All the stories have been told of kings and days of old, but there’s no England now-The Kinks, 1984

 

“The Kinks – Living On A Thin Line,” Brian Mercer, You Tube

Lyrics of “Living on a Thin Line,” song by The Kinks, 1984

"All the stories have been told

Of kings and days of old

But there’s no England now (there’s no England now)
All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore

All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told)
All the lies of the people running round
Their castles have burned
I see change
But inside we’re the same
As we ever were

Living on a thin line, ooh

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Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)
Living this way, each day is a dream
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

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Now another century nearly gone (no, no)
What are we gonna leave for the young?
What we couldn’t do, what we wouldn’t do
It’s a crime, but does it matter?
Does it matter much? does it matter much to you?
Does it ever really matter? yes, it really, really matters

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Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

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Then another leader says
“Break their hearts and break some heads”
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Blame the future on the past
Always lost in bloody guts

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And when they’re gone, it’s me and you

Living on a thin line, ooh
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh
Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?
Living on a thin line, ooh.”

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“Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Dave Davies

Living on a Thin Line lyrics © Carlin America Inc”

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Added: Maggots infest NHS hospitals:

 

 2/10/18, “Probe reveals NHS hospitals are infested with maggots in a cancer clinic, cockroaches in intensive care and rats above operating theatres,” Daily Mail, Jo McFarlane

 

“The details of the infestations – the most comprehensive ever to emerge – follow a Freedom of Information request by this newspaper to 135 trusts across England.”

“Pest control experts are being called to wards an average of 12 times a day***Mice found in the private maternity wing at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital."

 

 

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US habitually ignores views of the Russian people who continue to strongly support Pres. Putin per Levada Poll through Feb. 2025

Levada Poll, Putin’s Approval Rating Aug. 1999-thru Feb. 2025. Rating of 88 in Feb. 2025 is only one point below all time high of 89 in 2015 (hover on graph at link). Chart below also shows current 88 rating:

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Levada Methodology

“Quantitative surveys

These surveys allow a quantitative assessment on a limited number of questions from a large number of respondents. The information obtained is processed using statistical methods. The survey data collected from a representative sample enables us to extend the results to the entire population of the studied group. We conduct interviews using a formalized, structured questionnaire with closed and open-ended questions. The Levada Center uses various methods of quantitative data collection.

We recommend surveys by the method of personal interviews in the respondent’s home (CAPI / with tablets) for complex projects that require a detailed dialogue with respondents. Such projects require longer interviews that may include experimental questions with many options administered to samples of different complexity levels. Tablet technologies allow us to demonstrate visual content, which makes it easier for respondents to understand text or graphic information….

Telephone surveys (CATI) are perfect for quick measurements on simple short questionnaires. In a telephone survey, we can call randomly dialed phone numbers (RDD), numbers provided by the client or that of different target groups (including entrepreneurs, people living in a certain territory, high-income groups  or groups categorized by different interests).

Online surveys (CAWI) are convenient for studying customer behavior and testing narratives or visual content. This method is applied to research target groups, where it is not necessary to extrapolate findings to the adult population of the country as a whole, but it is important to determine the differences in the reactions of different segments or to identify dominant opinions.”…

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Blood is on Trump’s hands now, US bombs Moscow on 3/11 killing 3, Trump orders Mr. Putin to eat crow-Mark Wauck, 3/11/25…(Russia would be justified in bombing US in return)

“The cherry on top was [Trump] saying that Putin should do that to prove his good faith to Trump!”

 

3/11/25, “Ukraine [US taxpayers] launches ‘massive’ drone attack on Moscow,” NBC news, image NBC…”Massive drone strikes on Moscow left a trail of destruction in residential areas in Ukraine’s largest ever attack on the city according to local officials.”…”Three killed in biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region,” Reuters…[Russia would be justified in bombing Washington DC.]

3/11/25, “It’s Trump’s war now,“ Mark Wauck, Meaning in History

“Remember how Trump kept saying, This war never woulda happened if I’d been POTUS? I’ve always expressed skepticism about

that non-falsifiable bit of rhetoric,

but today Trump took complete and public ownership of the war on Russia.

Last week, Marco Rubio confirmed to the world what had never been said openly—

that the US was waging war on Russia through a proxy.

Trump seemed for a few days to hew to the line that he was going to shut down that war. But then today, he ripped off the mask and announced: It’s my war now!

He did this by first setting up an agreement with Ukraine that he knew would be totally unacceptable when presented to Russia. The Russians have repeatedly maintained that,

having been lied to repeatedly,

ceasefires could only be considered “a road to nowhere.”

Of course the Russians have many reasons for rejecting a ceasefire in a war that they’re winning, but even if there were no such reasons,

the fact that Trump is demanding that Putin publicly eat crow would be sufficient.

Even worse, Trump also announced that he is resuming the American war on Russia immediately—without waiting to meet with the Russians—by resuming full support for the Ukraine proxy. Nothing says ‘I own this war’ like that.

While publicly stating

that it was up to Russia to now make peace or “we’ll just continue” with the killing.

That’s ownership with a vengeance.

The vengeance part comes in with

Trump’s total destruction of any presumption of good faith he might have developed with the Russians.

The charade of negotiations has been revealed to have been

a setup all along.

Trump was playing the Russians along to try to put them on the spot, and then try to publicly pressure and

threaten them with an indefinitely continuing war

unless they accepted terms which they had repeatedly stated they would never accept.

The cherry on top was saying that Putin should do that

to prove his good faith to Trump! 

So now Trump owns Gaza, Ukraine, and Iran—having told the Iranians that the US would help Israel bomb Iran if Iran didn’t do a deal with Trump to replace the deal with Iran that Trump canceled unilaterally. Oh, I almost forgot about the Houthis, who have renewed their Red Sea blockade. In reality, of course, the US is not actually in a position to wage all these wars.

SIMPLICIUS Ѱ @simpatico771

Russia’s ceasefire answer may be soon delivered by newly appointed top negotiator Nick Oresh

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DD Geopolitics @DD_Geopolitics

Russia Responds to Ceasefire Talks Shortly after Ukraine agreed to the U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire, reports indicate that Tu-160 strategic bombers have launched cruise missiles toward Ukraine from Engels Air Force Base.

SIMPLICIUS Ѱ @simpatico771

Senior diplomat Dr. Ken Zhal is also not far behind

I want to republish two tweets by Scott Ritter, who had been very optimistic about what he thought Trump was about to accomplish. Ritter has now veered sharply toward Doug Macgregor’s very pessimistic outlook:

Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter

I’ve lost faith in the good faith of the Trump negotiating team.

A 30-day ceasefire would be a boon to Ukraine.

A chance to stabilize the frontlines.

To strip all tactical and operational advantages Russia has accrued through the blood and sacrifice of their soldiers.

And once Ukraine recovers, then to sit at a table where a rejuvenated Ukraine rejects Russia’s conditions for peace.

Trump’s team has not negotiated in good faith.

And the fact that this proposal is offered after Ukraine [US] carries out

a massive strike against Moscow?

Russia will reject this ridiculous proposal.

And hopefully escalate the violence to such a scale that the US will realize that there needs to be a realistic peace proposal agreed to in writing before any ceasefire takes hold.

One that includes the withdrawal of all Ukrainian forces from Constitutional Russia.

The Ukrainian troops can leave voluntarily.

Or die.

Trump isn’t serious about peace.

And Ukraine will reap the whirlwind as a result.

3:37 PM · Mar 11, 2025

Scott Ritter @RealScottRitter

Trump had a chance to be the peacemaker he [allegedly] wanted to be.

He could have completed the strategic pivot away from Ukraine.

Instead he will be responsible for extending the violence.

He could have pressured Israel on Gaza.

Instead the Houthi have reengaged, opening the door for a disastrous regional conflict with Iran.

We could have had peace.

We are headed to war.

Trump needs to alter course now or else he is facing a foreign policy debacle.

4:12 PM · Mar 11, 2025

Here’s a good read:

Even Hitler’s Army Was Shocked: The Unstoppable Courage of Russian Soldiers””

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Comment: Mr. Putin is humanity's only hope.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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