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Hey, have some good external insulation?. Ah, I see....

Whilst watching TV News this morning, there was a snippet on the Energy debt in this country. We’re told it is a total of some £4billion! On top of that the reporter said that everyone gets charged some £52 extra per annum to cover non-payment. In other words we all who still pay their bills, like me included get charged to pay for those who don’t. So, why do we have a £4billion level of bad debt for energy then? Or are they saying there are so many now who do not pay their bills that even the £52 extra is not sufficient? I just wonder if those who make the rules and are in charge actually do know what the ‘eck they are doing? How many times do we have to point out the mediocrity of those who are in charge? In this country if anything goes wrong there comes a law or rule that increases the cost. There seem to be no action to correct the problems. It is just, people are charged more. Of course it is the easy way, why should those in charge worry? We, the general population that still wo...
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Anyone for a bit more land? Well...

Astounding though it may be, Canada has demanded that the American States Washington, Idaho, Montana and North Dakota are returned to them forthwith. As a matter of fact, President Trump has denied they were ever Canadian but Canada’s premier pointed out that most of the States were one. In fact there were no States at all, Trump said something to the tune of that America once was the only nation on the planet and that his great great times sixty something father was the president. He had a standing ovation in the psychiatric hospital of Washington DC. In the meantime Canada has now occupied part of the requested land and is demanding that the US will disband its military. Wouldn’t you think this an interesting scenario? How would America actually react to something like that, especially if an outside nation, let’s say a man like Keir Starmer said that ‘Yes, America should concede land’. Well, this is the same situation, a real one that faces this, Ukraine. The question is also – W...
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Something else to talk about...

A lot goes on in the scientific world. Loads of information is published every day, year on end and increasing. That’s great but for ordinary mud-skippers like myself, we are struggling to find a meaning of all that. As it gets it amounts to a type of brain-dead and putting everything away in a dark corner of our minds. Yet the question of life remains. How did it start, why here on Earth? For me and I suspect for others as well, it seems that life is something that automatically happens when conditions are met. When talking about conditions it should be obvious these can and will differ across the vast expanses of the Universe. Hence life will come in many different forms. An example would be Earth’s dinosaurs. Most perished, why? The conditions changed. Whether a wide conflagration changing the climate or overpopulation I will leave that but yes, conditions changed and the then lifeforms could not cope, or change fast enough. The same rule applies to us, humans. Although there is no ...
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Gaza holiday? Where to book....

Watching TV and especially from the news channels one would think Gaza is now a done deal, holidays here we come! The BBC, the woke TV/Radio channel from the UK is showing people and reporters continually highlighting the need for this and that. Yes, it is extremely sad to see the suffering. But can I ask one question? Who started all of this? Obviously before the October 7 rampage the situation had been festering nicely for some time. To be fair the UK should look at how it performs on the world stage. The politics of the western sphere should be looked at since it is wanting. We see the grandstanding of the Americans. We hear lovely words such as ‘The war is over, I made peace’, all without any shred of evidence or even hard facts! So, what is very likely happening soon, the POTUS will return to his gold plated toilet seat in the not so White House and will forget about the whole thing. Starmer will still look like a prat and think he did a wonderful job. All he did was shake Trump’...
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Are we good at learning lessons? Hmmm...

Do people, humans, ever learn their lessons? Such as something nasty happens, we deal with it and problem’s gone away. Or has it? In most cases the immediate problem seems to have been solved but the underlying causes are still present. Take the Thirties, the poverty and also the American excesses of Wall Street and it’s collapse. Did we learn anything? Looking at the incredible debt levels of most western countries, one would seriously doubt we have learned anything. Take the Gaza problem, was it avoidable? Possibly not as population growth and limited space reminds me of that rat experiment I have mentioned before a few times. Where initially plenty of space and food culminated in explosive population growth, just as in Gaza. Then the rats started on each other, world war 10. In Gaza Hamas did not turn on to themselves but on the nearest population. But did we learn anything from the causes, the reasons of why these things happen time and time again? The Gaza problem might lessen now...
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Are we prepared? You bet we are, not....

Compared to other European countries, like Finland, Estonia, Poland, those bordering or very close to Russia; we are here in the UK still thinking the sea will save us. Forgetting of course that todays warfare does not seem to use human bodies so much. Except of course as casualties. Drones, hypersonic missiles you name it, it all flies pretty fast. Thinking the sea will save us from invasion is wrong. There will be no invasion but we will still be flattened. The countries mentioned have understood that, plus that Russia today is not really interested in maintaining peace. It certainly tries without using soldiers on foot to disrupt, to destroy, to kill their believed to be adversaries. The countries of the eastern part of Europe have understood that scenario and have been training civilian reserves with weapons firing practice carried out on a monthly basis. Average citizens are supporters of the reserve concept, and hundreds of thousands have signed up and actively participate each m...
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War problems, are we ready? Eh...

The Ukraine war has been mentioned quite a number of times. Yet here there seems little worry about the reality of what is going on. In fact our politicians are very happy to have pictures taken with Zelensky in front of some rubble, shaking hands and promising undying support when in reality that support is woefully lacking. That may have something to do with our own unpreparedness. Let’s be fair we here in the UK have been reducing our armed forces for years, not only that but the top-brass is still fighting World War Two. Meaning they are still in the same frame of mind. Whilst everyone else is looking at the reality on the battlefield, drones and the way artillery is used. There is a lot of talk about NATO, but NATO is subdivided. Obviously because of the multitude of countries that are part of it. The nations that border Russia are busy updating their forces and pretty aware of what Russia is doing and how they are doing it, in Ukraine whilst others are watching. Also the American...
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