Henry Kissinger dead; age 100.

Henry Kissinger 1923 - 2023

  

CNBC: Henry Kissinger dead.

One less globalist in the world. Huzzah!

Henry Kissinger Song - Monty Python (Eric Idle)

Lyrics:

Henry Kissinger
How I'm missing yer
You're the Doctor of my dreams
With your crinkly hair and your glassy stare

And your machiavellian schemes
I know they say that you are very vain
And short and fat and pushy but at least you're not insane
Henry Kissinger

How I'm missing yer
And wishing you were here

Henry Kissinger
How I'm missing yer
You're so chubby and so neat
With your funny clothes and your squishy nose

You're like a German parakeet
All right so people say that you don't care
But you've got nicer legs than Hitler
And bigger tits than Cher

Henry Kissinger
How I'm missing yer
And wishing you were here

Who da king?

It ain't Chucky: 

I'd prefer a governing system derived from a Farcical Aquatic Ceremony to that of Resident Biden.

Some of the finest movie dialogue ever written:

 "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."

"...just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me..."

Tacky Tamale Jill Biden's funeral fashion faux pas.

USA MacPaper (Yahoo, Archived): Jill Biden criticized for wearing fascinator instead of hat to Queen Elizabeth's funeral.

... the first lady, 71, arrived to Westminster Abbey in London Monday donning a black Schiaparelli bespoke suit and fascinator — a piece of headwear requiring a clip, comb or headband to stay in place.

Fascinators are "often worn by women attending formal occasions such as weddings and events," according to Fascinators Direct, an online collection of hats and fascinators.

You often see fascinators at joyous events, such as weddings. While they can be worn to somber events like funerals, the more accepted etiquette would be to wear a hat as a sign of respect.
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Twitter users were quick to call out Biden on the apparent fashion faux pas.

Twitter user @woobs98765 wrote that a "big black bow in your hair" isn't appropriate for a funeral.

"Why did she do that?" asked @JoBaillie4.

"That tacky headband bow in her hair at a state funeral," wrote @TruthsOverLiars. "This isn’t high tea."

"The head piece really made my designer friends gulp," wrote @jijiipetti. "It's wrong all the way around, frivolous bow for a somber funeral"

"why is jill biden wearing a party bow on her head?" asked @Airstrip_0ne.
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Black hats were difficult to find ahead of the queen's funeral, according to local outlets. The Daily Mail reported Princess Beatrice left a hat store empty-handed amid a shortage of black hats in London.

I have no clue on women's fashion, especially for funeral etiquette. But the people commenting seem to know their subject. I'll take their word on this. Tacky Tamale Jill.

"Black hats were difficult to find ahead of the queen's funeral."  Well, let's see - - - Is this Tamale Jill's first funeral for a dignitary while she's been the wife of a buffoon who was a Senator for 100 years and served as VP for eight?

And it's been twelve days since the Queen died. The wife of the pResident couldn't find appropriate headgear? At least Joe didn't show up wearing his bicycle helmet.

Melania would never have made this mistake.

Do farts spread the Coronavirus?

Global Times: Do farts spread novel coronavirus? A Beijing district CDC answers.

Do farts spread the COVID-19 virus? Pants work just fine to cut off novel coronavirus transmission in farts, a Beijing district disease control center announced on Sunday.

In a lengthy and seemingly humorous yet serious article on its WeChat account, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of Tongzhou district in Beijing clarified that farts, normally, do not constitute another transmission route of COVID-19, unless someone takes a good and rather close sniff of gas from a pantless patient.
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The findings made some worry that the virus is too "toxic" that farts could be a new transmission route.   

Some anxious individuals also called for mass production of N95 facial mask-like protection for their bottoms.

The Tongzhou district CDC said it had clearly done their homework before writing the article, and they cited a fart experiment carried out by Karl Kruszelnicki and Luke Tennent a couple of years ago. Their findings were published on discovermagazine.com with the conclusion that pants can effectively screen out germs.

That is to say, as long as everyone is wearing their pants, there is no need to be worried that passing gas would cause a micro biological contamination risk.

Someone needs to ask Dr. Fauci about Covid-19 being spread by farts. Do we need ass-masks or do we wear pants over our head?

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Global Times Archived

Friday Morning Music Video

"Crackerbox Palace" from Thirty Three & 1/3 by George Harrison. This video was directed by Eric Idle.

Terry Jones, Monty Python fame, dies; age 77.

Terry Jones: February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020

Daily Mail: Monty Python's Terry Jones has died. 

Monty Python star Terry Jones died last night at the age of 77 with his wife by his side after battling a rare form of dementia that robbed him of his speech, his family announced today.

The actor and comedian directed some of the comedy troupe's most-loved works, including Life Of Brian.

Tributes have poured in for the comedian including from fellow Python star Sir Michael Palin who said he was 'kind, generous, supportive and passionate about living life to the full'.

He added: 'Terry was one of my closest, most valued friends."

Full Mr. Creosote sketch:

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

If it were a non-farcical aquatic ceremony, would it be an acceptable form of government?

Theresa May's resignation births epic memes.

Daily Mail: Theresa May's resignation on Friday sparked a series of Memes and Tweets.

Homes Under the Hammer (a British renovation and auction television series)

Hit the Daily Mail link for more Tweets.

Now, an avalanche of May-related Memes spawned by the below Eylon Levy Tweet.

Indy100: The 'haunting' image of Theresa May crying during resignation speech becomes a meme.

[May's] crying face was splashed across the front pages of newspapers as she tearfully told the British public that she bears "no ill-will" at vacating her position, and, as she broke down in tears, said she has "enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love".

It all began with a well-meaning tweet.

News anchor Eylon Levy, upon learning of May's resignation, tweeted a picture of her crying and wrote:

    "This is such a haunting photo. Whatever you think about Theresa May's record as prime minister, it's impossible not to feel sorry for her has a person."

And the Memes began:

Hit the Indy100 link for more Memes.

Mark Zuckerberg privacy joke gets no laughs.Howard Beale - "Network": as relevant today as in 1976.

Mashable: Zuckerberg joke a slap in the face to Facebook victims.

Most awkward Zuck moments revolve around the CEO's inability to exhibit human emotion. This one comes with a serving of insult, added to injury.

[Zuckerberg] opened Facebook's annual F8 developer conference on Tuesday with a manifesto-ish address about how the future of Facebook is focused on privacy.
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    The moment Mark Zuckerberg tries to make a joke about privacy and nobody laughs: pic.twitter.com/izt7kIhjLz

    — alfred 🆖 (@alfredwkng) April 30, 2019
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"I know that we don't exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now, to put it lightly," Mark Zuckerberg joked, amid some understated snorty laughs. Not even the audience — packed with Facebook employees and developers — could muster more than that.

Advisory - NSFW language:

Reference: Howard Beale.

Reference: "Network".

John Bercow: "Orrrrdddeeeerrrrr!"

I didn't know his name on one of the previous posts on Brexit and couldn't find the specific post looking through my tags. Way too much work.

Anyway, now I know; he's John Bercow, UK Parliament Speaker.

As I wrote in the post that I couldn't find, this guy gotta be a Monty Python fan. And I could listen to him all day long.

Our elected Libs need a lecture from Mr. Bercow on manners.

"Learn the art of patience...Deploy Zen."

The Virginia Dem Trifecta; Northam, Fairfax and Herring. A Herring?

The Atlantic: Virginia Democrat Scandal.

As Goes Virginia, So Goes the Democratic Party.
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Governor Ralph Northam is under fire for wearing blackface, and for a bizarre yearbook photo that shows a man in blackface and another in a Klan hood. (Northam denies he is either.) Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, who will succeed Northam if he resigns, is now the subject of a sexual-assault accusation.
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Attorney General Mark Herring, who is second in line for the governor’s seat behind Fairfax, acknowledged late Wednesday morning that he wore blackface at a party in college in 1980, when he was 19. In a statement, Herring said he’d dressed up as the rapper Kurtis Blow and performed a song.

What a Trifecta. If we could travel back in time to a few weeks ago, and had been given odds on what's happening to the three top Virginia Dems - who would have placed money on that type of a long-shot? No one.

It would be easier if all elected Dems in Virginia would raise their hands if they:
a) didn't wear Blackface (or enter a contest or costume party involving a race or ethnicity other than their own),
b) never dressed up as a KKKlansman,
c) haven't been accused of sexual-assault,
d) never participated in other politically incorrect and insensitive behavior.

The Virginia Trifecta ! 
-  Sponsored by the political party that preaches political correctness and is always reminding others that appearances, conduct and actions matter.

What was that about a herring?

Free Bacon Tuesday at McDonalds

FOX 4 KC, for details: Free Bacon.

What more is there to say? Um, McDonald's is bringing us cheesy-bacon fries nationwide. Okay, that's it.

May's Brexit Takes Hard Hit. Corbyn seeks to topple.

"Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."
- Otto von Bismarck

Or, in the case of Brexit, another episode of government, (any government), doing usually what they do best. Making newer sausages to fix badly made, past sausages.

BBC: May suffers historic defeat. Read the story, but you MUST hit the link and view the first video. The gray-haired guy, reciting the vote tally. At the 24-25 second mark when he calls out, "OoorrrrrrDER!"  Wanna bet he's a lifer Monty Python fan? The video will start auto-playing for a moment, then stop, then just click on "play video". It's a short clip. "OoorrrrrrDER!"

BBC: What happens next? As all politicians do, plenty 'o room to CY(their)A.

Unless...The Independent...Jeremy Corbyn topples May in 24 hours.

Daily Mail: Theresa May set to SURVIVE no-confidence vote. Well, good for her for looking on the bright side of life.

And you know you want see it, so fast-forward in to the 9 minute and 30 second mark for the fun! (The guy knows what he's doing).

 

MN Governor Switcheroo. Out: Mark Dayton Richie Rich; In: Another Tim"my"

Some might call him Tim.

Considering our last Tim, maybe the Minnesota Legislature can pony up a Bill, signed by the new Tim, decreeing no more governors in MN can have the name Tim. Or Timmy. Or any variation thereof.

"No more Tim-mahs?"

The new Dem Governor Timmy Walz Canned Ham is anxious to raise the gas tax. Time will tell, Timmy.

Gov Canned Ham will take the oath of office January 7, 2019.

Mark Dayton Richie Rich can return to frolicking in the vast Dayton family fortune. Good riddance. Go to the cabin. Fish. Read comic books. Do the Soduko. Sign-up and Volunteer for Meals on Wheels. Promise to steer clear of public office, elected and appointed. Be retired.

TSA to grope snacks?

Here we go again, with the TSA groping your children and grandma snacks: The Day

TSA agents are instructing [passengers] to remove their snacks and other food items from their carry-ons and place them in those ubiquitous plastic bins for separate screening.

It's not part of agency's standard policy, according to TSA spokesman Mike England[.]
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[The] "recommendation" appears to be gaining steam and moving rapidly into the territory of de-facto protocol[.]

Ho! We actually have a name of a person from the TSA instead of the usual, "The TSA says..."

"De-facto protocol"?!?!? The TSA is nothing but de-facto protocol.

What will the TSA do next...search your liver?

Oysters by Vending Machine in France; 100 year old fruitcake from Antarctica

Average reading time: 40s (excluding video)

No worries about what to have for dinner tonight.

Bon Appétit!

Buying oysters from a vending machine? Sure, why not: Simplemost:

In France’s Île de Ré, an island off the country’s west coast, oyster lovers can indulge in the shellfish 24/7 thanks to [a] vending machine[.]

For desert? That would be an edible [(?)] 100 year old fruitcake from Antarctica. Antarctic Heritage Trust:

...the fruit cake is still wrapped in paper and encased in the remains of a tin-plated iron alloy tin. [sic]

The cake probably dates to the Cape Adare-based Northern Party of [Robert Falcon] Scott’s Terra Nova expedition (1910 – 1913) as it has been documented that Scott took this particular brand of cake with him at that time.

[.] Although the tin was in poor condition, the cake itself looked and smelt (almost) [sic] edible.

Define, "(almost)"?

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08/14/2017: Link repair
08/16/2017: Spelling errors fixed (as far as I can tell)