Bigger than Watergate…
…if only the media gave a damn. The good news— the 5th Estate is completely irrelevant (shadow banning, censorship and all). (1) KIMBERLEY STRASSEL: Devin Nunes, Washington’s Public Enemy No. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: England
Write this story…
…winner gets homemade fish n chips or bangers and mash. The illustration was done by Clarke Hutton for A Picture of Britain.
Weekend 383.0 (…try to catch the deluge in a paper cup)
(1) Super Tunnel: Join engineers as they build a massive new railway deep beneath the streets of London. (NOVA) (1a) 5 Key Lessons from 10 Cities at Transforming Transportation 2017 Continue Reading →
Weekend 376.0
(1) Edward Johnston, designer of the iconic Underground typeface and ‘bullseye’ symbol, died on this day in 1944
Endless River
(1) Two quotes from Sir Winston Churchill: “…whatever the worries of the hour or the threats of the future once the picture has begun to flow along…they pass out into Continue Reading →
Weekend 370.0
(1) After Brexit: the myth of post‑truth politics (spiked) “But perhaps the worst thing about the post-truth notion is the way it redefines politics. It makes politics like religion. Remainers, Continue Reading →
Weekend 368.0 (Independence Weekend)
(1) Liberal Cosmopolitans Lash Out at the Shattering of Their Worldview (National Review) “Liberal cosmopolitanism, regnant since the end of the Cold War, has bought completely into its own rightness. Continue Reading →
Weekend 367.0 (…why bounce around to the same d*** song)
(1) Brexit vote: It’s more American than you think (Washington Examiner) (2) Glenn Reynolds: Why politicians love cities (USA Today) (3) A quote from “The Lion and the Unicorn” by Continue Reading →
Weekend 366.0
(1) England vs Great Britain vs United Kingdom Explained (Brilliant Maps) (2) The Stages of Grief at the Frontier by Jakub Grygiel (The American Interest)
bum! brrum! brrrumble!!!!
“…the roll of drums and the flutter of the flags of empire.” (1) Boris Johnson: Americans would never accept EU restrictions – so why should we? (Telegraph) (2) Troubling warnings Continue Reading →