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Month: October 2020

Arts

Going Postal with Question Time

8th October 2020 Going Postal 1172 Comments

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of the same tired old faces and bullshit. On the panel are: Gillian Keegan MP, minister for apprenticeships and skills, Conservative; Andy Burnham, mayor [more…]

20th Century

The Desert War – October 1940

8th October 2020 well_chuffed 3473 Comments

80 years ago this month things were quiet in the actual desert. After the initial British skirmishing that was an attempt to convince the Italians we were much stronger than we really were and the [more…]

19th Century

Divided Nation

8th October 2020 Jwp 2748 Comments

There are many similarities between family life and the life of the nation. Peace in the home tends to come through being united around common values and expectations. The presence of harmony within the walls [more…]

Arts

Art in the Cocklecroft Towers, Part Four

7th October 2020 Going Postal 3694 Comments

“No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money” Samuel Johnson In the comments on Part 2, I was truly saddened to see Tachy, one of the foremost  intellects on this site, ally with [more…]

Arts

PMQs with Going Postal

7th October 2020 Going Postal 3769 Comments

Agenda Prime Minister’s Question Time Ten Minute Rule Motion: Conveyancing Standards Marco Longhi MP (Dudley North, Conservative) Legislation: Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Second Reading Motion: Motion to approve RegulatIons related to Public Health following the [more…]

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Cnuteneering

6th October 2020 El Cnutador 3201 Comments

Cnuteneering[ ca-noot-en-neer-ing ] noun The art or science of making practical application of the lack of knowledge of pure sciences, such as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines or cars without suffering [more…]

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England weeps

6th October 2020 Going Postal 4041 Comments

As our glorious leader bumbles his way though this miss-tackled crisis, dropping mistimed bombshells every other week. His cabinet of yes men never cease their blatant brown-nosing compliance, nor their ‘grateful for position’ willingness to [more…]

Arts

Holding Hands – Part One

5th October 2020 SharpieType301 3554 Comments

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.  William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III Flashback to Sharpie Towers a few years ago, when my lovely husband and I found ourselves looking forward to a significant wedding anniversary. Our tenth to be precise. [more…]

America

“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part II

5th October 2020 Going Postal 3708 Comments

Interview with Robert Mark Claudio Grass (CG): In this surreal policy environment, how has the role and the investment process of the value investor evolved, especially over the last decade?  How can one still identify value [more…]

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