Donald (Taco) Trump presents the best travel list since Bush’s Axis of Evil
5 June 2025 | Places
Wow, another presidential travel challenge. I wrote my book Bad Lands, published back in 2007, because George W Bush had proclaimed Iran, Iraq and North Korea as his ‘Axis of Evil’ and, of course, I thought ‘well I want to go there.’ I added Afghanistan, Albania, Cuba...
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Tony’s Coronavirus Notes – Donald Trump: Australia has Tremendous Problems
31 July 2020 | Living
Trump, the world’s favourite president, announces that Australia has ‘tremendous problems,’ here’s the story in the Sydney Morning Herald.
"This resurgence in cases is occurring throughout large portions of our planet — in Japan, China, Australia, Belgium, Spain, F...
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No, that’s not Donald Trump
15 April 2018 | Culture
Exploring the German History Museum – Deutsche Historische Museum – on Unter den Linden in Berlin, just before my recent trip to Bangladesh, I came upon this interesting portrait with its even more interesting description:
◄ Kaiser Wilhelm II
In an attempt ...
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Donald Trump Promotes Global Trade in T-Shirts
31 January 2018 | Living
Donald Trump may be fiercely against global trade (unless it’s all-American global trade), but he certainly does wonders for world trade in the T-shirt business.
Now I don’t believe in buying T-shirts, they’re something you get free with the donor’s trademark, name...
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Nuclear Strikes, Mig-15s, Dumped Bicycles & Really Good Insults
2 October 2017 | Living
Two photos that show why North Korea isn’t going to be threatening anybody with nuclear missiles anytime soon. And one that shows why Kim Jong-Un is winning the insult battle.
▲ Check Orang Airport – 41°25'49.12"N – 129°38'45.95"E – on Google Earth. What are those ai...
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