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Continue reading →: Trump bans beards
POTUS has used another Executive order to ban beards among serving US military personnel. This measure was taken to reduce the risk of Muslims infiltrating the ranks of the armed services and has caused great offence among the US Muslim community. A legal challenge has already been launched in the…
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Continue reading →: Waste
I watched a documentary that showed how birds were dying because of the amount of plastic waste that finds its way into the oceans. In some instances birds starved to death because their stomachs were too full of indigestible plastics for them to feed properly. Plastic bags are a big…
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Continue reading →: Disney’s ‘Gay Moment’
There are strange forces at work in the world. In Russia, the Minister for Sport wants to organise football hooliganism as a spectator sport, a Dutch presidential candidate wants to ban the Koran and Disney has produced a Power Ranger film with a Yellow Ranger, Trini who is trying to…
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Continue reading →: Tribunals
There are many killings that would bear closer scrutiny. Some would argue that a line has to be drawn under a period of conflict and that everyone should move on. From the British army’s viewpoint it is unfair to identify soldiers and bring them before the courts to recall events of decades…
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Continue reading →: Ethics in Combat
A wounded Palestinian, Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, was shot as he lay on the ground by an Israeli military medic, Elor Azaria, on 24 March 2016. The military tribunal has ruled that the manslaughter conviction carries a jail sentence of 18 months. The Guardian newspaper states “Presiding judge Maya Heller said the panel…
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Continue reading →: BillyDo – Billy Don’t
Relationships fail, falter and sometimes blissfully gel. A new website, BillyDo, was launched, but didn’t gel so I scrapped it. Apologies to anyone who was tempted in the 24 hour life of the site to sign up for cupid’s arrow. On reflection, I did not see myself as matchmaker and the privacy aspects…
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Continue reading →: Quantum Stuff
The name Heisenberg may grab your attention either as a devotee of the cult classic TV series Breaking Bad, or because of your interest in quantum physics. I’m hoping it’s the former because my knowledge of quantum physics is very sketchy. Bryan Cranston was brilliant in the role as…
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Continue reading →: John Aubrey
An English biographer and philosopher of the 17th century, his work was largely undiscovered until the 1800s. A new biography by Ruth Scurr, John Aubrey: My Own Life written in ‘his own hand’ is getting good reviews. Here is a taste…Aubrey, a self-effacing, modest man, was a brilliant oral historian, who…
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