the white shops at catterick garrison

Trust me, although the layout is mostly the same, White Shops does not look like this now.

 

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why does grandpa smell like shit?

I still think this could become a real book.

 

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Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary

reform uk - a reminder that they are twats

Another reminder these rich piss taking populist fuckers certainly do not have the UK's best interests in their plans. They'll feather their own pockets, help their rich friends and donors, and shaft the poor deluded voters who thought they had their best interests at heart. But hey - control and retribution against immigrants, boat crossings and foreign grooming gangs are what a lot of their support will be voting for, even if they eventually personally suffer and pay for it. Just a nastier version of The Tories really. 

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Will you be my boyfreind forever? Abbey Sings for David | Love on the Spectrum: Season 3 | Netflix

Christ on a bike l must be getting oversentimental in my old age, as despite my hard drinking wisecracking scouser reputation l was crying watching this. Mind you, l'm always a sucker for proper emotion in a song, and despite the theatrical tone of it, this certainly has emotion by the bucketload.

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Eels - Susan's House

george takei's great donald trump resonse to trump says stop.

 Now that is what l call a great response. More please.

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lenient sentencing as headteacher attacks his deputy

I'm sorry, but if you attack someone with a wrench (which are very heavy) from behind like this, you should be getting charged with attempted murder, and l'm talking as a person who (as an adult) once went after someone else to cause them physical harm with a hockey stick (long story).  Just because the victim survived does not make it less of an offence, the same as kicking or stamping on someone's head when they are on the ground or unconscious. Judges generally do not give long sentences for violent offences because they live in a world which very rarely encounters violence, unlike the poor. He'd have probably  got a longer sentence if he he stolen statues from a country estate.

Story is from here.

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america - now at the arresting judges stage

This has since been taken down, but it didn't take long for Donald Trump and his corrupt cronies to start arresting Judges. A classic dictatorship move, but rather sadly, l think a lot more of this kind of boundary pushing law breaking will be happening in the near future. America, the judges, congress and the Republicans with a backbone need to get their act together to oppose this before it's too late.

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Sam Cooke - Bring It on Home to Me (Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963)

historians finally get their act together

At long last Historians are putting their educations and knowledge to good use.  This kind of detail and historical accuracy is important, but couldn't they reach a compromise and say he had a long shaft?

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more usa / trump related cartoons

Donald Trump's America - the gift that keeps on giving (but not in a good way).

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some more stuff l've recently viewed

 

some stuff l've viewed recently

 

Bryan Ferry - Sympathy For The Devil

fascism part 247444 missive from the white house

 

elon musk - the stepping down snowflake

A most excellent reply. 

And here's another.

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ukraine and russia peace deal talks cartoon

Pretty much sums it up.

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rolling stones - welcome to new york update

I still think these are crazy prices, but some mad bastards seem to be buying them. I'm pretty mad, but not this crazy.

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Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane

Sonic Youth - Victoria (Peel Session)

differing hotel views - newcastle's hampton by hilton

 

The view from the front of our hotel at the weekend (Newcastle's Hampton by Hilton) was pretty good.

However, not so good at the back when coming down for breakfast. Would still recommend it though and would stay there again.

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The Lightning Seeds - Pure (Official Video)

the exploding pope (and william the conqueror)

I'm full of useless information. As Michael Caine would say, not a lot of people know that a recent Pope exploded. Due to not being properly fixed (a technical term - look it up) by the papal physician Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi, Pope Pius XII, who died in 1958, had a four day viewing ceremony, meanwhile, his internal gases built up until his chest exploded, and his nose and fingers fell off, while also of course, creating an ungodly stench, which caused his guards to faint.

The same kind of fate happened in 1087 to William the Conqueror as he was lowered into his grave. He exploded, and the flying body parts and stench caused the crowds to scatter.

What a way to go. 

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sam allardyce steps in as the new pope

 |Just the man for the job. 

Oh - hold one.  Some breaking news.

Nick Pope now on standby.

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bananaman and the beano get political

 Hmmmm - l wonder who this could be satirising?  More please.

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you can't even enjoy fanta anymore

I like Fanta a lot, even the zero sugar one.  Then l discovered it was created by Nazis!! Is nothing sacred these days??

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happy easter!

 

Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time (Official Audio)

Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

the rolling stones' welcome to new york is still at ridiculous prices

I'm still on the lookout for this album in it's various vinyl forms (I already have it on CD) but certainly not at these sort of prices. I suppose l could also just get a life and stop being a sad bastard, but let's face it, that's not going to happen.

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eric clapton's bag of cocaine

This of course has nothing to do with last night's madness at the Primal Scream show, from which my mate is still recovering (and had to leave the show early), but when rock stars buy drugs, they do it on an industrial scale. Check out Eric Clapton's bag of coke when he was recording the Derek and The Dominos lp. That is serious partying.

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happy easter!!

 From Private Eye

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happy easter!