Everything old is new again, and the onion muncher survives again, because that's all he knows … a professional politician, with the abilities of a rank amateur ...
The pond contemplated it with a weary grim joy and decided to take an extended break.
We're all dying but some are going a tad more quickly, and the pond's ill-health has undercut its ability to tend to its reptile herpetarium … and in any case for what? To make a fresh round of Direct Action jokes, and marvel at the inherent uselessness of the onion muncher?
Well at least the pond's banner retains some ongoing relevance, with the onion muncher's direct action nonsense still rampant … but the pond wanted to go out with a bang, and who better than the Oreo to provide an Oscar Wilde rocket for the pond's buck?
Yes, a genuine Oreo rant would surely be a fitting way to put the pond into mothballs …paranoia and hysteria rampant, and in such a generous serve too … not just double stuf, but mega stuf …
While the Donald fucks the planet, what's an Oreo to do but turn on Europe in a way that the Donald would love ...
It's impossible to discuss rationally, of course, but anyone wanting a clue as to why far right, populist, white nationalist causes are popular with assorted reptiles should just read that, and they'll understand why the Oreo, Steve Bannon and the Donald are one …
It's really not far from the sort of dog whistling that was such a feature of the 1930s, but sadly the pond is too tired to care …
Meanwhile, the extraordinary fuck-up known as Brexit, which has served for Boris's ambitions and Farage's ratbaggery and not much else, is exactly the sort of lunacy which attracts far right moths to the flame of instability ...
Myopic elites smear patriots as racists?
Would that be the patriots that blather hysterically about Islamics and blacks intent on white genocide?
The pond sometimes wonders if the Oreo is aware of how deeply, how fundamentally bigoted she is … and then a reminder that the Oreo loves white nationalist populist far right governments of the Hungarian and Polish kind brings the pond's ability to wonder to a screeching halt …
Can a little Holocaust denialism be that far away? Poland's Holocaust law triggers tide of abuse against Auschwitz museum …
Indeed, indeed, and there's only one Oreo too, and how she loves her Orban ...
For a moment the pond wondered whether the Oreo had at last deleted her internationalist credentials from her potted bio … but alas, no, she still cites her work with the 'leets, notoriously intent on establishing world government by Xmas …
And with that ritual observed, hypocrisy, paranoia, fear and loathing rampant, the pond is off on an extended break, which may or may not be permanent …
Hearty thanks to all those who have left comments, with just one final ritual to be observed, as the pond checks in to the old folks' home with Rowe, with more Rowe to be found here ...
Hearty thanks to all those who have left comments, with just one final ritual to be observed, as the pond checks in to the old folks' home with Rowe, with more Rowe to be found here ...
May your extended break turn out very well, DP, and may I passionately hope it doesn't turn out to be permanent (I'd have to remake my remaining lifetime if it did).
ReplyDeleteWith very best wishes,
GB
All the best in your break we do appreciate your talent and will miss not having you expose the useless lot from Murdoch.
ReplyDeleteThanks dp. The party has to end sometime. So we faithful do not waste time looking for yout anti kool aid replacement, please inform us who you would read to replace you.
ReplyDeleteTake it easy DP. I hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteWe do realise what a relentless task it is detailing the venality and pure stupidity of the reptiles. I come here for a reality check and a little reassurance that I am not alone (the community here is a bit more intuitive than I am regarding motive and human behaviour).
Once again, thank you so much.
Something to cheer you up, DP:
ReplyDelete"Atheism is coming to America, and it is conservative Christians who are bringing it here. During the Nazi period, around 95 percent of Germans identified as Christian. But today, just a little more than 75 years later, almost 60 percent of Germans identify as either non-religious or atheist. What happened?...In thirty years from now, when people ask the question, "who killed God in America," the answer will not be "the atheists." It will be the conservative Christians who supported Trump.
(from http://www.stevenscountytimes.com/opinion/letters/4498472-letter-editor-conservative-christians-will-bring-atheism, via https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2018/09/12/killing-god-in-small-town-america/)
And DP, thanks for all the fish.
Dear DP. "There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be a disciplined eye and a wild mind...There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it." Love your work, love your fire, love your gentle reminisces. Best wishes.
ReplyDeleteVery best wishes for the break ahead DP.
ReplyDeleteI've no doubt that Lloydie will be more than happy to do some heavy lifting for you in your absence. Look for more phrases like "re-focussing policies from the Abbott era" to ensure Australia gets the progress it so richly deserves.
Bon continuation!
All the best, Dot.
ReplyDeleteMorrison, the penultimate example of over-the-top flag-waving Australian patriotism, attaches (his idea) a pin of the Australian flag upside down on his lapel.
ReplyDeleteAs Thomas Paine said:
“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government”
https://twitter.com/AAPMick/status/1041551414755909632
forgot to add: have an enjoyable and relaxing break, DP.
DeleteNow Parker, no shirking.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/poland-polarization/568324/
Tinkerin' zen thoughts. Have a quality break, DP.
ReplyDeleteI'm late to the party, as ever, but let me join the chorus and add my "take care", DP.
ReplyDeleteI can answer one existential question you've posed: "...and in any case for what?"
Why, for the shits and giggles, of course. Both of which you've supplied us with in abundance for nearly a decade, now. Done with style and stamina.
But if and when you feel like returning, take solace that the reptiles, and we, will still be here. As Queen Elizabeth I might have said, "Semper eadem, semper lacerti."
Enjoy your break. You'll be missed.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes dp. Hope to see you back.
ReplyDeleteRais, Perth.