Category Archives: England

I Love London

July 26, 2012 – 10:57 pm

Mitt Romney set off from America to visit the UK and Israel. Stopping in London to visit Prime Minister Cameron the GOP candidate, who supervised the 2002 Utah Winter Games, criticized the the London’s Olympics by saying, “The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and [...]

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Jon Lord Deep Purple RIP

July 18, 2012 – 3:04 am

Deep Purple’s Jon Lord passed out of the Here-Now to join friends, family, and fans in the Here-Before, but his music with the premiere heavy metal band in history shall survive in the Here-Beyond for as long as young boys sing the four note motif of SMOKE ON THE WATER. The classically trained pianist was [...]

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Dildo Bank Robbery

July 15, 2012 – 9:41 pm

Pattaya attracted all kinds in the 20th Century. While managing my clothing website, I ran into a German running the same internet business. Ralf and I became friends. We drank together at bars catering to Thais. Neither of us had many farang friends. One night he confided to me that as a teenager he had [...]

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NOT ALL CRASHES ARE ACCIDENTS by Peter Nolan Smith

June 29, 2012 – 7:08 am

I never met Princess Diana, although a friend of a friend married her brother. Diana would have been at the wedding. I never received an invitation. No great loss, because the Princess of Wales wasn’t my type, however I viewed her death as a blow against the empire of goodness. I arrived in London the [...]

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London NHS To The ER

June 25, 2012 – 8:23 pm

The BBC has reported that a London NHS hospital trust has been warned by the Tory Health Minister about bankruptcy over some $100 million in debts, which had been incurred by a private finance initiative. The interest on the debt has risen quickly with delinquency and the right wing of the government is pushing hard [...]

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