…or rather, booze for thought:
(source: whatever, SOTI)
Like Snowball, we must just try harder.
Author: Kim du Toit
Expansionism
Robert Spencer gives one of his normal cogent opinions on God-Emperor Trump’s musings about annexing Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.
There’s the bottom line: if the United States doesn’t control the Panama Canal and Greenland, China or Russia likely will, and the consequences could be severe both for the American economy and for national security.
Yeah, forget about Canuckistan; we absolutely do not need a colder and more Commie-fied version of California in our republic, and 51 is an unwieldy non-round number. (I think Trump was just trolling the soon-to-be ex-prime minister anyway.)
As for Greenland and the Canal: why not annex them both and make them U.S. protectorates like Guam and the USVI? I find Spencer’s arguments quite compelling in both cases.
Earworm
Speed Bump #297
From (of course) the Daily Mail:
Angelina Jolie walks away $80 million richer after dragging Brad Pitt ‘through ringer’ in eight-year divorce battle
Were there bells involved? No?
Then it’s wringer, you fucking imbeciles — the machine what squeezed the water out of sodden clothing with rollers (back before we had clothes dryers). Not that I would expect Millennial- or Gen Z illiterates to know about them.
Which is no excuse.
Aarfy IRL – AGAIN
I cannot count the number of timers I’ve written about this scenario:
One of my favorite-ever literary passages is in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, when Yossarian walks into a bedroom to discover that his lunatic navigator Aarfy has just murdered a prostitute by throwing her out the window. While he’s remonstrating with Aarfy, the military police burst into the room — and arrest Yossarian for being AWOL.
The same thing has happened time and time again*. And here’s yet another one to make your blood boil (as it did mine):
British police were called to a house after a neighbor heard screams. They found a young girl naked & drunk with 7 Pakistani men.
They arrested the girl for being drunk & convicted her. They reportedly didn’t even question the men.
Every single one of those cops should be taken to a windowless cell, tied to a chair and beaten with chains. Followed by the same treatment for those seven asshole Pakis**.
This should also be seen in its larger context. (Warning: it’s really hard to read without an extreme RCOB*** occurring.
*Here. here and here are just three examples where I’ve written about this foul nonsense.
**I know very well that the term “Pakis” is offensive. When it comes to these pedophiles, however, no descriptor is offensive enough. Fuck ’em.
***Red Curtain Of Blood, which comes over your eyes when discovering massive bastardy and injustice.
News Roundup
Legs and lemonade on a hot day… how can that be bad? Now on to the news thing, which is:
…
...I guess that ISIS flag in the truck was just a coincidence, huh? Assholes.
...well, if you’re going to ban guns, they’ll just use trucks.
Oh, wait:
...well, so much for all those NY gun control laws, huh?
On the topic of gun control:
...thus dodging a bullet, so to speak.
Back to trucks, though:
...LOL and it only killed the would-be mass murderer.
And in Green Automotive News:
...the hits just keep on coming, don’t they?
News from The Little Red Book:
...oh wow, who could have predicted this consequence of wealth envy, property confiscation and higher tax rates?
Speaking of morons:
...yeah, good luck with that, shitforbrains.
...which makes one wonder: why would any law-abiding American want to visit Mexico?
From the Police Blotter:
...sadly, as this happened in Britishland, there will no doubt be prosecutions and imprisonment — unless, of course, the shop staff are of a Protected Species (i.e. Muslim).
And in the wonderful world of 
...I’m just curious whether the two barrels are side-by-side or over & under, so to speak. I think we should be told.
And the view from 
:
...I’ve had a soft (okay, hard) spot for this little totty ever since her Veronica Mars days, so why not?
And on that gauzy note, we end this news roundup.