This is the News!

[Tjm86]

This is America.

I think you will find that the correct lyrics are ...

"This is not America,

Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah Nah ..."

[Hawkmumbler]

This is America.

Childish Gambino's lawyer is on the phone, a cease and desist is in the post.

[sheridan]

In New York state, 20-year-old ... was shot and killed on Saturday after a friend drove their car down the wrong driveway.

This is America.

And to make that a little more detailed, highlighting just how bad it is...

They were driving away after accidentally driving in to the wrong driveway.  i.e. there was absolutely zero threat from them at that point (even if you were particularly paranoid).

Last night a delivery driver tried to mistakenly deliver something in a plastic bag to us (some sort of takeaway).  Sobering to think that in the USA that could have resulted in their death.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Well, he'll probably be a future presidential advisor, Fox is still Fox, Murica is still Murica, but... I'm happy Tucker Carlson is gone.

[Funt Solo]

It's a weird story - I'm guessing he got fired because he admitted he didn't believe anything he was reporting - and those admissions helped to cost Murdoch rather a lot of $$$.

Here's the odd part: people who watch Fox News won't have heard of any of that.

[JayzusB.Christ]

It's a weird story - I'm guessing he got fired because he admitted he didn't believe anything he was reporting

Which shows what an insidious little viper the man truly is. But yeah, I suppose quite a sizeable chunk of the US will believe a very different version of events.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

Michelle O'Neill has accepted an invitation to see Chucky Windsor put on his special hat.

Which is nice

[Proudhuff]

Michelle O'Neill has accepted an invitation to see Chucky Windsor put on his special hat.

Which is nice

What's that whirring sound I hear?

[Funt Solo]

What's that whirring sound I hear?

Is it Molcher's automatic thread-locker? [It's a joke! A joke! For the love of Grud!]

[Funt Solo]

Never heard of King Dimbleby.

[JohnW]

Is it Molcher's automatic thread-locker? [It's a joke! A joke! For the love of Grud!]

It might start with a joke, but the next thing you know you're openly questioning Divine Right, and after that you might as well be hawking copies of An Phoblacht door to door.
It's the Tower for you, Credo my lad.
This is where liberal nonsense like Scottish devolution and Magna Carta will lead you.

[Funt Solo]

Googling An Phoblacht...

[JayzusB.Christ]

Michelle O'Neill has accepted an invitation to see Chucky Windsor put on his special hat.

Which is nice

Private Eye on the case as usual:




(,Also, at the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, I would imagine it was the allegations of Savile collusion that got the other thread locked, rather than any griping about jug-eared monarchs.)

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

It's weird seeing crowds of people with union flags and union flag themed paraphernalia.

'Round my way that's a surefire sign there's a riot a brewin'.

It's like back during the 2012 Olympics, the constant knee-jerk reaction of "Oh dear, the stadium is full of sectarian scumbags"

And then there's all the people calling themselves republicans. Again, different connotations in this neck of the woods.

Anyway, God save King Tiocfaidh.

[JayzusB.Christ]

Anyway, God save King Tiocfaidh.

    

I feel duty-bound to all you non-Oirish to point out that Tiocfaidh is pronounced Chucky.

I remember blissfully cruising across the border years ago with my father in his boat, and commenting on how many of the other passing boats had Union flags on them.

It was then that we suddenly remembered what day of the year it was. Our tricolour, which was hung more for decoration than patriotism, was taken down fairly sharpish and hidden well out of sight.