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Trump and the GOP

For all of his failings, you have to admit that Trump does seem to have a sense of irony. As the person who made 30,573 fact-checked false or misleading claims whilst president, he calls his social media site Truth Social. And as the president who added $7.8 trillion to the national debt, gave tax-breaks to theContinue reading “Trump and the GOP”

Evolution 101

Even after more than 150 years, Evolution is still one of the more misunderstood scientific theories. The big question is why? Charles Darwin was the first to get his theories published with “On the Origin of Species” in 1859, but others were coming to similar conclusions about the same time, based on their own observations;Continue reading “Evolution 101”

Atheism 101

Is your God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? -Epicurus It’s clear that a lot of people misunderstand atheism. On aContinue reading “Atheism 101”

The Universe in a nutshell

“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.”Douglas Adams – “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. 2,000 years ago we thought that the Earth was the centre of everything.Continue reading “The Universe in a nutshell”

Trump’s Republican Party

This article is about the modern Republican party. I’m not talking about what the Republican party or ‘Grand Old Party’ (The GOP) used to be: I’m talking about Donald Trump’s MAGA Republican party, which has positioned itself far to the right of Eisenhower’s 1956 Republican platform. I’m British, but lived in the States for sixContinue reading “Trump’s Republican Party”

Orange – the customer isn’t always wrong!

When I was growing up, say in the fifties and sixties, the maxim amongst retailers and public facing organisations was “the customer is always right”. But in the modern world it’s as if this has been turned on it’s head to “the customer is an idiot”. OK, the modern world is a complicated place withContinue reading “Orange – the customer isn’t always wrong!”

The Man Tin

This is my Man Tin. And very useful it is too. Previously, the bits it now contains were in drawers in various parts of the house, along with general bric-a-brac such as empty cigarette lighters, dried up magic markers, batteries that ‘may’ still have some life, pens that no longer work, old pairs of glasses,Continue reading “The Man Tin”