News Snippets


...I’d just love to see the numbers behind that assertion — especially when compared to likely “tremendous numbers” of job losses to this new magical fad.


only actual humans can qualify?  Buzz Lightyear and Woody sue for anthropocentric bias.


...can’t wait to see the MTBF* numbers on this little trend.  If we’re ever allowed to see them, that is.


...from bad to terrible, or from terrible to really horrible?  I report, you decide.


...let me know when the orange jumpsuits are issued.  Otherwise… [yawn]


...see above.

And in Show Biz (I think) News:



*MTBF: Mean Time Between Failures

News Desert

I have to say that the past week or so has had news of little or no interest to me, and even less worth commenting on.

Yeah, Trump has finally got Iran to sign a “deal” which will do something or other, but I suspect that those assholes have no intention of following any of its terms — at least, those terms which would prevent it from continuing their jihad against Israel and the West — so I suspect that at some point we’ll have to go back and do it all over again.

And the Brits are totally fucked under Labour — we all knew that anyway — but I see little light at the end of that particular tunnel until a proper alternative can be found for the Socialists.  Don’t hold yer breath. If we think that repatriating the millions of illegal aliens Over Here is difficult, it will be exponentially more difficult Over There with the millions of “refugees” they’ve welcomed in and allowed to infest their once-proud society.

I don’t care about Europe as a whole, anyway, so whatever happens to them will happen — they brought it all on themselves anyway — and yeah, whatever.

Everyone keeps saying that China’s economy is going to collapse soon, but I think that’s bullshit.  As the man said:  there’s a lot of ruin in a nation, and anyone thinking there’ll be some sudden cataclysmic collapse is deluding themselves.  (They said that about the Soviet Union too, and it did collapse;  but I see no evidence of a Chinese Gorbachev to start the ball rolling.)

As for our economy… don’t ask.  At some point we too are going to be well and truly fucked, thanks to our feckless government spending levels, but if there’s a lot of ruin in China, there’s a hell of a lot more ruin in the U.S.  If we can somehow solve the issue without wholesale executions (quit that cheering), it will be a win.

The only bit of cheering news I see is that the stupid and self-destructive Green movement is starting to see the air escaping out of their little balloon, and not a moment too soon, says I.  As Insty says, faster please.

I think I’ll go to the range and shot off a whole bunch of .22 because why not?

News Summary


...I’m pretty sure Cardinal Richelieu would like a word...

Feds cancel ‘partnerships’ with groups that oppose
Trump administration’s policies 
...and it’s taken you how long to do this?


...like they don’t already have that.  But what does J-Lo have to do with Teh Gheyz?


...aaahhh, now all is explained.

And in other Freak Show News:

Trans Pedophile Who Made Sadistic
Porn with His Daughter, 7, Demands
Freedom to Conduct Nude Occult
Rituals in His Women’s Prison 
...ummm what was that middle bit, again?

As Kenny posted:

And in Sports News:



Also: “chaos in Mexico”?  Who’d a thunk?

News Summary

Knifeman who stabbed three people in Switzerland runs towards young schoolchildren ‘while shouting Allahu Akbar’ with weapon raised
...and we’ll probably never know his motivations or motives, of course.

Global warming is getting worse because of the deportations conducted by ICE — The Guardian
...JHC, could they be any more pathetic?

Prisoner struck and killed by a high-speed train after escaping from a custody vehicle that was transporting him from a police station to a court hearing
...out of the flying van, and onto the railway. [cue “heart of stone” music]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Confirms Treasury is Prepared to Print $250 Bill with Trump’s Face
...first I checked the calendar, and nope, it’s not April Fool’s Day.  Then I imagined Lefty heads exploding, and I laughed and laughed and laughed(I still don’t believe it, though.)

Random News Roundup


...except that the gas price is still lower now than it was under Biden, you fucking troll.


...I’m reminded of the old Lefty trope:  “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?”


...if they’re as boring as an F1 Grand Prix, that’s no great loss.

Train Smash Women Update:


...sounds about normal, for her.


...”Chelsea Handler” and “hard” should not appear in the same sentence together.


...okay, just ONE pic, for proof:

And a snark for the ages:

He da Man.