Starkey and his black & white world

“The bee has only one weapon
Like the suicide bomber it dies
Using it.”
From The Military Manuals
(Ed. Bachchoo)

The riots in urban Britain were reported and their significance exaggerated in every country to which satellites beam television and where the Internet is available.
Some of the international coverage saw Britain breaking out in symptoms of a deep malaise. One comment in an Indian publication was succinct in its smugness. It simply said “Welcome to the Third World”.

Generally speaking

“Where is the girl who stole the sunlight?
Burnt to a crisp, she’s gone without trace-
We treat them as deities, twinkling and bright
Though we know stars are only explosions in space.”

Gangs of England

“So much agreement So much amity
They lie in their graves In permanent gravity...”
From What Are You Talking, Yar by Bachchoo

A crude British joke poses the question: “Why do dogs lick their genitals?” Answer: “Because they can!” The riots that started in north London and spread in a few hours to other parts of the capital and in 24 hours to Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and other cities are testimony to this rule of possibility. The riots happened because they could.

Fundamental facts

“Religion is reality — Sing to the divine tune;
Literature is reality — The cow jumped over the moon!”
From Please Yaar by Bachchoo
This week the British government, in the person of its foreign secretary, the bald, baby-faced wonder William
Hague, expelled the eight remaining diplomats of the Gaddafi regime from their embassy in Central London.