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“The U.S. economy felt like a balloon in search of a needle” – Part II

5th October 2020 Going Postal 0

Interview with Robert Mark Claudio Grass (CG): In this surreal policy environment, how has the role and the investment process of the value investor evolved, especially over the last decade?  How can one still identify value [more…]

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War Crimes Chapter 28 – Edge, the Long Fight Back to Humanity

4th October 2020 Blown Periphery 0

Chapter 28 – Edge, the Long Fight Back to Humanity He came out of the water at the side of a lake, near where a small river joined the main body of water. The air [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Sixty-One

4th October 2020 Going Postal 0

Monday The start of another week and I’m ready to brief you all on the happenings I observe, but not until I’ve eaten my breakfast and read the papers! Grunt Shatts was asked on TV [more…]

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The Swaling, Part Twenty Three

3rd October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Singapore. Forward Singapore! Everybody’s favourite piece of squashed diamond real estate, 31 miles by 17 miles, lies fashionably 200 miles south-east of Kuala Lumpur and 70 north of Sumatra. Here Malays, Chinese, South Asians, and [more…]

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Crossword No. 138

3rd 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. 137 – Capt Black. Answers with next [more…]

20th Century

The History of Pop Music – 1999

2nd October 2020 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

Featured song:   Robbie Williams – She’s The One This is the last of a series of articles looking at pop music from 1955 when in my opinion proper pop music began up to 1999 [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

2nd October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 1st October 2020 Panel: Grant Shapps (Conservative) Alison McGovern (Labour) Helen Stokes-Lampard (GP) Stuart Rose (Businessman) David Linden (SNP) Venue: Carlisle Question Time began its celebration of black history month in the best [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

1st October 2020 Going Postal 0

Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents another hour of meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! On the panel are: Grant Shapps MP, secretary of state for Transport, with cabinet responsibility for the northern powerhouse, Conservative; Alison McGovern [more…]

20th Century

The connection between the Commandos, the US Rangers and the SAS

1st October 2020 well_chuffed 0

Apart from the fact that they are all some kind of special forces, the real connection is that they were all given their names by Dudley Clarke who finished the war as a Brigadier. Who [more…]

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