tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66860482024-03-18T03:02:02.354+00:00Ken's Blue BlogMusings on "the bleedin' obvious"; views on the meaning of life, or anything else that takes my fancy.Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger4553125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-84479403461440482372024-03-15T11:53:00.003+00:002024-03-15T11:53:37.634+00:00The Only Effective Form of Sanctions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwp2Bpgv1wN7fFKHfYtgPcTDIPvzCH1JOplzHnCgPezKkw_IDXD5EOT3i69tlIYeL-TTNGjDYsEx3NPaiPEZelTpz2h-AgYLTIz4kDjD4EB-nug-opXDhVPg9eD-DoP-aDHM-4dxjYYTaqvGW7ZDRzdIryENtmR4-iUEBPFwnfIowTdHOaILgz/s680/putinfilm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="544" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwp2Bpgv1wN7fFKHfYtgPcTDIPvzCH1JOplzHnCgPezKkw_IDXD5EOT3i69tlIYeL-TTNGjDYsEx3NPaiPEZelTpz2h-AgYLTIz4kDjD4EB-nug-opXDhVPg9eD-DoP-aDHM-4dxjYYTaqvGW7ZDRzdIryENtmR4-iUEBPFwnfIowTdHOaILgz/w320-h400/putinfilm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING:<br /><br />A Ukrainian drone strike has destroyed the Kaluga Oil Refinery south-west of Moscow.<br /><br />Ukraine continues its new strategic campaign to systematically destroy Russia’s oil and gas industry.<br /><br />Ukraine has launched plenty of “sanctions” over the past 3-4 weeks <a href="https://t.co/iKwoxO3NCH">pic.twitter.com/iKwoxO3NCH</a></p>— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1768551027601469692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote><p>The only effective form of sanctions are those that physically destroy a country's industrial and economic base. <br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-9029083545734375132024-03-13T11:39:00.005+00:002024-03-13T11:40:04.711+00:00The Past, The Present and The Future<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDyYunmMFiR8b9Uc-b2SGmz4Tekj2PEmQHImiNcH6iPD03cAUELGXgPNBLJ0ZYm7WSEvejwSXy_KNsYmc50rMyftCrS83_K6pkphPDBOofodixftOXUuJk96R3QwT_8ZQH44uC6bgVbNM003-accN6epi07nvwh9N0LCCvZDRzoIhh_0xXzcx/s1000/Ken%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="1000" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDyYunmMFiR8b9Uc-b2SGmz4Tekj2PEmQHImiNcH6iPD03cAUELGXgPNBLJ0ZYm7WSEvejwSXy_KNsYmc50rMyftCrS83_K6pkphPDBOofodixftOXUuJk96R3QwT_8ZQH44uC6bgVbNM003-accN6epi07nvwh9N0LCCvZDRzoIhh_0xXzcx/w400-h185/Ken%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Those that manipulate the past in order to suit the present, end up destroying the future!</b></span><br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-6211651666406351302024-03-11T12:54:00.001+00:002024-03-11T12:54:16.659+00:00Oops!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C</p>— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href="https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1767135566645092616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-11305492005926326042024-03-06T13:12:00.003+00:002024-03-06T13:12:38.447+00:00Tax Cuts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eZsLU6XcpvyPwGypPe3GpjmsCbO9xPeWUR_E7KUp2OWVF0V4FPkQm6xsvOwgNM5gM-j2I7cDHKb07kZF8WiKfl7sP1GtIxuwWHpnnV7FTokexLNwf9Qi7priUSB4BGC-RTH6Sik2qLPc700lz61tNIcf1pLY1ZORFWU7jYnXMEsObCVJGg6I/s1000/Ken%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="1000" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eZsLU6XcpvyPwGypPe3GpjmsCbO9xPeWUR_E7KUp2OWVF0V4FPkQm6xsvOwgNM5gM-j2I7cDHKb07kZF8WiKfl7sP1GtIxuwWHpnnV7FTokexLNwf9Qi7priUSB4BGC-RTH6Sik2qLPc700lz61tNIcf1pLY1ZORFWU7jYnXMEsObCVJGg6I/w400-h185/Ken%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>When a government makes a tax cut, it's not giving you more money it's simply reducing the amount of money (temporarily) it is taking from you via headline figures.<br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-32970467267819658402024-03-05T12:52:00.003+00:002024-03-05T12:52:28.348+00:00Advice To Jan Marsalek<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7r8V4o0LzP7v7g5sAoPhUAgYHBJo0Iyt7sc9vTHwZXF9M_HMHywn5W1VVgbSW_tZRXLp45BdFImJEQnIJ-YAvmLiXDVPn_UL0yCSefkpRHTmr5VBScc-SPkylBYaby0HsOyolMOJi_7dh0Lp1J6puox3nxKpccDYgd45DtbrQTH19DfoUnJL/s1687/Jan_Marsalek_Search.pdf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7r8V4o0LzP7v7g5sAoPhUAgYHBJo0Iyt7sc9vTHwZXF9M_HMHywn5W1VVgbSW_tZRXLp45BdFImJEQnIJ-YAvmLiXDVPn_UL0yCSefkpRHTmr5VBScc-SPkylBYaby0HsOyolMOJi_7dh0Lp1J6puox3nxKpccDYgd45DtbrQTH19DfoUnJL/w285-h400/Jan_Marsalek_Search.pdf.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>When the authorities finally catch up with you, plea bargain your way to a lighter sentence by handing over all the evidence that you have on Scholz being a Russian asset.<br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-4415630450293752282024-02-23T13:10:00.003+00:002024-02-23T13:10:27.332+00:00When Is a Threat Not a Threat?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uxarOsU1HqrDvAyV0nwsheZNmT_mU6B4r_PhgFkNwCB4XvMeKSa9qnBS7ENEQ4H7xaQAxN_lvbTn7AvalNJZvWqBoX-Vg8C95J3NU2fkoDCBJXQtJFXFKWygFJqXkBuW5ZlsLOATpt9TExYL8GVyZ94KAYNEDu-37kH-t8TLVSV8Z8V-zhSZ/s300/starmer4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4uxarOsU1HqrDvAyV0nwsheZNmT_mU6B4r_PhgFkNwCB4XvMeKSa9qnBS7ENEQ4H7xaQAxN_lvbTn7AvalNJZvWqBoX-Vg8C95J3NU2fkoDCBJXQtJFXFKWygFJqXkBuW5ZlsLOATpt9TExYL8GVyZ94KAYNEDu-37kH-t8TLVSV8Z8V-zhSZ/w400-h224/starmer4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When it's an urge! </span></b><br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-13153606939383592672024-02-20T12:21:00.003+00:002024-02-20T12:21:28.795+00:00Advice To Henry Staunton<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPy8Cnfkl9XIlvuKno1D1HzZVvNtRW_aT_MIT2njv7ax4NYkOgl0v5VP0cpFF9xXXgdHeTxPXm8yAGTQ8DdEBd5oWqMyxfYBMVH_yZHPTMvGIrpEbZmsFy6IgoWxwhxmeskpJQDKWo54ZbvsjdHrk8AYFl7UUXfDSxT4KRRt9q0O1MbgKeWz5J/s1000/Ken%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="1000" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPy8Cnfkl9XIlvuKno1D1HzZVvNtRW_aT_MIT2njv7ax4NYkOgl0v5VP0cpFF9xXXgdHeTxPXm8yAGTQ8DdEBd5oWqMyxfYBMVH_yZHPTMvGIrpEbZmsFy6IgoWxwhxmeskpJQDKWo54ZbvsjdHrk8AYFl7UUXfDSxT4KRRt9q0O1MbgKeWz5J/w400-h185/Ken%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Name the civil servant!</b></span><br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-26874687270511862632024-02-16T13:05:00.001+00:002024-02-16T13:05:09.676+00:00Advice To Congress<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZCsB2ALVSWmCYUKwFuEuSpmGHnbCkwR1MY4tgtt3OoGNSB3X-KsfFpyBUY_gk6aPGd7uKR7ClsfECN4n-PVthW5gWbrc7fW_I2T8IVVlQ4BFbgIs5kij3M3uB7NNR5czb7sLQQUQ-RlW1r5foKj2OoKdUarKmvdKFJpnLRMJCWQ_88R7NfWE/s680/navalny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="680" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZCsB2ALVSWmCYUKwFuEuSpmGHnbCkwR1MY4tgtt3OoGNSB3X-KsfFpyBUY_gk6aPGd7uKR7ClsfECN4n-PVthW5gWbrc7fW_I2T8IVVlQ4BFbgIs5kij3M3uB7NNR5czb7sLQQUQ-RlW1r5foKj2OoKdUarKmvdKFJpnLRMJCWQ_88R7NfWE/w400-h258/navalny.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />A brief and very short history lesson:<p></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> -Murder of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium 2006 </span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">-Invasion of Georgia 2008 </span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">-Invasion of Ukraine 2014 </span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">-Skripal poisoning with Novichok in Salisbury 2018 </span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">-Invasion of Ukraine 2022</span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;">-The murder of Alexei Navalny etc</span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> <br /></span></p><p>You don't do deals with Putin!</p><p>You don't call for a ceasefire in Ukraine!</p><p>You give Putin a very bloody nose and make him crawl back under the stone from where he came from!<br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-86097811275735728372024-02-14T12:47:00.002+00:002024-02-14T12:47:08.586+00:00Happy Valentine's Day!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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are recalling a single batch of Tesco Finest Apple & Cranberry
Stuffing Mix due to the possible presence of moths which makes the
product unfit for human consumption</i>," Tesco said <a class="ssrcss-k17ofw-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0" href="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/fsa-alerts-files/production/FSA-PRIN-45-2023/CLEARED-PRIN-FSA-PRIN-45-2023-I-006-760-Foreign-Body-moths-found-in-Tesco-Finest-Apple-Cranberry-Stuffing-Mix-Tesco-Plc.pdf">in the recall notice</a>.</p></div></div>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-88568807470385722012023-12-12T14:17:00.002+00:002023-12-12T14:17:21.305+00:00Ken's Christmas Crackers - Stock Up On The Mayo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb1U8iVKqNuTayQXeHXweIlyrTv3kHW_FeKvL_mkHZSVYK90jjDVZMmHg_3ALaI-euq-Jy3z1nbN0uPjd1Wpp6K0cvxQndoYoqIJ0Fzw94z-nCh8eT9rghxpoiQ3W_xSRK2mys7J-Qui_4dlC6hwT7GGjHOAH5uCNkPhv0iY4b6STQ_ot0YNq/s882/mayoman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="706" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtb1U8iVKqNuTayQXeHXweIlyrTv3kHW_FeKvL_mkHZSVYK90jjDVZMmHg_3ALaI-euq-Jy3z1nbN0uPjd1Wpp6K0cvxQndoYoqIJ0Fzw94z-nCh8eT9rghxpoiQ3W_xSRK2mys7J-Qui_4dlC6hwT7GGjHOAH5uCNkPhv0iY4b6STQ_ot0YNq/w320-h400/mayoman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-12248210391814340142023-12-11T12:47:00.002+00:002023-12-11T12:47:41.212+00:00Ken's Christmas Crackers - You Can Never Have Too Much Gravy!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvuopqXOv4KnAuG3nKF-29O7vHTrAU4g_h6_dbaN-K4MEl7ZIIWgI6k0mBZYys__bf5bAOJ5txNuqikVUGwYIt6gpORb1GXo-ISo0j30WJQCd5FMZLEn4cZoaY8l4_YRe_eC1GqJ2tmz99G5-HWqYarHPb22KdK55yipIw2wHTD0Xu4SE9U6Q/s1308/gravy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvuopqXOv4KnAuG3nKF-29O7vHTrAU4g_h6_dbaN-K4MEl7ZIIWgI6k0mBZYys__bf5bAOJ5txNuqikVUGwYIt6gpORb1GXo-ISo0j30WJQCd5FMZLEn4cZoaY8l4_YRe_eC1GqJ2tmz99G5-HWqYarHPb22KdK55yipIw2wHTD0Xu4SE9U6Q/w294-h400/gravy.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6686048.post-37082665589177966852023-12-08T12:36:00.002+00:002023-12-08T12:36:39.809+00:00Ken's Christmas Crackers - Erecting Your Tree<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMRwQ5P1lW2Sjvp80Ye7pmDrb_-vj3r0Eg_ZkxQNJcrt6rGsvrwL-V34lGIa5wBUNAP3CF1Wd7nyTAMvF2y3eGO07pcThdBODjbVQYR3OowDDb5FFC3GEvjHHuNLZ03rYZgCsag6BUgBQnGTvf7sfxEGEaiYH3ls12YwjBOf_f-3MVwZ4Boli/s960/xmastree3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMRwQ5P1lW2Sjvp80Ye7pmDrb_-vj3r0Eg_ZkxQNJcrt6rGsvrwL-V34lGIa5wBUNAP3CF1Wd7nyTAMvF2y3eGO07pcThdBODjbVQYR3OowDDb5FFC3GEvjHHuNLZ03rYZgCsag6BUgBQnGTvf7sfxEGEaiYH3ls12YwjBOf_f-3MVwZ4Boli/w300-h400/xmastree3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Always remember to put your tree on a firm base and stable base, lest it falls over!<br /></p>Ken Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.com0