Sunday, December 19, 2021

Waco's message for our times?

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Either Andy McNab was taking unconscionable liberties with the facts, a mere dozen years after Waco (and ten years after the connected Oklah...
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Saturday, December 18, 2021

WEEKENDER: Stoicism - A Worthy Trait ? by Wiggia

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This from the Daily Fail, the story of Mary Berry breaking her hip while out walking her dogs: “Her daughter Annabel was at a tennis tournam...
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Friday, December 17, 2021

FRIDAY MUSIC: A Selection For Christmas, by JD

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"Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat Please put a penny in the old man's hat If you haven't got a penny, a ha'pe...
Thursday, December 16, 2021

THURSDAY BACKTRACK: Music and news from 60 years ago - week ending 16 December 1961

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  At #5 this week, another classic: Kenny Ball's 'Midnight In Moscow' : S ome memorable events (via  Wikipedia ): 10 December:  ...
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Monday, December 13, 2021

Ukraine and the Zombie Apocalypse, by Sackerson

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Thank goodness President Biden is taking on Russia. What would it be like to live in a country where the people are under constant surveilla...
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Sunday, December 12, 2021

USA: Throwing it all away, by Paddington

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 In many ways, the years 1945-1965 were some of the best ever for the United States. With the massive funds of the British Empire, obtained ...
Saturday, December 11, 2021

WEEKENDER: Bio Security Failure ? by Wiggia

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It was not that long ago that I mentioned some facts on plant diseases that were plaguing the western world. Another was announced by the Fo...