A friend provided the pond with this Murdochian front page from January 18th 2017 just for the hoot of it …
But it came in handy because today the pond is Seinfeld-stricken and must blog about nothing …
You see, the reptiles delivered all their best shots early in the week and now there's a severe loon shortage.
Oh sure the reptiles are on their usual crusade, creating fear in their only remaining demographic…
And just as surely there's a Rowe for the occasion … with more reliable Rowe here …
But back to that loon shortage, which is keenly felt by the pond.
By rights, if the reptiles had saved up their Moorice for today, the pond wouldn't be in a panic.
Instead it headed off to the Speccie mob, but they were only berating the Islamics and doing the rest of the usual. No hope there until Friday brings fresh offerings ...
The pond was so desperate it headed off to the Terror - though it had removed the bookmark - only to discover that the racist Bolter was still rabbiting on about race, this time inspired by Kerri-Anne Kennerley, and the pond just couldn't do it. It couldn't go there …
It did note a news item about the onion muncher just to prove it had made the visit, defiant and proud and still in love with dinkum clean coal oi oi oi, and the scare campaigns of yore …
That's when the pond realised it had wasted a Pope cartoon, and this was the moment it was needed … with more needed Pope here …
But the Terror readership was on side, climate science was still a nonsense, and there seemed no need to worry about the onion muncher's masthead status at the pond ...
The noble climate warrior seems safe, and the Terror will do all it can to ensure the independent threat is quashed …
So the pond turned back to the reptiles, and under protest decided it had to revert to the onion muncher's reliable sometime best buddy, the bromancer …elevated to the top of the reptile digital page …
The topic did nothing for the pond, and it turned out that the only interest in the entire piece was the way that the bromancer used the demonic Xi to downplay the dire Donald …but still, he had been given the Lobbecke of the day, and by definition, thereby elevated to reptile cult status ...
Wow?
Wow, it surely is a new era in reptile scribbling in the hope of appealing to anyone below the age of seventy.
It somehow reminded the pond of the ABC, currently promoting the bizarre idea that Barry Humphries is a selling point when talking about the natural world, and peddling the show in truly unique ways with an exceptionally unique understanding of the extremely unique English language …
But it did provide the pond with an excuse for a few cartoons …
And so back to the long bromancer haul ...
What, like medical records?
But there's no need to panic, all that's needed is sober judgement and steady practice … and
Wow!
Still, the pond is following bromancer orders and isn't panicking … after all, the Donald is at one with the US intelligence establishment on everything, and the news that the Russians and the Chinese are upping their alliance is certainly no cause for US reptile panic …
Phshaw, what could go wrong?
And now back to the long haul ...
Ah yes, everyone's on board with the Donald, and his wonderfully articulate policies …
But at least now the pond has the energy to finish off the bromancer piece ...
Yes, the Donald isn't a problem, not a problem at all … The peculiar logic of the Trump-Russia scandal deniers …
... and in that spirit, the pond is grateful it has discovered a cave which should provide shelter for it and all the reptiles …
Bromancer: "Under Xi, Beijing has taken control of and militarised strategic territories throughout the South China Sea ..."
ReplyDeleteYeah, Bro, mate; that's called "gunboat diplomacy" and all of the very biggest and most militarised imperialist and colonialist nations have done it. Don't you know any history at all, Greggie ? I'll bet you don't even know about the American White Fleet, do you ?
Let be apprise you: "The Great White Fleet was a sixteen battleship fleet that sailed on a world voyage from December 16, 1907 - February 22, 1909. Its primary purpose was to showcase American naval power."
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=american+white+fleet
The American White Fleet visited Australia in 1908. Surprise, eh ? Even we poor piddling little Aussies still needed to be shown rampant American armed power. Still, at least they didn't do to us what they did to the Philippines:
"The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902
After its defeat in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded its longstanding colony of the Philippines to the United States in the Treaty of Paris. On February 4, 1899, just two days before the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty, fighting broke out between American forces and Filipino nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo who sought independence rather than a change in colonial rulers. The ensuing Philippine-American War lasted three years and resulted in the death of over 4,200 American and over 20,000 Filipino combatants. As many as 200,000 Filipino civilians died from violence, famine, and disease."
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war
It's good to have a strong suzerain, isn't it.