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Month: April 2025

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Book Review: Soldaten, ‘On fighting, killing and dying’

30th April 2025 Going Postal 1759 Comments

This book, originally published in 2012, is based on the discovery of transcripts of covert surveillance of German prisoners of war in WW2, found initially in archives in Great Britain and latterly in archives in [more…]

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The Reece Committee: Lessons from history

30th April 2025 Going Postal 2311 Comments

In the early 1950s, against the backdrop of the Cold War and growing concerns over potential clandestine efforts at internal subversion, the United States Congress launched an investigation into the activities of major tax-exempt foundations. [more…]

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A View (Of The Church) From The Road Near The Greenhouse; Further Reflections

29th April 2025 Colin Cross 2075 Comments

For Christians, Easter is a time for both reflection and thanksgiving. The little church in the village where I live has a small but enthusiastic (if ageing) congregation. I know many of them to talk [more…]

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California’s Medi-Cal implosion Explained

29th April 2025 Going Postal 2620 Comments

California’s Democrat socialist democracy, thanks to our one-party supermajority, is a sterling example for our country.  At least its chief architect, Gavin Newsom, hopes so for his 2028 ambitions.  His chief entitlement used to attract [more…]

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Book review: The Wager, by David Grann

28th April 2025 Going Postal 2258 Comments

Every so often, a book comes along which just knocks your socks off. You want to recommend it to everybody and buy it for all your friends. This is one of those! The Wager is [more…]

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Turning Islamic

28th April 2025 well_chuffed 2647 Comments

There can be little doubt that our monarch, King Charles III, has converted to Islam and is just waiting for the right time to announce this. His Easter pronouncement all but admits this. He has [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Five

27th April 2025 Going Postal 1945 Comments

I only have experience of GP and Fatty’s site so I have no way of comparing the style or content of blogs in general but I am willing to bet that GP cannot be beaten [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred and Seventy Eight

27th April 2025 Going Postal 2149 Comments

Monday Good morning, and it looks like today could be the last day of decent weather, with rain forecast for tomorrow morning. I was not surprised to see that Parliament was busy on Saturday, but [more…]

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Escape Of The Ransomed Princess

26th April 2025 Always Worth Saying 1928 Comments

You’ll have to take this with a sprinkling of salt — or several fistfuls if you’re the sort who needs receipts for everything. To be frank, I don’t much care if you believe me or [more…]

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