I AM SO TIRED OF WAR
As Henry Labouchere, the 19th century English Liberal MP and outspoken journalist put it: “We are without exception the greatest robbers and marauders that ever existed on the face of the globe.
WHO SPEAKS FOR US NOW?
“When it came to discussing the war in Iraq staff found it so difficult to find any member of the public prepared to speak in favour that they ended up planting people in the (Question Time) audience.” Is the war in Libya or Afghanistan any different?
The Sea Wind’s Kiss
THE SEA WIND’S KISS The kiss of the wind that I love best, Has the tang of the open sea, But the warm moist air that breathes the west, Is the wind that sets me free. Where a man may go to the farthest shore, Yet return by […]
Bavaria’s oldest brewery to close after 334 years
Goodbye Deutschland. The Schlössle-Bier brewery was founded in 1690 in Neu-Ulm and was owned by the same family for over 130 years. The owner explained the closure by blaming the unprofitability of production and falling beer sales. One of Bavaria’s oldest breweries, Schlössle-Bier, will close due to losses […]
Commonsense Europeans give the finger to E-Cars
WORKING CLASS COMMONSENSE: Despite political and massive Press propaganda on ‘green issues’ the promotion of electric vehicles has proven to be a disaster for the automotive industry but a victory for commonsense buyers. In common with other European nations Poland and Czechia are slow to adopt e-cars – […]
Hey! I Recognize That Man
EDITOR: Yesterday whilst at the seafront I watched and listened to a busker. As I dreamed, he put his heart and soul into playing his melodies: I thought better than many a paid-for concert instrumentalist. Putting years of practice into entertaining idlers and passersby I thought of his […]
Love is Much More Important than Sex
MAKE READING INSPIRING AGAIN ~ A very poor man lived with his wife. One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed. The man felt very sorry and said no. He […]
Did he Really say That?
NEWS FOR MATURE MINDS: Ex-cohort of Boris Johnson spoke unprintably about the West’s course on Ukraine: The ‘corrupt Ukrainian mafia state’ led by ‘pumpkin Zelensky’ deceived Western countries, and they are now fucked.’ This is how former adviser to Boris Johnson and active supporter of Brexit Dominic Cummings […]
Public Toilets in Ancient Rome
REAL HISTORY: To this day, the Roman civilization appears to us as a world of well-educated, healthy people who care much more about hygiene than, for example, in the Middle Ages. When it comes to the upper social spheres, the Romans certainly had a high standard of living. […]
The man who never gave up on his dreams
MAKE READING INSPIRING AGAIN; Rowan Atkinson alias Mr. Bean was born in a middle-class family and as a child, he suffered terribly because of his stuttering. He was mercilessly teased and bullied at school because of his looks. Bullies thought he looked like an alien. Although academically as […]
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