Thoughts and not beliefs, with the occasional wild speculation
The knives are out for Boris Johnson as events unfold at a pace even hungry reporters are finding dizzying to keep up with. Till now it has proven difficult to pin down the Convict, as John Crace of the Guardian calls Johnson. Or, rather more aptly, to grab hold of the Greased Piglet, who after …
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This could pass as the average profile of a right wing conservative in America. The overturning of Roe v Wade in June 2022 is what some are calling the thin edge of the wedge. Soon, they fear, all other freedoms and rights will be under threat, all sanctioned by the highest authority in the land. …
Hypothetical News Correspondent DPC Ed Sir Kier Starmer delivered an impassioned plea to the British public to support the RMT in it’s bid for better pay and work conditions. “I urge the British public to stand by our Rail workers,” Sir Kier said when visiting the RMT headquarters today. “It is in our interests as …
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I imagine that many of us often raise our hands in despair when thinking of how to change the social and economic system under which an entire planet is yoked. A profit driven system, with those profits going to just a few as the planet is trashed and the majority struggle along, often going without. …
Tragically, we speak not a pop band but another senseless massacre by gun and, as nearly always, in the USA, this time in Texas. Disingenuously, gun lobbyists declare it has nothing to do with guns. Gun control advocates; that it has everything to do with it. The latter position might seem to be the most …
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Dear Mr Xi Jinping,I read about the re-education camps in your country. They look fabulous. I’ve been thinking of attending summer school for a while, and this sounds ideal. How can I apply?Your faithfully DPC Ed
Watching the experts on Free Energy demonstrate their secrets of perpetual motion raises a small question. Why not make money from the free energy method they’ve discovered rather than making videos about it? A comment by jetplaneflyer on the video below perhaps answers this: “When I was at school we made a very similar electric …
If asked to decide on the matter, Erwin Schrödinger would very likely have answered that the cat was “going both up and down the stairs, until you looked at it.”
Following the announcement by KPMG and Netflix to suspend operations in Russia and Belarus over the attack on Ukraine, the CEO and founder of Airbnb has announced similar measures for the global holiday rental platform. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today program (7 March 2022), Brian Chesky talked of a difficult decision that in …
The American Petroleum Institute provides an important public information service. Though this is mainly on behalf of the fossil fuel sector, and not actually for the advancement of truth and public understanding. On a page entitled “Natural gas is alternative energy”, the API boldly states that “Natural gas is an alternative and natural form of …
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