notthenews

One man's view of the news

Overseas Job And Family Life

| December 15, 2011

With the way that the economy and the job market is going, overseas may be an option How overseas jobs hit family life www.bbc.co.uk Spouses who follow their partners abroad often make huge sacrifices to follow them – despite companies’ attempts to prepare couples.

Freedom’s Just Another Word For….

| March 1, 2011

It is probably a little confusing that a blog that purports to be a commentary on the news has failed to mention that ‘winds of change’ that appear to be sweeping the Middle East with many commentators hoping and even predicting it shifting into sub-Saharan Africa.

Global Warming? More Like Global Washout!

| January 14, 2011

After chaotic scenes of snow disruption in Europe come pictures and stories of floods from Australia and other places such as Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Brazil and near to home for me, Wales.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

| December 20, 2010

I have so much going on this holiday season so very limited updates will be made on this site and on the Facebook Page. Please don’t be put off by this, I will be back with a vengeance in the New Year.

The Wikileaks Wakeup Call

| December 7, 2010

As company after company fall over themselves to distance themselves from the controvencial wikileaks website, either in self-censorship or due to backroom arm twisting and the subsequent criminal and spying accusations and manhunt for its owner, I wonder how many people see the scary ramifications of this matter.

World Aids Day – Spare a Moment or Some Change

| December 1, 2010

Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_AIDS_Day http://www.worldaidsday.org/

Lone Voice Fighting the Corner

| November 30, 2010

I am one of those people who kind of pay attention when a lone voice cries out for attention continuously. Recently I became aware that one the Telegraph’s commentators, Christopher Booker, has been trying to draw attention to the danger of the Social Workers’ powers in the UK to remove and force the adoption of children in a system that does not appear to have enough check and balances to ensure injustice does not happen.

Haiti – More than meets the Eye

| November 18, 2010

Call me an old cynic but the riots against the United Nations peace-keepers in Haiti make me smell a rat. With elections just round the corner I have my money on the fact that someone does not want too much outside scrutiny of the elections.

They Don’t Care About You

| November 15, 2010

Sayings like ‘one law for them and another for us’ and ‘only the little people pay taxes’ are sentiments that come out of a system that is basically unjust. Many will say we should be thankful that we live in a society where we can say things like that and not be thrown into prison or worse still shot. Really? Just because that is true does not make it right and nor does it mean one should just put up and shut up.

Will Africa take to alternative fuels?

| November 12, 2010

Not a day passes now without some African country reporting the discovery of oil deposits with the latest news worthy finds in Uganda. Relying a little on memory here; along with Uganda, Mozambique and Namibia will be joining the giant African producers of Angola and Nigeria and the other seven or so non-Arab countries .