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  • I know all these W’s in the title would nearly make you dizzy , unfortunately there are more to come. What happens if you are arrested and brought to jail and it is claimed you were there before and you know you weren’t but there is an eye witness placing you there. This happened to…

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  • I was struggling to find an appropriate title for this blog because so much can be said about this man. I am passionate about music although I am not necessarily that keen on classical music, I do listen to the works of great composers like Mozart,Beethoven.Satie,Ravel and Strauss.However all these great composers pale in comparison…

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  • I know this blog will be controversial however  I  do believe sometimes to get a message across is by showing how absurd things are. The fact is Adolf Hitler liked to dress up, I am not saying he was a drag queen but I think he may have had tendencies towards it,and behind closed doors…

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  • Two last letters

      These 2 letter are truly heartbreaking. The 1st one because it was written by a young boy showing appreciation for a gift, not knowing what fate waited for him after his mother had sent his letter. This one actually tore my heart to pieces. The 2nd one from a young man who knew exactly…

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  • I am not dismissing climate change in fact I am convinced that there is a climate change. The one thing I am not convinced about is, is it really caused by man. We had several ice changes long before heavy industry and cars etc. We also had freak storms like the Great London Tornado of 1091…

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  • Raid of the Ghetto of Rome

    There are two sad elements to this story. A-As so oft before during WWII victims had been given a sense of hope, often false hope given by the Nazi’s to even inflict psychological terror upon the physical crimes. However in this case the hope was given by the allies. B. So very little is known…

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  • City apartments, as many people know, can be small and stuffy. And while fresh air is a wonderful, healthful thing for people of all ages, in the late 19th century, the idea of actively “airing” your baby to promote health started cropping up in parenting books. The concept was introduced by Dr. Luther Emmett Holt…

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  • Life and death of Mata Hari

    Despite her exotic name Mata Hari was a Dutch woman. Her real name was Margaretha (Gretha)Zelle and was born in Leeuwarden, in the province of Friesland in the North West of  the Netherlands.. Today marks the centenary of her execution. At 18, Zelle answered an advertisement in a Dutch newspaper placed by Dutch Colonial Army Captain Rudolf MacLeod (1 March 1856 – 9…

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  • It is a well known fact that the  North Korean dictator Kim Jong -Un has “issues” (to keep it PC). But this has been running in the family for generations. In the late 1960s, Kim Jong-il, heir to the North Korean dictatorship at the time, became interested in making propaganda films. Kim was already deeply…

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  • The letter of Horror.

    This blog is not meant to judge, it is however meant for one thing. Just one question “What would you do?” It is a question of dying or living. The primal human instinct’Survival’ And there is no need to reply to this blog, just reply in your own mind with your own conscience. A buried…

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