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Getting your reader onto familiar ground is a mixed blessing. As we say in AE, 'The more you know, the less you'll learn.'
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The Age of Spain Stays Mainly in the Brain December 3, 202 ...

Never forget that nuclear weapons are nearly always McGuffins. Israel has had them for sixty years, can anyone say their actions would have been any different if they had not had them?

But then ag ...

As events unfold various mysteries are still extant. The basic one is the content of the Monday call between Trump and Netanyahu.

There are a number of possibilities based on the assumption that I ...

About Time Too

I have been arguing for years that HMG and the police are stuck in an AE timewarp, concentrating on crimes they are familiar with. Meanwhile the crims have moved on apace. I also poi ...

Trump is basically saying unless you make a deal with the US to limit your Nuclear development, Israel will strike you again.
Trump was saying that. Israel has announced the campaign will last indefi ...

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s big day in Madrid
We were certainly impressed when Alexander-Arnold stood behind a lectern in the bowels of the Bernabéu at his unveiling as a Real Madrid player, giving a ...

To: Michael HARPER
From: [email protected]
💧 Let’s protect our most precious resource
Do not reply? Don't worry about that, words fail me.

All this was interrupted by news of the Israeli take-down of Iran's nuke facilities. I am assuming this is as nasty a surprise to Donald Trump as it is to the Iranians. I can't see Tehran turning up f ...

'Let me play devil's advocate...' Anderson Cooper CNN
Yes, do, Anderson, it's why I give you the time of day. You're the only liberal who ever does and I am reliant on liberal news sources since they ...

Mountsfield Park (MJH 6-12)

Essential green space in the urban wasteland of south-east London for learning how to play football on grass with real jumpers for goalposts.

Mansfield Park (BBC4)

Essential viewing. Where else would you learn that the box seat in a barouche is the 'baggsy' one?

Trump has just discovered that ICE are deporting farm workers and hospitality workers that these industries desperately need, not actual criminals.
You're being a liberal again, Wiley. They are actua ...

This was appallingly long for Medium people so I had to make sure it rollicked along.
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Where is the Queen of Sheba? December 2, 2024
Was Jezebel a Jezebel? That’s the last you’l ...

If the provinces can't pay, Vlad has to either pay them or the Koreans. Russia might have not lost a million (as it's claimed) but the recruitment is at about a 1000 a day, just to keep or increase th ...

Two developments though in this general area:

1. Word starts emanating from the White House that statements made by Elon Musk when filling out his original immigration forms are sufficiently wide ...

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Topic: Medium Fakes
Mick Harper Replies: 56 Views: 18572	Forum: British History Posted: 3:23 am Subject: Medium Fakes
Mick Harper Replies: 56 Views: 18572	Getting your reader onto familiar ground is a mixed blessing. As we say in AE, 'The more you know, the less you'll learn.' -------------- The Age of Spain Stays Mainly in the Brain December 3, 202 ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 1:39 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Never forget that nuclear weapons are nearly always McGuffins. Israel has had them for sixty years, can anyone say their actions would have been any different if they had not had them? But then ag ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 1:19 pm Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	As events unfold various mysteries are still extant. The basic one is the content of the Monday call between Trump and Netanyahu. There are a number of possibilities based on the assumption that I ...
Topic: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 808 Views: 364462	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:57 am Subject: The Tom Sawyer Principle
Mick Harper Replies: 808 Views: 364462	About Time Too I have been arguing for years that HMG and the police are stuck in an AE timewarp, concentrating on crimes they are familiar with. Meanwhile the crims have moved on apace. I also poi ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 11:24 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Trump is basically saying unless you make a deal with the US to limit your Nuclear development, Israel will strike you again. Trump was saying that. Israel has announced the campaign will last indefi ...
Topic: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 4548 Views: 8672119	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:46 am Subject: The Importance of Sport
Mick Harper Replies: 4548 Views: 8672119	Trent Alexander-Arnold’s big day in Madrid We were certainly impressed when Alexander-Arnold stood behind a lectern in the bowels of the Bernabéu at his unveiling as a Real Madrid player, giving a ...
Topic: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3230 Views: 2107490	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:19 am Subject: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Mick Harper Replies: 3230 Views: 2107490	To: Michael HARPER From: [email protected] 💧 Let’s protect our most precious resource Do not reply? Don't worry about that, words fail me.
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 7:58 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	All this was interrupted by news of the Israeli take-down of Iran's nuke facilities. I am assuming this is as nasty a surprise to Donald Trump as it is to the Iranians. I can't see Tehran turning up f ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:26 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	'Let me play devil's advocate...' Anderson Cooper CNN Yes, do, Anderson, it's why I give you the time of day. You're the only liberal who ever does and I am reliant on liberal news sources since they ...
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2627 Views: 1382085	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:53 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2627 Views: 1382085	Mountsfield Park (MJH 6-12) Essential green space in the urban wasteland of south-east London for learning how to play football on grass with real jumpers for goalposts.
Topic: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2627 Views: 1382085	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 3:47 am Subject: AE on Telly News
Mick Harper Replies: 2627 Views: 1382085	Mansfield Park (BBC4) Essential viewing. Where else would you learn that the box seat in a barouche is the 'baggsy' one?
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 3:39 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Trump has just discovered that ICE are deporting farm workers and hospitality workers that these industries desperately need, not actual criminals. You're being a liberal again, Wiley. They are actua ...
Topic: Medium Fakes
Mick Harper Replies: 56 Views: 18572	Forum: British History Posted: 3:15 am Subject: Medium Fakes
Mick Harper Replies: 56 Views: 18572	This was appallingly long for Medium people so I had to make sure it rollicked along. -------------- Where is the Queen of Sheba? December 2, 2024 Was Jezebel a Jezebel? That’s the last you’l ...
Topic: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2097 Views: 816763	Forum: Politics Posted: 2:08 pm Subject: War on Terrorism
Mick Harper Replies: 2097 Views: 816763	If the provinces can't pay, Vlad has to either pay them or the Koreans. Russia might have not lost a million (as it's claimed) but the recruitment is at about a 1000 a day, just to keep or increase th ...
Topic: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Forum: Politics Posted: 9:58 am Subject: Questions Of The Day
Mick Harper Replies: 5209 Views: 2655373	Two developments though in this general area: 1. Word starts emanating from the White House that statements made by Elon Musk when filling out his original immigration forms are sufficiently wide ...