*24/7. That’s how often U.S. presidents are urged by psychopathic advisers to show the world who’s boss and drop bombs somewhere. Why do women and children always have to be victims of macho blood lust? If precision bombing is so clever it should be gender specific – targeting only men.
*Vincent’s Theory on Blood Lusters. Public servants like those advisers mentioned above get such a thrill-kill turn-on, some if not many if not most if not all have to pleasure themselves at work several times a day.
*Perverted oxymoron. “Smart” bombs.
*Honesty in government. Public servants should be renamed corporate servants.
*With more and more companies wanting customers to pay online, could they eventually not bother sending bills to the tiny number of us who don’t have the Internet? It’s a very sensible efficiency idea for them to consider.
*Enormously talented people are often accused of being aloof, even arrogant, but it’s only because we are so focussed on being creative. Seriously though, we mere mortals are quick to criticise geniuses because of envy. Anyway, gregarious people can be just as annoying as aloof people.
*Inspirational, humbling – and a reality check. When you read that the greatest TV comedy – the show about everything “Seinfeld” – was lucky to get on air and barely survived the first 4 of its 9 years, we should never give up on our own artistic passions – and also never give up our day job!
*Whether it’s America, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, Eritrea, Mongolia, Comoros, Palau, Nauru, Suriname, or Tuvalu…. parents everywhere want exactly the same things: decent food, housing, healthcare, and education.
*Something I’d love to see before I die. A losing sports team coach passionately praise the umpires/referees for doing a fantastic job.
*Something I’d love to see before I die. A study to find out if the lives of fanatical sports fans improve when their team wins.
*Something I’d love to see before I die. Retiring politicians who say they now want to spend more time with their families, actually spend more than a few days with their families before announcing their new prestigious job which has miraculously appeared from nowhere.
*Hmmm. Why do we keep hearing that cruel joke “How can you tell when a politician is lying?”.
*Something I’d love to see before I die. Major awards ceremonies like the Oscars allowing losing nominees up on stage to say what they really think.
*There’s no point having a moral compass if you read it incorrectly and go in the wrong direction.
*If the TV preachers I’ve watched have a moral compass they must be reading it incorrectly. Their modus operandi of threats, bullying, and blackmail seems incongruous. Then again, perhaps they think the end justifies the means.
*”Outraged of Alabama”. It’s easy dealing with critics. It goes along the lines of: Do you care what I (a complete stranger) think of you? I thought so. Then why would you (a complete stranger) think I care what you think of me?
*I love Vivaldi, but not Beethoven – except for his Emperor piano concerto 2nd movement. It’s inspired me to write a skeleton film script just to use this magnificent music as a broken-hearted little girl walks hundreds of kilometres across the countryside in her beloved pink ballet frock with her tiny suitcase and border collie to try to find her estranged dad. Mum and dad get back together during the desperate search but sadly it’s too little too late, a metaphor for we stupid humans and the treasures we are gifted.
*Hi Bill, we’ve just sold our place for $17 million, so we can now move into the new $24 million house.
That’s fabulous Steve, congratulations. Hey, have you heard that Australia’s city temperatures will be 50C by 2040, and that children of all ages are being sold for sex at this very moment all around the world?
Gosh, that’s awful. Anyway, they are both cash deals so we hope to move in by the end of the month.
*Can someone check again please? The human civilisation’s pulse seems to be getting weaker.
*I’ve said before how much I love the old saying “Never look back” (except to smile!) but my all-time favourite is “March to the beat of your own drum”. I first heard it from a primary school teacher who was obviously a dirty rotten pinko commie bastard!
*Perhaps the world is much nicer than what is indicated by the media. Kind modest people (such as volunteers) are happy to be unsung and publicly invisible, unlike the babbling ego-trippers we see all the time on television.
*Just wondering. When movies get a box office boost after winning trophies, does this suggest we only think something is good if someone else says so? And when such big money is at stake, wouldn’t it be tempting to offer bribes to judges?
*Everybody has their ups and downs. Everybody. Jesus had them. It’s great when things go well, but life seems to have a soundwave pattern.
*Corporate comedy. An oil company has spent a fortune on TV ads telling us it is eco-friendly because it sells coffee in cups that can be recycled. Pinch me, I’m having a bad dream! Seriously, we have to keep poking idiots with a stick.
*Theory versus reality. Right-wing governments = fanatical monetarism = cronyism = cataclysm.
*It was a fabulous idea on paper. Political and economic theories always fail to factor in human stupidity and greed and corruption.
*Vital campaigns against domestic violence must demand the condemnation of any type of abuse.
*Global Warming. Tourism to holiday (very) hotspots like Florida and the Caribbean will decline, and corporations will be allowed to build tourist attractions in the Arctic and Antarctic.
*The bad news about Global Warming: it’s going from worse to worser.
The good news about Global Warming: …………………….. er …………………
we won’t need clothes driers!
*Uncluttering worker bee minds liberates dormant creativity.
*Many of us hate hate. And abuse. Of any kind. But some insults are pretty funny. My favourite tee shirt joke is “Men are idiots and I married their king”.
*Treating the public as dimwits, as usual. Major polluters are spending a fortune on feel-good but fantasyland TV ads instead of fixing their eco-vandalism. It’s scary there are so many clever but unintelligent people in positions of power.
* Very scary. George Bush junior was effectively world president for 8 years and pointlessly destroyed the lives of millions of people, including many Americans. He’s obviously a dimwit, and when you read about his decades of misconduct and unprincipled behaviour and cover ups, he was clearly qualified to be president.
*When you look back through human history and see the interminable warfare, it’s hilarious that humans gave themselves the scientific name “homo sapiens” (wise man). It’s time to change it to the much more accurate “homo dumbo”.
*The great news about Global Warming: if we are going to keep digging massive holes in the ground for coal, at least we’ll have more space to dump those bothersome plastic shopping bags.
*Not that I have sympathy for pretentious dickheads but it can’t be easy for them, under constant pressure to show off and addictively spend money on stuff to keep up with other pretentious dickheads.
*As brilliant as selfies are in advancing mankind here’s a proposed gadget that could be of even more use – a love forecaster. I’ve named the app The Soothsayer. Half of marriages fail but by then there are children, so The Soothsayer could prevent much heartache by micro-analysing a couple’s personal data to help them decide “I do” or “I don’t”. I can see lots of tears either way! I can see a reality TV show! I’m pumped!
*Great movie/TV quotes ignored by the media:
I tought I taw a puddy tat. I did! I did taw a puddy tat!
Eh (carrot munching sound), what’s up doc?
You wascally wabbit.
Daddy, there’s a Brady in the yard!
Nyuk nyuk nyuk (clang).
George is getting upset.
(And some Basil gems) He’s from Barcelona/ Drive carefully dear/ Can I help you? (said with a mixture of sarcasm, disdain, insincerity, and irritation).
*Is democracy overrated? When you see paddocks with horses, sheep, cows, goats and pigs grazing together you wonder why humans can’t be like that and get along. Actually, ordinary decent people around the world do get along, warmly welcoming strangers. But politics attracts toxic sociopaths who’ll do anything to get/keep power, such as dividing people by cynically exploiting them-versus-us prejudices.
*Part of my sociological research involves forcing myself to watch social gatherings on reality TV shows. Listening to the various conversations has led me to three conclusions. If this is typical of social events then: 1) What an utter waste of several hours of a person’s time. 2) I have increasing fears for the future of the human species. 3) I think I know why my reclusive tendencies have grown over the years.
*The great thing about getting old is no longer doing things you don’t like (by and large), although the looming finish line pisses me off.
*Swish it like Curry. When you’re in the final quarter of your life you hope like hell the coach doesn’t bench you or you get fouled out, and you can shoot some more 3-pointers before the final buzzer.
*We have lots of smart things – cars, phones, watches, TVs etc – but there’s no word yet on when we’ll have smart governments and corporations.
*Why are so many people calm and indifferent? Do they know something we worriers don’t know? Are those Hollywood superheroes actually real, and someone like Superman will appear just in time to save us from Global Warming by – I dunno – pushing the Sun further away?
*Memo: To all those calm and indifferent people. Governments and corporations are not as smart as you think they are. It’s actually scary how stunted and clueless they are.
*Memo: To all those calm and indifferent people. Who would you believe: a politician who only wants your vote, or a scientist who only wants the truth?
*Global Warming Pyrrhic victory. Scientists will be proved right, obviously. And all the ignorant loud-mouthed dickheads who’ve pooh-poohed scientists will be proved wrong, obviously.
*When you see the ethical and moral standards of corporations, do top business universities like Harvard and Yale have an unofficial motto “Nice people come last”?
*Many parents want their children to be “successful”. Should parents have expectations? Philosopher Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) said parents are guardians not owners of their children. It’s their life.
*Elite business universities like Harvard and Yale should make a Masters degree in Mother Nature compulsory. Current business leaders clearly have huge gaps in their knowledge and are unqualified to make critical decisions that have widespread repercussions.
*Mythbuster. Men can do two things at the same time. I’ve yet to see a billionaire who is also a decent human being.
*Mythbuster. Everyone gets a fair go in Australia. Only if you are Anglo-Saxon.
*I hope the old saying “A stitch in time saves nine” isn’t true because scientists have been warning us about Global Warming since 1975 and we’ve done bugger all about it.
*All those calm and indifferent people, are they religious? Are they not bothered by Global Warming because it signals the second coming of Jesus, and a new and better life for believers? But what if the Bible’s prophecy has been misinterpreted? Oops. Just to be on the safe side wouldn’t it be prudent to – I dunno – stop treating our atmosphere like a rubbish dump? Or is that too loony left?
*Some people are worried they’ll be ignorant if they don’t watch the TV news. You’ll be fine. You’ll just know less banal stuff.
*When Russia is banned from international sport we are told it’s because their athletes are drug cheats. What? Of all the countries in the world only Russian athletes are drug cheats? Nah. The real (and shabby) reason is the U.S. and its bootlickers are telling Russian voters that if you keep electing politicians we don’t like then you can’t play in our sandpit. Boo hoo. The U.S. has been doing this around the world for decades, using all sorts of “persuasive” methods. People with this astonishing level of intelligence run the world!
*When I was in my teens I heard (Anglo-Saxon) Australians mock Italians for their relaxed lifestyle, including siestas. I knew it was racist, and now I also know how sensible and civilised Italians are. Also, I won’t hear a bad word about a culture that’s given us Vivaldi and pizza!
*When I see cats and dogs catching up on their beauty sleep for much of the day I wish political and business leaders would do the same, and let normal decent people run things while there’s still time.
*Global Warming. I must get a patent for this idea – houses on a turntable. At the push of a button you can gradually rotate during the day so the sun is on the other side of the house.
*Global Warming. Buy shares in tunnel construction companies. Their business will boom as more tunnels are built so people can live underground to escape the heat.
*Global Warming. The New Zealand advertising industry will have to stop calling air conditioners “heat pumps”.
*How much can a Russian bear? You’d think America and its bootlickers had slightly more important things to do than run a constant propaganda war against Russia. Things like – oh I dunno – the looming eco catastrophe.
*Pot of gold jig$aw. Right-wing governments claim to be the best guardians of taxpayers’ money. It’s fiction. True, they always spend less in areas that benefit ordinary people. But this allows them to give public money to the rich and powerful. Usually it’s tax cuts and government contracts. American right-wing governments (Republicans or Democrats) are infamous for giving billions of dollars each year to mates. The biggest parasitic rorters in the “private” sector are the warmongers, such as weapons manufacturers. Some of them own mainstream media whose job is to keep scaring the public about terrorists, Muslims, Russia, North Korea, China etc. Any bogeyman works.
*I’m 99% certain that our glorious leaders – worldwide – are hopelessly out of their depth. Help!
*Shrugged shoulders? Americans are litigious and you’d think relatives of the thousands of mass shooting victims would launch a class action against the real culprits – the degenerate politicians who’ve pocketed blood money to ensure lax gun laws. Even a token legal showdown would shame them for allowing disgruntled males to wake up in a bad mood and let off steam. Failing that, pass the hat around and counter-bribe politicians.
*Shallow as a birdbath. Politicians everywhere have often a) found a conscience b) cynically seen a vote-winning opportunity (choose one) when a family member becomes a victim of a bad law.
*The most common sentence we’ll hear in coming years is “It’s going to be another scorcher today”.
*Global Warming wishful thinking. It’s like a freight train roaring towards us (it’s that obvious) and we just keep standing in the middle of the track thinking “I’m not budging, but I’m sure it’ll stop it in time”. Er, splat.
*If Britain is going to keep handing out childish knighthoods then it should honour the greatest female on the planet. Arise Dame Mother Nature.
*I only go out into the mainstream once a week these days and it seems awfully shallow out there. I sometimes get the feeling I’m listening to pre-recorded generic messages. Robotic head office job training?
*I’m having my longest writing purple patch ever thanks to my mind being liberated from clutter. I don’t know how it may turn out, although I do know I’ll never become a proser.
*There’s a good chance the news you are watching or reading is concocted propaganda aimed at helping a corporation’s profits. Some major media companies are owned by corporations such as military equipment manufacturers whose profits rely on government contracts and international tension. World peace is not good for their bottom line! Yeah but what about the UNCORRUPTED media? Ha! The media are like a school of fish – when one turns, they all turn. In comparison, Goebbels was a crude amateur.
* “Let me ask you a question”, to quote Larry David. Would you rather be a nobody who has integrity and kindness, or a rich somebody whose views and behaviour are despised by decent people but cheered by the dregs of society?
*Making billionaires even richer is not really a sane reason to start wars.
*Making billionaires even richer is not really a sane reason to cause Global Warming.
*Global Warming insanity. Short-term gain for billionaires, long-term pain for the human species.
*OMG. I hope space aliens don’t land on Earth any time soon and request “Take us to your leader”. If they ask me I’ll be saying “You’ve got to be kidding! If you find one let all of us know!”
* Should we get upset and sad if we don’t have it all (whatever the hell that means)? Or should we be grateful and happy that actually our grass is quite green? Many people who have luxury cars and boats and houses that look like a mini airport terminal seem awfully uptight.
*Are you having a laugh? Imagine if politicians took a break from abusing each other and used that time and effort to stop Global Warming.
*When Global Warming reality sets in, when there’s no more “debate”, it’ll be cold comfort but keep an eye out for the cowardly finger pointing and excuses by the pooh-poohing sceptics.
*I used to watch a lot of cricket on TV when it was free-to-air. But not any more, not since pay-TV got the rights. I refuse to pay to watch any sport on TV. Anyway, it’s double-dipping by the greedies because there are also ads. My ban intensified my love of music and joyously led to an in-depth rediscovery of Vivaldi. Micro market forces. Thanks greedies.
*If Hillary Clinton had been fair dinkum about the 2016 U.S. presidential election she would’ve got a divorce. Sometimes baggage is too heavy and we have to travel light.