Ever since the publication in 1973 of Jean Raspail’s book, The Camp of the Saints, we have entertained ourselves at the thought of boatloads of brown migrants from the third world landing on the shores of the French Riviera, and snickered at the discomfiture of the poor French having to put up with the rabble. …
Can you spot him? This is a critical Titanic moment, as the waves surround and envelop him. He is about to go under, forever, into that cold deep watery grave. As any one of the last-man-standing heroes of history knows all too well, this is a tough place to be, fraught with all sorts of…
Alas, he doesn’t look very happy about it. Britain’s newly crowned King Alfred holding a Pizza Primavera. The King said he was saving it for later. His manly wife is sporting a king-sized George-Raft gangster hat, and some really bad poison ivy on her right forearm. Meanwhile, the faces on that row of strange…
He always got such a kick out of parading in front of his adoring fans. Notice that superb touch of the little red velvet slippers peeking out from the lacy floor-length alb. And that javelin is positively Olympian. As far as we are concerned, the only thing the Roman Church did well was provide support…
Something has come between Lord Blankfein and King Cohn, both of the legendary Goldman Sachs investment bank. We just can’t put our finger on it. They appear to be having fun however. Boys will be boys. It is always gratifying to see two old friends and professional colleagues getting it on with one another, but…
Wearing their new Party outfits, Putin & Trump give each other their secret protocol handshake. If you’ll put it up mine, I’ll put it up yours, they each think in their own thought bubbles. I’ll bet my dick is bigger than his, thinks Putin. My chin is better than his, thinks Trump. What a loser,…
(Photo: Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) He’s thinking… (Picture credit: Jan de Bray) If only they could talk…
It’s just no fun to be an investment banker anymore.
Dateline: Jerusalem Sunday, July 29, 2012 AMERICAN REPUBLICAN MORMON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MAKES PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM’S WESTERN WALL Willard Mitt Romney and his enormous entourage of American Secret Service and Israeli Mossad agents, along with dozens of news-media reporters, were observed today at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall….
Jamie. Such a frivolous nickname for America’s Banker. He once laundered the name to hide its ethnic origins. Haven’t we all tried to hide our ethnic origins at one time or another? But he is present at every financial crash. There are many ways to achieve stardom in America. XXX
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