20th Century
Articles by well_chuffed
20th Century
Elizabeth Bentley, Part Four
Elizabeth Bentley was another American born Soviet agent who turned against the Soviets. Whittaker Chambers became disillusioned with the Communists. Elizabeth was the woman scorned. She was the lover of Jacob Golos who ran quite [more…]
America
Auditors who don’t audit
As our minds become increasingly boggled at the corruption that seems to be so rife in the US Federal government let us cast our minds back to the audit functions that were in place before [more…]
Media
Money down the plughole
Or we could call this money down the crapper or even money down the Gary Glitter. With the revelations coming out of USAID via DOGE’s extremely young whizz kids regarding the funding of all sorts [more…]
Communism
America
Working from Home
WFH, or Working From Home, has been with us since the Covid scam and possibly before as Matthew Parris helpfully pointed out recently. Results have been mixed to say the least. Bosses generally don’t like [more…]
America
The Inauguration
So what is this inauguration thingy they all keep on about. I suppose everyone knows it happens on January 20th but what exactly happens. I make a possibly futile attempt to explain something about it. [more…]
Elections
Surrey Unitary Authority
Plans are afoot to change Surrey County Council into a Unitary Authority. What this means is merging the 11 District Councils into the County Council . This should result in efficiencies and savings. Oh my [more…]
America
The Donald – an Update
After the stunning victory of Donald J Trump in the US Presidential election, what has he been up to. Normally this is the time when the transition teams start hammering out the details of the [more…]