”We wrote an album about depression and suicidal thoughts and climate change … We stand up here confused and grateful.”

Billie Eilish


Farewell Clay … isn’t 67 a little too soon? Then again, more time than Kobe had.



Best New Artist:

Black Pumas Billie Eilish Lil Nas X Lizzo Maggie Rogers Rosalia Tank and the Bangas Yola

I am so out of touch.


”Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”

Sun Tzu, The Art of War


”The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

💬 Sun Tzu, The Art of War


”If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.“

Sun Tzu, The Art of War


“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

Sun Tzu, The Art of War


As far as I can tell that wharf that remains incomplete in the image below is the site where the French Govt blew up The Rainbow Warrior 35 years ago …

Doing some background for next week’s newsletter.




A new design on the home page of my newsletter allows you to more quickly access and assess more of the stories before signing up.


In the Guardian we see a headline - with this sub:

”Putin, Pence, Macron and Prince Charles among VIPs told ‘remembering is not enough’

It seems they don’t even remember. Last time I looked at a map Auschwitz was and remains in Poland and the one world leader NOT attending is Andrzej Duda who pulled out after being told he was not allowed to speak.

To add insult to injury, Putin would.

And even more problematic Putin has blamed Poland for the outbreak of the Second World War!

The Atlantic) reminds us of history.


Republicans have turned the impeachment trial into a dangerous sham.

”The only remedy is to channel public anger into a Democratic seizure of the Senate, and remake a broken institution as an instrument of the public good …..”


Davos!


Trump’s impeachment defense is designed to destroy guardrails on presidential power

And do we care?

Apparently not.

He seems to have won.

And in that very winning, he will have lost - and so will America.


Remember how you used to buy a pair of Wharfedales or Bowers and Wilkins or Polk or … and 30 years later they still worked.

I never thought about it when I moved to Sonos. It makes sense - but I don’t recall being warned about this when I bought into the system.