Author Archives: Grouse Beater

Jon Stewart

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Grouse Beater

This week’s Jon Stewart gives us his view of the over-coverage of the Trump trial v Stormy Daniels, and takes a sideswipe look at the imbecilic complaints of the Republican party on kitchen appliances. “They started with gas stoves, but … Continue reading →

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Benefits in Scotland

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Scotland’s free stuff: prescriptions, hospitalisation, education, bus passes… We are told the partial rise in tax for the higher brackets of salaries, (raised in Sturgeon’s era) is too much to bear, the rich are moving out of Ssotland. Over one … Continue reading →

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Wasted Irony

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Grouse Beater

There he is, John Swinney, the new-old First Minister of Scotland, a colonial nationalist, the phrase as contradictory as ‘compassionate conservative’, standing before our senior judges of Scots Law, swearing allegiance to a king of England, bowing his head three … Continue reading →

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Frying Pan Into Fire

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Grouse Beater

The crisis is causing profound damage to lives and livelihoods. Design: Halil Kahraman This is No 34 in our Climate Crisis series. We have polluted our oceans with plastics, killing sea mammals and fish, and are destroying our land and forests … Continue reading →

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Independence Marches On

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Scotland’s future, a one-way road to liberation. Photo: Christina Madden Polls saying the nationalist cause is no longer a priority among voters are misleading., so much humbug, propaganda to instill doubt in the minds of Indigenous Natives. The aspiration once again … Continue reading →

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Face Off: Easter v Passover

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Your weekly dose of satirist Jon Stewart’s view of today’s ills. This week Christian versus Jew who gets the best holiday gifts? (3.30 minutes) ******************************************************************

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The Fall Guy – a review

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, great to look at, but no star-crossed lovers This film is conceived as vanilla entertainment, the kind of film that hasn’t enough meat on the bone to give a critic more than half-a-dozen paragraphs of … Continue reading →

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Corrupt Practices

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Grouse Beater

For many years I have held the view that political parties should be barred from taking large donations from businessmen and corporate entities, but so long as our election system allows it, Scotland must remain free to follow suit. It’s … Continue reading →

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Choosing a Party Leader

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Grouse Beater

Kenny MacAskill, ALBA MP The House of Sturgeon continued burning down and the flames have now consumed her successor. Sturgeon loyalists even fanning the fires around Humza Yousaf, deciding he was toast and manoeuvring to replace him even when he … Continue reading →

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Hellscape in Gaza

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Grouse Beater

‘Let the little children come to me…” Matthew 19: 14, Jesus. I guess it’s fair to argue that every war is a war against children. A child is a child, no matter where they are from, and every child must … Continue reading →

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