Brit TV presenter/totty Anthea Turner has been around forever, or so it seems. As a youngin:
Nowadays she’s in her mid-60s, and still not too bad.
…and still misbehaving:
Month: June 2025
Killings
Cassie McBride at Ammo.com runs the numbers, and produces this intriguing little chart (among others):
The only issue I have is that there’s no mention of whether the lethality was affected by the number of boolets per fatality — i.e. how many died as a result of being shot more than once. Whatever, I’m pleased to see a tidy 2:1 ratio for the .45 ACP and likewise for the .357 Mag, albeit from a lower base. (I know, these are murders, not Righteous Shootings. But given the source, I don’t think the fuzz would make a distinction anyway.)
But wait: surely Massachusetts’s strict gun laws should make any murders unlikely or even impossible? Or are they telling us that all the above murders were committed by licensed gun owners only? [/sarc]
Browse the whole article for full reading pleasure.
You Asked For It
Here’s one that could cause a Schadenböner:
A clip shared on TikTok has prompted a battle of the sexes as increasing numbers of women argue men should give up their seats on public transport so they can sit down instead.
The video, which has been liked more than 1.4 million times, was filmed on TfL’s Central line and shows a whole row of men sitting down on the tube, while a row of women are standing in the aisle and holding on to poles.
[Another] user posted a clip that also showed a whole row of seats taken up by men on a Jubilee line train, while she and her other female friends stood on the side.
She wrote in text over the video: ‘Men used to go to war for us and now we can’t even get a man to let us sit down on the train.’
My own feelings on this are quite explicit. I always stand up and offer my seat to a woman — always have, always will. It’s how I was brought up.
However: I was also brought up during a time when women were ladylike, gracious and always grateful when a man surrendered his seat to her. It was an acknowledgement of manners, rather than a matter of divine right.
However, young men have been brought up today in a time when men are savagely browbeaten and instilled with the mantra that women are not the “weaker sex”, are equal to men in every respect (even though they often aren’t), and equality reigns supreme. And their attitudes reflect that:
One TikToker said he would only offer his seat to pregnant women or elderly people. ‘You equal woman can stand up just like I would if there were no seats,’ he added.
Another wrote: ‘Full grown adults expecting other full grown adults to give them a seat for no reason.’
Completely understandable.
So you womyns won’t get any privileges just because you’re a woman, then, because that would be sexist.
You feministicals wanted to live in this world, so STFU when it’s not always to your advantage.
And I apologize to my long-suffering Lady Readers, none of whom (I suspect) are women like the above womyns, would always be properly appreciative of the occasional gentlemanly gesture, and might indeed be even more dismissive of the Modern Womyns than I am.
Quote Of The Day
“If France is really so determined to see a Palestinian state, I’ve got a suggestion for them: Carve out a piece of the French Riviera, and create a Palestinian state. They’re welcome to do that… but they’re not welcome to impose that kind of pressure on a sovereign nation.” — US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee
Huckabee was an inspired choice for ambassador.
News Roundup
But what brings on B.O. quicker than anything? HOT WEATHER! Which means:
...and when the temperature doesn’t increase in three years’ time, can we flog these scientists (and journalists) in public for unnecessarily spreading fear and panic? And if that isn’t bad enough:
...it could happen in 10,000 years’ time, or it could happen tomorrow. Now THAT’S what I call a precise prediction.
...to which I say:
In other words, if you feel threatened by beer (or scientists for that matter), drink gin.
Time for some 
/ 
? I think it is.
...and then should arrest all the orgs’ staff for funding civil unrest.
...and quite rightly so. They encourage the lawlessness, let them pay for it. Feel free to charge them for the cost of National Guard deployment, for extra budgetary pleasure.
...why carry on with the wall if they’re not coming in? For the benefit of future non-MAGA presidential administrations.
...we’re not shooting them dead in the streets when we find them, are we? That’s about as humane as we should be prepared to go. (see next item)
...I dunno, I thought they did a pretty good job back in the ’70s at Kent State.
...you mean they’re not getting the free education that they shouldn’t be getting in the first place?
#FeatureNotBug
...nothing to see here, move along. And:
...I was hoping for three-thirds, but this is a good start. Transfer all the cuttees to ICE, where they’ll actually be useful.
In Justice News:
...if I may make a humble suggestion, then:
...now that’s gratitude for ya. Feel free to remove this rapist by including him on the flight above.
...the cops are probably Republicans, and thought: “Democrats killing Democrats? ”
And now, some unlinked 
…#JoinedInTheFun
...nope, I have no familiarity with the dramatis personae either.
And in our wanderings down 
:
...not that we’ve never seen La Sharon’s surgical creations before, but hey:
And a couple of the other pics from the shoot:
And on that artistic vision of sexual harassment, we’ll end it all.
Electric U-Turn
Audi has become the latest auto manufacturer to perform a dramatic U-turn on its electric vehicle commitments, writing off its promised to stop developing internal combustion engines (ICE) in 2033.
Instead, the Bavarian-based marque will continue to make both ICE cars and plug-in hybrids into the next decade, as part of a ‘completely new’ fuel-powered line-up.
CEO Gernot Döllner confirmed the brand’s revised plans, explaining that ‘flexibility’ is the new direction Audi will take so it can see how ‘markets develop’.
The German car giant had originally planned to build its last ICE-only car next year with the new-generation Q7. However, it suggested earlier this year that petrol and diesel models could run for longer.
Stupid assholes thought they could buy credibility with the wokerati Greens by putting a deadline on the eeeevil fuel-powered engines, despite all the writing on the wall indicating that EVs are not popular in the mass market, that there are serious concerns about the “green-ness” of the EV when the total energy cost of their manufacture is taken into account and not just their eco-friendliness on the road.
And speaking of “on the road”, there’s always this little EV problem:
…and the fact that the EV fires are almost inextinguishable (and can re-ignite even after they are extinguished), and give off toxic smoke.
Yeah… I can’t imagine why a company might want to rethink their position, either.
The fact of the matter is that the auto companies should never have drawn that line in the sand in the first place.
In the meantime, here are a few pics to make us all feel better about this.
There; I told you it would make you feel better.