politics
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10 years hence person
We are watching now, what some comedians and commentators are saying on TV, and we are entertained for the most part. The statements they are making cause no ire at all, they’re just banter, nobody is upset by them… but we have come to realise that in 10 years time we may see someone, from… Continue reading
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Wrongly aimed sympathy
A farming lad or lass, she grows up in the countryside surrounded by nature, the job is hers for life if she wants it and is willing to work hard, the house to live in is free. Her parents will build a bungalow on the land somewhere, no planning permission required just building regs, and… Continue reading
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Our outrageous fortune
The worst person is they that would exploit, make profit from, and wish praise for dealing with, the miseries you and I cannot conquer alone. No evil exists more than that which wishes your sickness to enable it’s remedy, and no person is so depraved that their validation is not gained without the existence of… Continue reading
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No thanks Nige
William Patterson founded the bank of England in the reign of king William III (him of Orange). A central Bank enables certain financial mechanisms, economists generally agree that having one is a mighty good thang.. Nige, the son of a stock trader, educated at a private school, and himself previously a broker in financial markets,… Continue reading
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End the traditions
I do not wear a poppy…. I’m about to be rather controversial, to say something that many will argue with. I would urge you to first think, then react. We will examine a tradition that I think I understand, that I personally have been very close to and involved in, but I have come to… Continue reading
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Strategy for a post-truth existence
I’ve got to admit to struggling to get my head around the now. I thought maybe it was a generational thing, and there may be some truth to that yes. However, if I am honest, if we are still allowed to be honest, I think the issue might be that I do not have a… Continue reading
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Constants end
I’m not going to tell you the details, but it’s been a month, and at the point of writing this it’s still that month… There are things in life that seem like they’ve always been there, and then they’re not, and it’s a shock when they go. My neighbour has this year experienced her husband’s… Continue reading
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You didn’t ask!
My TikTok feed is full of white men marching the streets of London calling for an end to immigration. These guys have a cause, not one I believe in, but one they feel strongly about. It made me wonder if they had had any children? I assumed that most of them must have, these are… Continue reading
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Manipulated snow
The distraction of young people realising the power of being offended is useful to the powerful. As my friend Dave E, who has read the great works Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty Four (as I also have), puts his take on it “the road to fascism is clear”. Putting sanitary item disposal objects into… Continue reading
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A good life
The most important philosophy is the good life, unfortunately nobody has ever been able to define what this is satisfactorily. Every philosopher in history has been trying to give humanity their take on what is the best way to live, personally, spiritually, or structurally. Mozi is the origin of the golden rule, where the treatment… Continue reading
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