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The Tectonic Plates Shift

3rd August 2024 Always Worth Saying 3328 Comments

As we make our way back from an enjoyable day trip by train to Edinburgh, Mrs AWS and I have pause for thought as we pass through Lockerbie, scene of the 1988 bombing which claimed [more…]

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Disaster Over The Strait of Hormuz

27th July 2024 Always Worth Saying 2422 Comments

As Mrs AWS and I flash through the Scottish Lowlands after our day trip to Edinburgh, passing through Lockerbie station reminds us of events decades ago and thousands of miles away. Nowadays the term ‘Gulf [more…]

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American Journey 1952, Part Five – Iowa

18th June 2024 Going Postal 2728 Comments

Dubuque, Iowa The first thing you learn about the Middle West is the bigness of it. You could, for example, sink without trace the whole of Switzerland in Lake Michigan. The Illinois River at Peoria [more…]

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Persecution Against Scott Ritter Shows US Not Democracy Anymore

12th June 2024 Going Postal 2830 Comments

By Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert. The persecution of political dissidents in the US is becoming commonplace. People who oppose Washington’s aggressive foreign [more…]

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American Journey 1952, Part Four – Atlanta

4th June 2024 Going Postal 3211 Comments

On a chill November night in 1864 a small boy lay trembling behind a rock — not a hundred yards from where I am writing this — and watched a city burn. It was the [more…]

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American Journey 1952, Part Three – Washington

28th May 2024 Going Postal 2828 Comments

John Doe is Asking Awkward Questions The last thing I expected to pick up in this capital city of a great Republic (“the greatest Republic on God’s Footstool,” as I heard a Senator from Illinois [more…]

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American Journey 1952, Part Two – Providence

21st May 2024 Going Postal 2191 Comments

Over the main entrance of Providence City Hall is a bust of one Roger Williams, the founder of this city. You can see another representation of him in Roger Williams Park, where yesterday the youth [more…]

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US Will Not Support Israeli Attack Against Iran

13th May 2024 Going Postal 1978 Comments

The fact that Iran provides weapons to Palestinians is not heinous at all, because a population under “belligerent occupation” (in the wording of the Geneva Conventions) has the right to “resist”. And Tehran’s decision to [more…]

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An English to English Dictionary

7th May 2024 Going Postal 2196 Comments

I have long wondered if a dictionary existed that translates the bastardised version of the English language used in America to our original version. That bloke Webster has a lot to answer for, compiling his [more…]

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