Britain’s oldest pub closes after 1,229 years of operation
It has survived wars, epidemics and the financial crisis, but has not survived the Press driven money bonanza that has driven turned millionaires into billionaires across the ruling classes.
It has survived wars, epidemics and the financial crisis, but has not survived the Press driven money bonanza that has driven turned millionaires into billionaires across the ruling classes.
Billionaire Mark Cuban has launched a war against Big Pharma. Recently, he started an online pharmacy where over 100 lifesaving medications are offered at low costs. He charges a standard 15% markup in an industry that typically sees no less than 100% markup. In just one example, a lifesaving leukaemia drug with a typical retail price of $9,657 is offered by him for a total of $47. Insurance is not accepted due to the fact that it would force him to work with manufacturers requiring certain price points.
With tensions heating up in eastern Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warmly met his Hungarian counterpart Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for talks in Moscow on Tuesday, at which the pair underscored their friendly partnership, despite worsening relations between East and West.
MICHAEL WALSH smiles as he reads of a Pennsylvania having similar problems to his own except the dairy farmer’s stock in trade is milk rather than Michael’s books.
The regime’s authorities in the Netherlands have revised the anti-coronavirus rules, which were tightened at the end of December due to the spread of a new strain of coronavirus ‘omicron’.
MICHAEL WALSH EDITORIAL: I’m not often at a loss when looking for an explanation but this really is ‘ask the audience’ time. Why are folk so reluctant to help others even when they themselves are rewarded for doing so.
When your business is burgled your preparedness to adapt is essential to survival. We faced destitution when Amazon seized the entire contents of our small publisher’s store. The booksellers continued to sell my commandeered books through agents so added salt to the wounds.
Did you ever wonder why the rich, the elite, the politicians, bankers and Press barons don’t fear an all-out war between NATO and Russia or China as those of us in the firing line do?
Few writers are under any illusions as to their chances of their book becoming a blockbuster. Amazon pays from 10 cents to $3 per book sale. Amazon doesn’t promote books; you do.
There are few pursuits more healing than creative writing. Setting down one’s thoughts is a way to better understand and discover a solution to any situation. Self-expression through writing actually inspires creativity.
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