Archive - The Cognitive Dissonant

AYE, AYE, AYE - is it AI or not AI…?

Jan 27 •

Aren’t we on the same page?

So why are we fighting?

Jan 7 •

Penetrate The Ostensible

The war cry of the late lamented Barry Farber and ostensibly the credo of any ethical investigative journalist - Vale, John Pilger

Jan 1 •

December 2023

And God spake unto Hymie Cohen in response to his prayer to win the Lotto: “Hymie,” sayeth The Lord, “….meet Me half-way - buy a ticket….”

Dec 21, 2023 •

Is It That Simple?

AI - the descent of man and the rise of the machines...? A rant and a ramble - hyperbole perhaps but truth comes in many guises

Dec 3, 2023 •

November 2023

Consequences or lack thereof…

Proven medical tyranny is okay as long as you don’t talk about it

Nov 26, 2023 •

If sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never harm you, how can the pen be mightier than the sword?

Being offended is a personal choice

Nov 18, 2023 •

Fair dinkum - she’s a corker, mate - s’truth….

Meanwhile in Australia

Nov 15, 2023 •

October 2023

The VOICE of whom exactly…?

The referendum falls overwhelmingly in favour of a NO vote at 60 to 40 and yet….

Oct 15, 2023 •

The convoluted legacy of Palestinian occupation

Oct 15, 2023 •

EVOLVING TO FIT IN AT ANY COST

Fear of not fitting in - the ultimate weapon of the propagandists

Oct 1, 2023 •

July 2023

South Africa Part 4

A retrospective - with the ESKOM thing thrown in…

Jul 10, 2023 •

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