Monthly Archives: December 2012

Time to begin the begin

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  31 December 2012 We began the year with a bang. We are ending it with a … Continue reading

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Anglo-Saxon nightbird

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  30 December 2012 In our post “A butterfly existence” on 22 December 2012, we quoted the … Continue reading

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Like chalk and cheese

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  28 December 2012 Cooperation ≠ Competition ——–  You might perhaps care to view some of our … Continue reading

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Cultivate your garden

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  27 December 2012 KEEP OUT OF POLITICS AND CULTIVATE YOUR GARDEN This was the advice of … Continue reading

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Good King Wenceslas

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    St Stephen’s Day, 26 December 2012 Good King Wenceslas look’d out,
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It was 4 B.C….

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  Christmas Day, 25 December 2012 IT WAS 4 B.C…. “And it came to pass in those … Continue reading

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Anti-Christ

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    Christmas Eve, 24 December 2012 They prate of God; believe it, fellow-creatures, There’s no such … Continue reading

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You get the government you deserve

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  23 December 2012 “Venalis populus, venalis curia patrum” “The government are shits, but so are the … Continue reading

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A butterfly existence

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  22 December 2012   “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that … Continue reading

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Πλούτος

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  21 December 2012   “Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, … Continue reading

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