So, the cards are all sent; received cards are standing on any exposed surface with sufficient area to take them. The presents are all wrapped and under the Christmas tree waiting to be distributed on the day, or hidden until Father Christmas leaves them for the kids on Christmas eve.

You’ve lied to the kids about Father Christmas on his sleigh that conveniently flies through the air in countries with no snow. Somehow, come to terms with the lack of trust those lies will cause in the future and the encouragement... continue reading


Moreover, in the final analysis, it’s not so much sex that sells, but the promise or the allure of it. Advertisers and psychologists have been studyin...


Ever since the end of the Cold War, Russia has been looking at modernising its defence structures and equipment but never had the money or the experti...


The vast majority of people who join cults were approached at a very low period of their lives. They may have been suffering from deep depression, gri...


While I would be the first person to defend anyone's right to practice their chosen religion unhindered and where and when they please, and while I al...


Here are TOP 21 songs about addictions. Whether you have an addiction or just want to see what the world's top performers are singing about addictions...


I first noticed it at a Flogging Molly concert in Philadelphia: a young man wearing a tee shirt identifying himself as a sniper. I immediately underst...


Remember a man named Tony Blair? Yep, that's him.

He was the one who ventured into an illegal war in Iraq together with his other two grubby littl...


I can remember saying, on this very site in fact, and on 7th March 2007, that the CIA (Central Intelligence Organisation) was acting like a terrorist ...


When the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York occurred, the immediate aftermath, in terms of revised and additional anti-terrorism legislation just ...


What is it with so-called religious leaders that even entices them into running countries and stuffing them in the process? Their motivation has certa...


Bali is perhaps one of the world's best known tourism destinations and while I have no great love for Bali as a resort destination, I do admire Baline...


Vanuatu is a small island nation located in the Western Pacific east of Australia. Consisting of numerous small islands, the country was once ruled by...


Given the parlous state of the world-wide aviation industry at the moment, I am not surprised that crashes such as recent crash events with the variou...


With the latest advent of the law advocating ’legal’ rape against married women, is there such a thing as democracy and women’s rights in Afghanistan....


I am extremely pleased to announce that the year 2010 will be known as the "Visit Afghanistan Year 2010" and for the purpose, I have pleasure announci...


Burma, or Myanmar as it is called these days, is one of the largest South East Asian countries within that region.


Travelwise was designed to provide prospective traveller with information that neither travel agents and/or representatives of the tourist and travel ...


I was recently asked if I had any desire to visit Burma. My answer, "You have got to be kidding. Why would I want to visit a country that is ruled by ...


New Zealand is one of those countries that people from around the world should visit at least once in a lifetime.


Timor-Leste, or perhaps better known as East Timor, is one of the world's newest independent nations. It is located between Indonesia and Australia an...


Try this one for stupidity.

Chinese Government owned company, Chinalco, tries to buy into Anglo-Australian iron ore miner, Rio Tinto, and fails in...


One would have though that after two successive coups and one attempted one, the nation of Fiji would have had enough of trumped-up little military di...


While another country has now decided to develop and/or obtain nuclear weapons, we really must be wondering as to what the IAEA (International Atomic ...


Much consternation in Australia about a news article published by Australia's national newspaper "The Australian" in relation to an impending raid on ...

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