Megalith in morning Sun
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History
Bravo Hilary Mantel
Hilary completed her life\’s work, achieved world-wide recognition for her achievements, brought an era and a character to life, contributed to the sum of human knowledge. Would she have rather had another ten years of life instead?
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The Best and the Brightest
Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, George W Bush, Donald Trump, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison…
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So it goes
Every time an expert suggests the slightest change to the way things are done which will benefit the environment or improve the lives of people it will be immediately resisted by business, farming and religious leaders, whose resistance to change will be praised and supported by the Murdoch media and then by right wing politicians,
An odd thought strikes me…
\”An odd thought strikes me:—we shall receive no letters in the grave\” (Samuel Johnson) It strikes me that there will be books written, music performed, art created, films directed, science discovered – that I will never know about.
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Horse with many names
Everybody has a hobby horse, all that differs is how hard and how far it is ridden.
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And yesterday\’s gone
American MAGA-land is locked in a Groundhog Day with no context no history no memory of anything that went before. Strange way to live.
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It\’s just business
All the good businessmen are going to destroy the planet.
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Name your poison
Edgy, anti-woke, non-politically correct, cancel me if you dare, comedians and right wing politicians and commenators, can be referred to by a shorter title – \”ar*se-holes\”.