Woke up this morning to the news that Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, commonly known as Fidel Castro, has passed away at the age of 90. He governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Continue reading “Cheers Fidel Castro”
Month: November 2016
Crap Quotes and Aphorisms Part 1
1) Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey
This is great if you already have most of the basics in life. It doesn’t work quite so well when you’re trying to convince a person who can’t afford food that he should be thankful. Logically he should be concentrating on what he doesn’t have, food, else he will starve. This is no more than an attempt at make the poor believe they should be happy with their lot. Continue reading “Crap Quotes and Aphorisms Part 1”
Fifa and the Poppy
The English are in uproar again. This time because Fifa wouldn’t allow them to wear a poppy on their shirts when they played Scotland on 11 November 2016. Fifa have now decided to open disciplinary proceedings against them. Continue reading “Fifa and the Poppy”
Narcissist Elected President
Today it became clear that Donald Trump has won the election and will be the new US President. Nothing good will come from this although I must admit I wagered on him winning so there is that. I backed the average American’s lack of common sense and won. Continue reading “Narcissist Elected President”
Trump Campaign Lies
With 8 days to go until the US Presidential election I thought I’ll make a list of some of the lies told by Trump during his campaign. My hope is that the lies will count against him at the ballot box but I fear his support base lapped it up. They don’t appear to be the brightest and seem to detest facts. Continue reading “Trump Campaign Lies”