28 February 2017

Quote of the day

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England rugby XV flummoxed.  From The Guardian  ( here ): It was not simply the prolonged failure to find a way around the  Azzurri’s  cut...
26 February 2017

Music of the week

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25 February 2017

Well done!

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Victory , at last: Scotland Women bounced back at Broadwood to close out a tough match against Wales to claim a one-point win – their fir...
24 February 2017

Don't feel too gut-wrenchingly sad ...

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So farewell Claudio.   The Independent   reports : Gary Lineker has condemned Leicester City’s decision to sack Claudio Ranieri as “inexpl...
22 February 2017

Shades of the poll tax ...

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Rates revaluations cause trouble.  It was the threat of a rates revaluation in Scotland (with the losers screaming blue murder and the winn...
21 February 2017

Corn beef

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I have long since abandoned any attempt to hear dialogue on television and rely heavily on subtitles.   Apparently, other viewers are sti...
18 February 2017

Music of the week

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17 February 2017

Whom to believe ...

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On the one hand : NPR's National Security Correspondent Mary Louise Kelly said she had spoken to a White House official on Wednesday, ...
14 February 2017

It's not getting better ...

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The Independent   reports on conditions inside the US National Security Council: Every day new leaks emerge from the White House about a ...
10 February 2017

Amateur hour

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Worrying.   The Independent   reports : In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin , Donald Trump denounced a trea...
04 February 2017

Sarcasm ...

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31 January 2017

It has a certain simplicity ...

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Instant hero

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Bloomberg reports : President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates as conflict escalated over his executive order ba...
30 January 2017

The not so grand old USA

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“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, th...
28 January 2017

Music of the week

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Ugh!

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Put his hand away Theresa, you don't know where it's been ... Quote from The Guardian : "As the two leaders finally sho...
27 January 2017

"It's the same the whole world over ..."

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Special treatment for the fatcats.   The Times   reports : Revenue & Customs collected £1 billion less tax from the 6,500 richest peop...

Bring on the tequila and the guacamole?

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Bloomberg  resurrects a somewhat fanciful idea : In 1998, the Canadian media tycoon Conrad Black, then owner of the Daily Telegraph, a co...
26 January 2017

Easier said than done

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So you wanna build a wall?  1900 miles long and several metres high? Well, you can't just go and slap a few bricks on top of one a...
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23 January 2017

Welcome to the post-truth era

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When I say that I am as handsome as George Clooney and as intelligent as Einstein, I am not telling lies; I am merely offering "alterna...