The rabbit hole called ESG World Economic Forum (WEF)? I cant for the life of me think of a way to not write about something as important as this since after all we all have to live within this spaceship we all named Earth. Hurtling through some distance into the great unknown that is the universe. This is not about the the multiverse since after all I am not Michio Kaku or for that matter Neil Tyson deGrasse. Heck I cannot even a give myself a badge to suggest I am close to…
Drama makes the world go round At a cost. I have been accused of being too brash at times when I say things because people don't like my choice of words. They think the message gets lost since I am not able to make people see what I am stating with my choice. Their blood boiling at what they see as an unfair use of words, since after all to them once someone uses words they would never ever use to mean it has failed to do its job. I disagree to agree with their train of…
What does inappropriate really mean? Where does society start And where does the home end is something that really gets me thinking all the time, especially when I am left thinking there must be more to how I see things from my perspective. A loaded question I will try to tackle today based on experiences and life lessons. I apologize for sounding so *cliché* when spoken inside my head. I have to admit it is very therapeutic to speak to myself all the time but it does create…
Been awhile my beautiful people. Hope you all been doing good. I for one have been busy just living life like a bat out of hell. I feel like I have missed what has happened here. I mean I think it has gone a bit quite and the beautiful ones not all have moved on to different things where I am no longer able to follow them and their stories. Well it's a short one since I am just here browsing and thought I would say hello and take care. Till next time. Keep on being your…
Does morality matter in security policy? A loaded question that is very relevant to the Asian region, as question deals with moral dilemmas posed with the use of military action and its impact on civilian lives. David Fisher (see reference at end of article for full details) argues that policy elites use optimism and moralism in the policies they announce, but within closed doors the language of power is prevalent that begs the question, is it moonshine or do moral…
Rethinking National Security and the Role of the Military - A critical review. Carl Builder guide us on the military’s role towards national security by comparing the path with using Keenan and Brodie’s containment and deterrence doctrine established in the 1950’s. Using Brodies thinking of 4 key concepts: theory, mission, vision and strategy to come to what national security is at the time of writing. He posits that national security can be re-formulated since while the…
What I do when I get to work after months working from home. Cold air in the morning wakes you up. Being back at working in the office after 2 months being away I had thought would be hard to get myself out of bed to have a shower and change into office clothes but I am quite proud I had no qualms with being awake and lucid walking to the train station. It helps of course the air is brisk at a cold 8 degrees Celsius. The eyes and the skin are wide awake without any coffee…
Tensions between borders can cause war. In today’s time it is imperative that we come to the root causes of war and how these can be stopped so that we can live in peace. This paper will argue that China’s aggressive behaviour in the south china sea is driven not by its rising status as a super power but from the way the west and it allies have threatened China’s security when the US enacted its Asian Pivot strategy. In order to explain this the paper will first outline…
I blinked and now I find myself outside the house looking in. I spent all my time trying to slowly but surely becoming something I was never, but now that I have achieved this little change I had not realized you had gone out of your way to put yourself on the top with out the thought of keeping me there. I mean how am I not supposed to get angry? Yes I know this is the random thought with no context for any one of you reading this but this is something that is nagging…
What I learned being here for a week. The biggest things that I have learned from being her on read cash for a week has been the amount of typing I have done and this has resulted in me learning further the limitations of my typing speed. I was hoping to write something for you guys to consume in a short amount of time with a sizeable amount of word count. I am afraid my focus has been on the word count which I hope has not made my posts lose its quality. There are lots of…
In Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places. A critical review. Humphreys argues that sociologist have avoided studying deviant behaviours because it poses serious problems from methodological and emotional obstacles. These concerns test them as they have to break ethical grounds that undermine who they are when they divorce themselves from ingrained rational norms. In order to conduct his study Humphreys hides his identity while pretending to participate in nefarious…
Just living. It's a simple enough statement. I can't tell anyone here what I am feeling other than I am not in the best state of mind. I know I am feeling something because I go to bed with my stomach in a knot and I am not even breathing like I have eaten something off. I know I am being very evasive even though this is my writing and you are here to listen to my tale but just know... I am in limbo at the moment. I hate it when this feeling happens to me. Lets just all say…
Should I look at the train or get on it. Family support is important. My sister told me as I told them of what I'm going through. Three ability to talk of your honest feelings, when things look like a big mound of dirt is dumped in front of you, know you are not alone. Yes, it will be hard. Own it. This is not my words. Spoken to me by my older sister. I'm not lost I think, it's the lesson I'm hoping to ease into. The existential reason to have a reason. Listening to history…
A simple short poem Middle of the week vibe. Looking at living a good life. It's always a dream, especially with cookies and cream. Slap stick comedy for any illness, it's the remedy. No need for tears when life gets in years. Even times change when you've walked a long range. Shallow graves dug with shovels pushed down the throat like a drug. How winds gentle breeze, breathing slowly with ease. Remembering random things dangling chicken wings. Strangers all traveling on…
The Problem With the Pivot - Robert Ross - A critical review. Ross argues that the pivot created by Obama is wrong because it just compounds the security risk in the Asian region. A security risk that started when China became aggressive and *behave[ed] in a way that … aroused suspicion abroad* (Ross 2012, 2), because China knows they can’t stand the military might of the US. This essay argues that Obama is not doing anything new with the pivot since this is the same…
A greater awakening of Asian countries, a force economically and militarily. There is something to be said about today’s us foreign policy regarding its continuing insistence in creating the ‘myth America’ of utopian proportions, and it stems from the roots of US society. History has taught and shaped it to create a demarcation of an inner looking out to the outer – though the world is no longer a huge expanse due to globalisation, it still feels like the frontier, the Wild…
The normalcy of confused thoughts clouding my mind. The clouds in my mind is really affecting my sunny open disposition I think while I'm all smiles inside of me I feel like a walking demolition ball about to tear everything I've built. My stomach is constantly churning with confused fervor, I feel like a must in churning waters. How I long to be stable. To be lucid. To be present without any forced ideas. When will this calm arrive. Any longer and I'm afraid I may busy into…
Did the Irish truly succeed in their counter espionage against British Secret Service Conventional warfare is not something all countries can wage, especially when they had to face a superior military force like United Kingdom had in the beginning of the 20th century. Successfully defeating it required that a country who doesn’t have the resources must engage in unconventional warfare like guerrilla and terrorist tactics. Ireland was one of these countries who successfully…
Do you find yourself being programmed into someone else? Let there be life. These are words uttered when we all talk about origin stories. A tale of one life from whence it came from to how it has come to this. Growing up in a large family there was always lessons to be learned, especially when you are the bottom of the ladder. A single though by someone older than you can lead to a lot of fun or a lot of suffering. There are no other way to grow ujp than to start thinking…
Seems I am addicted to liking the like. I am starting to see that I am somewhat addicted to the likes. Something I say to myself I will never get addicted to. But. I am. Own it and it shall not rule you. Not sure where I heard that from. Maybe one of those books on a shelf in a library waiting for someone else to influence with their message inside the pages. Pages and pages of ideas. Some good. Some not so good. Some definitely in my opinion not even worth exploring. To…
Plots and Paranoia - A critical writing exercise Chapter 1 of *Plots and Paranoia* by Bernard Porter is an interesting read. It has great topics in the period covered on the first chapter. He provides the reader with an historical analysis of espionage from ancient times through to the medieval ages. Porters main statement in the chapter is “*espionage must have been ancient and continuous, because men and women are made… naturally curious, distrustful and prone to…
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