John Kelly - The Man who knows

• The speculators big win From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (451 days old)

  £1000 invested in the commodities market at the begining of the year is now worth £3000. Great news for hedge funds pretty dire for you and me. This year has been significant for its endless strea… more

• Commodity Speculation the modern plague From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (619 days old)

  Oil at $100 plus per barrel, grain prices doubling. There must be shortages of everything these days! Strangely there isn't. There is plenty of oil getting produced but the price just keeps rising.… more

• Brown's Folly From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (704 days old)

  Gordon Brown was a great Chancellor of the Exchequer able to keep his charismatic friend and rival Tony Blair in check. Sadly Gordon dreamt he was made for better things, he should be the PM. Some… more

• How to solve the British Army's manpower shortage From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (853 days old)

  The British Army is desperately short of recruits.  Young Britons it seems are not too keen on getting shot at by wild eyed Muslim fanatics.  At the same time Britain is apparently being swa… more

• Colonial Adventures are never easy From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (860 days old)

  Almost a year after my last post on the challenges facing Britain and the US in Afghanistan things have not changed in the slightest. The country is still unstable with western troops fighting a clas… more

• Afghanistan the university of combat where Empires realise their limitations From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1174 days old)

  In Afghanistan the British and Americans are honing their military skills to levels they haven't reached since the 1960s during their adventures in Malaya and Vietnam. The question now is which milit… more

• Does the Oil price really matter any more? From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1187 days old)

  Five years ago crude oil cost 20 or 30 dollars a barrel. The prospect of a $50 dollar barrel would have been considered terrifying. We passed that mark after the Iraq invasion, people said the Iraq … more

• Iran back in the limelight From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1188 days old)

  Disappointed by Hisbollah's failure to sort out Israel Iran have now decided to take centre stage in the crisis riven Middle East. We will have nuclear weapons and we will use them if we want is thei… more

• Ceasefire in Lebanon and the end of the Post War concensus From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1193 days old)

  The ceasefire between Israel and Hisbollah is one of those diplomatic manoeuvres that everyone knows is doomed to failure. Hisbollah have no intention of going away peacefully, Israel are determined … more

• Are we watching the start of World War 3? From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1204 days old)

  Watching the tv and reading the newspapers these days is depressing. Oil is running out, western civilisation is in decline and the bulk of the worlds population is overweight and brain dead, apparen… more

• Lebanese tourism takes a blow From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1213 days old)

  Israel angered by the prospect of Lebannon muscling in on the Middle Eastern tourism market have done their best over the past few weeks to make ski-ing holidays in the Bekaa valley impossible this wi… more

• Business is a hard game From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1237 days old)

  A while ago I had dinner at an expensive hotel with some colleagues and a very senior manager. As a relatively recent addition to the team it ws the first time I had met this gent. On first glance h… more

• What a year From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1265 days old)

  This time last year eradicating world hunger was on everyone's lips. Blair and his G8 pals pledged to sort it out. Geldof and Bono made lots of noise and then promptly disappeared back to their hide… more

• Closing the Energy Gap From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1332 days old)

  Energy shortage has become the big fear topic in the British media over the past few months fuelled by upwards surge of domestic gas prices. The conventional wisdom is that Britain is now a net energ… more

• Oil Companies are just reacting to market forces - honest From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1370 days old)

  The recent furore over the European Commission's discovery that the market price for gas in Britain had been artificially boosted over the winter was quite entertaining. Commentators expressed shock … more

• Bio Fuels move up the news agenda. From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1405 days old)

  With the current Iranian nuclear crisis having a significant impact on oil prices Biofuels are now attracting increasing media attention. The BBC website has a piece on the introduction of a pilot Bi… more

• Iran’s Nuclear Programme – an advert for Western Fuel Self Sufficiency From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1408 days old)

  The current crisis concerning Iran’s Nuclear programme is a clear sign of the dangers the West faces in the 21st Century. Iran a major oil producing nation should have no real need to resort to… more

• UK Energy Crisis From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1451 days old)

  In the past few weeks Britain has turned from a secure energy rich nation into an energy pauper relying on a drip feed of gas from our dodgy continental neighbours. Sounds odd doesn't it. It wasn't … more

• Is France facing a Muslim revolt? From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1475 days old)

  The current wave of riots in French cities seems to be intensifying. The alleged reason, a reaction to youths being electrocuted whilst hiding from the police is pretty unlikely. France has alwa… more

• Bush nominates Conservative Judge for Supreme Court From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1478 days old)

  George W Bush has bowed to pressure from the Republican Right and nominated a conservative judge for the Supreme Court vacancy. If Samuel Alito is approved by the Senate then it is likely that the US… more

• Bush nominates Conservative Judge for Supreme Court From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1478 days old)

  George W Bush has bowed to pressure from the Republican Right and nominated a conservative judge for the Supreme Court vacancy. If Samuel Alito is approved by the Senate then it is likely that the US… more

• Bush faces trouble on all fronts From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1482 days old)

  George Bush is rolling closer to disaster with each passing day. The cracks in his administration are becoming ever more visible. The indictment of Scooter Libby was a clear sign that the rumours ab… more

• Renewable Energy sources From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1485 days old)

  It’s strange the way certain energy sources are more popular than others. Governments seem to love Nuclear and Oil based power generation. Maybe its because they are tried and tested. They ar… more

• The United Nations is 60 years old From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1488 days old)

  After 60 years the role of the UN is still not clear. Is it the World's Parliament? Is it the World's Court? Is it the World's Policeman? Who knows. It tries to help it crisis situations but it l… more

• Alternative Fuel sources From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1508 days old)

  Last night's news made great play of Tony Blair's meeting with Vladimir Putin to secure a deal for the supply of Russian Natural Gas to the UK. This move is apparently a necessity because the UK's na… more

• Bush is he the new Nixon? From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1509 days old)

  Watching the way the Bush administration lumbers from crisis to crisis managing each one worse than the last I am struck by the way Bush's Presidency is slowly beginning to resemble Richard Nixons. L… more

• Bush puts another buddy on the Supreme Court From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1510 days old)

  The culture of the United States is rarely changed by the actions of the House of Representatives or even the Senate. The big decisions get made by Presidents occasionally but the body that has the g… more

• Global Warming - has it arrived? From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1513 days old)

  Reading the news these days I am struck with the with the sheer volume of environmental disasters that happen each day. We are all reaching the stage of compassion fatigue as the hurricane season con… more

• USA deals with the Hurricane Aftermath From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1515 days old)

  Now that Hurricane Rita has passed over with mercifully little destruction the USA has reverted back from disaster mode to politics as normal. Everyone who can be blamed is being blamed for the post … more

• USA deals with the Hurricane Aftermath From JohnBKelly in John Kelly - The Man who knows (1515 days old)

  Now that Hurricane Rita has passed over with mercifully little destruction the USA has reverted back from disaster mode to politics as normal. Everyone who can be blamed is being blamed for the post … more

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