Author Archives: Frank Davis

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Hating Music

Posted on June 15, 2019

Following on from yesterday, I had the thought that hatred starts with dislike or disapproval. In fact, hatred is perhaps simply strong disapproval. Is dislike or disapproval a bad thing? Are we supposed to like everything? Isn’t it actually necessary … Continue reading →

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Hating The Smoker

Posted on June 14, 2019

Something that has crept into mind recently. Back in January 2007, the Guardian published a piece by Deborah Arnott with the title: Don’t hate the smoker. I keep a link to it in the right margin, because in the piece … Continue reading →

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Working on updates 0%

Posted on June 13, 2019

My Windows computer periodically needs to install updates for my Windows 10 operating system. I never know what the updates do, but I generally suppose that they’re actually all spyware updates for use by the NSA, CIA, FBI, MI6, GCHQ, … Continue reading →

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I Hope Michael Gove Isn’t Our Next Prime Minister

Posted on June 12, 2019

The Conservatives are having a leadership contest to replace Theresa May. One of the candidates is someone called Michael Gove: Tory leadership hopeful Michael Gove has said he was lucky to have avoided going to prison for cocaine use but … Continue reading →

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A 280,000 Year Long Ice Age

Posted on June 11, 2019

UK weather forecast: UK weather forecast: Britain to be hit with torrential rain for THREE more days At least it isn’t snow. I’ve been continuing with the development of my glaciation simulation model. It’s a model of heat flow up … Continue reading →

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No Predestined History

Posted on June 10, 2019

A couple of transcripts from things I was listening to yesterday. The first is Robin Aitken talking to Peter Whittle about the culture of the BBC: RA 9:50: It’s what I call cultural Marxism. I think that what the progressive … Continue reading →

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Supply and Demand

Posted on June 9, 2019

I stopped watching TV after the UK smoking ban, because nobody smoked on TV, and nobody spoke up for smokers on TV. On TV I saw depicted a world to which I didn’t belong, and to which I didn’t want … Continue reading →

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