In which the pond proposes a game requiring a detailed reading of Dame Slap and nattering "Ned" ...

 

 

 

Today the pond invites readers on a hunt for the missing word. 

Some might also want to join in a hunt for the missing network. 

No doubt some would also like to play the game of "find Cucker Tarlson" or find the GOP,  or find MTG or find the white nationalist, but the pond can only suggest so many games at the one time ...

The game begins at the top of the lizard Oz page with this outing ...

 

 

 

 

Yes, it's Dame Slap at her finest, which is to say meretricious, deceitful, forgetful of her MAGA cap donning past, and seeking to blame everybody other than the actual elephants in the room ...

And so to the game, which is to find a mention of the mango Mussolini, Faux Noise, or even Cucker Tarlson if you like, in all that follows ...

No luck gamers? Wondering why none of this scores a mention?

 

 

 

 

Ah, of course, Dame Slap might have to recall heading out into the New York night to celebrate, proudly wearing her MAGA cap ...

So instead it's all the fault of all the usual Dame Slap suspects ...

 

 

 

 

Still no luck gamers? There are plenty of clues elsewhere ...

 

 

 

 

 

But then Dame Slap always finds googling tricky ... which is a pity, because she might then have remembered the mango Mussolini, the far right and all that goes with it ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

She might even have caught up on this old news ...

 

 

 

She might even have dipped into the Graudian ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But to be fair, the game's not yet over, Dame Slap still has a chance to remember ...

 

 

Of course, of course, the love of coal, never to be extinguished ...

 

 

 

 

And now there's just one last chance to remember that donning of the MAGA cap in New York, Faux Noise, Cucker, and the whole damn thing ...

Speaking of abject lessons, the pond was yet again reminded of that tweet ...

 

Well Dame Slap surely outbid the buffoon onion muncher outdoing that buffoon Lord Downer, but not to worry, here, have another infallible Pope to celebrate ...

 

 

 

 

But the game isn't over yet. There's still nattering "Ned" to go, and with the same rules. 

 Go on aspirational gamer, see if you can spot the slightest sign of the mango Mussolini, Faux Noise, Cucker, or the rest of the GOP gang ...

Hmm, the reptiles just love to show off snaps of Faux Noise's hero ... though a shot of bare nipples bestrode a horse might have been better ...

 

Yep, the reptiles love a bare nipple or two boldly riding on a horse ...

Never mind, on with the game ...

 

 

At this point, some gamers might think the pond has cheated. 

There was likely a reference to the mango Mussolini, or Faux Noise, or Cucker or the GOP mob in that special content available on the web version of "Ned's" natter.

Relax gamers, as far as the pond could work out, this is the web version, but in any case there was no cheating ... though there is a bonus prize for anyone recalling the keen Keane using the geriatric word way back when ...

 

 

Speaking of geriatrics, it's back to playing the game with nattering "Ned" ...

Oh and what a pity that the pond didn't have this to go with the onion muncher's piece yesterday ...

 

 

And so to the final "Ned" gobbet, and sorry gamers, it wasn't much of a game, was it?

 

 

They have imbibed the elixir of Western decline? What's that? They've joined the GOP, they follow the mango Mussolini, they read the lizard Oz, they watch Faux Noise or Sky after dark if down under, and they celebrate Vlad the impaler? And they love white nationalism?

 

 

Oh all that, and more ...

 

 

 

We shall see, says the nattering "Ned"? Just by playing the game this day, it's clear that the business of the reptiles at the lizard Oz is not to see, which in its own geriatric way, is either disgusting, or pathetic ...

Meanwhile, even if the game was a total flop, thanks to the immortal Rowe, we have the big spender on the case, with more Rowe always here ...

 

 

 

Only a sixpack from Hawaii? ...though it has to be said that twenty buck tip is truly generous ...

Hold the late arvo pond press, Dame Groan has gone full big government interventionist ...

 

 

Usually news of Dame Groan going full socialist, going big government, would be top of the pond page ma, top of the world, and even though she has been forced into a special late arvo slot, still attention should be paid to the Groaner, with this most excellent groaning ...

 

 

 

 

Dame Groan gone full socialist, Dame Groan wanting big government? Could this be a prelude to Dame Groan backing climate science?

The pond blinked this morning and so missed this report on the reptiles, a light salad from the AFP ...

 

 

 

 

It made a nonsense of the Killer's and the onion muncher's ramblings and it produced a splendid Rowson ...

 

 

But Dame Slap is very selective in talking of government action, and way back when she was often agin it. Back in the day, say 2017, Dame Groan was on to the government, and aware of their dodgy tricks, and the dangers of any intervention ...

 

 

 

Yes, back in the day, government meddling could only make matters worse, but these days, Dame Groan is big on intervention ... together with the usual dose of climate science doubt ...

 

 

Dear sweet long absent lord, did the pond just see Fame Scribble scribble that old large-scale coal generators are ill-suited to the new environment? Thankfully she redeemed herself by saying that they were still needed, but the pond felt a surge of cognitive dissonance ... as if ...

 

 

 

And so to the final gobbet, wherein the pond has it confirmed that you simply can't trust capitalism, private investors and the whole damn shebang to get it right. It's big government all the way ...

 

Oh dear, the participating governments will have to meddle ...

Speaking of meddling tricksters and ranting buffoons (at one point amazingly at the head of government), thanks to a correspondent the pond simply had to find a place for this tweet ...

 

 

 

 

And now to recall that back in the day, Dame Groan had no time for meddling, dodgy governments, up to their accounting tricks.

Please, step into the time travel capsule with the pond, and let's go back to that jaded groaning in 2017 ...

 

 

 

You see, time travellers, back then it was tricky, creative accounting ...

But surely as a result of this insight, humble fellow pond time travellers, you can see that time travelling can be exciting, informative and interesting fun ...

 

 

You never know who you might meet, or what you might read ...

 

 

Some say that time travel just offers cheap thrills and can get tiresome, with too many easy devices and endless repeats, not to mention sequels  ...

 

But please, stick with the pond because we need to get to the final gobbet ...

Right at the very end we can catch Dame Groan in the very act of being suspicious of government ... and of their tiresome meddling and fucking things up ...and what a lost thrill that seems to be becoming ...

 

 

And now time travellers, a quick zoom back to the present so that we can all share in an indulgent treat, a serve of the infallible Pope ... celebrating the federal government, as featuring Mr Potato Head, in its finest form ...

 

 

 

In which the reptiles keep up the war on the planet ...

 

 

The pond couldn't help but start the day with the usual dose of Sydney rain, and this bizarre juxtaposition ...

 

 

 

 

Yes, there was prattling Polonius getting agitated about the ABC getting worried about health issues, while at the same time there was Killer Creighton, on hand to pursue war against climate science by other means ...

Luckily the Polonial outing was one of his media doggie efforts, which the pond routinely ignores, even if they turn up early on a Tuesday rather than the usual Friday - though the pond did note that Polonius was still stuck in the 1950s, arguing that Vlad the impaler was a commie fascist rather than a fascist fascist, as if any of that mattered, what with fascists doing what fascists do ... and the obvious parallels between Vlad and Adolf more than just a re-hash of Downfall ...

At least ignoring Polonius created some room for Killer because there was a log jam of reptiles all with something to say, and all with their hands up ...

Because Killer was something of a pond teacher's pet, and managed the nifty trick of waging war on climate science in the guise of waging war on Vlad the impaler, he got the nod ...

Yes, in Killer's world, it's impossible to deal with climate science while bunging on a hot war, because while fucking Ukraine, we must keep in mind the need to fuck the planet.

Meanwhile, the pond was wondering, with Crikey, how things were going with the News Corp fascists ...

 

 

That was yesterday, and the news today? The pond did a quick survey of the headlines ...

 

Google at your leisure ... play fascist peekaboo with Polonius as you like, with that Salon piece offering the fun of the fair ...

 

 

 

Sure the pond could get into a semantic dispute with Polonius about the brand of fascism we're talking about ...

But the pond must resist the temptation, must continue on with Killer, busy killing off climate science.

 

 

Indeed, indeed, it's entirely possible that climate science is entirely responsible for Putin invading Ukraine ...

And so to a final gobbet of Killer howling into the wilderness ...

 

Splendid stuff, but wait, don't leave with just Killer's words buzzing in your heads, because the reptiles always have more to offer, including the onion muncher himself, narrowly pipped by Killer for top spot ... but what's the bet that at some point in his missive the bromancer won't deploy the same Killer trick?

 

Still no mention of the white ants of course ...

Former Trump advisor Col. Douglas MacGregor blamed the US for sending aid to Ukraine on Fox News and said we should stop demonizing Russia because "the population there is indistinguishable from their own."
It's the 'they all look alike' appeasement defense of Putin.
Trey Gowdy was a bit surprised at MacGregor's Putin appeasement and explained that eventually if Russia continues invading countries they will come across NATO members anyway.
MacGregor made believe he knows what's in the soul of Putin and said he has no interest in crossing west past the Polish border.
MacGregor claimed the US is exaggerating Russia's intentions "in our usual effort to demonize [Putin] and his country."
MacGregor then attacked Ukraine as not being a liberal democracy..
“We should stop shipping weapons and encouraging Ukrainians to die in what is a hopeless endeavor.”
“So when you say stay out of it, you mean no sanctions, no military aid, just let Russia take the portion of Ukraine they want to take?” Gowdy asked.
“Yes. Absolutely,” he replied.
MacGregor wants Russia to have any part of Ukraine Putin wants because they've been talking about it for years.
And then he said this was the most important reason not to aid Ukraine against Russia.
"And more important the population there is indistinguishable from their own."
That means Putin has a right to invade? How embarrassing for Fox News.
In their efforts to bow down to the Traitor Trump cult, Fox News puts on former Trump advisors like MacGregor who continually attacked NATO and wanted to pull thousands of troops out of Germany.
Putin lovers and Russia's useful idiots. And Fox "News" hosts them all. (C and L here)

Meanwhile, we have our own useless idiot, apparently unaware of what's happening at News Corp, and now it's time for him to do his Killer routine ...

 

Ah yes, and Polonius was agitated at the ABC talking of health issues. He should have realised that killing the planet was just as important as fucking Ukraine ...

And so to a final gobbet, courtesy of the WSJ ... and as usual the reported quote is more interesting in terms of source than actual usefulness ...

Look here and you'll discover some splendid precedents ...

The earliest strong match located by QI appeared in 1955 within a periodical called “The Commonwealth: Official Journal of the Commonwealth Club of California”. The club is a non-profit public affairs organization. The quotation appeared as a filler item. Emphasis added to excerpts by QI:[1]
Lenin wrote, “When it comes time to hang the capitalists, they will vie with each other for the rope contract.”
—Major George Racey Jordan
Jordan was a U.S. military officer who became a fierce anti-communist. Lenin had died in 1924; hence, the 1955 date was quite late. No documentary source was specified, and multiple researchers have been unable to find a match in Lenin’s writings.

Of course there's much more to it than that - follow the link - but the pond did like the idea of the onion muncher trapped in the 1950s ... now on with the quote ...

 

Only 2013-2015? It seemed like a nightmare that lasted for a knight on the barbie eternity, and now he wanders the earth like the Ancient Mariner searching for an audience, and luckily for them, it seems the WSJ had time to stop and listen before attending the wedding ...

But if the pond wanted inspiration, instead of some ancient, irrelevant loon blathering about Churchill, it'd seek out a cartoon ...

 

 

 

 

Uh oh, tanks, and of course that's the perfect segue, because the pond can never omit the bromancer ...

 

 

 

 

At this point, to remind us of the sociopath in the room, the reptiles helpfully ran a snap of Vlad the impaler ...

 

 

 

If the pond might return to that spectre raised by the bromancer, if it's going to be all out nuclear war, then at that point it's game over. There's absolutely no point in the reptiles demanding that we "watch the video"...

 

Instead we should brush up on our Vera Lynn and join in the song at the end of the movie ...

 

 

 

 

Don't know where, don't know when, but we hope we can meet the bromancer again ... and in the meantime, here's a final gobbet ...

 

 

 

 

Indeed, indeed, and the fresh challenges to News Corp will endure. 

How many lickspittle fellow travellers, quislings and sell out merchants will they find for Faux Noise, while keeping the reptiles down under of the bromancer kind blissfully unaware of what HQ is doing? What they're doing for the "west" ...

And so with Dame Groan forced into a late arvo spot, it's on to the Rowe of the day, with more Rowe here ...