£28bn on nuclear war before 2023: Good Value?

Vast amounts of money are being spent on nuclear warheads. But who are they going to drop them on? It seems ridiculous to believe that we could attack the USA, China or Russia. But who else is there?

£28bn on nuclear warheads: Good Value? – YouTube A 3 minute video

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Fine Dining?

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Cooking for Slackers: Tortilla (serves one unless you’re a dainty eater)

Spanish readers should avert their eyes and leave the page now!

This Tortilla recipe is demanding for easy-going Slackers. However, every Slacker occasionally want a new jig. And that means the Slacker Mission Statement goes to the wall. This recipe cannot be done in 5 minutes but it’s got only three ingredients and is cheap so the Mission Statement hasn’t been ditched entirely.

Ingredients

Two eggs

One onion

One large potato (or two)

Preparation

One small frying pan

One saucepan

Whisk the eggs in a cereal bowl

Thin slice the onion

Thin slice – think translucent – the potato

Technique

Fry the potato crispy brown on both sides

Take them out and put on plate

Carmelise the onion in butter in the saucepan. This means cooking slowly until deep brown. DO NOT rush your fences or you lose the rich flavour

Put half of the cooked potato in the frying pan and spread evenly on a low heat

Spread the onion on top

Pour the egg on top to soak in

Put the remainder of the potato on top of that

Increase the heat and cover the frying pan. Cook slowly. About 3 minutes

Outcome

A wonderful new experience. This is a filling cheap meal with swagger.

Aspirational Slackers should go to Spanish tortilla recipe – BBC Food

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£8.4bn down the drain: Nuclear submarines

£8.4bn down the drain – YouTube

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Britain’s Tax Policy ~ Forever

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Tom O‘Connor’s Liverpool joke

“I parked my new car in Liverpool and two lads said, “Tenner to look after your car.”

I looked at them and said, “Don’t worry about anyone touching the car. There are two fierce Rottweillers sitting inside.”

One lad said, “Can they put fires out?”

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Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine

Michael Caine was so very much beside himself to be working with Laurence Olivier on the set of “Sleuth” (1972) that he didn’t even know how to address him. Eventually, he broke down and just asked. Olivier replied, “Well, I am the Lord Olivier and you are Mr. Michael Caine. Of course, that’s only for the first time you address me. After that I am Larry, and you are Mike.”

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A Farage canvasser

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The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes

Jesus’s miracle of the loaves and fishes was a slap in the face to all those people who had brought their own lunch.

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Truly wealthy people

“There are two kinds of wealthy people: those who count their money and those who weigh it. If you don’t belong to the latter category, you don’t really know what power is. I learned that from the narco-traffickers.”

Source Roberto Saviano Zero Zero Zero (2013) p220

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