The Sunday Rumble: 14.4.19

A cheerful way to awake:   Yes, indeed, there's nothing like waking up with a smile and that is exactly what I did this morning as I heard on my bedside radio the sound of (Sir) Lewis Hamilton roaring to victory at the Chinese Grand Prix.  What an incredible race driver he is!  Even so, if Ferrari can sort out their internal politics with team leader Vettel under enormous pressure from 'the new kid on the block', Charles Leclerc, then (Sir) Lewis might well face testing times ahead!

 

What to do about that damned Aussie-Scandie?   As if our, er, distinguished(?), Home Secretary did not have enough on his plate, he must now decide whether to send Julian Assange to America where 'The Donald' is already licking his lips in anticipation, or, to Sweden where sundry ladies are already sharpening their scalpels prior to de-balling him!  Personally, and at the risk of upsetting my American friends, I think the ladies should have first go.  I have mentioned before that I have considerable reservations concerning the American justice system, especially when politics are involved.  I was amused at a headline at The National Review which asked "Why isn't Assange being charged with collusion with Russia?"

 

I stayed up last night!   Having deployed zero energy for the past few days, I decided to stay up late and whilst idly flicking round the talentless desert that covers most of the TV channels, I came across a film called "Red".  It was complete and utter tosh from start to finish and featured a host of 'way past it' actors who should have known better.  Needless to say, I watched it to the end and enjoyed every minute of it!  I gather that the film grossed $199 million thus proving that all those old actors, or their agents, know a hell of a lot more about movies than me!  This is a sample of the cast list:

Bruce Willis as Francis "Frank" Moses
Morgan Freeman as Joe Matheson
John Malkovich as Marvin Boggs
Helen Mirren as Victoria Winslow
Karl Urban as William Cooper
Brian Cox as Ivan Simanov
Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Dunning

and finally, of all people, Ernest Borgnine - dammit! where did they dig him up from?  Anyway, I chuckled my way through it all, not least because, I suspect, the actors were all enjoying themselves enormously - well, on their money, wouldn't you?

 

Thanks, mate!   I refer, in my impeccable 'Aussie' accent, to my e-pal, 'AussieD', who has sent me a link to Quadrant On-line and an article by Anthony Daniels which says everything which has festered within me for the last few years.  Here is Mr. Daniels' opening sentence which gives you the flavour of his essay:

The precise date of the discovery by theatre directors that they are greater than Shakespeare cannot be specified: the discovery was more a process than an event. But by the time I saw a production of Richard II at the Almeida Theatre a few weeks ago, the superior genius of any director over that of Shakespeare was an established principle and indisputable fact.

I will be returning to this subject - you have been warned!

 

The odious Bercow clings on:

According to The Mail, despite indicating that later this month he would announce his retirement, the despicable, little tit intends to cling on for longer.

Sorry to ruin your Sunday with a picture of the ghastly little monkey but I thought you should know.  Oh God, what have we done to deserve a House of Fools like this?

 

My bad, my life already!

Sorry, sorry, but as a sympathetic friend of Israel I really have not followed closely their recent election in which, to a lot of people's surprise, 'Benjy Boy' was re-elected as Prime Minister.  The great question for me is, is that "A Good Thing" or "A Bad Thing"?  I really must try and keep up with these matters.

 

Is it time to pelt David Attenborough with rotten veg?  I ask because I am utterly fed up with seeing him appear, mostly on the BBC (British Bilge Corporation) telling us yet again - and again - and even more again, that the end of the world is nigh because of global warming.  Sorry, Sir David, you're a lovely old sweetie but, alas, you are also a prat!  And an exceedingly boring prat, at that!

 

 

No more rumbles 

 

Comments

[Up2L8]

There is also RED2, and of course Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker and the usual players.

[Whitewall]

Julian Assange: "The key to the prosecution of Assange has always been to punish him without again embarrassing the powerful figures he made mockeries of" (Jonathan Turley USA Today). It was made worse by his conspiring with that pathetic pervert Pvt. Bradley Manning, now declaring himself to be a "woman". Assange may or may not be guilty of much, but exposing the DC Establishment is so grave an offence that even the Constitution's protections must be set aside.

[Pat]

Firstly Mr Assange should be sentenced for skipping bail- six months if recent precedent is followed. Then he should be deported to any country that can present a prima face case involving something that is a crime both in Britain and in that country.
However that won't happen because thanks to a deal signed up to by Mr Blair the US authorities can simply order his arrest, as they have already done with British citizens resident here.

[Bob]

David,

Everything looks like politics if you pay too much attention to political fast talking in The National Review. It's true Trump is licking his lips in anticipation, but judging by his increasingly pudgy, doughy look, he's anticipating going back to bed to eat Big Macs and chips whilst tweeting.

[backofanenvelope]

Cheap shot!

[David Duff]

Bob, you must be feeling dizzy up there on your, er, intellectual heights but people, ordinary people, that is, tend to read political magazines for, er, well, politics, actually!

[Whitewall]

The re election of BiBi has pushed the collectivist noses of the European media out of joint. Ours MSM as well. Good.

[Loz]

"Oh God, what have we done to deserve a House of Fools like this?"

1. You gave them back control.
2. You voted for them.

SoD

[Andra]

I see you've gone green.
It suits you.

[David Duff]

Yes, Andra, I've just noticed that. Don't know why or how - probably pressed the wrong button - again! - which, incidentally, was why the Army never agreed to my request to serve in a nuclear bunker!

[Bob]

David,

Intellectual, intellschmectual. Other than my inner troll I am completely pedestrian.