Generally I abstain from politics here

though its absence from these 'pages' completely misrepresents the complexion of my mental life.  The cauldron of my indignation is constantly boiling over; every time I look at the news I sicken with disgust.  There is just so much to rage about that I find it easier to remain altogether silent, for how can I choose one thing over another?  and there are too many to try to cover them all.  For this reason I will now also confine myself to some cryptic remarks.

The coverage of, or more precisely, the reaction to the strike - from quarters both official and unofficial - has been absolutely nauseating.  Monstrous and shameless propaganda from the one side (so what else is new?); and new depths of ignorant gullibility plumbed by the other. 

And what has been happening with Greece is simply madness.  Words fail.

Shall I mention education, health, immigration, welfare, the banks, the bond markets, the EU and the IMF, etc., etc.? 

Why bother?