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Might they deal with you too, Sadiq?
Violating lockdown has joined hate speech on the very short list of crimes that the mayor of London does want enforced. He favours having the army deal with lockdown violators. Some 15 years ago, the...
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Keeping it long
Volume 9 of of the collected works of Kim Il Sung is now out, and Mick Hartley is having a hard job containing his excitement: Let’s hope the book maintains the powerful tradition in Korean...
View ArticleSolving the problem of dogs stuck to the ceiling
A concerned citizen writes, Little know fact: sometimes dogs float to the ceiling and get stuck there. It’s a serious problem and we should really start to talk about it more to find a solution. I urge...
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Samizdata comedy quote of the day
Clever Churchgoers Avoid Arrest By Disguising Themselves As Rioters LOS ANGELES, CA—Religious people in Southern California have found a bold, creative solution for in-person meetings in spite of the...
View ArticleRefelections on wealth from City 17
Sometimes you do not quite appreciate a thing until you find you can not get it. In the game Half Life: Alyx (one of the best things you can do in virtual reality right now), the Earth is oppressed by...
View ArticleUnwitting Comedy Quote of the Day
Local Anarchists Miffed By Trump’s Designation Of NYC As Anarchist Jurisdiction … The Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council, an active NYC-based anarchist group, condemned the move … The group …...
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New York Times quote of yesteryear, Victorygirls quote of today
Donald J. Trump refurbished the Central Park skating rink two and a half months ahead of his own speedy six-month schedule and $750,000 below his own projected $3 million budget, having taken over the...
View ArticleWoke media takes the fifth (from us)
So, er, what about this Biden laptop thing? We have the right to remain silent (and to help Biden remain silent). Excuse me, but doesn’t Biden’s Laptop Matter? You have the right to remain silent. Very...
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And now for something completely different
This joke-post is the kind of thing that should normally appear on The Babylon Bee satire site or similar, alongside such stories as “CNN calls Arizona 2024 for Biden” and “Trump locks himself in Oval...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.” – Saki (aka Hector Munro). I just liked this quotation. Yes, it has nothing really to do with anything current,...
View ArticleCourage in Comedy
Courage is not just a virtue; it is the form of every virtue under test. For a kindness or honesty which is only kind or honest while it is safe is not very virtuous. Pontius Pilate was merciful – till...
View ArticleBuy Large Mansions
1909: “Socialism … It’s a grand scheme. You work for the equal distribution of property and you start by collaring all you can and sitting on it.” P.G.Wodehouse (comic author), ‘Mike and Psmith’. 2021:...
View ArticleBreaking News: New Covid variant found down the back of PM’s sofa
The spokesman continued, ‘If everyone could keep an eye out for new variants and send any new ones to the Ministry for Scaremongering, Whitehall, that would be very helpful. We still hope to completely...
View Article“Some estimates suggest that we may be down to as few as 20 mating pairs on...
We interrupt our scheduled programming to bring you an appeal from Robert Hutton speaking on behalf of the Born Left Foundation. We all like to visit a Labour Party conference, marvelling at the...
View ArticleSunday afternoon funnies
The world is going to hell in a eco-friendly handbasket, but the sun just broke through the clouds where I am, so here are a couple of things I recently found in the intertubes that made me laugh. Ayn...
View Article“He told me it was now his apartment because he’s an anarchist and nobody...
The indefatigable Andy Ngô reports a little falling out among Antifa comrades Sean Gabriel Lopez and Camillo Masagli: Mr Lopez, who goes by the name “No$hu”, tweeted at 6:35 PM on Oct 18, 2021: No$hu...
View ArticleBoris’ speech of welcome to COP26 delegates
Fellow world leaders and others, we meet at a grave time. I’ve consulted the extinction clock, which chronicles the tireless work of those who alert us to the dangers of climate change, and clearly...
View ArticleAn academic hoax at Cornell University
On December 17th the Times reported, Hoaxes sometimes have their uses in reducing certain states of mind to an absurdity. By playing on some common credulity they show how blind it is. One has just...
View ArticleThe work of construction
As the author says, this is a long thread, but in these days of uncertainty when so many yearn for examples of selfless effort for the common cause, well worth your time. I found #15… disturbing. Edit:...
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