Archive for March, 2018

SHOULD WE CONTRIBUTE MORE TOWARDS THE CARE OF OUR PARENTS?

March 29, 2018


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/03/21/abuse-neglect-present-nine-10-care-homes-survey-shows/

POLAND COMMEMORATES THE GREAT ESCAPE:

March 27, 2018

By vorwerk – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1583827

http://www.thenews.pl/1/11/Artykul/355259,1944-‘Great-Escape’-from-German-POW-camp-commemorated-in-Poland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_(film)

STATES MEDDLE IN BRITISH POLITICS:

March 22, 2018

Eight EU leaders call on UK to hold another Brexit referendum

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/935685/brexit-news-vince-cable-lib-dems-second-referendum-eu-leaders-deny-support-latest

https://www.ft.com/content/6a997e6e-fc09-11e9-98fd-4d6c20050229

“One of my English friends is probably right when he says with melancholy that Brexit is the real end of the British Empire.” Oh really! – or maybe the European Empire? We lost ours decades ago.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-tusk-of-eu-european-union-says-uk-britain-will-become-a-second-rate-player-2132280

1st CLASS INTERNET – 1st THREE COACHES:

March 15, 2018

http://www.zdnet.com/article/net-neutrality-showdown-now-mozilla-and-21-states-sue-fcc-over-internet-freedom/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/attorneys-general-sue-fcc-net-neutrality_us_5a5e84c3e4b00a7f171b815a

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/landmark-2015-net-neutrality-rules-expire-in-us/1172227

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44438812

MEDIA COURT:

March 14, 2018

All parties in this fast escalating situation should stand back and take stock. We had a long standing tradition in this country where everyone was presumed innocent until proven guilty. Over the years this has been replaced by “trial by mass media”. If there is proof of guilt let’s all see it. Stop the posturing and let the police continue their investigation unhampered.

AMERICAN STYLE:

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dan-gainor-anti-kavanaugh-media-and-hollywood-bias-explodes-in-a-bad-week-for-america

KANGAROO COURT:

Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Ltd (Morecambe, England) have banned Pyethon (P.F. Bithell) from using their busses without any warning or explanation.