Author: Wallace Runnymede
Empire Danger, High Bombers (Song Parody: With Apologies to Electric Six)
Firebombs in Baghdad! Fire in the Middle East! Firebombs in Damascus! Fire rages from the horny beast! Don’t you want to know how to set kids on fire? It’s my desire, I’m a Tory liar!
Noël Coward Parody: Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to Jihadists
Noël Coward famously sang ‘Don’t Let’s be Beastly to the Germans!’ As always, the dour and humorless were not impressed. Yeah, Daily Mail link… I know! How things change in a few decades!
Speaking Truth to Power: The Intercept is Defending Boehmermann’s Freedom with Full Consistency
In the past, I have been heavily critical of The Intercept, and of Glenn Greenwald’s stance on the Charlie Hebdo martyrs. However, I have noticed a pattern developing recently. First of all, upon the renewal of the fatwa against Salman…
Cruz & Khameini Gush: ‘End Big Privacy, Before You Get What’s Comin’ To Ya’
Ted Cruz has recently given stuck it to the man over our trembling, weak-kneed bending over for the nefarious forces of Big Privacy. His Most Exalted More True-Believe-ier Than Trumpness flashily remarks: The war on surveillance is motivated purely by…
Are You Boehmermann? Join The Spectator’s ‘Offensive Erdogan Poetry Competition’
The Spectator are holding an ‘Offensive Erdogan Poetry Competition!’ Douglas Murray aptly notes: The very possibility of putting someone on trial for being rude about Erdogan is as illiberal or rather anti-liberal as these things come. It will be hardly more…
Germany’s Humorless Strong Leader Hits the Bunker
Angela Merkel isn’t having such a good time right now; the not-so-Iron Chancellor’s craven capitulation to Erdogan looks like it may backfire. http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/angela-merkel-s-fawning-over-erdogan-will-put-the-turkish-president-not-jan-b-hmermann-in-the-dock-a6988076.html The article above refers to a previous precedent by the European Court of Human Rights as follows:
Devastating Campaign Trail Interview: Hillary ‘Misspeaks’ Over Links to Wall Street
Hillary Clinton is renowned for her talents in the highly competitive artistic fields of evasive and equivocal rhetoricmongering. How did she react recently when I grilled her about her ties to Wall Street? Wall Street? Uh, excuse me, but we’re…
Careful About Brand Tarnishing: (Sci-fi Parodies Included)
When it comes to using a brand name in a negative light, authors walk a very fine line. Brand “tarnishment” is vaguely analogous to defamation, and disparaging use of a brand name is often easier to find as publishing moves to…
Unanticipated Leak from Westminster Porn Star Generating Machine (Messy)
You ever wonder what your politicians get up to when your back is turned? Don’t be on edge any longer! These hard-working, rugged, men of the people always have their eye out for a new opportunity, and they never say…
The Vast ‘Neoliberal’ Conspiracy: Is the Current Debate Too Limited?
Is it it possible to confirm or deny being a #neoliberal, if the term is infinitely elastic? Was Stalin a #stateneoliberal, just like he was a #statecapitalist? Will the end of #capitalism be the end of #neoliberalism, or is the…