Profetie 10

“Men shall speak with men who hear not; their eyes shall be open and they shall not see; they will speak to them and there shall be no reply; they will ask pardon from one who has ears and does not hear, they will offer light to one who is blind, and to the deaf ...

summer wine 5

Nancy & Lee at their best.

Meat: Too Big to Fail?

Not being a regular watcher of Orkney farming news, I was particulary shocked to hear that the only abattoir up here was set to close. My first reaction was “OMG, it’s all over!” but now that I’ve had time to reflect, get other opinions of those with stock -and of course, watch the political dancing ...

Some Proper Media 6

All downhill since? Watch it on YouTube HERE

Useful Innocents 38

Many years ago, Austrian-American economist Ludwig Von Mises coined the term “useful innocents”; and these words seem highly relevant to the events of the last few days up here. Von Mises claimed the term was used for liberals that von Mises described as “confused and misguided sympathizers” in his 1947 work ‘Planned Chaos.’ Unbeknownst to ...

Response from Broadgate 2

Hosted here with permission from Broadgate Estates Limited From: [########@broadgateestates.co.uk] (name redacted) 20/03/2012 15:45 “Having reviewed our records and occupier trading companies, we can confirm that no such company or persons currently occupy space in either The Broadgate Tower or 201 Bishopsgate, and that the images uploaded have been taken from our company website. “ ...

Stronsay Sock Puppet

Here’s a sock puppet spotted in the wild: And here’s where he claims to work: Ouch. If you need assistance with the term ‘sock puppet’ then google is your friend. I imagine the sockmaster -or sockpuppeteer- usually thinks of himself as a very clever person, but I can only assume it takes a lot of ...

Stronsay Inc 21

Living Orkney, a by-blow of our solitary local paper the Orcadian, ran an article this month entitled ‘Millionaire visionary sets his sights on Orkney’ and indeed, it is FASCINATING reading. Our ‘visionary’ is one Christophe Watkins, CEO of a company called Stronsay Inc, and -apparently- very influential on the international green policy scene. The article ...