Category: Politics
“Next Time, Do Not Miss” – Eliminating Trump
I have been wanting to comment on the two assassination attempts on President Trump for a while now, but finishing the manuscript for the book version of my PhD thesis has gobbled up all my time. In... Read More
Why America is Crying
Today I was listening to my friend tell a story about his Mother-in-law. She was a Columbian immigrant to the US who entered legally in the early 1970s. She had been abandoned with her two young c... Read More
Moral Calculus
Jeremey Bentham (b.1748, d.1832), an early proto-socialist and reformer, coined the term “moral calculus”. He, like many of his contemporary reformers, was born into great wealth and patronage b... Read More
Skinner’s Utopia
(This was originally two chained footnotes I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, the thesis with the notes in context, is found here.) Skinner presented his utopian vision in his novel ... Read More
Kant, Rationalism, Empiricism, and the God Question
(This was originally a footnote I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, I then added to it) After Descartes, modern Western philosophy divided at two major views – Continental Rationali... Read More
How President Biden Completely Missed the Point
Although it was a couple of weeks ago now, the US ‘State of the Union’ address on Thursday 7th Mar 2024 was, to me as a foreigner observing US politics very closely, a high watermark of partisan a... Read More
The British Primeminister Margaret Thatcher, Her Battle with the Left and Her Lasting Political Legacy
This article started life as a footnote to the larger article here: https://planetmacneil.org/blog/the-unmaking-of-the-west/ “No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good i... Read More
The Unmaking of the West
It is undeniable that the world generally seems to be at an inflection point. In 2024, around 75% of nations will be having elections meaning that it is possible that politically the world could be ... Read More
HAMAS vs Israel – Understanding the Conflict
Contents 1 Introduction. 1 2 The Ethical Equation – a Comparison with Ukraine. 1 3 The Big Questions and Some Short Answers. 4 3.1 Is Modern Israel an adjunct of Amer... Read More
Fire and Fury – Maui: Climate Change, Arson, and Preparations for a 15-minute Smart City
This summer has not been the summer of love but the summer of wildfires, caused by “extreme weather conditions” which have then been blamed on “climate change” and by that we mean human-made c... Read More
Sexual Ideology, Child Trafficking and The Sound of Freedom
None of the ferocity of the attack, which I wrote about at length here on the ‘Sound of Freedom’ film by the mainstream media and entertainment publications has let up. In fact, the attacks have... Read More
Why I Will Not Be Swearing an Oath of Allegiance to the King
After a long posting break owing to my preparation for submitting my PhD thesis and preparing for the viva (the oral exam that proves it is yours and you did not just buy it online – yes, that reall... Read More
KCM-US 2022 Election Broadcasts
KCM-US 2022 Election Broadcasts... Read More
Why We Should Enforce Legal Migration and Resist Illegal Migration
Let me be clear, we should always welcome with open arms those fleeing persecution (‘asylum seekers’) and to help facilitate legal migration of those seeking a better life (‘economic migrants’... Read More
The World-Changing Treaty No-One Talked About
World Level Government Is Taking A Major Step Forward – But Most People Knew Nothing About It Quite remarkably, a major change in world government is taking place but most citizens of the indivi... Read More
COVID as “Snake-Venom” – just another conspiracy theory?
Last week I watched an “Emergency News Broadcast” from Rodney Howard-Brown (RHB), which I thoroughly recommend to you as worthy of careful consideration and to which I will turn to specifically co... Read More
Ukraine – What We Do Not Hear About
As the COVID crisis “recedes” – at least in some parts of the world where ‘living with COVID’ is trying to wrestle its way into a brainwashed public consciousness (witnessed by the number of... Read More
The Offspring of Judas
I am not a Hebrew scholar and cannot say I have checked this claim, but biblical Hebrew apparently has no word for “coincidence”. It is now a well understood fact that an ethnic group... Read More
Jerking the wrap off….
News Update with Dr Rodney Howarde-Browne Just in case you have never seen this, it is the best news programme you are likely to see…. Highlights of this one are: 1:49 in – former assistan... Read More
“Japan drops all vaxxine (vaccine) mandates, places myocarditis warning on label” – Fact Checked
AUDIO VERSION AVAILABLE My wife is Japanese and frequently gets news items sent on from her Japanese friends. One came which had the headline “Japan drops all vaxxine mandates, places myocarditi... Read More
The Sad Farce of Omicron
Well, it is Christmas time, and this is the first small window of downtime I have before the 29th when I have to get stuff ready for the new year switchover at work, so it is time for an overdue blog ... Read More
Medical Tyranny
I received this appeal email from AFLDS, which I feel is so clear that it speaks for itself. I particularly refer you to the words of Benjamin Rush at the end of the piece. They seem perfectly fulfill... Read More
You-Tube’s New Role as Censor
YouTube admits to removing over one million videos in the name of “keeping people safe” from COVID and over 10 million other videos in the first quarter of 2021. Hidden within the defence of this ... Read More
Censorship – The New Normal
As I have been around for over five decades on the planet now, I have had a lot of experiences such as marriage and divorce, children then no-children, friends committing suicide (me-trying, unsuccess... Read More
Systematic Fraud with Dominion Voting Machines in Michigan (for starters)
First off, imagine you are a political visionary and have worked for justice and equality and finally get into power through the democratic process after a popular uprising and the sheer force of the ... Read More
The Case for Universal Basic Income in the COVID Era
“Recent Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang hinged his entire campaign on the idea of a true universal basic income where every American over the age of 18 would receive US$1,000 every... Read More
The Death of Amnesty International
Now I am not easily shocked these days, but something I read yesterday really did shock me. The CEO of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’Gorman has signed an open letter published in Gay Communi... Read More
Trump Is Not Trying To Commit A Coup But To Prevent One
Let me make this clear, I am not an American so I write this as an interested observer knowing that whatever happens in the States, good and bad, sooner or later, finds its way over here. Rather predi... Read More
Dominion Theology – Its Origin, Development and Place in Christian Thinking
This was my Masters thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in Studies in Philosophy and Religion. This was marked at Distinction level and my supervisor recommended I publish it. This is primarily a ... Read MoreMy COVID-19 Thesis
The major purpose of this dissertation is to help you to be free of the fear of COVID, a fear that has been established and built by a worldwide assault by governments, transnational agencies like the... Read More
Monetising COVID-19
Estimated 7 minute read If you want to make money in 2020, the way to do it is to find some product connected with COVID-19, convince everyone that they need it and then sell it to them. Such would be... Read More
When Truth Does Not Matter – The “New Normal” according to COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus
“The government said evidence suggests that when used correctly, face coverings may reduce the chance of infecting others” Estimated 9 minute read Tomorrow is a significant day in the UK and in va... Read More
What Google and Apple are cooking up (and it is not dessert) – rebaked version
I decided to add substantially to this piece as there were significant developments during the week and to respond to some of the criticism. Steve Jobs is now turning in his grave Estimated 12 minute ... Read More
Is COVID-19 a sign of Jesus’s imminent return and the Rapture of the Church?
This is a reprint (with a small prologue and addendum) of an article I wrote for a previous publication which I feel is particularly appropriate as a response to some of the speculation in the Christi... Read More
Corona COVID-19 “Hoax” – Much More Than Meets The Eye
This was my first article looking at the COVID Era written in March 2020 (it is now December 2020) when I began to suspect something was seriously amiss with the way it was being managed, and marketed... Read More
Should I Obey my Government – Civil Disobedience in the COVID-Era
The question I pose is a question that needs to be asked particularly when “obedience” or “submission” to the will of the government is being presented as a moral and civic duty – both perso... Read More
Object lesson for the politician — do not forget to remember those who voted you in, they will always matter
Arrogant British politicians and their fellow-travelers finally get a smack in the mouth from their electorate. Yesterday was General Election day in the United Kingdom, our third major election in 5 ... Read More
Am I That Illiberal?
You know, I can understand that my own opinions might appear reactionary and that people may wish to ferociously argue with me — perhaps even during the course of the argument slip in the odd “big... Read More
Feeling Good About Truth
Culturally in the West since the 1960s, popular culture might be summarised with the words “your truth but certainly not mine and so you certainly cannot tell me what to do, my view is equally a... Read More
Another Truth about Late-Term Abortion
This was an answer on Medium to the well known feminist writer Jessica Valenti who had written a piece, “the truth about late-term abortion“. In my view, and I believe in the view of any s... Read More
Vive La France — death rolls of the socialist paradise which is the EU
“Death Rolls of the EU” – I originally wrote this as a development of a provocative answer in response to the question commented on here which I thought was an excellent answer to a ... Read More
Why Be Civil – in Modern Political Discourse?
Originally entitled, “Why Be Civil? A lesson for the Midterms — from a Scotsman” A reflection on the rejection of civility by one-time presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the A... Read More
What Kavanaugh Showed A Brit
This was a view from the British side of the Atlantic into the hearings into Judge Kavanaugh’s fitness to be a US Supreme Court judge. It is an exposition of the principle established in 1215 in... Read More