In 1953 - when I was five and my brother was nine - treat of the week was to go with Dad to his office and warehouse on a Saturday morning. While Pop processed some cloth orders and dealt with the post, Mike and I would play hide and seek
Algernon Howeller of the Euronews breakaway Off Reuters reports exclusively as follows: 'In the tiny African State of Lumbago, starvation is now rife - and so in desperation, many people are turning into voracious cannonballs'. But peace-loving father of his People Idi Borrow refuted what he termed "
Over the period 30th May to 27th June 2025, I have opined online at Ghost as follows: 'State power is migrating away from elected assemblies, and falling into the hands of investment giants, corporocrats, bankers, the Secret State, the Military and billionaires' 'AI destroys jobs AI gives
Just before Christmas last year, a parasite AI product inserted itself onto my pc. I didn't ask for it, nor was I in turn asked for permission to allow the brazen invasion. It's called Gemini, and is owned and marketed by Google. [To be more precise,
Licence to kill in Britain and the Middle East ADF stands for the Alliance for the Defence of Freedom. It is a US originated conservative Christian organisation. There are mixed views about it, depending on whether you're woke BLM DNC by nature, or a libertarian radical realist. I
Two case histories recording our species' insatiable appetite for infantile fantasy The people in the room seemed real enough. I was just another person in the room. The room was packed with those in search of free drinks and excellent canapes. But I was alone in the room. In
Have you tried signing up for an email account lately? Have you as yet started screaming at the pc/smartphone screen because some tin bot, job-destroying machine with no empathetic right-cortex asks you to prove that you are human? Have you gaped in disbelief as they give you a shape
Staying vigilant about 24/7 cheating.... I just opened a new bank account here in The Gambia. The branch manager told me that my debit card was "absolutely free". How kind of them, I thought, to let me have access to my own money* without charge. Later that
For starters, some vicious but even-handed satire about Islamic life in The Gambia... I have finally signed a decree with the Chief Imam here allowing for the creation of a new all-purpose fasting and gorging Islamic festival, RAMATOBASKIDAN In the light of this historic accord, the Government will bring forward
Most human beings just like being human. Last Friday - Tobaski sacrifice holiday here in West Africa - every Muslim indulged in eating slow-roasted ram, goat, cow, kid and lamb. I don't approve of Halal butchery, but I wished my nearest neighbours a good feast. Three hours later,
Last Friday Islamic Africa celebrated Tobaski - aka Eid Al Adha, The Feast of Sacrifice...when family compounds are hungry and every animal on four legs [except the Forbidden Pig] is nervous. For most of the late morning and early afternoon of Tobaski weekend, I've been treated to
.....and the obedient apparatchiks who pocket their bribes During a huge-stadium, multi-ethnic sellout stand-up gig, the Last Great American George Carlin uttered an infamously accurate assessment of 21st Century Government: “I have one golden rule with Governments, people….I don’t believe a fuckin’ word they say….not one fuckin’