Tom and I have briefly crossed paths before. Following a discussion over at SoM’s site, I wrote a post based upon that discussion. I recently dissected another of SoM’s rants, and shared those thoughts with Tom. In response, Tom has written a new post, and that is the post I take a look at here. […]
Trust a Tory to use hysterical, inflammatory language, when describing vulnerable, desperate people. Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary who was sacked by Liz Truss for security failings, and then reinstated by Rishi Sunak a few days later (despite further details of security failures), called migrants ‘invaders’, and thus demonstrated she is a cold, cruel excuse […]
Humanity never fails to amaze me at how long it can sink. I didn’t know that harassing and spying on victims of terrorist attacks was a thing, but it appears it is, and it appears it is do with making money. To quote from this BBC News story: Conspiracy theorists, who claim UK terror attacks […]
Allow me to preface this post with the warning that this topic is a sensitive one. The depictions of violence are quite graphic, and quite brutal. Discussions of this nature can easily become heated, for we are talking about cherished beliefs and ideals. We are talking about historical figures of much notoriety. Some background. This […]
I hope someone remembered to wake up Green Day. September has ended, and colder days are settling in. Welcome to the Meerkat Muse. What awaits us in October? Turmoil She’s been Prime Minister for little more than a month, yet Liz Truss seems determined to eclipse even Boris Johnson for ineptitude. The mini-budget from Chancellor […]
This is the notion that’s been suggested a couple of blogs I quietly keep an eye on. According to them, the Department of Education is unconstitutional. Because it is unconstitutional, it is therefore bad. One of them proposes that the rich be required to fund a system of private education. Imagine Trump, Musk, Bezos and […]
We are rolling into autumn, the heat of summer is now but a memory, and the nights are getting longer. September has been a tiring month on this green and pleasant isle, and now it draws to an end. Remembering Greatness This is my Grandfather, Ben Berwick. I was named after him. In this photo, […]
The other day, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng introduced tax cuts that will disproportionately benefit those who are already extremely well off. Given Mr Kwarteng’s background in hedge funds (see Odey Asset Management), is it any wonder that he would take measures to help out his rich mates? I can only assume that Mr Kwarteng, like PM […]
On the course of my web travels, I stumbled upon a post by one Verziehenone, who runs a site called The Lion’s Share. It is quite risky for a meerkat to associate with a lion (would a meerkat be nothing more than a snack to the King of the Jungle?), though I know of a […]
Our world is fragile, and human activities are threatening the survival not only of ourselves, but every living thing. We have a responsibility to the generations to come, and to ourselves, to make sure we preserve this unique world. My inspiration for this post comes from a project I’ve gotten involved in. It’s nothing too […]
In the not so distant future, I will have been blogging at Meerkat Musings for TEN years. That's sort of scary. I never set out to reach a milestone like that, but ten years on, Meerkat Musings feels like my home-on-the-web, so to speak. #BloggingCommunity
Now, this I find difficult. Of those I have tried, which admittedly is not many, I am rather fond of McDonald's fries, though Burger King's have grown on me.
Let me reiterate, this post is not suitable for work! However, it is perhaps not for the reasons you think (or hope!). I am no prude. I am a man of the world, and familiar with activities of an, um, personal nature. Let it also be said that if people wish to educate themselves about […]
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