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The 'Tell It Like It Is' Brigade - Liars

March 15th, 2017

There they are, the memes, the statuses and the quotes; “Only the truth comes out my mouth”, “I tell it like it is”, “You can't handle the truth” and all that other mambo jumbo. Here is a truth, most of those people are lying. I'll tell you why.

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Buddhism – the gentle religion?

March 6th, 2017

The most famous Buddhist, His Holiness the Dalai Lama whose famous quotes litter social media time lines, is the public face of the peacefulness of Buddhism. If you were looking to 'find yourself', you might have considered following the thousands of people from the West who head for Buddhist monasteries in the Far East particularly Nepal, Thailand and even Myanmar (formerly Burma). If you were to be converted, if such a thing exists in Buddhism, you would be joining the hundreds of famous people who have become Buddhists.

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Capita – Symbol Of What Is Wrong With Capitalism?

March 2nd, 2017

Capita, somewhat unlovingly called C*apita by mostly ex-employees of whom I am one (ex-employee that is), reports a 33 per cent drop in pre-tax profits as it loses its chief executive Andy Parker. After 3 years in charge, Mr Parker joins the additional 2,000 job losses announced in December after the second profits warning. To further cut Capita’s 69,000 staff headcount by about 3 per cent, plans are afoot to send some jobs to India - not the 1st time – and “introduce robotics and automation to parts of the business” amid another restructure.

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Love is not enough.

March 1st, 2017

♫♪♫♪♫Bitter-sweet memories, that's all I have, and all I'm taking with me. Good-bye, oh, please don't cry, cause we both know that I'm not what you need and … I will always love you...♫♪♫♪♫

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