Putin by Bush

This is the greatest painting ever painted by a human being. Look well. This is up there with Guernica and the Scream. It is primitive and visceral. It gives Putin the Dorian Gray treatment he has so long been asking for. Look at those creepy scabs of eyebrows. Look at the murky mud-mask of the…

Sinn Fein-IRA joke

You heard it here first – unless you’re familiar with the early 20th century Spanish gypsy repertoire.

We’ve got a coup date!

“La visualización pública de que el país entero funciona por sí solo debe ser claramente percibida y concretarse con elementos como el control de las grandes infraestructuras y fronteras, puertos, aeropuertos, seguridad pública, comunicaciones, etcétera.” I’m out anyway on 11/9.

If you’re going to have a king, then make it a human

An image to die for. It’s curious how individuals from another time and place worm their way into your personal soap opera, and incredibly curious to see at last what they look like. I’ve read a fair pile of Transition recollections, but I don’t do telly, or moonlight and romance in general. So sudden visions…

Russia to annex Belgium?

What with the Antwerp port mafia, arms smugglers, pornographers and tax allergics, not to mention earlier Hasidic refugees from the pogroms, there are quite a lot of ex-Russians in the country who live in constant fear of barbarian hordes consisting of Phlegms, Whales, Moors, and, of course, the European Emission. Peter the Great’s maps would…

Juxtapofuckup

Disturbing evidence of a top-secret Russian plan to buy off the entire Ukrainian officer corps with tennis pro contracts in more pleasant climes.

Central nervous system fail

Think to turn off gas ring Realise I can use it for something else Realise the instruction has already been sent, curse aloud Turn off ring The British Empire was rather like this before the invention of telegraphy. I hope it is a sign of sleepiness after 75 savage children yesterday rather than of some…