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AWS, News at Ten, in Church
Dong! Puffin reads in church. Dong! Puffin makes a mess of it. Dong! Puffin advised not to look at the comments. As the rules for such things changed yet again, and as such a thing [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Twenty One
Our night of espionage, from my modest accommodations near to the notorious wall at Tangiers docks, had been cancelled. A much reduced number of comings and goings would pass unnoticed. The Gods of weather were [more…]
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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 17th September 2020 Panel: Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) Sunetra Gupta (Epidemiologist) John Caudwell (Businessman) Nicci Gerrard (Author) Venue: Oldham Fiona Bruce beamed excitedly as she introduced the first Question Time of [more…]
America
A Walk Around Lee Circle
In his seminal commencement address to the University of Texas’s excited class of 2014, US Navy SEAL and four-star Admiral William H McRaven reminded his audience that, if they wanted to change the world for [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Twenty
Myself and my duplicitous American colleague, Tammy, are in Tangiers. Becoming a familiar sight about the port, we are starting to attract the attention of a Tangier set. A semi-anonymous caller, passing as a ‘Mr [more…]
America
A Brit Using Handguns in the States
My father was trained as a sharp shooter, not quite a sniper but somewhere between that and a regular soldier. Exhibiting better than average shooting accuracy with a strong sense of fieldcraft (as he did) [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Nineteen
I’m on the rooftop of my cheap hotel in Tangiers. I have escorted the duplicitous Miss Tammy back to the luxurious Royal Maroc, after another night photographing the notorious comings and goings at the Port [more…]
Computing
Nothing is Beyond Our Reach
During a presidential debate, a little old lady, her grey hair in a bun, asks, “Name the three most important Space Race countries”. Sleepy-creepy Jo Biden, from his basement and with the benefit of voice [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Eighteen
And that was our routine. For the following nights, I would collect Tammy from the Royal Maroc, just after dark, take her to my establishment and pay her in. The night would be spent on [more…]