Tomfoolery? Ah well, it's possible that Pedestrian TV wants a wide audience, and can't say fuckwittery, and with the full story here, the pond will only quote a little bit, and tease with a cold link to the actual video ... head off for the hot one ...
It's an old story now - the Mike Pence fly affair ensured it would be quickly forgotten - but the pond is immensely proud of its alumni, especially now that the study of reptiles and y'artz costs a fucking fortune. Has this country ever made better exports than the dirty Digger, Miranda the Devine and the onion muncher?
Of course there were the neighsayers, whinnying away, pointing out the bleeding obvious, the incoherence, the inconsistency, the stupidity, the dark, sinister ways of neo-fascists from the Franco school of Catholic thinking ...
Just to make clear that point about Devine hypocrisy, or irony, or a tweet for every Donald occasion ...the tweet had assembled these two contrast and compare Devine thoughts ...
But of course that's the whole point of populist neo-fascist attention seeking. Never mind what you said a minute ago, make sure you can shock in real time, and notoriety will follow ... though not everyone had a fix on who Miranda the Devine was ...
But the best bit of unawareness of Miranda the Devine came with Crooks and Liars, who dubbed her Amanda Devine here ...
It might get changed in due course, but at time of writing they even had a tag for "Amanda", when surely, if wanting a name change, it should have been to Karen Devine ... though the pond must say that would be a gross libel of the Karen meme ...
Never mind, the pond just wanted to walk back down memory lane with Amanda, and got to thinking of other great potential exploits.
What if we could persuade the Bolter to head back to the Netherlands to play Black Peter for an Xmas pageant, perhaps under the name Kevin Bolter? And then he liked the role so much he stayed there forever in black make-up, and became a member of a far right Dutch group dedicated to white men's right to do black face?
Why not ship the dog botherer off to France, perhaps under the name Beyond your French Ken?
And so on and so forth, but alas reality had to intrude at some point, and the pond had to look at the lizard Oz line up for the day ...
What a motley, useless crew. The pond usually refuses to do the Swiss bank account man, and by golly, the pond felt a deep desire to head over to the Speccie mob for some genuine eccentricity, and might just do it next Friday.
Consider this a warning, reptiles. The pond has helped make internationally famous the likes of Karen the Devine, but sheesh, it's an uphill task with old fogeys of the Henry "hole in the bucket" man kind ...
It goes without saying that our Henry is famous for his medical skills and is an expert in epidemiology, and should anyone want a prescription in Latin, just turn up to his surgery ...
Meanwhile, in other parts of the world? Let's take the UK, shall we, courtesy of the Graudian ...
Yes, the poor old Poms are in a bit of a mess thanks to Boris thinking like our hole in the bucket man ... and anyone who wants more of those stories should trot off to the Graudian or google away ... meantime, they've got to be worth a couple of cartoons ...
And so back to our Henry ...
Uh huh, and so on and so forth, and what a pity that the authorities have tamed the spread, because it would have been a delicious irony to report on our Henry doing a Herman Cain ... but meanwhile, in the United States, home to Henry thinking ...
The pond just loved that one, and the fainting it it produced in the Pope and tykes everywhere ... and meanwhile in the NY Times ...
Over at WaPo, they consoled themselves by finding that, while the US was struggling, the Germans were also in trouble ...
Moscow Mitch avoiding the plague-riddled White House? That has to be worth a few cartoons ...
By now, the pond is assuming everyone has seen the Lincoln Project's epic tune Covita, which at the time the pond linked to it had already hauled in 2.4 million views on YouTube here ...
But wait, the Germans, the pond almost forgot about the Germans ...
And so back to our Henry for a final gobbet of Henry expertise ...
Proclaimed them from the rooftops? No, no, you sing them from the rooftops, as in that splendid Covita song, here ... but our Henry's effort, seemingly unaware of the world outside his own little bubble, is surely worth a few more cartoons ...
And now as an afterthought and as a little stocking filler, where would the pond be without Dame Groan, and here's Dame Groan's problem for the day. You see, the reptiles have spent an endless amount of energy vilifying Comrade Dan and the strange sandgropers over to the west, where no eastern stater dare go, because there be dragons ... and yet the news was somewhat surprising and so Dame Groan had to cope as best she could, with snarks and snarls and sneers ...
The good news is that the good news almost rendered Dame Groan speechless ... though she struggled on in another short gobbet ...
Actually the pond recommends seceding. What have you got to lose sandgropers, except for Dame Groan eastern stater sneers?
And now a couple of takes on that fly, first from the immortal Rowe, with more Rowe here ...
And from the land of the free fly ...
Hi Dorothy,
ReplyDelete“In reality, the best and most recent study...finds the vast majority of the virus’s victims were already close to the end of life.”
I suppose that our Henry would reckon that Harold Shipman was only guilty of manslaughter as most of his victims only had a few short years remaining.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman
DiddyWrote
Gotta admit, DW, he's a man who reached for the sky and achieved his ambition, though being formally accredited only for a few of them.
DeleteBut he managed, in a long career, only about half of what COVID-19 has managed in about 9 months in Victoria. As I'm sure lots of "highly decoupled" would be happy to assure us.
Manslaughter DW? That's a bit steep, isn't it? Surely he's doing them a kindness and a service, putting them out of their misery early, and with a bit of luck, they might find further usefulness as powdered Soylent Green. A medal more like it, and perhaps a few thou the body, and if he happened to stumble across Henry, well, why would anyone want to stop him as he did his civic duty?
DeleteI started my day early, and found that the Henry had boosted his column with 'Catallaxy'. Loyal reptilian that he is, the link lead straight to the current subscription offer. However, a contributor to his site copied/pasted what appears to be the entire column into his response, so the Henry's effort to generate some income for Limited News failed - at least with the (however many) who access 'Catallaxy'. Given that several other further contributors to the Henry item there said that they no longer paid for access to Limited News that may not add much to Rupert's bottom line.
DeleteBut - the interesting bit was that, as Dorothy showed us, the Henry was on about how those dying from Covid were going to die anyway. Now - the Henry is 68 years old, so the demographics at particular risk are likely to include many of his friends/acquaintances. I looked for nominations from people he knows, for the about 14 000 EXTRA deaths we would have achieved by following the freedom-loving Swedish way. Not a single name. Perhaps it is his conversation starter for when he is invited to dinner parties - who around the table is disposable this week.
Not to mention his parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews, children, grandchildren etc etc. Unless, of course, he hasn't any of those.
DeleteBut, butt Chad, would it be even marginally worth pointing out that even those not dying from Covid are also going to die anyway ? QALY anybody ? So, since absolutely everybody dies sooner or later, and some very much sooner, then there's just absolutely no value in trying to prolong anybody's life at all, ever, is there.
Ok, close down all the hospitals now and let's save heaps of money.
Oh and look at what "Mother" nature is up to while all our attention is on SARS-CoV-2:
DeleteScarlet fever is making a comeback after being infected with a toxic virus, researchers say
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-08/scarlet-fever-incidence-on-the-rise-bacteria-infected-by-viruses/12740806
You see it's just a totally losing battle all the way along the line.
“But of course that's the whole point of populist neo-fascist attention seeking. Never mind what you said a minute ago, make sure you can shock in real time, and notoriety will follow ... “
ReplyDeleteAs will the abundance of morons......including the Henry and Amanda, Groanie and all the rest, demanding everyone get back to work quick stix, cos that fracking share portfolio won’t build itself.
The last couple of weeks have been very testing indeed......thank dog for Covita and the fly is all I can say. And I hope Karen keeps that flyswatter handy for Mike too, as the next few weeks are going to be very busy.
https://youtu.be/Wt6iji_50P8
Since the White House has become Covid Central and all the actors from casting central have become secret service agents ......except they now wear white lab coats, it seems America is one great universal migraine, with its arse on fire for added bonus. So much greatness...I can’t deal. And if these loons get their way with the Supreme Court it is game over.
https://youtu.be/9pQtYznW9qc
Sir Henry of Arsegas sure is an amazing piece of work. On the same day the world racks up 340,000 positive cases in a single day, we get a lecture on the catastrophe industry and a screaming from the reptile rooftop bunker about old farts wanting to live. Amazing stuff.....I must be some share portfolio he’s holding.
On a side issue, I caught David Speers pontificating most positively about the budget. Anyone who doubted that the Fox has got inside the ABC henhouse had their worst fears confirmed.
Between Speers, Karvalis, Buttrose and Hadfield and the continued budget cuts and shedding of long term talented journalists, the ABC is cactus.
I imagine the dog botherer and Polonius will have to find a new entity to attack in the future. Trying times for Polonius, no doubt.
https://radioinfo.com.au/news-tags/shelly-hadfield
CA.
My bad..... forgot to mention, Rupert has sent his Rottweiler.... aka Credlin to the front line to help get Dan Andrews. Ugly stuff.
DeleteCA.
Strewth, a 25 year stint at Noise Corpse, and now a "content director" at their ABC. Yep, it's seriously bad times, CA. Radio is only the first creep in.
DeleteBut then, as a wee reminder: high decoupling. That thing which is essential in science but is a serious failing in so many who would define and describe society for us. Like the Chief Hole in the Head Man for instance.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7cAsBPGh98pGyrhz9/decoupling-vs-contextualising-norms
Now I'll go on and enjoy another 'totally decoupled', Dame Groanie and how better than that to say TGIF.
OK, CA, I 'g...led' and this popped up -
Deletehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8821879/Peta-Credlin-fires-Dan-Andrews-hotel-quarantine-debacle.html
Ms Weiler seems not to realise that those mask thingies should cover both nose and mouth - unless she is essentially a mouth breather only.
The DailyMail is a true joy, isn't it. But it kinda reminds me of the Gang of Four's pink batts. Somehow although all of the malfeasance in the pink batts drama came from just a few 'private' companies - ie companies not owned or controlled by any government - it was somehow the Rudd government's fault that some under, or not-trained installers died on the job.
DeleteSo this time around, because some under- or not-trained 'security personnel' employed by a 'private company' did a very poor job, that it was somehow the fault of the Andrews government. Well, I guess in terms of some unnamed person's choice of company to contract for the job, it could be at least partially so.
But the thing is, are all "security" companies simply unable to perform the jobs they are hired for ? And if so, why are private "security" companies allowed to exist ? And are there lots of other "private" companies we should be asking that question about ?
Another one I've never heard of before. CA ?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOdsAE8Mq7I
“And are there lots of other "private" companies we should be asking that question about ?”
DeleteAin’t that the truth.......back in the days of the Pink Pages, outside of escort services the biggest number of pages went to private investigators. :((
Love Natalie Merchant...I too had not heard her, although I sort of remember 10,000 Maniacs. Wonder and Carnival are beautiful tracks. Gorgeous lyrics. Songs from an open heart. Tiny Desk never fails to deliver. Cheers.
CA.
"10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs and five live albums." And of course I'd never heard them, or even heard of them. But now youtube (and spotify) bring us wonders uncountable many times every day.
DeleteAnd I'd never even heard of Tiny Desk until I encountered the Susan Vega session. And then the Sheryl Crow session. It does seem to be a bit more sophisticated than Like a Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNkzhHG0Prs
Nice 'chamber rock' by Haim though.
Very good GB. Haim are pretty good and have just got bigger and better.
DeleteIt was actually DP that first introduced us/me to Haim some years back. Cheers.
And again, thanks for the Natalie Merchant link which I shared with my daughters who also loved it, particularly this version of Carnival, as the red haired guitarist is pretty much a dead ringer for dear wife when she was about 19/20 years old. We all had a good laugh over the little discovery.
https://youtu.be/4pOP4mPoMVQ
CA.
Indeed it was, CA, in that very 'Like a Version' session. And also Mandolin Orange and Chris Whitley too ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcsbhTGa4AI ).
DeleteI notice that Natalie was a mere slip of a lass of 31 in the performance of Carnival you've included here.
Dame Groanie was very low key today: hardly a word of criticism to make about WA, and she never mentioned the state premier even once: not by name and not even by apparent implication. Is that because she thinks he's just, though nominally Labor, acting like a good old-fashioned neoliberal libertarian capitalist ?
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing with WA's iron ore royalties and its increased GST revenue seems to be a big turn on for her. Though she does end up with a little caveat: "However, the state government might want to play its role as part of Australia to a much greater degree than it has this year."
Oh wau ! Is that serious criticism or what ? And just what does she mean by it ? What does "play its role as part of Australia to a much greater degree" actually mean and to whom ? Only a reptile knows !