Month: August 2025

Where’s Wanker?

People are getting weirdly excited on social media by the apparent disappearance of Mushroom Cock, after someone noted that the latter hasn’t been seen anywhere for a few days… while the minions have been doing the media rounds, he’s apparently been keeping off-camera for once and has no other scheduled appearances for a few more days. This has resulted in a lot of speculation —not exactly serious but also kind of not—that Krasnov has in fact popped his clogs; to be sure, there has also been a lot of speculation (or wishful thinking, much like the current situation) about his physical health in recent weeks, which does appear to have become worse in recent weeks, so he is not in great shape… Anyway, while writing this drivel, a new (?) photo of him heading out to play golf on Saturday morning just got released, so, apparently, he’s OK after all, and by that I mean he’s still breathing, not that he’s otherwise in good health or anything approximating thereto…

On that note, James Oswald (Scottish crime writer, but I follow him on Bluesky for his delightful herd of Highland cattle) posted this questiona few days ago before Krasnov fell off the radar:

And… yeah, there’s actually something to that which I’d never previously considered. Cos they KNOW Drumpf’s departure from this plane of existence, whenever it does finally happen, will spark a vast outbreak of joy, they know that however much the media will try and spin it as a national tragedy, people are still going to rejoice. And while I think I’m still right about the cult rising up against those celebrations, somehow I never contemplated—as I probably should’ve done—that the regime itself would take some sort of pre-emptive action against them first, and the military will be on hand to make sure no one has any fun… hmmm.

Bob Katter has a normal one again

Bob Katter threatens to punch Nine journalist over ‘Lebanese heritage’ comment

Bob Katter has threatened to punch a journalist at a press conference where he threw his support behind anti-immigration March for Australia protests planned on the weekend.
The independent MP for Kennedy called the press conference outside Queensland state parliament in Brisbane on Thursday morning, speaking with members of Katter’s Australian Party. […]
“You’ve got Lebanese heritage yourself,” 9News Queensland reporter Josh Bavas said, before Katter cut him off.
“I punch blokes in the mouth for saying that, don’t you dare say that,” Katter said. “My family have been in this country for 140 years …
“I have, on many occasions, punched blokes in the mouth, right? So I’m restraining myself today. Don’t say it!”
Katter then said he refused to take any more questions from Bavas, who continued to ask about his views on migration.
“There are people who have come here from other countries, like yourselves, like your family, that have good values,” Bavas put to him.
Katter then walked up to the Channel Nine reporter and shook his first at him.
“Don’t say that, because you’re a racist. You’re a racist. You cannot say what you just said without being identified as a racist … This man is a racist,” Katter said.
Bavas answered that he had not finished his question.
“If he asks a racist question which implies racism, I’m not going to answer it,” Katter said. “And I don’t consider him a proper Australian, a fair-minded Australian. He sees people as foreign because of their heritage,” Katter said.

Now, the article notes that Katter’s grandfather did move here in 1898 (not quite 140 years ago, Bob, but I’ll overlook that) and links to this fascinating ABC article, in which the story of him doing so and becoming a naturalised Aussie is told and it basically goes like this:

1905: “Hi, I’m Carl Katter from Lebanon and I want to become an Australian.”
“Yeah, well, you’re not white enough, fuck off.”

1907: “Hi, I’m Carlyle Assad Khittar from Turkey and I want to become an Australian.”
“I thought you were Lebanese?”
“Me? No, must be… some other guy. I’m from Turkey.”
“…”
“The bit in Europe.”
“Oh well, that’s fine then. Welcome to Oz, white fella.”

So basically Carl the elder lied about about where he came from in order to be accepted as a proper, i.e. white, Australian as dictated by the laws of the time, whereby a European Turk was considered white but someone from “Assyria” (as it technically was) wasn’t for some reason. What interesting problems that might’ve posed for Jesus if he returned around 1905 and decided to set himself up here… In any case, though the article is fair and understanding to Carl the elder—he would hardly have been the only “Turk” doing that back then—it does seem to have produced the interesting side-effect that Bob now denies actually having Lebanese heritage despite the existence of, you know, written testimony that he does… and I don’t understand why, cos it’s not like old Carl’s going to be deported back to the old town at this point for lying about his past, and neither is Bob, so…

I don’t know, is he just so racist from living in Queensland that mentioning the mere fact that he has an ethnic heritage is enough to send him spiralling into this rage accusing the other person of being racist? What’s his problem with being partly Lebanese? Does he deny the “Turkish” ancestry as well? Cos he clearly has such a problem; this isn’t the first time this has happened, so it’s not just a new thing with him. And I don’t think anyone who’s ever brought that up to him actually did so to be racist themselves towards him, but rather to note that Bob is, frankly, an unspeakable fucking hypocrite when it comes to him opposing immigration (would he have let his own grandfather become naturalised?), and I’ve no doubt that’s what really gets to him more than anything. What a cunt.

Guess who’s not coming to dinner

Sean Hannity says he left New York City because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants

Fox News’ Sean Hannity said he left New York City for the Sunshine State because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants, among other personal reasons.
Hannity, a prominent figure on the conservative network and ally of President Donald Trump, announced in January 2024 that he packed his bags and moved to “the free state of Florida.”
“I am out. I am done. I’m finished,” Hannity said on his iHeartRadio show he hosts in addition to his primetime Fox News show, Hannity.
During a recent interview with former New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, Hannity talked more about why he left the Big Apple, known for its large Democratic population.
Fox News’ Sean Hannity said he left New York City for the Sunshine State because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants, among other personal reasons (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
“I left New York. You know why I left New York? High taxes, quality of life, crime,” he said on Hannity, per The Daily Beast.
The New York City Police Department announced earlier this month, July marked the tenth straight month of declines in major crime categories.
“I had a hard time going to a restaurant in New York City because people would stare at me, and hated me, and they had daggers in their eyes,” Hannity added.

What a pissweak little turd he is. And what a shame they didn’t have actual daggers in their hands, cos then they might’ve ended up in Hannity himself. I mean, he’s devoted his life to being a right-wing hate propagandist, why wouldn’t people treat him like the piece of shit he is…

Come back to the Moon

So I heard this in full for the first time today:

“Everyone’s Gone to the Moon” by Jonathan King, a song I’d heard of but never properly heard until now; it was a fairly substantial hit in its day (1965) but somehow it completely bypassed me until this afternoon. I can only assume that at least part of why that should be is down to King’s later, er, career as a convicted sex offender, you know, a bit like why you don’t hear much from Gary Glitter any more… But there is another song I have known for a lot of years that suddenly shone in a new light after hearing this one:

The Humblebums featuring Billy Connolly in 1969 (before Gerry Rafferty joined), with “Why Don’t They Come Back to Dunoon”. I actually only have this on cassette so haven’t been able to listen to it in I don’t know how many years, but “Dunoon” has always been my favourite song on it… and, listening to the King song today, I suddenly realised “Dunoon” had an earlier model. Not an exact match, but near enough…

…Indeed, had I ever done any discographical research into the Big Yin, I might actually have discovered this fact years ago, cos there it is right there on the label of the First Collection album. This is, obviously, a somewhat meaningless discovery but I’m kind of amused to have finally made it; as for which of the two I ultimately prefer, well, there’s an undeniably appealing wistful quality to the original, but, you know, the pedophile thing. So I think Billy & Tam win by default.

Are we Dunn yet?

The non-stop comedy that is the Mushroom Cock administration recently saw his orangeness—which I nearly wrote as “his orangemess“, which I suppose is even more accurate—appoint Jeanine Pirro as attorney for DC, in which capacity she has… well, she’s not as unqualified for her job as some of Krasnov’s appointees have been for theirs, but she’s probably best known as a Fox News host rather than her legitimate legal career, and now that she’s back doing that she’s kind of stinking at it:

Immigration rights attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick was stupefied Monday night as President Donald Trump’s controversial U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, was forced to downgrade assault charges to a misdemeanor after failing to secure an indictment three times.
“DOJ tried and failed three times to indict a woman for allegedly assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest of two purported gang members,” reported Politico’s Kyle Cheney. “So they were forced to reduce her charge to a misdemeanor.” […]
This is a spectacular failure for Pirro, Reichlin-Melnick wrote on X.
“The old joke is that any good prosecutor could get a jury to indict a ham sandwich,” wrote Reichlin-Melnick. “Do you know how badly you have to be overcharging something for a grand jury to reject charges three times in a row? What an embarrassment.”

Funny he should mention that, cos her office just failed a second time to indict Sean Dunn over that Subway sandwich business:

Jeanine Pirro’s office again failed to secure an indictment against a suspect accused of assaulting federal agents patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C.
The U.S. attorney’s office was unable to persuade a federal grand jury to indict Sean Dunn on felony assault charges for throwing a submarine sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer in an incident caught on video that was widely shared on social media, reported the New York Times. […]
The newspaper noted that it’s “extremely unusual” for prosecutors to come away without an indictment because they control the information the grand jury hears about the case, and defendants aren’t even allowed to have their lawyers in the room as the evidence is presented.

I find that interesting, cos, well, I presume most if not all of the jury would’ve read about the case, it got enough media coverage, so what could have been kept from them? It’s not exactly a story with a lot of complications and details to control, it’s a pretty basic tale of one man throwing a sandwich at a cop and being caught doing it on camera… and they still couldn’t get an indictment against him? I feel like Sean’s going to be just fine if it comes to a third attempt…

GAF!

Well, damned if that’s not the most Goth As Fuck thing I’ve ever seen. This is one of the Highly Commended images from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, a group of fruit bats flying around some sort of monument, taken by Sitaram Raul in what the caption calls complete darkness. So, um, fuck yeah. Makes me wonder how he knew when to fire the camera off, though I suppose he would’ve been listening for movement. However he did it, what an amazing picture anyway.

Ten cents feels like too much…

I don’t know, I feel like this is a bad title for a book at any time, but especially coming from 50-something reverend Billy Graham in 1969 (apparently when it was published). Mind you, I don’t see it in the list of books in his Wiki entry, so I don’t know if it just got left off the list or is another book retitled. Whatever the case, something about this thing gives me the ick…