February 2022 – Page 7 – Splendid Isolation

News Roundup

February 18, 2022 Kim du Toit Bad News

Today’s News Roundup is brought to you by:

…fuck off, Geraldo you liberal asswipe.

…and a single pic should suffice:

…you mean “misinformation” such as that Michael Mann’s “hockey stick” climate graph is a pack of lies? Or that not one climate prediction has so far been accurate?

…as once again, the market establishes the actual value of certain jobs.

…damn, I had no idea that there was a “militant atheist” department.

…key word: Tennessee.

…show of hands from those of you whose trigger fingers began to itch when reading this headline… all of you, huh? Thought so.

…no different from a vegan restaurant, really.

And now, INSIGNIFICA:

…so here we go:

The above brought to you by:

….wait: not that Coke? My bad.

Caption Competition #217

February 18, 2022 Kim du Toit Captions, Friday Feature

Your suggested captions in Comments.

Spendy Property

February 17, 2022 Kim du Toit Real Estate

We’re all accustomed to stories of how expensive real estate has become in the world’s major cities. Here’s one in London that caught my eye recently:

A Notting Hill flat that is so small [254 sq.ft] that there only appears to be a sofa available to sleep on has gone on sale on Rightmove for £350,000.

That works out to $1,872 / sq.ft [pause for recovery time] but it does raise an interesting question.

Is it actually uninhabitable? Well, it depends. If a single person (forget a couple, that’s insane) bought the place as a full-time residence, it would be tight — but not impossible. And honestly — I know the neighborhood — the kitchen would only be used in emergencies, because that area has about a jillion pubs, restaurants and takeout places pretty much within a few blocks of the place in any direction.

Its purpose, in fact, is that of a corporate flophouse; where an executive (e.g. Mr. Free Market) has a family house / estate far outside London, but spends Monday- to Thursday nights in the city. In these circumstances, all he needs is a bed and a bathroom, with the rest being more or less superfluous.

And the flat is quite pleasing to the eye withal, despite its shortage of area:

I could live there, by myself. But only because it’s in London. Anywhere else, and I’d feel like this:

Good Old Days

February 17, 2022 Kim du Toit History

Prompted by Insty’s invitation to his open thread:

…let’s take a wander down Memory Lane (right-click to embiggen):

Ah yes, the good old days, when California actually produced things, and made stuff.

Misguided Rant

February 17, 2022 Kim du Toit Gummint, Marxists, Resistance

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this rant, as I do most that are aimed at government of any race, creed, color or nationality, but Insane Bob seems to have missed the point.

He devotes a great deal of time talking about the U.S. declaring war on Canada, e.g.:

The real danger of a war between our nations is that we both see internal security risks, and our central governments may no longer be absolutely able to bind our respective peoples to peace. Again, infantry and the population infantry is recruited from can be similar. Our unofficial irregular forces could war against Canada, and Canadian unofficial irregular forces could war against America, and it could prove quite messy. From my perspective, if my folks kill off the Canadian government, and Canadians kill off the US jerks, that would be about the nicest possible outcome. Wars are never that convenient for anyone. Better that folks don’t get that agitated.

As I see it, most ordinary Americans — if faced with the choice — would rather go to war against our own government than against Canada, present company included.

And as Mr. Free Market put it to me during a semi-drunken phone call last night: how bad does the Canadian government have to be, to have pissed off the nicest, politest people on the planet?

They’re so nice that SoyBoy Trudeau is highly unlikely to have a Ceaușescu Moment, even though it could be argued that he deserves one: