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Friday, 30 January 2026

We should tread carefully when we condemn to Hell that ‘nasty imperialist’ Rudyard Kipling who might well not be the villain we choose to make of him

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 This post began as a short review of Kim, but somehow grew and grew. It is no longer a review of Kim – which I have still to write – but a ...
Monday, 26 January 2026

Me, I’m not much one for reverence – too much often does more harm than good, especially when folk insist on ‘authenticity’. Fuck ‘authenticity’

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It’s odd how an interpretation or performance of some toons can make or break that toon. And how we all vary in which interpretation or perf...
Monday, 19 January 2026

What to do about Donny’s threat to back him or else? Tell him to fuck off – politely, of course, by simply ignoring it and him. Yes, America’s economic power is still mighty, but he is becoming an irrelevant figure of fun more and more by the week (and thus screwing things for his White House cronies)

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Occasionally, I am asked on Quora to answer this or that question. One of the most recent was Does Europe, including the United Kingdom, ha...
Wednesday, 14 January 2026

For 80 years we enjoyed liberal democracy – is the tide now going out? Everyone and his dog seems to think it’s now cool to be a right-wing cunt

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A few years ago, I mentioned to my daughter – now 29 – that I had an ongoing but very definite feeling that rather far-reaching unwelcome ch...
Thursday, 8 January 2026

Ah, Life! Where would we be without it! Certainly not in a world drowning in debt with a lunatic as president of the United States. Become a vegetarian, Donny, at least you'll lose some weight – ever seen a fat vegetarian?

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Two days ago I posted on this blog and kicked off by describing that, like it or not, there is just one certainty in this life, that sooner ...
Monday, 5 January 2026

Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble: AI stock, Dutch black tulips, cheap debt anyone? Roll up and buy, buy, buy and make some a fortune

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This post is already at 2,500 words and getting rather too long. So I shall call it  Part I of a post which was intended to witter on about ...
Saturday, 25 October 2025

Half of America is worried – but really not worried enough

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A little earlier the following (see piccy) arrived in my Truth Social feed and I was moved to reply as follows: Look, I am wholly on your si...
Wednesday, 1 October 2025

‘A house divided’ – never a good thing. Bye, bye the united United States? If you value your unity, get rid of the orange cretin, a fraud, a fantasist, fat and old

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Recently I’ve been wanting to write again about one Donald J Trump, but each time I held back, for one simple reason: there’s nothing much n...