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Tag: USA

“Tyger Tyger, burning bright”

William Blake’s famous poem expresses incredulity that such an animal could ever have been created. Continue reading “Tyger Tyger, burning bright”

Posted on November 26, 2019November 12, 2019Categories Cats, Odds & EndsTags tiger, Tyger, USALeave a comment on “Tyger Tyger, burning bright”

The USA is a democracy, dammit!

“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” – Laurence J. Peter Continue reading The USA is a democracy, dammit!

Posted on December 11, 2018December 11, 2018Categories PoliticsTags America, Pompeo, Trump, USALeave a comment on The USA is a democracy, dammit!

What price the “special relationship”?

Let’s talk turkey. Continue reading What price the “special relationship”?

Posted on July 17, 2018September 28, 2018Categories PoliticsTags special relationship, Trump, UK, USA2 Comments on What price the “special relationship”?

Where is the humanity? Where the compassion?

Poverty in the USA is the focus of a deeply disturbing report that the Trump Administration will ignore. Continue reading Where is the humanity? Where the compassion?

Posted on December 19, 2017December 16, 2017Categories PoliticsTags compassion, homelessness, humanity, poverty, USA2 Comments on Where is the humanity? Where the compassion?

58 deaths that could have been prevented

Wake up America! Continue reading 58 deaths that could have been prevented

Posted on October 6, 2017October 5, 2017Categories Politics, Writing & WritersTags gun control, guns, massacre, Sandberg, USALeave a comment on 58 deaths that could have been prevented

Donald Trump’s latest cunning plan…

…weapons of war on the streets of US cities. Continue reading Donald Trump’s latest cunning plan…

Posted on September 5, 2017September 1, 2017Categories PoliticsTags gun politics, military weapons, Trump, USALeave a comment on Donald Trump’s latest cunning plan…

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