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Once a Pile of Shit! Now renamed.

Mon, 08/03/2026 - 11:01am

Back in the 90s, I wrote 6,000 words for the Village Voice on the Republic of Nauru - which was roughly two words for each inhabitant of the world's third smallest state. As I explained to the editor, I was hoping to do a follow up on the PRC on the same basis, at a dollar a word! 

Nauru
naoera
guano
Air Nauru
Australia immigration
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A Tale of Two Cities One Cunning King.

Fri, 07/31/2026 - 3:19pm

 

Been there, done that. Went from Gibraltar to Ceuta in the days when it took longer to cross from the Rock into Spain than to sail from Malaga to Ceuta, where the traffic flowed interrupted across the border with the EU in and out of Africa,

Ceuta
Spain
Morocco
Western Sahara
Melilla
Gibraltar
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Cleese goes Reform

Tue, 07/28/2026 - 4:52pm

John Cleese seems to be supporting Reform. Is it Alzheimer's, or a convoluted satirical skit as he lambasts immigrants from his home on the Caribbean?

 

Maybe, more and more he is reduced to parodying the parodies he used to do so well!

John Cleese
Reform
Monty Python
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Ian and others talk about diplomatic reporting.

Tue, 07/28/2026 - 1:32pm

https://diplomaticacademy.us/2026/07/26/media-diplomacy-trump/

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A drama critic looks at Trumpfest at the WHCA

Sat, 07/25/2026 - 11:29am

Erudite critics of DJT's speech to the WHCA commented that his dissing of his own tele scripting team broke the "fourth wall." 'Tis a great accomplishment. From the rest of the speech, those walls are padded!

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MAGA hates press, and foreigners, FPA considers.

Fri, 07/24/2026 - 5:54pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUcjfhJelPY

UN
United Nations
Foreign Press
I Visas
Journalist Visas
Duration of Stay
FPA
SPJ
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Lynching is wrong even for strongly suspected...

Fri, 07/24/2026 - 4:37pm

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Tough Call - Infantino or Incitatus?

Wed, 07/22/2026 - 8:22pm

 

 SG INCITATUS  VIVAT!

There are rumors that Trump wants Infantino of FIFA, possibly the world most detested person after himself, to be UN Secretary General  for his services to groveling, and perhaps in hopes of getting a UN Peace Prize. The Emperor Caligula reportedly nominated his favorite racehorse, Incitatus, to be a Senator, and of course the fawning Roman Senators - who are the very model for their modern avatars  on Capitol Hill in Washington - went along with it. 

Trump
UN
Secretary General. Incitatus
FIFA
Board for Peace
Gaza
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The U.N. System is Worth a Roll in the Mud

Wed, 07/22/2026 - 8:08pm

The U.N. System is Worth a Roll in the Mud

Ian Williams

UN
US
ICC
Karim
Khan
Albania
AIPAC
New York Primaries
Canada
Germany
Israel
Security Council
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Thoughts of the Day The Dead, the Dying and Schrodinger's Senator

Sun, 06/14/2026 - 4:22am

Schrodinger's Senator- Open the Box! Or nail the lid!

Any of the major networks invested in a Ouija Board to interview Mitch McConnell?

McConnell
Greenspan. Schrödinger
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