It's Raining Weasels

A new Banksy has dropped in Central London and it’s absolutely brilliant. The placement, in Westminster where there there are so many military monuments, is perfect, of course. The man in a suit – a politician? – is boldly, forcefully, confidently striding off a very tall platform, his face wrapped in his flag.

How he installed a sculpture of this huge size, in a busy area is absolutely beyond me. I realize he did it in the middle of the night but, c’mon, it’s London. NYC is known as the “the city that never sleeps,’ but I’m guessing London isn’t caught napping too often either.

Flawless.

In other news, the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, attempting to bring basic humanitarian aid, including food, medical supplies, hygiene products, and construction materials was, euphemistically speaking, intercepted by the Israeli military. By the by, they were in international waters. They were 500 to 600 nautical miles from Gaza – well outside Israel's coastal waters.

Why bring construction shit? Well, don’cha know Pedo’s new bestie Bibi the genocide addict bombed the fuck outta Gaza so a lot of rebuilding needs to happen. Food, hygiene and medicine? Bibi's been working on starving and mediciding Gazans out of existence. 

Remember, Anne Frank didn’t die in a gas chamber; she died from disease (typhus) and starvation in the Bergen-Belsen. That's right – starved and med-neglected to death. 

Huh, for some reason Jim Wright’s words come to mind at this very moment:

Irony jumped the tracks, careened down the embankment, smashed through a circus, plowed over a mink farm and slammed into the river, where it burst into flames, rolled over, and exploded raining down flaming weasels and burning clown shrapnel over the terrorized countryside.

Yep. Those are the ones.

211 people from the Flotilla were detained. Israel said it would transport the detainees to Greece. Three of them are journalists.

Reporters Without Borders RSF said it “condemns the kidnapping in international waters by the Israeli army” of French correspondent Hafed Mribah and Turkish cameraman Mahmut Yavuz, who both work for Al Jazeera, and journalist Alex Colston, who works for US media outlet Zeteo. 
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Following Israel’s interception of a previous Gaza-bound aid flotilla in October, some activists who were detained alleged that Israeli authorities subjected them to physical and mental abuse, including beatings, forced kneeling, blindfolding and sleep deprivation. (source) 

Kidnapping? That’s right. Call it what it is. Words matter. Israel actually came back with…wait for it…Dementia Donnie’s lame-ass favorite fifth grade schoolyard fight reply – “fake news.” It was undoubtedly uttered with a superior, condescending, chocolate smeared sneer.

Israel (and I’m addressing Bibi, his acolytes, and adherents versus sane Israeli citizens), my dudes and dudettes, please try to keep up. Barking “fake news” is a giant-ass tell. You’ve just given away the game.

What this proclaims in big, bold, Broadway neon lights is I'M GUILTY AS CHARGED! Pedo uses it ALL the damn time and even his own people know it's a lie.

Based on testimonies collected from 59 Palestinian journalists imprisoned by Israel after the Hamas-led October 2023 attacks, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a February report that Israeli authorities routinely subject journalists to systemic abuse, including torture, severe beatings, sexual violence, starvation, and medical neglect while in detention. (source) 

All I can say is 8647, his entire administration and every single goddamn, motherfucking, rotting rutabaga shaped, Republican and get us out of the Middle East.

It’s early in the day but I do believe I need a wee dram. Dammit.