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Just to pick up on comparing the US with an authoritarian dictatorship, their law enforcement regularly gets away with murdering citizens. I've been trying to think of a case of that happening here (Northern Ireland), and I'm not saying it hasn't happened, it probably has, but I can't think of an example off the top of my head, and my google-fu is just bringing up examples of PSNI officers getting murdered. There's certainly no video evidence of it happening. If there was such a video, of say a group of PSNI officers suffocating a cuffed suspect to death (just a random example), I doubt the local media would be trying to give context that justified it (actually the Belfast Telegraph might, for the clicks).

Columbo always gets his man because they always give way too detailed alibis for him to pick apart.

As my grandda used to say "Don't pish in me face and tell me it's raining"

There are houses on my street completely decked out in blue bunting, windows with so many rainbows and posters of the government's advice to Stay Home, Save Lives, Protect the NHS, that no sunlight can get through. I understand why. I mean if I was spending as much time outside my house as these people I'd want it to look pretty. I think they have it in their heads that if they pay enough lip service to the guidelines and bang their pots loud enough on Thursday, that's enough and the virus will leave them alone. 

But it won't. I've just seen the fourth hearse of the month pull up on my street.

Sometimes elements of 2000 AD sneak into the math questions I write. Here's one:

Slaine's sidekick, Ukko, is probably the least powerful warrior in the land.  In fact, he's not a warrior: he's a charlatan and a thief.  He has an 85% chance of talking his way out of trouble.  What are the chances that he can talk his way out trouble six times in a row, but then on the seventh occasion he's too clever for his own good (and so fails).

Is it (0.85)^6 * 0.15 ~6%?

The danger is that they will wing it without real data.

FTFY

Knives Out. Great setup,but the rest is just a mess.

Eh? Brilliant film, wonderful performances.

Daniel Craig is doing a Kentucky accent,that alone is ridicolous enough.

I believe this was originally conceived as a Columbo reboot with Mark Ruffalo as the lead. You can see the DNA there, but it's nowhere near as classy or smart as its progenator (yes, I'm including the 80s revival, but not Columbo likes the Nightlife)

That's not to take anything away from Bob Odenkirk's performance or the character as written. It's - to my mind - kind of revisionist, but it is brilliant on its own terms and it is what it needs to be to make the show work.

I remember reading that Goodman was only meant to appear in a couple of episodes, and as such, wasn't initially fleshed out to the extent we've seen now. I think someone has already mentioned that Breaking Bad was originally conceived as a (dark) comedy. I don't think these shows are plotted out as meticulously as they are presented.

No one can complete a sentence in new ads now. They have to cut between at least 3 web cams for a dozen words.

There is genuinely "just asking questions" and there is casting undue suspicion and uncertainty and there is a difference between the two. Questions can either interrogate the facts or attempt to deny reality.

Anyway,  two funerals in as many weeks for my next door neighbours. One was the 88 year old matriarch of the household (Lily), nowt to do with covid-19, Lily was just really old. The second was today, her 54 year old son. That was covid-19.

This house had a non-stop flow of visitors and well wishers after Lily's passing. While the community support is admirable, it's also terrifying in the current circumstances.

Now the democratic primaries are basically over, I wonder which rapist the Americans will vote as their president?

You need cheese.

Always a gouda tip

GAZE
FIST
DREDD

I would never wish death upon another human being, so I hope the fucking dickhead recovers.

Here is a Star Trek colouring book to help keep you occupied