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Business

Economic consequences – always ask: Who benefits?

2nd November 2020 Emile Woolf 0

Things don’t just “happen”. Everything in the passing parade of phenomena is the result of something that preceded it: this is the world of cause and effect. Those appointed to hold the levers of power [more…]

America

US2020 Presidential Election

2nd November 2020 James Dalton 0

“Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Here are some basics relating to the forthcoming US elections on Tuesday the 3rd of November 2020. Presidential race: Donald Trump / Mike Pence (incumbent President/Vice President) standing [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 32 – The Detective’s story

1st November 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Chapter 32 – The Detective’s story Detective Inspector Hope couldn’t park at Banbury Police Station and had to leave his car in a nearby multi-storey car park. The police station was a modern 1980s building [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty Five

1st November 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday Good Morning everyone, another week of reporting stretches out in front of me. I had a good read of the papers this morning and loved the story of the Royal Navy who turned up [more…]

DJM, Going Postal
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Just give me the facts : The Cult of Covid, Part 1

1st November 2020 Going Postal 0

One of the hallmarks of totalitarianism is mass conformity to a psychotic official narrative. Not a regular official narrative, like the narrative of “Teh Cold War” or even  “Teh War on Terror”, this is a [more…]

Arts

The Swaling, Part Twenty Seven

31st October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

The High Commissioner’s Private Office. Upstairs. The British High Commissioner’s Residence. Eden Hall. Nassim Road. Singapore. I have let myself into the High Commissioner’s office and sat myself in the naughty corner. There are footsteps [more…]

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Arts

The Year Turns, Part 1

31st October 2020 Going Postal 0

In this series of articles, I’d like to meander through the roots of some ancient customs, beliefs and rituals that have shaped our culture.  Many are still followed, though sad to say, a growing number [more…]

Hobbies

Crossword No. 142

31st October 2020 Going Postal 0

First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Sunday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last week’s winner. 141 – Madam Revenant. Answers with next [more…]

20th Century

A History of Pop Music – Albums 1963

30th October 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured Album: Please Please Me – The Beatles This is a series of articles looking at albums from 1960 to whatever year we end up in. I will select a featured album for each year [more…]

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