№ 447.1: EXTRA! Saudi Offalcial Statement

TCCN EXCLUSIVE!

RIYADH (rhymes with jihad) — Saudis Release Final Statement Following Plebiscite On Death Of Jamal Khashoggi

As a most loyal subject,

Jamal, it is said,

just up and died

coz we wanted him dead.

All those in favor, say, “Aye”.

Those opposed. . .

should, we suggest,

get their heads diagnosed

and act like sheep

if those heads they would keep.

We herewith promise enough oil to pump

to get this accepted by President Trump.

(How many F-35's must we buy

before having to teach our women to fly?)

№ 447: The Ultimate Boys Club Oath

We Princes, Presidents, Kings, Emperors, Tsars,

Grand Rabbis (or Imams), Popes, Commissars,

all of us rule by the will of the Gods

who allow endowment of killing squads

for dealing with those who do not agree

that everything, everywhere comes down to me.

№ 446.1: EXTRA! Exit The Fox

FOX Business News: FOX Business Network cancels participation in Saudi Conference

This “Desert Davos” is looking deserted.

But to be “balanced and fair”:

it's not that we think killing's perverted. . .

we just “don't want to go there”.

It's such a snooze — the absence of booze.

It gives us pause — the absence of whores.
Rupert's convinced it's wrong to wince
at Jared's and Donald's STILL favorite prince.

Although we've enjoyed being close to throne,

we really don't want to be there alone

with His Royal Highness and staff in a room

with guards at the doors anytime soon.

We would prefer to stay home in bed

than have to consider losing our head.

№ 446: A Self-Evident Truth, All “Men” Are Created

Let's not antrhopomophize _______________  (enter group, nationality, religion, etc.)

Nothing here to discuss.

We're better, they're worse.

They ARE NOT like us!

What they call their “history” completely consists

of brutal barbarity which can be dismissed.

We always triumphed o'er those we defeated —

except those rare instances when we were cheated.

Human beings are not “birds of a feather”

sticking together through foul and fair weather.

We reluctantly give. We readily take. 

We are Homo saps., for goodness sake!

(Perhaps Yahweh's largest — EV-ER! — mistake?)

№ 445.1: EXTRA! Program Guide CSI Istanbul: Murder In The Procedural

WSJ: Turkey Details Alleged Killing of Saudi Journalist

Updated Oct. 16, 2018 11:20 p.m. ET

ISTANBUL—Saudi operatives beat, drugged, killed and dismembered a dissident Saudi journalist in the presence of the kingdom’s top diplomat in Istanbul, Turkish officials said Tuesday, as Washington urged Riyadh to provide answers.

President Trump cautioned that Saudi Arabia should be considered innocent until proven guilty.

Jamal Khashoggi is Thomas Becket

and Mohammad bin Salman is Henry II.

History repeats according to Marx,

first it's a tragedy, then it's a farce.

(I'm not complaining, it's sooo entertaining.)

Perhaps by tomorrow we will know at least

the Arabic for “this turbulent priest”.

At the end of the play as Shakespeare said,

the world's a stage, nothing signifies and you are dead.

№ 445: Coming Exactions?

Today's Conservatives are forever pissed,

existing on outrage and anger.

Whilst Liberals always, heads in the air,

waver betwixt hope and despair.

This gets me to thinking. . .this U.S dismemberment

is less about principles and more about temperament.

Neither side's likely to give it a rest.

They agree: “Carthago delenda est.”

You could choose to refuse to choose either side
and go and find an obscure place to hide
until Armageddon has come and has gone
and quote Godot: “I can't go on, I'll go on.”

№ 444: Eating Disordered

BBC News: Is meat's climate impact too hot for politicians?

Ms Perry said later that her own typical family meal is not steak and chips, but a stir-fry, which brings the taste and texture of meat into a dish dominated by vegetables. But she did not want to say this on camera.

From eating flesh you need never abstain.

Why would you consider your dinner's pain?

Our omnivore diet would not be complete.

Fish is delish. As is seafood. And meat.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

those proteins have never been known to complain.

They've happ'ly accepted as just and germane
their subservient station in the food chain.

№ 443: Where There's Hope There's...Bernie, Liz and Dennis Kucinich (remember him?)

Progressives insist it'll be grand

when all the world's people

link arms and join hands.

BUT according to Darwin

and his “daughter” Ayn Rand

peace and equality are not in the plan.

Hopeful progressives dismiss this abyss.
They persist in their ignorant bliss.

“And that's how it is.”
Something I missed?

WaPo: Trump called Robert E. Lee ‘a great general.’ Robert Lee IV disagrees. (Paywall)

“He is showing us that he supports an idol of white supremacy and of hatred,” Robert Lee IV said of the president in a video statement he shared Saturday with his 31,000 Twitter followers. “Robert E. Lee fought for the continued enslavement of black bodies. It was for states' rights, yes, but it was for states' rights to own slaves. I find myself saddened by the state of our nation.”

Relevant reprint:
Thursday, August 17, 2017
No. CXXXIII.i: EXTRA! Nonsense On Pedestals