by Heather Hastie | Jan 16, 2017 | Great Britain & Europe, Our Planet Series
I regularly post the time lapse films by Martin Heck of TimeStorm films, but somehow I missed this one. He released it back it December 2015 after a trip to Norway, and, as always it’s stunning. Heck describes the filming thus: Norway 8K shows the wild...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 14, 2017 | Economics, US Politics
Donald Trump has been telling everyone that he’s going to cut business taxes to 15% and make up the reduction in federal income by introducing a consumption tax. According to him, this will kick start the US economy and bring back well-paid jobs. He has support...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 7, 2017 | Simon's Cat
Simon’s Cat Logic published a new video on 20 December and it’s another good one. It’s about why cats like hunting, and includes a couple of new animation sequences. There’s a lovely segment in which Simon’s Cat attempts to catch a...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 5, 2017 | International Politics, Middle East
This morning I started writing a post about how Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been outraging me lately. The tipping point came with his call for the pardon of an Israeli soldier who killed an incapacitated Palestinian terrorist. The military’s...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 2, 2017 | Economics, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Russia
2016 has been Putin’s year. He has succeeded in much of what he wants. He tells himself it’s about Making Russia Great Again. In reality, it’s about Putin himself. The Russian people are suffering and because of Putin, so are millions of others. And...