In the Vietnam war, in the 60s, American soldiers were given steroids and amphetamines to enhance their battle performance. Greater strength, longer endurance, less tiredness. Some drugs do that. That’s why they’re called ‘performance enhancing’ and became the mainstay of the athletics industry since then. In ever less-detectable forms. Steroids for strength and muscle, amphetamines – Read More-
For the times, said Bob Dylan, they are a’changin’. He wrote some of his best lines whilst stoned out of his box. Yet that doesn’t dilute them or lessen them. Nor make them less valid today than when he wrote them. The times are a’changin’. We have a new prime minister (in case you missed – Read More-
When Jeremy Corbyn becomes Chairman of the United Kingdom, by then a communist state with an ‘executive committee’ of comrades, rather than parliament, future elections banned due to being unnecessary under the new regime of fairness and equality (for all except women, Jews and anyone else he doesn’t like), capitalism will be gone from these – Read More-
this is the face of the Olympics. The ‘Brazilian Bottom’. Ok, for those really up to speed on bikini styles, its actually the Brazilian Bottoms, referring of course the (very) briefs and not what is contained therein. Generally, if swimwear is more swim-not-wearing, then its Brazilian in title if not origin. Brazilian used to be – Read More-
If you want to learn about Jeremy Corbyn as he likes to be portrayed, read the Guardian. They share his stated ideals, pretty much all of them, from a fairly hard-left stance to the anti-semitic undertones, with ne’er a mention of the alleged threats to women Labourites of rape, murder or just plain ‘de-selection’ if – Read More-
In bridge you strive to make a ‘contract’ to play the hand. And if you and partner can’t agree a suit that you both hold sufficiently, when all else fails, you play in ‘no trump’. In which… doh… there is no trump suit. Its the last measure. Thus in America. All else has failed so – Read More-
Do you like bananas? There’s an 80% chance that your answer is ‘yes’. We all love bananas. Except the 20% of bananaphobes who obviously don’t. So for practical purposes we can simply ignore them and consider just those of us who love those little yellow packages of wonderfulness. I eat a banana every day. Mainly – Read More-
Every time there’s an Olympic games new sports seem to arrive, be included, get invented. Last time it was tennis. Never previously olympicised, now part of the games. Before that was basketball. Might as well just give an extra gold medal to America and save the air fares. This year they’re introducing golf and rugby – Read More-
They’re gonna kick the Russians out of the Olympic games. In Rio. In a couple weeks time. We really need to kick the Americans out too, then we’d have a much better chance of winning loads and loads of medals. But the Americans don’t take drugs. Not in an institutionalised, Government-sponsored, state-aided, industrial kind’a way. – Read More-
In the bad ole days of football, the early 1970s, extreme right wing organisations would recruit from football fans. It was easy. No mention of politics, ideology or social justice was required. Just the fact that if you joined the National Front (which no longer exists, being replaced by the also defunct British National Party – Read More-