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  • The pink guardian

    Thursday, November 19, 2020 4:23:00 PM

    I cancelled my ft.com subscription today mainly because of a lack of balance re covid-19 reporting - which most of the mainstream media are guilty of.However, I did like the article "The kids aren’t … more

  • SAGE; my arse

    Tuesday, November 3, 2020 10:01:00 AM

    SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies); my arse!

    More like "Stupid Arses Gouge Economy"

    Oh, and how they laughed at the acronym!

    This paper republished in the British Medical Journal on 7 … more

  • Some entertainment at last?

    Friday, October 16, 2020 5:33:00 PM

    OK - hopefully this is going to entertain some people and others I am sure it will offend.

    But you can't please everybody.

    A good, well informed and (I like to think) intelligent friend of mine … more

  • I don't want to sound like "the donald" .....

    Thursday, October 8, 2020 5:16:00 PM

    This is what is on my mind today!

    ... and don't get me wrong ... I live in the Isle of Man where we have NO covid-19.

    And I hope it stays that way only because the scat politicians here would … more

  • An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data

    Thursday, October 1, 2020 3:22:00 PM

    An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data

    https://youtu.be/8UvFhIFzaac

    If it's TLDW, my 6 takeaways from this - based on the empirical data presented in the video - are as follows:

    1) Human … more

  • Deaths .... just putting this out there...

    Wednesday, September 23, 2020 9:17:00 AM

    Just putting this out there...

    In the UK in 2018 there were 541,589 deaths (530,841 in 2019).

    That's 1,483 per day if you divide the total by 365

    https://www.ons.gov.uk/ … more

  • Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a brave man!

    Saturday, September 19, 2020 12:46:00 PM

    In the UK we accept that the monarchy - the Queen as Sovereign - is Head of the Armed Forces.

    This is largely a symbolic fact and in the UK this is not a big deal as the monarchy stays out of … more

  • tfu=totally fucking useless

    Monday, September 14, 2020 2:28:52 PM

    2nd week of isolation started today so please forgive my bad language...

    New acronym incoming...

    tfu=totally fucking useless.

    Covid-19 is no excuse for laziness unless you have it (and a bad … more

  • Money creation in the modern economy

    Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:57:00 PM

    Hi All

    OK - this is an old subject and one which was probably responsible for me starting blogging in the first place.

    But I think it's probably more relevant now than when it was produced as a … more