Obstrepero
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A lion walks with a thousand jackals just as a brave man walks with a thousand cowards.
Me: To all those Yeti-deniers out there, I can prove the Yeti exists. Them: How? Me: It says so here in my sacred book. Them: Who wrote the book? Me: A Himalayan yak-herder. 3,000 years ago. Them: In English? Me: Of course not. English didn’t exist. It was written in Zhang-Zhung. /1
Netflix just sent me a notification of their next offering: Seal Team. And it struck me that nobody gives a shit any more about all this childish American military posturing.
Farage got twice as many votes as a man with a bin on his head.
Why was Trump so scared of Iranian assassins? Simple. They weren't working for him.
They're making a movie about Trump abandoning his staff to their fate and slithering onto a back-up aircraft with Hegseth. Snakes On A Plane 2.
Trump abandoned Karoline Leavitt and the press corps on a plane he thought might be shot down by the Iranians, while he ducked onto another aircraft, huddled in a food cart with his inner circle of cowards. 24 hours later, MAGA Barbie quit the job. I think that's called the finding-out phase.
Whatever way you look at it, the Iranians forced Trump to hide in a hamburger delivery van.
If a heavily-armed man claimed he was chosen by God, you'd run for cover and call him a lunatic. If a heavily-armed country claimed it was chosen by God, you'd call it Israel.
It seems Infantino has asked Trump to step in. As if Trump would care about somebody who is no longer useful.
I'm getting confused. Is this "I'm gonna bomb Iran back to the stone age" Monday or is it "Iran begged for talks so I'm calling off the bombing" Monday?
Fingers Fiddler Fingleton. Gone, and all our money gone with him.
How well I remember as a little child of about three or maybe four, my grandmother taking me to one side, silently pressing a tiny three-headed clay figurine into my palm and whispering urgently, "Remember what I told you now. There's no money in astrophysics".
Rand Paul is an eye doctor. Rand Paul questioning Anthony Fauci is like a baggage handler questioning a pilot.
This European hypocrisy over Ceuta is staggering. A colonial power keeps a piece of Africa, but it's still the locals' fault.
Earlier this week, Doctors Without Borders said, “This is not a ceasefire. It is a continuation of the genocide, calibrated to be violent enough to keep Palestinians suffering every day, yet silent enough to avoid stirring international outrage.”
Things are going great for Trump's administration. So good that instead of talking about a booming economy, cheap groceries, cheap fuel and crushing victories against Iran, they dug up unfounded allegations against Anthony Fauci from seven years ago. They must be getting tired of all the winning.
Fun fact. Nigerian scammer slang for a gullible person is "Maga".
Not sure about Infantino's plan to hold a 128-nation World Cup every six months.
Ukraine could finish the war in a month if they concentrated on shutting down supplies of lip filler and Botox.
1/ I would like to invade a land of my choice and dispossess its people, with the option to eradicate them should I wish. Unfortunately, however, I have not been chosen by God, which is a bit of a problem.
We went to see the Odyssey today. Definitely epic, but I could have done without all the American accents. And yes, I know the ancient Greeks didn’t sound English either but there must be some solution.
1/ As the biggest blockbuster movie in the world is based on Ancient Greek mythology, it seems appropriate to reflect on the relationship between hubris and nemesis, where outrageous insolent pride or excessive self-confidence ultimately lead to disaster.
Elon Musk is so well-read, he insists on a historically correct version of a story that includes a six-headed sea monster, a giant with an eye in the middle of his forehead, assorted Greek gods and a sorceress who turns men into pigs.
