News Roundup

Let’s start this thing off properly:


...two words:  THOUGHT EXPERIMENT So… apocalyptic nonsense.

But back in the real world:


...can’t wait to see the viewership numbers.
#CharlieSmiles

From the Dept. Of Health:


...get ‘er done.
#BlindinglyObvious

From the :


...not sure I agree with this one, unless these 200 kids are accompanied by a dozen or so Apache choppers (just to keep the fucking Arabs honest).  Then again:


...wonder why that is?
#NoMoreDEI #Warfighting

Some


...equipped with helipads?  No?  Pppppbbbbbtttt.


...amazing how the threat of using the National Guard spurs these IllyNazis to do their actual job.
#IllinoisStateCopsAreAssholes #AskMeHowIKnowThis


...quite the little over-achiever, ain’t he?  Let’s hope that Texas acts appropriately.

From the Dept. Of Government Shutdowns:


In Legal News:


...this has nothing to do with their having broken actual laws (unlike Trump).
#YouStartedTheLawfare #EnjoyTheRebound

In International News:


...you wanted it, you got it.  Enjoy the consequences.  But then, to show how it’s done:


ipse dixit.


...I’m not against the principle, but I am interested to see how they plan to implement it.


...ahhh Giorgia Meloni...


...coming soon to a California near you.

In !Science! News:


...because we enjoy the way it makes us feel?  See, and I didn’t even need a grant to tell you that.

And speaking of

 

 

And from the houses on :


...and MILFy she most certainly is:

 

Never Have I Ever

…done these three things:

  • watched Dr. Who  on TV,
  • read a Jilly Cooper novel (although I might give in at some point because I despair at the level of modern writing and its authors),
  • ridden a horse.

I always thought that Dr. Who  was an infantile take on sci-fi — just hearing people talk about the show irritated me — so I never bothered.  I kinda feel the same about Star Trek, although I have watched a few episodes of that series, always kicking myself for wasting time immediately after the closing credits.

I don’t know why I never read Jilly Cooper’s books, unless it was because of my misogynistic attitude to female writers.  No, I can’t be bothered to explain that, either.  Reading the blurb on the back of any of her novels, I always wondered why I would ever be interested in her silly, two-dimensional characters and fluffy inconsequential plot lines, and I’d return the book to the shelf, un-tempted into its purchase.  The only thing I can find to recommend Dame Jilly, other than the obvious:

…is that she always had a very casual attitude towards sex, both in her writing and in her observations about the people around her.  Not judgemental, she.  Besides:  it was the 1970s and -80s, FFS [sic].

Horses are filthy, fragile animals, prone to all sorts of illnesses, and even the “quiet” ones are always trying to kill you.  Besides, as black powder and muzzle loaders have been superseded by metallic cartridges and bolt-actions, our transportation needs have evolved and we don’t need them.

News Roundup

And you’re gonna need a couple, after reading this lot.

Taylor Swift says it’s ‘shockingly offensive’ to claim this is her last album
...what’s really offensive is the thought that we’re going to have to endure still more of her assembly-line “music” for the next who-knows-how-long.

Next, some Backlash News:


...should have been fired for academic fraud long ago, but I’ll take what I can get.

...at least she wasn’t bonking a 14-year-old.  One hopes.

And in

 




...keep on truckin’, boys:  i.e. throw ’em out by the truckload.  Or something.

In International News:


...sounds about right.  And speaking of Jew-killers:


...like anyone cares.

From the Darwin Report:


...let’s just hope that her kids’ father(s) might have passed on a bigger helping of brains to them.

From Teh Meejah:

PIERS MORGAN: JK Rowling once called me an amoral celebrity toady
...truth hurts, dunnit?

And now it’s that time: 


...when a porno movie does halftime… oh wait, that’s BROWN Bunny.  My bad.
Oh, and Mr. Bunny:  I’m not going to learn Spanish just to try to understand your poxy lyrics.

And in our journey along :


...yes, I’m afraid it’s that time again.  Sorry.

After that, the news is kinda lame.