29-10-2010, 09:39 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:According to BBC News 6 p.m., bulletin it is far too early to even "remotely" conclude that the "potentially sinister" (my italics) and "suspicious object" is anything to worry about.
Which is, I suppose, why it has become the leading news item on both sides of the Atlantic.
Those whose "suspicious" noses are twitching about "potentially sinister" news stories are invited retune their TV's to the Simpson's.
Yup.
This is truly risible. But then it is almost pantomime time.
Traditionally performed at Christmas, with family audiences, British pantomime is now a popular form of theatre, incorporating song, dance, buffoonery, slapstick, cross-dressing, in-jokes, audience participation, and mild sexual innuendo.
The 24/7 "breaking news" channels are filled with Volkland Security experts feverishly rubbing their palms, their voices almost breaking with excitement..... :aetsch:
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war