Jesse: Crunch time is coming, and it will not be pretty. A loss of confidence and a hoarding of funds in savings is a prelude to Gresham’s Law, and the first whiff of what I would have never expected could occur: hyper-inflation, preceded by a terrific market crash in late September. That is just how [...]
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Well, you know, my decree nisi, which I am informed has now been posted will have to take its place in line behind the really nasty things which happened today. Still, Dearieme has put this up to cheer me up and thanks: … and I presume he sees this as my new belle:
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Let’s face it, we’re all into small government, cutting out wastage and non-jobs, obscene fat cat salaries and making dole scammers travel lightyears to earn a crust – all of that, I have no problem with. What I have trouble with is people who are not scammers getting hammered by this government. The first reason [...]
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From which country?
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Guess where I’ve been today? Life is really interesting. 1. In the Aberpergwym drift mine, working on the placer deposits and learning the ropes;
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When we set up Bloghounds, we were coming off a nasty situation involving rules and experience had taught us that the fewer the rules the better. On voting, for example, we had a rule that if there were no more than three objections within a week, then the proposal was passed. There were no messy [...]
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Is it just me or do the Brown boys bear an uncanny facial resemblance to a certain ex-PM’s wife? No? .
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Here is my opinion of Ubermouth. In case that’s not enough, here is another opinion of her. At 23:01, I’ve just noticed that she’s gone way past 300 comments – slap on the wrist to me and I have to rewrite this post. Well, what can I add to what’s been already said? Heart of [...]
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In each case, name the person who links the two other elements: 1. Qantas stewardess Lisa Robertson and the film In Bruges;
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Every so often, someone cuts to the chase and says it as it is. I admire these people and sometimes even get close to writing a half-decent article myself. Today’s from Jesse, of Café Américain, gets down to what we are facing. Before even looking at that, he wrote something which had great significance for [...]
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It’s with an apology to Canada that I have to say yes, I did miss your national day. Wiki: Frequently referred to as “Canada’s birthday”, particularly in the popular press, the occasion marks the joining of the British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a federation of [...]
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On this 4th of July, it’s worth a look at the heartland of America, to see where it is going in an election year: States like Missouri and its industrial heartland neighbors are different from the South and the West, where the major parties have lost a spate of early primaries this year to upstarts [...]
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1. Who is often credited with inventing the first motion picture camera in 1895 but in truth, what he invented was a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe, three functions covered in one invention?
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Brilliant, brilliant. I really hope they do it but history is against them – they usually get to the semis and then it goes pear-shaped plus they have all those yellow cards hanging over plus no Mueller. Whoever wins this evening would feel a bit more confident. So, how good were England now? Scored twice [...]
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Sophie Marceau speaks of life after 40 in an interview [shouldn't be too hard for English speakers to get the gist of] about her film The Age of Reason: On a accumulé une certaine expérience, on entre plus ou moins dans une période de réflexion, de mise au point et de remise en question… It’s [...]
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There have been consistent reports from financial pundits of massive scams taking place, such scams becoming quite visible in these recent days, as the need for opacity seems to be lessening. Reports like this or this or this or this. Here I mention some others. Meanwhile, issues that people feel are the real ones, namely [...]
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Gee whiz, what a great philosophical question – is a man who sacrifices himself and his reputation to save his country by cheating and that country then holds him shoulder high as a hero – is he a hero or a cheat or both? Can a cheat be a hero, as long as it was [...]
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1. The verb c*e**e is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
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Fabio Capello stays as England manager The FA “unanimously” agrees that Fabio Capello is the “best man” for the England job despite the team’s dismal World Cup. That’s right, England, that’s how to do it. Nothing whatever will change, the wrong people will be blamed, no restructuring will take place, obscene amounts of money will [...]
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So, William Hague has a Vision for Europe, eh? Well, so do I. The difference is, I want no pre-eminent role and readily concede that my ideas are not mine – they’re merely cobbled from others and collated. Problem 1: How to end the process of the canal boat crashing into the left bank, then [...]
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Xxxl is a character with interests in many fields, as can be seen by a perusal of his “almost posts”. He also has an interesting connection with CherryPie. If you’d like to join the dots, then type Xxxl into this blog’s search engine and it will bring up the posts where the worthy gentleman has [...]
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Calum Carr has had a long association with this blog and though we’ve had our moments, this He is known mainly for his Trafigura pressure – and they must be getting thoroughly sick of him by now – as well as his musical offerings and his Sunday Morning Coffee series. There was a time when [...]
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