It was clear well before the weekend began that the Formula 1 event held in Bahrain on the weekend, was going to be no ordinary race meet. I should start out by saying that I am a Formula 1 junkie, a hopeless one…. However this weekend was different, and I have to say that I [...]
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Anybody who watched Monday night’s episode of 4 Corners would be as appalled as I am that the situation in Syria is continuing on, with the rest of the world watching, mildly interested, but mostly apathetic. And a warning, this post contains images that should disturb…. For those that missed it, it can be summed up [...]
A warning before I start, there are images which may upset some, so proceed with caution… I was forwarded an email by a friend recently that I wanted to share, I have changed some of the wording, but you will get the gist…. after all a picture tells a thousand words. Some of you may [...]
Some of you may remember a blog I did a couple of weeks back titled “I Don’t Care For Apathy”. It was a bit of plea to lift our game with Mental Health Services. For those of you who didn’t know, and I have to admit, I didn’t until it was pointed out to me, [...]
I’m no lawyer. I mean I’ve seen some movies based on John Grisham novels, watched a few episodes of Law and Order, even had some experience with the police and speeding tickets… But it is safe to say, if I’d been defending OJ Simpson, he wouldn’t be driving round in a Bronco for about 25 [...]
Everything moves in swings and roundabouts it would seem…. and here we have history repeating, again. Arming Saddam to kill Iranians seemed like a good idea at the time. I can also remember back when those lovely blokes from Al Qaeda were driving those nasty Russians from Afghanistan, the West armed them to the teeth for their [...]
I wanted to do a blog as a kind of salute, or the raising of a glass is probably more appropriate. To a woman who touched me deeply a long, long time ago, in a land far, far away. I was doing the typical backpacker trip around Europe. I was paying my way by doing [...]
