Category: Sanctimoan
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Thought Vomit #122: ft. A Shit’s Trick
Pressure is mounting on the BBC’s Political Editor to resign this evening, as Nick Robinson stoically refuses to deny allegations of bullying and bias. Since Friday evening, Nick Robinson has been unable to quash the clamouring calls for his ousting, amid accusations that he once ate a junior reporter’s face, and that his reporting is…
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Thought Vomit #120: ft. Bare-Faced Cheek
In to the rubble and destruction of a disaster zone, steps the naked profiteer. As ever, the Evil Corporate Man™ is attempting to make a buck from the survivors in Haiti, and maybe sign them up as loyal consumers for the future. A credit based shopping company has sent 600 catalogues to Port Au Prince,…
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Thought Vomit #119: ft. Mass Debators
Television debates? Seriously? Why don’t we just admit defeat now and let Simon Cowell produce the next election? We can jeer at Gordon Brown, and patronise Norman Clegg like he’s an old woman, and eventually cast our phone votes for Crazy Changey Davey; and all because he’s slightly less offensive than a spider laying eggs…
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Thought Vomit #117: ft. Mare Tranquillitatis
I’ve been watching the HBO series “From The Earth To The Moon” this week, and it amazes me that even the recreation of the Apollo 11 moon landing had me awestruck and deeply touched. It’s actually beginning to depress me that I’m never going to be an astronaut. And do you know what? I think…
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Thought Vomit #114: ft. Storytelling
Isn’t there something ignominious about berating a half-blind man for his bad handwriting? And whatever the skew of your political bent, scoring points off the back of a widow’s grief is reprehensible. So far, so consensus. For me to argue that The Sun is wrong in this instance seems par for the internet course; the…
