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Fascism and Communism: Evil Step-Sisters

The Twentieth Century saw untold human suffering, most of it caused by the ideologies of fascism and communism. The Second World War, the Holocaust, the Holodomor, Soviet Gulags and purges, Mao’s Great Leap Forward, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Pol Pot’s killing fields, and the myriad other minor conflicts all dressed up as anti-colonial […]

JC Vivaroca 2 years agoJanuary 20, 2023

Current Affairs and Politics

Do the Right Thing

It’s not a Black or White thing….. So sang Red Head Kingpin and the FBI, and I’m sure most people remember Spike Lee’s similarly titled movie (the song was supposed to be used in the film but wasn’t, not that anyone really gives a fuck). I don’t think any phrase spoken about the issue of […]

JC Vivaroca 2 years agoJanuary 20, 2023

Current Affairs and Politics

No News is Good News

I was always a bit of a news junkie. Some of my earliest memories were of major news events. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the assassination of John Lennon, the attempted assassinations of Ronald Reagan and the Pope. As I got older there was the Challenger disaster, the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the Coalition […]

JC Vivaroca 2 years agoJanuary 20, 2023

Current Affairs and Politics

People have a right to be wrong

The past couple of years have seen large scale anti-racism protests and a general change in the atmosphere about what is reasonable and what is not. This has been a welcome change. Racism, in all its forms is wrong. Not just morally, but scientifically – there are no other races of human beings on the […]

JC Vivaroca 2 years agoJanuary 20, 2023

Current Affairs and Politics

Chicken Kiev or Chicken Kyiv

“Now for one million dollars: what is the capital of Ukraine?” “That would be Kiev.” “I’m sorry you are politically incorrect. The answer is Kyiv.” “That’s what I said: Kiev.” “I’m afraid you said Kee Ev, the answer is in fact Keev. Off to the Gulag, I mean re-education camps for you!” If you have […]

JC Vivaroca 2 years agoJanuary 20, 2023

After spending years working for the UK and Australian governments in the centre of national security and crisis management I decided that I was sick of their constant lying, fear mongering, and general ickiness; so now I write about whatever I want.

I worked on disaster management, pandemic preparedness, counter terrorism, NATO Operations, and a bunch more. I also worked on multiple major international sporting events. And before all that I was an external auditor for a Big 4 firm. I also spent years in hospitality; mainly behind a bar and I make a mean Margarita.

All the views here are my own – except where I explicitly state otherwise. But, I know a lot and I speak from experience.

If you like what I write then buy me a coffee. Also I hate ads as much as the next ad blocker user – yes I am a hypocrite – but ads help me pay my bills so that I don’t starve, don’t get my house repossessed, and don’t have to work for the neo-fascist/neo-communist governments that we all seem to have these days.