May you live in interesting times! This started out as a...
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Poverty strikes, but not for everyone
Five cops have been caught after demanding a "free passage" bribe to let a truck proceed on a highway east...
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All about pigs
You can't fatten a pig on market day. That's a cry heard around election manifestos that offer a variety of ...
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Does anyone follow this eyes-ears-mouth wisdom that originated in ancient Japan? It is especially hard to do in this grim...
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The end of the world is nigh, but not for me
We used to say when there was lightning it was just God taking your photo. Sheets of lightning cracked through...
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Roll up, roll up for a zig-zag
Some of us might remember roll-ups in the good old bad old days. Bill Clinton said he tried a hand-rolled...
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Seismic shifts …
Taylor Swift is conquering the world. Not the least of it, fans known as Swifties invaded a London pub in...
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Talking eyes
Eyes smile, they admonish, they smoulder, they moisten. The eyes show what’s going on behind them. Evasiveness and dishonesty, for...
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More on music … Beyonce breaks into country and western
Beyoncé isn't coal black but in the way of many Americans she isn't white either. It is election year over...
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Shit happens …
Anglophiles among us will have been following the English tradition of the annual boat race between the universities of Oxford...
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