Paternal Haplogroup

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. My Paternal Haplogroup is I, a Y-DNA Haplogroup. 300,000 years ago Y-Adam to about 43,000 years ago – I The origin of haplogroup I resides in Asia Minor. It is a haplogroup with a high diffusion in the countries of northern and southeastern Europe (Balkans, Nordic peoples, Sardinia,Continue reading “Paternal Haplogroup”

COVID -19 : What is Deltacron?  

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Yesterday, at work, I was surprised to hear of a new Covid variant, DELTACRON. Earlier, I had received an email from HR telling me I should ‘work from home’ (if possible), another colleague had not received this email yet another had. Both that had areContinue reading “COVID -19 : What is Deltacron?  “

World War 3:Who will Support Whom?

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Russia is seventeen days into the largest scale military conflict seen in Europe since WW2, with no signs of a peaceful solution anytime soon. A military invasion (an illegal invasion) of one European country by another. The War ‘narrative’ is changing constantly. Ukraine andContinue reading “World War 3:Who will Support Whom?”

The First Great Information War 

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Social media turn on Putin, the past master, disinformation and fake accounts were used against the west for years – now the Kremlin is under attack. One of the wildest aspects of the first Great Information War is notContinue reading “The First Great Information War “

Pipeline Diplomacy

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Russian Gas and Putin’s Power Under Putin’s stewardship, Russia is rapidly reverting to its old authoritarian ways (minus the communist ideology): power has been centralized, energy and media companies have been nationalized, Kremlin critics have been assassinated, and oppositionContinue reading “Pipeline Diplomacy”

WAR

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. On 24th of February 2022, Russia launched a War (a large-scale military invasion) of Ukraine, one of its neighbouring countries to the southwest, marking a steep escalation to a conflict that began in 2014. Several officials and analysts calledContinue reading “WAR”

22. 2. 22 Belfast

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. 23rd February 2022 I awoke this morning to the news that Russia had declared war with Ukraine. For the first time since WW2 one European Nation had invaded another European Sovereign Nation. 2022 the unfathomable, Europe is at warContinue reading “22. 2. 22 Belfast”

Measuring Prostate Cancer Treatment Success

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Advanced Prostate Cancer, 6 years in – 7 consultants (never ever told I had a new consultant, I just had a new Doctors name on my appointments letters). I have never been advised about any ‘alternative’ cancer treatment optionsContinue reading “Measuring Prostate Cancer Treatment Success”

The Results Are In

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. It’s been six months, almost to the day since my last PSA Test. PSA tests usually correspond with consultations, a test followed by a consult. On most occasions this will be with a specialist (cancer) nurse, rarely with aContinue reading “The Results Are In”

A Ferrari Socialist

Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Can a guy who owns a Ferrari [claim to] be a Socialist? The ultimate hypocrisy? My employers have secured a substantial government grant to replace some expensive technology. Apple Mac technology. The very latest workstations to be used forContinue reading “A Ferrari Socialist”