rees.ch - Stuff 2022

Some things I like

2022

Where	What	Comments
Youtube	You won't see this on the BBC	The country is a major cock-up!
Youtube	Kevin Maguire & Andrew Pierce Clash Over Nurses Wages \| Good Morning Britain	We the general population have been trampled on by the right-wing.
Youtube	Mick Lynch's Christmas Message	Makes sense to me.
Youtube	Here's Why Britain Should Ditch King Charles	The whole idea of monarchy is abhorent. This man is a waste of space, an arrogant millionnaire.
Youtube	'Confirmation Bias' \| Tim Minchin: BACK	Covers one of our problems as humans. And of course there is his wonderful "Storm". Not least there is a recent article in The Guardian by Polly Toynbee covering atheism.
University of Westminster	“Fictional 1984 has nothing on 2022” – Chris Bryant MP delivers Leveson Lecture following introduction from Hugh Grant	A serious and damning comment on the UK media
youtube	Strikes! Johnathan Pie	And he is so right!
The Guardian	New Cumbria coalmine ‘like opening a Betamax factory’, says Tim Farron	This criticism follows Gove, a UK Tory government minister saying he will approve the mine. What an absolute idiot!
The Irish Times	UK government needs to stop doing stupid stuff around Brexit	Seriously? Stupid and Brext?
LBC	James O'Brien dismantles the 'indefensible' tax break on private school fees	Worth considering and making a change.
The Irish Times	UK government needs to stop doing stupid stuff around Brexit	Bloody right!
The Guardian	From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction? - George Monbiot	Yep, our system is that much corrupt.
The National	The story of Common Weal's fight for a Scottish public energy company	The UK is again set to steal Scotland's energy just like Thatcher did in the 1980s.
Youtube	Ex-BBC presenter Emily Maitlis accuses former employer of 'Tory cronyism'	Corruption in the UK media - look whose in charge of "impartiality" at the BBC. And there is more....
Youtube	RICH PEOPLE by CARSIE BLANTON - Official Live Video	Great swing and delicious - very relevant - lyrics,
SRF	Feldheim in Deutschland - Ein Dorf trotzt der Energiekrise	This village took the initiative many years back and is now profiting from their good intentions.
The Guardian	Five charts that will shape the UK’s autumn statement	12 years of the Tories and cuts absolutely everywhere except 2 government departments.
Youtube	James O'Brien left fuming listening back to Brexit promises \| LBC	So, so...
The National	Oxfam report finds billionaires responsible for ten times the carbon emissions of Scotland	What a world we live in...
Youtube	The Midterms, Inflation, and Crime With Rep. Katie Porter \| The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast	Interesting comments on the US political system and the sources of inflation.
LBC	James O'Brien left fuming listening back to Brexit promises \| LBC	Ah well, what's there to say?
Youtube	The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK \| FT Film	Just count all the benefits.
The Guardian	With Rishi Sunak, the City’s takeover of British politics is complete	Yep, the finance industry together with corporations and the mega-rich are in control.
The Guardian	EU media and leaders blame Brexit for UK political ‘insanity’ as Truss quits	Reputation now gone.
The FT	The Brexit Effect	No surprises here...
Youtube	Billionaires Control The Media - and Its Destroying Democracy	No comment...
Youtube	A historic failure	Some people have been pointing out the influence of this place for years.
DDN	Peter Oborne Absolutely DEMOLISHES Liz Truss	Corruption writ large.
Monevator	Weekend reading: Brexit took us out of the EU and turned us into Italy	Lies followed by lies followed by mockery of truth tellers.
Youtube	Former Sun editor explains how the tabloids crowned Liz Truss	The role of the UK media in the downfall of democracy and the UK in general..
DDN	Liz Truss: The Oligarch's Prime Minister \| George Monbiot	Is the 40 year-old project finally coming to an end or is it taking hold? Maybe it doesn't matter because Climate Change is going to decimate human population and life afterwards will have to be more cooperative and less destructive of the planet?
Renewable Energy	In one tiny German town, nobody worries about energy bills	Yep, this is the way it actually is. Even more towkowing here.
DDN	Former British Soldier EXPOSES The Monarchy	Yep, this is the way it actually is. Even more towkowing here.
LBC	James O'Brien claims trickle-down economics is as ghoulish, greedy and gross as it appears	There may have been an arguement 40 years back predicated on competition between countries, which supported lower tax (international tax competition) but this actually only leads to a situation where countries do not have sufficient income (from taxes) to pay for social and other services. And even Bloomberg thinks the Tories and their brexit is a cock-up.
HuffPost	Patagonia Founder Gives Away $3 Billion Company To Fight Climate Change	A man who actually cares, made a lot of money with a clothing company, ran it well, and finally decided to donate it to the Planet. Contrast and compare to two Canadians who are doing their best to rape the seabed. This, after a project conducted in the Pacific many (26 years) back which shows that the seabed doesn't recover.
DSM Observer	26 years after experimental mining, a seabed ecosystem has yet to recover	Not a good idea - proven!
ABC News	Pacific Islands remain divided on deep-sea mining as trial begins to extract precious metals from ocean floor	And there we have it the arrogance and greed of man - well at least a couple of Canadians.
HIGNFY	Have I Got News for Boris: A Special Tribute. Have I Got News for You. Series 64. HIGNFY. 2 Sep 22.	Smile!
Led by Donkeys	Boris Johnson wants to talk about his legacy. Okay, let’s talk about his legacy	Goodness...
youtube	Climate Change and Capitalism with George Monbiot \| Penguin Talks	Hard work and enterprise - just a comfortable life, if you must.
youtube	Hardtalk with George Monbiot	Not good, what we have done to our rock. It's not clear to me we, the plants and animals can survive.
The Guardian	Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land	We, the people, need to revolt. Quote: " Further FOI requests to the Land Registry by Eriksson hit the jackpot when he was sent – “accidentally”, the Land Registry would later claim – a huge dataset of overseas and offshore-registered companies that had bought land in England and Wales between 2005 and 2014: some 113,119 hectares of land and property, worth a staggering £170bn."
Evonomics	Where in the World Is It Easiest to Get Rich?	The value of Democratic Socialist systems
LBC	James O'Brien speaks to LBC caller who used to follow beliefs Alex Jones espouses	A US sickness described in some detail.
Common Weal Podcast	Winter of Discontent II	So much sense in one podcast
The Guardian	Louisiana child kicked out of class because parents are same-sex couple	Ah, religion, such a boon to humanity..
The Guardian	Britain faces crisis upon crisis, and our leaders are absent. This is how a country falls apart . George Monbiot	Violent dogma from the Tories. They stick to an economic system and beliefs which are a mirage
BBC	Mick Lynch inteviewd by 3 BBC journalists talking taxes, wealth distribution and press surveillance	The powers that be are behind this strife.
The Guardian	‘What else can we do?’: trespassers demand right to roam minister’s 12,000-acre estate	Ah yes, the Enclosures Act. Some northerners demanded and received the right to walk on some land seized by landlords, but there was a fight. Many landowners receive taxpayer subsidies to "maintain" their lands. 30% of the land in England and Wales is still in the hands of the Gentry.
The Guardian	The world is ablaze and the oil industry just posted record profits. It’s us or them	A truer word...
DDN	Peter Oborne Absolutely DESTROYS Boris Johnson & Everything That Made Him Possible	There is a lot more dung coming the UK's way before the next election. Much of the blame these past 40 years is atributable to the UK media.
The Guardian	‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert	Future generations are in fact going to suffer enormously, as are wildlife, it's already programmed into the atmosphere.
represent.us	Corruption in America	And this is the "democracy" which provides "direction" for western democracy?
ABC News	An ancient Israeli law leaves thousands of women 'chained' to their wayward husbands	Religion is such a delight!
The Guardian	Leaked: US power companies secretly spending millions to protect profits and fight clean energy	Beyond evil!
The Guardian	Tory death-priests have our lives in their hands	Goodbye and Goodnight!
Twitter	No I don’t have confidence in this Government.	Well said
The Guardian	Revealed: Queen’s sweeping immunity from more than 160 laws	No, surely not! A person who has the most priviledge, paid, unelected position in UK society is also a cheat? Well I never. Whose interestes does she represent/protect?
DDN	How Boris Johnson's ruthless drive for power is dismantling democracy in the interest of the super-rich.	Disgusing!
LBC	This was James O'Brien's powerful reaction to the news that Boris Johnson will resign today following days of resignations in his party.	Right on the money.
The Stylist	Why MP Mhairi Black’s impassioned ‘F word’ speech is going viral	This lady is simply the best. Down to earth and articulate on just how bad the UK has become.
The Guardian	It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet - George Monbiot	These seem to actually be "the end times" for the majority of humanity. It's difficult to see where there is any wiggle room to prevent the planet becoming a cinder.
APNews	Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills	What is there to say?
The Guardian	Stab-in-the-back: the nasty old myth that Brexiters are exploiting to explain away the disaster	Where will the Tories - and the country - go from here?
The Guardian	‘What have we done?’: six years on, UK counts the cost of Brexit	I don't think this situation will improve for a long time , if ever.
Youtube	2019: WHEN DAVID LAMMY WAS 100% AGAINST BREXIT	People were told how bad it would be, but didn't listen.
Arte	Africa, GMO and Bill Gates	More than just worrying how corporations get a hold and destroy plant life intheir seach for profit protected by patents.
The Guardian	The Guardian view on privatisation: the god that failed	This has been obvious for decades, but only now are sections of the public beginning to realise how bad provaisation has been. The reason is because some pars of the media are reporting he failures and cost of encouraging a policy of handing over resources and so-called "free markets" to corporations.
Led By Donkeys	Conservative fundraising and the Victoria and Albert museum	The depth of corruption is astounding...
Youtube	Clarke and Dawe - The Energy Market Explained	The wonder of "markets".
Led By Donkeys	The life and lies of Boris Johnson	The absolute pinnacle of Tory politics.
Channel 4 News	Exclusive: British steel industry leaders do not require coal from proposed Cumbria mine	Beware of the lies told by politicians. Also in this case the Tories rying to scrap a News Channel because they don't like what is reported.
The Guardian	Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown	What this actually means is the end of human society as we know it. The public is not being told the truth. Just one example of this is the ruse of "market prices". The idea here is that in order to ensure energy security for the future, the energy companies have to make investments - sort of on our behalf. For this ability on their part we should allow them to wallow in "the market". The actual truth is that so much of our current energy comes from investments made decades ago and for which the energy companies have received a handsome return on their original investment. As an example North Sea Oil ses here: https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/232312/north-sea-fields-facing-swifter-end-to-production-due-to-oil-price-drop/ is $15 a barrel.
Youtube	How Australia uses Clever Accounting and Creative PR	The Anglo-Saxons in the Australian Government are, like so many Anglo-Saxon politicians, simply liars.
Youtube	Russian Misinformation Is "A Military Assault” on the West \| Amanpour and Company	And there we are...
Youtube	Inside Zelensky's War Room: "The Most Extraordinary Interview I've Ever Done" \| Amanpour and Company	Excellent interview ...
Youtube	James O'Brien Speaks To Former Vote Leave Staffer Oliver Norgrove \| LBC	And, so, this is what it was about...
Youtube	The Conservative Party and Putin's Russia: a story of total moral failure	A legacy of corruption to provide funds for their campaigns.
The Guardian	Putin exploits the lie machine but didn’t invent it. British history is also full of untruths - George Monbiot	Our system is completely broken. Sadly I can't see even climate change, a pandemic and now war in Europe are going to be enough to upset the way things have been established these past 40 years.
Corporate Europe	Busting myths around the Energy Charter Treaty	he ECT is a scam which protects current energy investments o the extent that governments are targetted with law suits if they attempt to change energy supplies. Bloomberg which has been analysing Energy, especially renewables for some time now, has made no mention of this block.
Youtube	THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION	The Tory addiction to Russian money has so far not had any consequences.
The Guardian	Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough review – oligarch’s paradise	Ah yes, as the British Empire collapsed, the establishment had to find a new way to steal from the world.
Youtube	Line of Duty and Boris Johnson on Russian Oligarchs	Read for the next General Election. How will Johnson and his flunkies counter this?
BBC	Nanoclay: the liquid turning desert to farmland	Nanoclay and Biochar could help toreverse much of the damage to farmland. Of course future generations will still have water issues especially as the climate and therefore weather/rainfall patterns are being changed by us humans.
Youtube	Jonathan Pie: How Putin Weaponized London’s Greed \| NYT Opinion	The Tories and their Russian friends who have started a war in Europe.
The Guardian	It’s not too late to free ourselves from this idiotic addiction to Russian gas - George Monbiot	A good article, though he has missed the mark on Fusion technology, it always seems to be 10 years away. As for small nuclear systems, the problem of the waste remains, and the cost per MW is at least double that of renewables. What is required is more storage and of course the Bristal Channel Barrier.
Led By Donkeys	Putin's oligarchs & the London Laundromat	Ah, but the Tories love the funds they supply...
The Juice Media	We need to talk about the latest IPCC report \| with Peter Kalmus & Ella Gilbert	Where is the arbitrator of the Social License we have (be default) given to the Fossil Fuel industry? Yes, it is terrifying....
BBC	Ukraine: How Did We Get Here?	Historical insight..
The Federal Trust	Ukraine, Russia and Brexit: Europe's Stability under Threat	Europe seems to have been strengthened and the UK has been shown to be weak, especially since Brexit.
Vox News	How American conservatives turned against the vaccine	This report says so much about poliics in the US of A, and as such some ideas as to why cerain poliical moves are taking place around the world.
Youtube	Paxman interviews Christopher Hitchens - Newsnight archives (2010)	What an excellent interview.
The Guardian	What if, instead of a movie, I got flung in jail? This lawyer who fought Chevron was - Erin Brockovich	If ever there was a story of how massive corporations ignore he needs of people and the planet, this is a classic example. We have relinquished power to these megaliths.
The Guardian	UK drops ‘absurd’ case against Greenpeace for dropping rocks in sea	So, the UK government organisation chartered to protect theseas around the country ries to sue Greenpeace for dropping rocks in protected areas in an effort to prevent trawlers cleaning out the fish from these very protected areas and ruining the sea bottom? Whose side are the UK government on I wonder?
Youtube	Brexit Journalist Fails to Identify Tangible Brexit Benefits	Just about covers it. Still waiting for any tangible benefits of Brexit.
The Guardian	Pulled by a current of Tory indolence, Britain flounders in a sea of dirty money	Forget the parties..
The Guardian	Shock in France after giant trawler sheds 100,000 dead fish off coast.	This makes me feel physically sick. What do we think we are doing to allow these massive industrial killers to drain our seas?
The New York Times	‘The First Thing You Need to Know About Boris Johnson Is He’s a Liar’	Great fun - based on the truth as we know it. No liars please!
BBC Sounds	Did one man from Iraq make Norway rich?	THis is what the UK should have done. We are seeing he Tory consequences of not doing so.
Youtube	High & Dry: How UK Fishermen Were Sold Out by Brexit	Industrial fishing is emptying the oceans of the world.
illuminem.com	Degrowth economy: The climate solution no one is talking about	I've been saying this for decades, ever since I read "Limits to Growth" back in the 1970s. There is not political focus on this or indeed the other major issue - population.
robinmcalpine.org	Scotland gives away its energy future by Robin McAlpine \| 17 Jan 2022	This is utterly shameful and shows just how far we have come under this vulture capitalist world. Once again resources which rightfully belong to citizens have been robbed from under them.
Youtube	This will dwarf covid, and it's far more deadly, with Stephen Fry.	The Tories want to drag us back to a time when people could not afford healthcare, they depended on charity. Oh and the Tories want their friends to make huge profits from healthcare in the UK.
The Federal Trust	Brexit: What Rejoiners Can Learn from UKIP	This is an excellent video with much to recommend it. Of course the real issue is if the members of the EU are in a situation where they would even consider a re-entry?
The Independent	The Brexit fantasy was never deliverable – voters fell for a confidence trick	And sadly, the public listened and was fooled..
DD News	The Tipping Point That Will DESTROY The World \| George Monbiot	It would appear nobody important is listening...
Youtube	Dodgy Brexit Poll Released	He makes real sense.
Youtube	Liz TRUSS : ‘ We Import 2/3rds of Our CHEESE!!! ‘	Apparently she represents us. Mega hoot, she is a dreadful individual unable to see what is happening when it is held in front of her nose. What's more she may be the next PM - What a disaster!