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Month: December 2023

19th Century

Meet The Family

22nd December 2023 Always Worth Saying 2455 Comments

In part one of this odyssey into the past, you’ll recall me being curious and excited in anticipation of the results of a Christmas present DNA test: Who Do I Think I Am? In part [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie Story – Book Six, Chapter Eleven

21st December 2023 Going Postal 1805 Comments

Jinnie climbed out of the people carrier and was a little disappointed that the twins didn’t come charging out to greet her. Reading her mind Paolo said, “They’ll be on the beach with Izzy. If [more…]

20th Century

The culture destroyers

21st December 2023 Rookwood 2556 Comments

They are everywhere these damned people. More dangerous to society than a knife wielding Jihadi, more potent than radioactive fallout, these individuals more frequently than not look just like you or I. Some are fat, [more…]

20th Century

Whitby – that was – part two

20th December 2023 Going Postal 2193 Comments

It always pleases me to know that Whitby comes from an Old Norse word: Hwitebi, which means ‘white settlement’. The name Whitby came into use around the 12th century, prior to that it is recorded [more…]

20th Century

The Muslim Brotherhood, Part Nine

20th December 2023 Going Postal 2562 Comments

The Anglo-American Alliance (AAA) led powers used an old tactic of population displacement throughout the wars in the Middle East. They were putting into practice Kelly Greenhill’s theories concerning “Strategic Engineered Migration as a Weapon [more…]

Culture

A View From The Greenhouse (ish); The Rise of The Islamist “Talking Head”

19th December 2023 Colin Cross 2151 Comments

Firstly Postaliers, allow me to apologise for not supplying the usual bi-weekly fix of ramblings and inanities on the 5th of December. Life got in the way a bit, but I’m back (for the foreseeable), [more…]

Economics

The awakening of the working class

19th December 2023 Going Postal 2500 Comments

One of the maxims I tend to mention quite often in sociopolitical debates or in response to arguments about the flawlessness of the democratic process is “the smallest minority is the individual”. To some, it might [more…]

Computing

How to 3d Print – a beginners guide, Part 4

18th December 2023 Going Postal 1720 Comments

Build it and they will come. Reading the comments on GP regards 3d printing, it quickly turns to Ann Summers potential accessories, but let me distract you for a moment. Here are some videos of [more…]

20th Century

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

18th December 2023 Going Postal 2184 Comments

Two young men, in a souped-up old Chevy, travel across the USA, making what money they can by betting on the drag races they enter. Along the way they’re joined by a lost hippie girl, [more…]

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