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March 2, 2017

stop and go…

What do you do about wannabe jihadis who wish to join their fellow psychos in ISIS? There’s a big noise about this, we stop them at airports, we detain them… and then what? They’re jihadis. They want to bring death, disruption and destruction to our way of life. They want to kill. They want to – Read More-

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February 28, 2017

complex…

In the good ole days, boys used to go to football and gels would stay home and do their make-up, their nails, go shopping for a new dress. So that when their man came back from footy they’d be ready to go out. Her in her new finery and fresh from 5 hours of ‘me-time’, – Read More-

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February 27, 2017

silence is golden…

Have you seen the pictures of the murder of Kim Jong Nam? Little fat Korean geezer. Strolling through Kuala Lumpur airport and a Vietnamese woman rubs his face with a cloth that we later find contained an illegal chemical weapon of death. As opposed to a legal one. Toxic stuff. Minutes later KJN collapses and – Read More-

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February 26, 2017

revolutionary…

How wonderfully appropriate. Yesterday evening we went to the V&A to see ‘Revolution’ the story of the 60s. Not, like, all of it, just the good bits. The Beatles, sex, drugs, Woodstock, Vietnam, Ford Anglias, hippies, Lamborghini Miuras and untipped cigarettes. But of course, its heavily Beatle-fied because for many of US, they defined the – Read More-

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February 25, 2017

how the mighty fall…

You know that old saying that if you give millions of monkeys typewriters (old machine used to make words appear; like a word processor but better, clunkier, easier to make mistakes on; see ‘carbon paper’ section in History of 20th Century) for millions of years, one of them would randomly come up with the complete – Read More-

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February 23, 2017

regularity…

The word ‘regular’ has two specific definitions. One is ‘regular’, (doh) describing things of uniform shape, size or mode of operation. A regular polygon (maths 101). Something smooth-running, predictable… regular. The other means happening at the same time/place. Bowel movements. Very regular. Doctors note that with a smile. They love a bowel movement. My regular – Read More-

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February 22, 2017

racing line…

There was a motor race in Buenos Aires the other day. Just two cars, neither of them with a driver. The ‘Roborace’ was for electric driverless cars. One was fine, the other driver(less) crashed early on. But this crash wasn’t because the cameras broke or the sensors failed or some technical glitch. The car crashed – Read More-

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February 21, 2017

come on Lincoln…

Sutton United began their FA Cup campaign in October, beating Forest Green Rovers in front of 751 fans and a dog named Keanu. They ended it last night against Arsenal in front of 5,000. And four dogs. Don’t know their names. Sutton’s ground, Gander Green Lane, only holds that number, even though they could have – Read More-

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February 19, 2017

tale of two movies…

I’ve seen two movies this week. Its pre-Oscar time so all the good films come out together. What are you gonna do? So in the week we saw Lion and last night, Hidden Numbers. Both are ‘true stories’. Ish. Both are great films, good to watch, well acted. The main difference is that Lion is, – Read More-

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February 18, 2017

and sometimes…

I have issues with property developers riding roughshod (a strange and bizarre expression that I’ve never previously used, but may indeed use again) over planning departments, ignoring the wishes of the communities they’re so ‘benevolently’ re-building, those who really don’t want to move out, to be rebuilt, to be involuntarily ‘up-graded’. Because ‘old world’ has – Read More-

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