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Month: April 2024

Language

Euphemism : A mild, indirect, or vague term for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive

8th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Outside of Yorkshire, to talk plainly is considered uncouth. Everything emanating from our modern mouths must be lathered in a suitable amount of euphemism, lest someone becomes, (Heaven forfend & clutches pearls……..)  triggered. Each modern [more…]

Elections

Polling Predictions #8

7th April 2024 well_chuffed 0

The past few weeks has seen much about MRP polls in the various strands of MSM and social meejah. Now, an article in the Grauniad, has kind of given the seal of approval to this [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary – Week Two Hundred And Twenty-Nine

7th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning friends, another week is underway. It was a bit grey earlier, but the sun is trying to show here in the street. This morning I hear that China was behind the hacking [more…]

Arts

Postcard From Peter Hitchens, Part Two

6th April 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

I offended Peter Hitchens. After claiming he’d ignored my letter, I found his reply propped in the alleyway that connects my letter box to the kitchen and garage doors. A white envelope sat undiscovered for [more…]

Economics

Meiyouren Yuedu Pinglun, Part One

6th April 2024 Joe Slater 0

没有人阅读评论 Meiyouren Yuedu Pinglun (Nobody Reads the Comments) “SINCE 1978 China has liberated more people from poverty than any other country in history, partly because China before 1978 consigned more people to poverty than anywhere [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays: Synth Pop Part Four – Two’s Company…

5th April 2024 Going Postal 0

Greetings pop pickers and welcome to another pineapple-topped edition of Fabulously Flamboyant Fridays – our fortnightly foray into the Campari and Stella soaked world of artistes who are quite simply fabulous, darling. This week, to [more…]

Arts

Citizens Khan And The Home Office Propaganda Effort

5th April 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

‘He did not know her name, but he knew that she worked in the Fiction Department. Presumably – since he had sometimes seen her with oily hands and carrying a spanner – she had some [more…]

Fiction

Jinnie’s Story – Book Six, Chapter Twenty-Three

4th April 2024 Going Postal 0

After her lunch, Jinnie headed back to the garden office determined to produce a spreadsheet showing the approximate costs of setting up a new table d’hôte restaurant. She wasn’t exactly an expert with constructing a [more…]

Business

The Case for Abolishing Regulatory Agencies

4th April 2024 Patrick Barron 0

Regulatory agencies are not needed and actually retard whatever good they are suppose to prevent or mitigate. I’ll give just three quick examples. The Center for Disease Control (CDC)  The underlying rationale for the CDC [more…]

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