Minnie’s Musings
Random ramblings of a middle aged, middle class, middle income woman
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The problem with long running conflicts and acrimonious international relations – for which read The Congo, Sudan, India/Pakistan etc – is that you eventually become immune to the images. They have to rise to a new catastrophic level to register. Therefore when – many moons ago – we woke up to starvation in Ethiopia, it…
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She would kill me if she finds out I am posting this… but Whizz Kid has been outed. Hurrah! No, not that kind of ‘outed’. Her new work colleagues have discovered that she is really good at Maths. She can do sums in her head at lightning speed. Well perhaps not lighting. But bloody quick.…
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FFS That idiot is going to cause the deaths and disablement of children with his unfounded claims relating to paracetamol and regurgitation of unfounded claims about vaccines. More damage can be done to a foetus by a fever that can be brought under control by paracetamol than by a pain killer that we regularly dose…
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Before I got waylaid by fond memories of a sunny stroll… was I wonder whom Donald Trump heard using the phrase, “I am very disappointed in…”. Perhaps his much lauded mother in her Hebridean brogue. Speaking of familiar phrases. I am now never going to say “Yum, yum” again, thanks to the Dark Prince. Yucky,…
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On a Pendolino train. Going up the West Coast so Best Beloved can see a football game and I can meet friend in Carlisle for catch up and cake. Well, a catch up. Might have to forswear cake. We made a similar trip last year so BB could watch his team play another NW team.…
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Hmmmm… DT considers his trip to WC an upgrade on merely being a guest at BP. He is the only POTUS to receive this honour. So, he is hemmed in by a medieval castle in a very large and very secure field outside the M25 i.e. not in the capital itself, heaven forbid. No joyous…
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More and more I read and hear admired figures from public life (politicians, academics, commentators etc) bemoaning the state of discourse as more and more people declare themselves offended, are offended, cause unintentional offence, cause deliberate offence and so on, and on, and on. It is a thorny issue; some genuinely held opinions are offensive…
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According to the FB algorithm. I do love a baby elephant. But baby tigers are soooooo cute.. FB also knows I like monologues by middle aged people having a grumble. Frankly we’ve earned it. I also get a lot of The Daily Show which I love but gives me the impression that all Americans hold…
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So, Elon Musk is widely regarded as extremely clever. He certainly knows his stuff when it comes to make a shed load of money. But he is spectacularly ignorant when it comes to government and politics. Having sacked government employees across America – adding to unemployment statistics in the process – and cancelling programs specifically…
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Of course the minute after pressing Publish I open up FB and find a post from a friend by an African- American professor outlining the plethora of issues this young man had waded into, with the vicious intent of shutting down all forms of progressive dissent. It is a powerful diatribe filled with anger. And…
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