Martin Luther King Day

(16th January, 2012)

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." (MLK)

MLK's Birthday

MLK's death

He had a dream

Water bills rise by average of 5.7%

(Source: The Guardian, 31st Jan 2012)

Don't take WATER for granted!

UNEMPLOYMENT RISES

New Hope for the Unemployed

Is Capitalism working? And, if so, for whom?

30th Anniversary of Falklands War

(2nd April - 14th June 1982)

Frantic Antics in the South Atlantic

Videosyncratic Vaudeville Verse:

Falklands War (the movie)

 

A short, sweet history of the hot cross bun

 

Easter Suite

 

Easter Special

(photo: dk)

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee is due to be celebrated 2nd -5th June 2012. Ain't it extraordinary that this now 86 year old woman has been referred to (& revered by some) as QUEEN for the last 60 years! Who does she think she is? Why do we ordinary mortals elevate other human beings in such a way? How much longer can the obsolete institution of monarchy hang on?

Anyway, to celebrate let's revisit one of the highlights of her glorious reign:

'the Queen was in her bedroom...'

The Queen's Bedroom Video

Anti-Monarchy

30th ANNIVERSARY OF ROYAL BEDROOM FARCE

In the early hours of 9th July 1982, an intruder, Michael Fagan, broke into Buckingham Palace & entered the Queen's bedroom.

'the Queen was in her bedroom...'

The Queen's Bedroom Video

On 6th August 1945, the US dropped the world's first Atomic Bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, devastating it & killing about 140,000. A few days later, on the 9th, they dropped a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki, with a death toll of about 70,000. The japanese had previously indicated their willingness to surrender….

By the way, did you know that the word BOMB used to be pronounced BUM before the Great Bowel Shift?

Read on...

"A-levels 2012: Top grades down this year

There has been a fall in the proportion of A-level grades awarded an A or A* for the first time in over two decades."

(Source: BBC, 16th Aug 2012)

Isn't it time we questioned the examination system?

EXAMS EXAMINED

Makes a change from Nazi uniform!

(22nd August 2012)

In a so-called Democracy, do we need the Monarchy?

BALI BOMBING - 10th ANNIVERSARY

202 people were killed & 209 injured in a terrorist attack on the tourist district of the Indonesian island of Bali (12th October 2002).

Bomb in Bali

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