Interview with Naomi Wolf

As some of you know I am very interested in US politics and it can be argued that the US is on downward slide into martial law. This is an interesting interview with Naomi Wolf - an international best selling author. She highlights the preparations for dictatorship and martial law in the US. Whether you actually believe it will happen or not, you will be surprised with what she says. I can vouch for her statements in this interview having actually read the ACTs and presidential orders and followed the development of this over the last several years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9PulYpjGs

Her key question is: Why implement all this if you do not intend to use it? Of course they fully intend to use it. So then the question is: What "disaster" will require them to use it?

Kiola

Mel and I went to Kiola and stayed at Parksie's beachhouse for the weekend. We were joined by Jake Snr (Mel's brother) and Claire and their friend Brooke "Hossie" Hosford. Of course it was a beautiful weekend and we took the opportunity to....wait for it......fish. Here's hossie's fish - a good sized Bream.




I caught an Australian Salmon (in NZ it is called a Kahwai). This was also a good sized one. The shot of me holding them in the kitchen was because the person with the digi cam left the beach so I had to take a shot after I had bled it. It gave a great fight including jumping out of the water twice to try and shake the hook.

We caught these fish and a couple of smaller ones at dusk on Pretty Beach (next to Kiola beach) just by slinging a line into the drink about 20 metres.

Check out the barbie with the fish. The Kahwai tasted very AVG which is no surprise as Dad always only ever used them as a bait fish for that reason but I had to learn it for myself. The Bream was excellent though.

Peita's Fish

Here's a picture of a Tailor Peita caught at Patonga that I forgot to post last week. Tailor are a great sporting fish and this little one gave a good fight!

Patonga

Mel and I took the kids to Patonga to kick off the camping season. We caught some good fish and generally had a great time even though the weather was poor until the Sunday when we had a beautiful dya of sunshine!

Confessions of an Economic Hitman

I recently was directed to look at a lengthy interview of a guy called John Perkins. This interview covers some of what he wrote in his book "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". I recommend you watch this interview as it will give you a new perspective on what some of our "trusted" agencies are up to.

Synopsis: John Perkins was hired by the NSA to work with private consultancies to work deals between resource rich third world countries and the World Bank and other lenders. The idea was to saddle them with debt and then when they inevitably couldn't pay their loans they would be asked for "favours" of whatever kind that was needed at the time (e.g., support a UN resolution, give away resources to a US company). Later he explains the deal between the US and the Saudi Arabian royals to keep oil flowing and prevent further oil shocks.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbdnNgqfs8
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29GhXsx7-Rs

Fishing

Ian and I went fishing on my boat in the hawksbury near the mouth of the river and caught a couple of Trevely before I had engine problems and we had to cut the trip short.

Tree House

Over the weekend brother Ian, with my assistance as gopher, built this treehouse for the girls.

They love it! Many thanks to Ian.