My 'go-to' when I turn on my TV, are News channels. And these days I'm increasingly watching Al Jazeera. What a great channel. Very professional, providing what I believe are balanced insights on not just Middle East issues, but also global. If you've not tuned in to Al Jazeera, do give it a try. Not too many ads either (take note CNN). And not excessively distracted by celebrity trivia (note BBC). But what I wanted to talk about was not the messenger, it's the terrifying range of messages they're all reporting on. These are the increasing 'news' headwinds I'm being battered with - in no particular order: Israel and Palestine: Israel are becoming increasingly brutal to a people with little if any hope for their future. The world won't continue to turn a US-led blind eye to Israel's genocidal policies, especially when we observe loathsome Israeli settlers cruelly stealing land that is not theirs in the West Bank, no matter what their holy bo...
My kids call me Grom (Grumpy Old Man). OK, pedants will know that ought to be GOM, but a Grom sounds grumpy. I started building internet businesses in the 1980s and these days invest in other peoples' start-ups. Now that less of my life is about to happen than has happened, I've got a lot to get off my chest. This blog is a series of posts about things that annoy me, things that excite me or things that just need to be said. Grumbles of a Grom... Grombles