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• The Cracked European Edifice

  In a comments thread further down, my e-pal, Ortega, provided me with a link to a YouTube film of a seminar at an American university (Harvard, I think) given b... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• It's a Simple Question, Really . . .

  

  Do you want the rules and regulations concerning the liberty of our press influenced in even the smallest way by these two upstanding examples of British, er,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your Monday Funny: 18.03.13

  

  Sorry for the delay - again - in your 'Monday Funny', "events, dear boy, events" and, yes, I know that the sight of one of those monstrous and utterly useless... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Sunday Rumble: 17.03.13

  Another Sunday rumble, or perhaps 'grumble' is a better word, as I awake to yet more global warming falling gently from an iron grey sky and settling nicely,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Being "economical with the 'actualité'", Were You?

  Oh, yes you were, don't lie to me! I know you tell fibs porkies whoppers, oh, alright then, terminological inexactitudes, if you want to be posh about it! I kno... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Nagel Or Nagle, Who Cares, They Both Sound Interesting

  I wrote about naughty Thomas Nagel back in January. He has had the temerity to write a book pointing out 'the bleedin' obvious' that Darwinism cannot explain... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• A "Chinese Dream", Or a Nightmare?

  

  The new president of China, Xi Jinping, has delivered his equivalent of a 'state of the union' speech in which he lays down the guiding aims for the next ten... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 'Little Georgie Moonbat' Done Good!

  It is, of course, an undoubted fact averred by all men of good sense and discernment that 'little Georgie Moonbat' is a prat! There is no cause too dotty for... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Is the Government Drunk?

  I ask because they appear to be staggering about all over the place on the subject of alcohol pricing. That they are even considering the laying down of... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• More "dismal Science"!

  An article by John Steele Gordon at the Commentary site caught my attention. He draws attention to what he calls "the strike of capital". Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Should All Lib-Dem 'pols' Be Shot - for the Good of the Country?

  I ask because the latest dribblings from that obvious Alzheimer sufferer, Vince Cable, added to the demented ambition of Huhne, the wretched crookedness of Davi... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• In D-wing, 'Big Bubba' Licks His Lips!

  Eight months - and he'll only serve three inside! After perverting the course of justice, that's the best one of our more useless 'Cocklecarrots' can come up... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• This Blog Prides Itself on Its Consistency!

  

  Oh, yes, indeed, this blog has been consistently wrong about almost everything for almost as long as it has been running which, in six day's time, will be 8... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Your (late) Monday Funny: 11.3.13

  Sorry, sorry, I'm late with your funny today but what with the ironing, the hoovering, emptying the dishwasher, dusting and polishing, planning tonight's meal... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Wingless Wonders!

  

  So, in the same week in which it is annoucned that the armoured brigade bearing the proud name of 'The Desert Rats' is to lose its tanks, along comes another... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 HUMOR

• Funny Old Day, Friday!

  Apologies for going AWOL - again! - but yesterday 'SoD' and partner paid us a visit so of course the house had to be cleaned top to bottom, huge meals designed... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Korean Konflict Or Kon Trick?

  

  Sorry about the even-more-peurile-than-normal heading to this post but the military temperature is rising on the Korean peninsular. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Why Does David Ruffley MP Keep Sticking to My Shoes?

  David Ruffley MP is like the worst sort of shit which, once trodden in, is virtually impossible to remove from your shoes. I first trod in this dog-pile of an M... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Advice to My American Friends: Don't Let Obama Take Your Guns!

  

  This is quite something: This is called an MRAP, or, a Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicle. Just the job, you might think if you are an American, because it... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• What is Going on in Cloud Cuckoo Land?

  

  Like old men everywhere I am constantly warning of troubles to come but the good news is that my forecasting skills are, shall we say?, negligible verging on... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 HUMOR, SOCIETY