Smombie (new glossary entry)

Smombie, or smartphone zombie, noun: A person walking around unaware of his surroundings entirely absorbed in his smart-phone. This seems to be a real problem in Germany where they invented the term. One town even put traffic signals in the sidewalks after several people were hurt and one was killed by a passing vehicle due (more…)

True World Authority (new glossary entry)

A few years ago (BEFORE Pope Francis), I read a report from THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE that recommended, in the wake of the financial crisis, that we should have a True World Authority. That’s World Government, folks, and the only thing that would separate a True World Authority from the United Nations (more…)

Hologram Government (new glossary entry)

I heard the expression “hologram government” for the first and only time listening today to Tim Kelly interviewing Lance deHaven-Smith. They both laughed and got the reference but I didn’t, and in googling it, all I could come up with was this: Ahmed Patel Ridicules PM Narendra Modi’s Rule as ‘Hologram Government’ Mr Patel cited (more…)