Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Numbers not adding up

The Spanish enclave of Ceuta was allegedly cleared of 98% of the invaders from Morocco, according to ‘experts’ like Jonah Burnbum. But it still has 5,000 unwanted guests. And the invasion episodes are continuing. So much for the ‘experts’.

Interbreeding crisis?

Testing has found that wild salmon on Scotland’s west coast can contain 20% of DNA from escaped farmed fish. Now, the experts have to decide whether keeping up salmon populations in this way is okay or a major ecological disaster to panic about.

Dream on!

The plan by President $thump to annex the Strait of Hormuz as a US territory after he’s defeated Iran is attracting mucho mockery from the enemy. He’s just a fantasist, the Iranians reckon.

Modern proverb

Those whom the Gods would destroy they first make woke; or victims of wokery.

To encourage dieting

Food prices and inflation are set to spike, the experts are warning, due to the government’s failure to get a grip on water management.
    This year’s reductions in harvests of grains and vegetables are expected to triple the food inflation rate to 5%. No plan on offer from the government for tackling this, of course.

Once seen, seen

Despite all the meeja hype, my correspondents tend to think that if you have seen one eclipse; total or close to it; you are going to see exactly the same stuff from another, and the B.S from the astrologers and lifestyle gurus will be exactly the same, too.

Political inattention

Jonah Burnbum claims that betting shops blight high streets, confirming that he’s not paying attention. Thievin Reeves contributed significantly to driving gambling on-line, closing down hundreds of betting shops and binning hundreds of jobs. But they have been vanishing for years.
    We used to have one in our local shopping area but I’m damned if I can remember where it was after all the years it’s been gone.