nourishing obscurity

Regulars will remember, newer visitors here might like to get over and check him out.

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Someone connected to David Cameron said: “…….we have to reinvent the relationship between the citizen and the state.” Why bother writing a blogpost on it when someone has already said it? It is so simple really in that MPs could begin by not handing control of this country to some supra-national, unaccountable and unelected body [...]

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The academy system the government brought in in 2000 was a knee-jerk reaction to something not entirely its own fault – the dumbing down of children over three decades through the education they received or more often that they failed to receive, not least because the children themselves have increasingly blocked it out and have [...]

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There’s a complete section of the blogosphere I only see when going to youtube. How can I describe it? It comprises people who don’t seem to be able to discuss issues but have to take a polarized position, no matter what and then create a camp of followers.

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Harry’s posted this youtube at his site, concerning the attempt by the global elite to take small arms out of the hands of the citizens.  The reason is not too hard to fathom. As one interviewee said: These are the biggest human rights violators in the world and they’re trying to tell [us] that we [...]

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One of the most disgraceful trials in British history took place on Tuesday and I’m referring to the Vogelenzang trial. One site summarized it this way:

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When Pierce Brosnan was made an offer for Bond he considered he had to refuse, there was an outcry and I was one of those crying out. I’d like to record that in the light of how it turned out, I was not right in this and Daniel Craig became one of the best Bonds, [...]

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To the purists, apologies for this first version below but the unmangled, traditional song follows this travesty: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me: Mandy hanging from a pear tree.

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Spiegel sagt: Wenn Untote die Welt erobern, ist das nicht das Ende aller Tage. Im Gegenteil: Man muss nicht mehr ins Büro und hat Zeit für Monsterhatz und Fluchtauto fahren. Ein Riesenspaß, wie die anarchisch-verspielte Horrorkomödie “Zombieland” beweist. Total Film says: Whether set in a sleepy London suburb or a subterranean missile silo, most zombie [...]

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These occasional jaunts into town are highly enjoyable, getting those snapshots of life in modern Britain.  With where I live now, it’s more of a bind getting to the nearest town by bike but it’s a pleasant ride nonetheless, despite the motorway traffic nearby. Anyway, first stop was McDonald’s as usual, I charged them with [...]

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What can be done about this sort of mentality? A Cambridge shopping arcade has apologised to an 84-year-old woman told to lower the hood of her anorak because it breached a “no hood policy”. Managers at Grand Arcade said sorry for “any stress” Peggy Harden, who walks with a stick, may have suffered when chastised [...]

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The new Bulava missile doesn’t work because the quality control of so many contributors is uneven plus: The first in a series of the new Borei-class nuclear submarines has already been launched and has been undergoing sea trials.

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Congratulations and great appreciation for the questionable tendency to bother with this site, Cherie.  May your own splendiferous blog thrive.  Do as you will with the badge above. Also coming up are Xxxl, Dearieme and MTG.  Go to it rightly, lads! Another little milestone, coincidentally, is 500 posts on this new blog and how anyone [...]

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It’s a minor story from the other side of the world and commenters variously asked, “Is it a slow news week or something?” or said, “He should get a life.”  It looks like a light, filler post but it’s not because it is indicative of a malaise. It’s about McDonald’s downsizing their buns without telling [...]

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Some of the more eagle-eyed will have noticed that the Listening is not up and that’s because some fun things have been happening.

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