This will be my last posting until about the 10^th January.

There’s much talk about Presidential pardons being issued wholesale over the next three weeks.

Someone remarked to me recently that it’s amazing no-one’s tried to assassinate Trump. I don’t agree.

In the postwar years numerous former African and some Asian ex-colonies changed their name following independence.

With the African countries I’d be very surprised if the citizens were consulted, rather the new names were imposed by their invariably authoritarian governments.

As a policy decision I rarely respond to comments on this Blog. However, such has been the overwhelming supportive response to my comments regarding the ghastly hypocritical, sponging little turd Ricardo Menendez March, not merely on this site but particularly on Kiwiblog, I’d like to record my gratitude which has been touching.