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• "O Iago, the Pity of It, Iago!"

  

  Thanks are due to my pal Richard who drew my attention to an article in The Evening Standard by Jonathan Shaw who, as a retired General (and ex-Para and... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• For Goodness Sake, Spain, I Was Depending on You!

  I think I must blame my e-pal, Ortega, for the last two disastrous nights. Well, someone is to blame and he's the only Spaniard I know! Whatever, the prospect i... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The 'X' Factor in the Break up of the USA

  

  An article in Politico by Emily Schultheis points to what I call the 'X' factor in the cohesion or otherwise of the USA, that is, immigration: The immigration... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The dis-United States of America

  Since lobbing my handgrenade in the previous post, and reading the commentary, I have decided to return to the subject of the possible break-up of the USA. But... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Will America Disintegrate?

  This thought has been niggling away at me for some time but, alas, I am short of time this morning so I can only pull out the pin and lob the grenade in... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Blankety-Blank'

  When I went into business on my own I had my first meeting with a bank manager. It was at a Lloyds branch and I was expecting a hard time with close... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Monday Funny: 22.4.13

  I'm glad to say that the Andra Joke Factory is back up to full production and thus my blushes and your groans are saved - for the moment. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 HUMOR

• The Sunday Rumble: 21.4.13

  "Oh, what a beautiful mornin'"! And, as it happens, it is indeed a beautiful morning here, all the more so given what seems like in retrospect six months of... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Yeah, Verily I Have Laboured in the Vineyards of the Lord - Again!

  Yesterday was the first cut of the Churchyard grass but because of 'change-of-mission orders' from High Command, yes, 'er indoors, I could only manage part of i... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 SOCIETY

• In Which I Seek to Spread 'Dearieme's Load!

  

  Regular readers will already know that any mention of early American history almost always produces a swift snarl from my e-pal, 'Dearieme' ('DM'), aimed at... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A Very Proper Send off

  And so we bid farewell to 'the Iron Lady' in an entirely proper and suitable manner. The military element was entirely right because she took the military to he... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Only Successful Business in California is Closing Down Successful Businesses

  Mind you, the business I am alluding to probably deserves to be closed down but even so it is one that generates around 10,000 jobs and some people estimate tha... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Glitch with Bloody-bloody TypePad!!!

  I am having trouble renewing my account because they will not accept my credit card. If you are having difficulty commenting stick around because I hope by... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Just Suppose It Was MI6 'wot Dunnit'!

  I realise the Boston bomb has drowned out most other news but even so the lack of any comment concerning the BBC Panarama programme on North Korea leaves me to... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 HUMOR

• Why Can't Those Damned Tectonic Plates Stand Still?

  So, only 7.7% growth in China and the markets come over all faint. Our two posh boys would give their right arms - well, Dave would give Georgie's and Georgie... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 14.4.13

  Measles and MMR: Peter Hitchens in The Mail repeated a few days ago what I thought back when the controversy over the MMR versus single, separate immunisation... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Ding Dong, British 'lèse-majesté' is Alive and Well

  

  The newspapers really are desperate these days and given the height of the cliff over which their advertising revenues have plunged it is hardly surprising. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• "War, War, War . . . "

  ". . . all you gentlemen ever talk of is war!" Thus spake, not Zarathustra, but the truly beautiful Vivien Leigh in her opening lines as Scarlett O'Hara - and... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Please, Mummy, Can I Be Cruel to Lefties?

  Well, no, of course one shouldn't be cruel to anyone, even deluded old Lefties slowly creeping towards death and disillusion. But then again, one thinks of the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In Which This Blog Ventures Below the Waistline!

  I'm thinking of starting a series of posts on utterly useless research projects undertaken by universities but I fear it could take over this entire blog. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY