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Month: May 2025

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Why DOGE Has Failed

28th May 2025 Patrick Barron 899 Comments

After much ballyhoo and euphoria over Elon Musk’s DOGE findings, it now appears that the federal budget will not decrease one penny this fiscal year. What went wrong? As a long-time consultant in the banking [more…]

Diary

A View From (The Shed By) The Greenhouse; The Great Betrayal(s)

27th May 2025 Colin Cross 1777 Comments

My loyal reader may remember an article I published, funnily enough, in May 2022 when I wrote about my encounter with a fellow in Bath and my resultant (and still current) flirtation with herbalism. I [more…]

Engineering

Home Backup Systems, Part Two

27th May 2025 Swiss Bob 2482 Comments

What You’ll Need A Home Backup System, in my case (AC300 + B300K) Solar panels 405w £50 each Solar cable, from Bluetti with connectors and 50m cable only from Electrical World Solar cable crimper Staubli [more…]

20th Century

Is there life on (somewhere other than) Mars?

26th May 2025 Northern Man 3381 Comments

Once upon a time we knew our place in the universe.  The science was settled and the experts agreed.  The Earth was at the centre of the universe and everything we could see in the [more…]

America

Another disappointing week

26th May 2025 well_chuffed 2457 Comments

In the USA it was all supposed to be habbening, only it didn’t. Over here Starmer is supposed to be toast but he still lingers and the anchor baby was supposed to be facing a [more…]

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An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Nine

25th May 2025 Going Postal 2187 Comments

Enjoyed your article SB. I follow these four vlogs: Domaine Sauvage Diego Leon Utube (not the footballer) The Irish Homestead Our Small holding Adventure These are not strictly off-grid but they use some of the [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Two

25th May 2025 Going Postal 2311 Comments

Monday Good morning, my happy readers. It’s a bit cloudy this morning and I see, according to the forecast, it’s going to rain in London later this morning. Legohead held a presser this morning to [more…]

21st Century

Big Boys’ Rules

24th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 1747 Comments

In yet another BBC documentary on the subject, a Panorama edition entitled Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes dropped on 12th May and investigated serious allegations against UK Special Forces, in particular the SAS and [more…]

Fiction

The Past is Present, Chapter Seven

24th May 2025 Going Postal 2093 Comments

Sally suggested they stop at Tesco’s on the way home, “there is nothing fresh in the house, we need bread, milk, juice and food for meals.” Dave reluctantly agreed, Sally phoned Olivia, her best friend, [more…]

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  • Home Backup Systems, Part Two
    27th May 2025 2482 Comments
  • Is there life on (somewhere other than) Mars?
    26th May 2025 3381 Comments
  • Another disappointing week
    26th May 2025 2457 Comments
  • An Old Man’s Musings Part Twenty-Nine
    25th May 2025 2187 Comments
  • Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Eighty-Two
    25th May 2025 2311 Comments

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    The EU is Doomed, Part Four

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    Problems between East and West When the Roman Empire fell in the west, what remained in the east carries on. To us it is commonly known as the Byzantine Empire, they called themselves Romans. It [more...]
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