Arts
In Praise of the written Word
It has long been held that the television is the idiot box in the corner. It dumbs people down but why is that. Programmes hit you non stop from the one eyed monster without respite. [more…]
Articles by well_chuffed
America
Bill Browder
We had a look at Earl Browder, one time leader of the Communist Party of the USA who was up to his neck in all kinds of espionage for the Soviets. Of course being a [more…]
America
Earl Browder
Some of you may have heard of the American born British financier Sir William Felix Browder KCMG, more usually known as Bill. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital Management and in a [more…]
20th Century
The assassination of Robert Kennedy
One of the enduring mysteries is the assassination of Robert Kennedy. As we have just seen his son is now installed as the Health Czar in the Trump administration. With all the hate coming from [more…]
America
Conspiracy Theories
Elon Musk’s all new singing and dancing AI system is called Grok3 and it is available free in Beta form. I decided to ask it one of the old chestnuts. Did the CIA invent the [more…]
America
20th Century
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…]