Davidduff

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• Does Anyone Take America Seriously Anymore?

  For a thoughtful, intelligent and knowledgeable answer to that question you should read Charles Moore in The Telegraph today. For a 'grunt-rumble' summary you... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Will Someone, Anyone, Please Say Something Nice About Mr. Sepp Blatter

  

  Take that as a 'no', shall I? Well, in that case I will because no-one outside of an Auschwitz Camp commandant can be all bad; surely, everyone has one tiny... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Defiant Dave' Puts It on the Line

  By and large politicians would tell you that in politics you should only be brave if you absolutely know you are going to win. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which SPOT Now Becomes RSPOT

  Oh, stop complaining, no-one said my titles were easy to understand! Anyway, I'm sure I have told you, many a time and oft', that I am the Founder, President fo... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Hey, America, How Did You Manage Without Me?

  Awfully well, by the look of the Republican primary in Virginia in which the second most senior Republican in the House of Representatives was defeated by an... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• British Values - What Are They, Then?

  Today The Telegraph, amongst others, I guess, is somewhat exercised over the concept of Britishness, or to be precise, British values which, following the... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which I Bash Benedict Brogan and Defend 'Dim Dave'

  Obviously, Benedict Brogan, a senior political analyst at The Daily Telegraph, is exceedingly well-educated, highly intelligent and very well connected up and... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• When and Why Did Islam Get Shut in the Deep Freeze?

  

  My previous post reminded me of something, to be precise the question in my title, that has been rattling around in the back of my mind like a pebble in my... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Why Does Anyone Read The Guardian?

  Back in January 2011 I wrote a post entitled 'Only the deaf, dumb, blind and those lacking a sense of smell would buy The Guardian'. Today I would add radical... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 9.6.14

  I'm still struggling with all these new-fangled changes that MS have imposed - dammit, why can't the world stand still for a moment?! Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 8.6.14

  A bugger's muddle: That's what I'm in at the moment with all this new-fangled MS 8.1! I appear to have lost all the important information I had, like names,... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• My Baby is Home from Hospital

  No, no, not 'SoD', he stopped being a baby eighteen months ago! I mean my old desk-top computer which has been in for a complete rejuvenation and I just wish... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Most Momentous Decision of WWII

  To be strictly pedantic my title should read 'The most momentous decision of WWII taken by the allies' because it was Hitler who took the most important ones... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• We Should Just Dunk 'Vlad' in the Channel

  Alas, at the moment I can see no good reason to entertain 'Vlad the Impaler' anywhere and least of all at the Normandy beaches as we commemorate the 70th... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Very Latest 'you Couldn't Make It Up' Movie:

  

  Courtesy of Mad magazine, via the usual suspects at IHTM, I can bring you details of the latest Washington blockbuster movie. No, no, they don't make 'em in... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Do Not, Under Any Circs, Junk Junker!

  Yet again I am uneasily aware that my title will be even more incomprehensible to my foreign readers than they usually are. Let me explain. I am in totally in... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Beach Reads #1

  Regular readers will be aware of the fact that I am a 'bookoholic' and just like an alcoholic I am perfectly happy to imbibe the cheapest of the cheap, hence... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which 'SoD' Said Something Shrewd

  'SoD' ('Son of Duff' to newcomers and those of you who have not been paying attention) very kindly put his old father up for a night on Friday (or perhaps 'put... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funnies: 2.6.14

  Economists at the World Bank ( and that's a joke before I even begin!) have issued a warning that there has been a sudden and inexplicable drop in output in... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Chaos Theory in Practice

  Look, it's not my fault, right?! I know the service has been lousy around here for the last few weeks but it's not my fault, honest! Take this morning for... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 HUMOR, SOCIETY