the best thing that can happen to the earth is for humans to have less energy available to them. the last thing we need is more energy. but of course as energy prices rise the free energy crew will get ever more attention. and now ireland has it’s very own advocate: see wikipedia on steorn for the full lowdown! fortunately i’m prepared to bet decent money we won’t be hearing about them in 12 months time.

I’m not going to make a big song and dance about why I’ve not posted for 3 months - except to say that it’s been sunny outside!

The excellent article below is copied from the Washington Post and was published in the Guardian Weekly. It’s the best I’ve found for explaining US support for Israel - essential reading…

A Beautiful Friendship?

In search of the truth about the Israel lobby’s influence on Washington

By Glenn Frankel Sunday, July 16, 2006; W13

All David Ben-Gurion wanted was 15 minutes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s time.

Israel’s founding father, one of the indomitable political leaders of the 20th century, came to Washington in December 1941 yearning to present the case for a Jewish state directly to the American president. He took a two-room suite at the old Ambassador Hotel at 14th and K for $1,000 a month and cooled his heels for 10 weeks, writing letters and reports and making passes at Miriam Cohen, his attractive American secretary. But Ben-Gurion didn’t get the meeting. Not then, not ever. Not even a pair of presidential cuff links.

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