is increasingly regarded as unacceptable across all economic and educational classes. The indigenous population sees new immigrants as competitors for their jobs, sucking precious social welfare funds to support mass immigration, providing cover for terrorism, importing precepts and demands…
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