Tagged: world

Juggling with names

Col. Sanders’ finger licking’ Kentucky Fried Chicken has moved its headquarters from Kentucky to Texas. It has outlets in more than 120 countries, second only to McDonalds, since the colonel...

Kleptos rule, okay!

(Kleptocracy from ancient Greek: Rule by thieves ) The display of motor oils on the forecourt of a filling station a couple of blocks away is impressive. But the containers...

Juggling with names

Col. Sanders' finger licking' Kentucky Fried Chicken has moved its headquarters from Kentucky to Texas. It has outlets in more...

Kleptos rule, okay!

(Kleptocracy from ancient Greek: Rule by thieves ) The display of motor oils on the forecourt of a filling station...

Scary sh*t, isn’t it

Dateline Harare Zimbabwe Not only are the sewers broken and bursting around here, not only are the streets potholed and...

Time for free speech, hey ho!

Everyone has the right to a viewpoint. This one from British writer Nate White: Trump "has no class, no charm,...

You couldn’t make it up

Dateline Harare Zimbabwe In his own social media posts, Wicknell Chivayo is dishing out US $100 bills at the Victoria...

The road ahead. It’s not this one…

No obstacles, no potholes, no mangled wreckage. Here's to wishing it could be so. First person: “I’m giving up drinking,...

Year-end diary. The wide mouthed frog and other stories …

(Pixels of pics have been reduced to ease download times and save on data. Also, on smaller phones or screens,...

Bejesus, let there be light

(Dateline Harare) How does it feel when extreme weather events cut off electricity to a few million households though it...

Lament for a tortured friend

So, it’s boring as fuck. Sorry for that. Very few hits on my last story. We’ve slipped right off the...

Let’s make Orwell fiction again

Even in these far reaches of the globe it is impossible to escape from the noise of those damned elections...