David Kirtley
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David Kirtley
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Easter In The Holy Land by Alfred N.Muggins
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31/3/24 The Holy Land has so many holes in it! How can it be Holy now? Do Israelis try to follow the Ten Commandments too? Thou shalt not Kill! Are...
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Trips Down Memory Lane Before The World Falls Apart by Alfred N.Muggins
28/11/23 Alfred had typically been far too busy watching the tragic and desperate news from the (not so?) Holy Land, and commenting on and sharing...
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Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 2
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Part 2 Rasputin shows him around (was he a relative of some sort/ they shared the name Putin?) “You had power over your supporters, over all Russia,...
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Pearly Gates : A Tour of Russia’s Hell by Alfred N.Muggins Part 1
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7/3/23 (5/7/23, 26/7/23) “We’re waiting for you!” said St.Peter, as ‘comrade’ Vladimir Putin climbed reluctantly up the stairway to heaven and...
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Jungleland (by Bruce Springsteen) : A (Belated) Review by Alfred Muggins
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26/11/21 To all my fans, of my novels, written, unwritten, and partly written, and short stories, poems and blogs, chronicles, and posts. It has been...
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You speak for us all! A very
Posted on Fri, 24 Nov 2023
You speak for us all! A very eloquent piece on the subject. Why do the profits increase at our expense?
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I can certainly see where you
Posted on Mon, 06 Nov 2023
I can certainly see where you are coming from on this one. Maybe simple execution would suffice. We don't want to return to the middle ages completely!
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I really like this poem Di
Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023
I really like this poem Di for the many things it says! You express the shame our governments and complacent leaders should feel for their moral complacency in giving the green card to these medieval tribal revenge tactics. Do we too feel shame...
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A good poem to describe the
Posted on Sat, 28 Oct 2023
A good poem to describe the truths of war. The moral high ground is soon lost as your warmaking/bombing finds many more victims than the original attack against you. Then who is the war criminal? (And who started it all in the first place?)
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I do agree with you Ed.
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
I do agree with you Ed. Antonio Guterres the secretary General of the United Nations is very good. He has placed himself in difficult situations and done his best, a good spokesman for decency, fairness,and truth in this difficult world of...
Read full commentPosted in Creeping colonization and takeover : Revenge and Retribution, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter)
Yes I would think that in the
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Yes I would think that in the right circumstances, including politically and with fair rights and treatment, I would think they should be able to get on perfectly well together. The problems might well be the unfinished peace process and creeping...
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Great poem, with impressions
Posted on Sat, 21 Oct 2023
Great poem, with impressions of Egypt, and the Arab and muslim world, and memories of Arab and Israeli conflict! It is a shame they have not been able to find peace or fairness.
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Great poem for these
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
Great poem for these disturbing and upsetting times! How would we cope? How do they cope? Is any of this our responsibility, or our fault?
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Yes,you can't go back and
Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023
Yes,you can't go back and lead a life you might have wanted once. Decisions are made and life's journey is experienced. This journey of reflection to his home town is well described, but it seems he has a good life. He can dream of past...
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A great story, with a good
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
A great story, with a good few twists. I am starting to wonder which order to read it in, as Part 1 is the real conclusion, although it hasn't necessarilly finished. I still think Frank might survive, but how can he in the nuclear Armageddon? The...
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