America
He’s not even in office yet
The news out of the White House that Joe Biden didn’t actually do anything during his four year term, for example only 9 cabinet meetings and you had to provide him with written questions and [more…]
Articles by well_chuffed
America
Army vs Navy
Bear with me Puffins. Murcan fitba. Have patience, your sanity will be preserved. Most of us have probably heard of the NFL and their Superbowl. Well you can forget that. There is another league of [more…]
Authoritarianism
Are we the new Nazis?
I used to wallow, absolutely wallow, in self righteousness. The reason was simple. There was no chance we could ever sink so low as to be like those dreadful Nazis were. We, as a nation, [more…]
Politics
Arts
A snapshot of the Grauniad
A quick(ish) perusal of the Grauniad headlines on the 22nd November. It is eclectic. No 10 says it would arrest Netanyahu, Poland says there is a real risk of escalating war turning Global Gatwick Airport [more…]
Human Interest
A Celebration of Perversion
The two biggest influences in this 2024 Presidential Election have, in my mind, been Elon Musk buying twitter and the arrest of P Diddy, aka Sean Combs. Oh there was also the campaigning style of [more…]
20th Century
Whittaker Chambers, Part Three
In 1938 Whittaker Chambers defected. Well they call it defected but he was an American in the USA who worked for the NKVD but saw the light and severed relations with the Soviets. Defection is [more…]
America
Faithless Electors
Most of this article comes from Stickypedia though I did a fair bit of cross checking. We have just witnessed a US Presidential election and it was all about Electoral College votes. 539 are up [more…]
Authoritarianism
Keith extracts the yellow liquid
Dishonesty runs deep in this gummint. Keith is your classic bully and a coward and may even be an android so devoid of human characteristics is he. They are all liars but that is only [more…]