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’
The seven deadly sins according to the Catholic Church in the New Testament are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth. These are the missing bits: mendacity, sexual depravity, power mania and narcissism. Of course there is a degree of overlap: pride is close to narcissism, although taking pride
Givers and Receivers in the aberrant world of unelected power Some people have been asking me when my "vendetta" against the UK's DWP is going to end. My answer remains, "When its depraved values have been scattered to the four winds". And as the
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka Lenin It is forbidden to criticise any bank's service delivery It is forbidden to write articles about how the UK State bonuses Pension bureaucrats who leave impoverished pensioners devoid of support It is forbidden to observe the constitutional vandalism of Elon Musk It is
Last week, I went into my main bank here in The Gambia to get some answers on why somebody appeared to be using a local hotel to withdraw money from my UK Nationwide account. That may sound surreal to you, but in Africa banks use anciliary agents a lot in
Since Friday's Slogpost about mendacious DWP Theft went live, [a] I have been blocked by Gab [b] Google are bouncing my regular Resistance emails back before I see them and [c] X has wiped all my tweets relating to the piece. This is only to be expected: in
Sir Peter Schofield KCB, the department of Work & Pensions permanent secretary, received performance-related pay of between £10,000 and £15,000 last year, in addition to a salary of between £195,000 and £200,000. His bonuses are directly related to how much money he can save....at the
.....using only new miracle SqueakyClean Deturdant - featuring the unique Satangone anti-hogwash ingredient as developed in association with the Proctologist-Gambler-Unicleaver Corporation of Port Scumblight, Langley Virginia Today sees the launch of the much needed and long awaited laundry breakthrough guaranteeing to remove deep-down stains of amoral, biased, bombastic, brutal, depraved,