News Roundup

(no sponsor this week, so I’ll just invent one:)

I wish.  Anyway, let’s fire away [sic] :


a.k.a. Why Kim Left South Africa.


ummmm feeling a little conflicted here, Boss.


wait, you ate street food in Bangladesh? LOLZ

And speaking of inedible food:


excellent news because on the whole, Hershey makes the world’s worst-tasting chocolate.

From the Dept. of Unwelcome Settlers:


welcome to our world, compadres.  Every single thing you don’t like about them, we don’t like either. 
(Signed)  Texas, Arizona, Florida, Utah, Idaho, Colorado and a couple others.


and then the screws locked down the women’s block.  I report, you decide.


no.  Nice try.  But if we’re going to go down that road, first let’s ban you fuckers from using private jets:  fly commercial.  And sell off your exotic car collections, while you’re there.


in the “Custer Killed By Indians” Breaking News department.


leading to the inevitable:  “YOU HAD ONE JOB!”


“Husband Kills Himself In Delivery Room.”

And in INSIGNIFICA:

 


and to nobody’s surprise, the last survivor is:

Finally:


I dunno, man;  seems kind of a waste to meAnd isn’t she Colombian?

And that’s all the news that’s fit to be taxed.

The Other One

I know, I know… I shouldn’t be so childish;  but whenever I see a headline about D.C.’s current mayor, e.g.:

Today, Mayor Bowser of Washington, DC announced she had requested federal help with the influx of migrants arriving on buses from Texas and Arizona.

…all I can think of is this one:

Like I said, childish, but there it is.

Oh, and John Bauman has more talent in his little finger than the stupid mayor has in toto.

Classic Beauty: Barbara Stanwyck

Never a great beauty, Barbara Stanwyck made up for it in spades by having the smart, no-nonsense sexuality that was capable of driving men insane — and not just on the screen.  (Gary Cooper is reputed to have described acting with her as like acting with a tiger:  you were never quite sure what she was going to do next, but if you were lucky, you wouldn’t end up being eaten alive.)  And here she is (often, alas, a victim of the Bad Hairstyle Syndrome of the era):

And yes, back in her youth…

Wow.