Archive for June 2023
Poor old Henry
Poor old Henry Kissinger. He just has had his 100th birthday and howls persist that it’s not too late to punish him, perhaps The Hague and jail, for political and war-mongering misdeeds, along with Tony Blair, George W. Bush and their kind over Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria and the rest of all the bad…
Read MoreBring it on. Humour to the rescue.
Much ado about Rusty Markham lately. The honourable opposition member of parliament stormed out of the bulding during heated debate, evidently saying he was sick and tired of constant racism, prejudice and carping against him. Sick and tired of being sick and tired. It happens all the time here. As the government media had it,…
Read MoreFor politicians everywhere, a quiet word in your ear from Mr Krushchev
“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.” The words of wily old Soviet dictator Nikita Krushchev, who once took the world to within an inch of nuclear war, knew what he was talking about. Down here in a distant world, a wasteland, beautiful and…
Read MoreWhere are the cows?
Everyone has heard the tale of the two cows. In socialism, you have two cows, and you give one to your neighbour. In communism, you have two cows, the government takes both and gives you milk. In fascism, you have two cows, the government takes both and sells you the milk. In Nazism, you have…
Read MoreArnie’s got us in his sights
Arnie has just had a ball at the Cannes Film Festival – there to promote his new action, comedy and drama Netflix series called FUBAR, which stands for “F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition,” or in more polite circles “Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.” If you are a mess you are a fubar, the noun. It’s…
Read MoreAnd now for something completely different
Walking backwards in time, some things stay the same despite the stresses of the day. Land Rover devotees are as resilient as the vehicle itself. Multitudes of them have been celebratinge the 75th anniversary of the first Land Rover produced commercially in 1948. Apart from its majesty in rugged bush country, the Land Rover is…
Read MoreOut of this world … of hunger
Check this video out. “Luxury living for the elite,” say the captions. Zimbabwe’s starving masses, already dealing with 16 hour daily electricity cuts in the crumbling, corruption-ridden economy, will appreciate it as we head for elections in August.
Read MoreGot your attention yet?
Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed off the Sardinia coast. For us non-Brits, flippered literally means having flippers on in the water but in urban slang it has a flip-flop sexual connotation. And surely everyone knows what a leg-over is? Lima Oscar in old military jargon. Have I got your attention now?…
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