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on time
where blue suede shoes trodthey long since left the caféno scent left to track ~ n.b. The nice thing about The Arcade Restaurant is that, apart from a modest postcard, the proprietors don’t trade off the reputation of one of their many happy customers. More importantly the café has been up and running for 102 →
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on Ukraine
human rights abusedno excuse, who’s for this war?hands up everyone! ~ n.b. Referenda being used by occupying forces to skim over, or gloss up the rationale for creating a war. It’s been said that these exercises are no better than voting at gunpoint, CLP 27/09/2022 →
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putting a face oncan’t hide what happens beneathSt. Louis’ broken heart ~ n.b. In a city with many elegantly carved superstructures that are all boarded up, this building in the city centre has been cleverly painted to look as if it has a facade carved from stone. It is merely make up that is beginning →
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on cash
I’ll buy you a mealbut I won’t just give moneyyou said you’re hungry ~ n.b. Talk me through that again. Hungry means ‘food’ right? A young man, in a desperate condition, scarred, nervous, tired and dirty asked for a dollar for food. I said I’d get him some food, (we were stood outside a hamburger →
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they still have enoughcowards to push the buttonsheroes would refuse ~ n.b. Resistance to conscription in Russia is an act of great courage. For Russians facing the press gang, “Do you have a plan? Run; Hide; Fight,” Which is what public notices in US railway stations advise in case an act of domestic terrorism develops →
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on Ukraine
enough mothers knowRussian blood runs down drains toopuddles form on clay ~ n.b. There are reports that queues to leave Russia to escape conscription to the diminishing army are stretching for miles at border posts. CLP 23/09/2022 →
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late-night traffic haltsblues on red, no one aroundstill, they sit and wait ~ n.b. Chicago police are recruiting. The bus company is recruiting. Most bars, restaurants, shops seem to be recruiting. Trucking companies are recruiting. Everyone is recruiting. In the UK, it seems the over-50s, who have cleared off mortgages, been well-paid enough to save →
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