... Could we all stop giving any kind of, or size of, shit about the whole Will Smith/Chris Rock thing???

It's received more attention in the various media than the executions of Kyiv citizens by Russian troops during the attempted invasion & inevitable retreat... War crimes - but hey look everybody... a rich guy just slapped another rich guy on

The USA , UK & other countries have done it with, it must be said, not entirely promising results. Now it's Australia's turn to end most Covid restrictions for everyone - vaccinated or not... no more long hotel quarantines when you get here, no more masks, except on public transport, no more QR codes & check-ins, except at some high-risk places & ( Read more... )

Never let it be said I won't criticise my own country...


( Read more... )

'Thousands march against lockdown in Sydney'

Barely a mask to be seen & a bunch of signs cribbed from protests in other countries over the last 18 months or so... the usual drivel about personal freedoms & vaccine paranoia

How to prolong a lockdown: Walk, without a mask, in close proximity to thousands of people from infectious areas of town, ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Over a nice dinner at one of our two favourite French restaurants this evening, this didn't so much occur to me, as crystallise its form...

I remember when we first saw one of our friends, after the lockdown restrictions were beginning to ease about a month or so ago & I said I thought the lockdown should go for longer, as everyone will now just ( Read more... )

Today's candidate for anal insertion of a fully loaded & primed rocket launcher

Every day, I like the human race a little less. Some days less than others...

... that will go unnoticed & ignored... because that's just who we are now, as a species

The next pandemic is coming...

This is primarily for 2 people who left comments on my Journal a couple of weeks ago, when I expressed concern, dismay, disbelief & exasperation at the kind of people who voted & will vote again, for Trump. One respondent told me to calm down, the other told me that it never happens & "never mind" - to whom I responded with a link showing the rise ( Read more... )

... some son of a bitch would die - Bruce Cockburn

And today's target would be the poachers who shot & killed an extremely rare white giraffe & its calf in Kenya, then just left the bodies... prompting the question - "What did you kill them for?!?!?"I'd like a Kenyan visa, a helicopter & the aforementioned rocket launcher please... I have some ( Read more... )