Buckingham Palace paid tribute today to Dolly Parton, who died yesterday at the age of 80 after a brief battle with cancer, with a rendition of "9 to 5" performed by her band during the traditional changing of the guard pic.twitter.com/fyhrFAPEcw
This happens when people go through a publicly humiliating ordeal and is very sad. It’s another good reason not to engage in fraud and not to turn a blind eye to it either and elevate people beyond their station. Same thing happened to one of the Milli Vanilli singers. pic.twitter.com/dlbj6DyGgE
‘The film presents an Odysseus who feels very bad about things that he's done in war, and is struggling to process them in a very modern, psychiatrised way – and needs drugs to do so! He seems to feel bad about being a warrior, and we… pic.twitter.com/m0rfyHd7Ux
JUST IN: Emily Wilson, whose translation of Homer's Odyssey influenced Christopher Nolan’s film, slams its screenplay as “abysmal.” pic.twitter.com/YskevvqzSd
Operation Warp Speed was a program to replace deadly flu vaccine vials with saline ones. As many as they could before he left office & the Biden team came in to manage the pandemic with as much death as they could
(1997) The Odyssey: To escape,Odysseus & his men sharpen a wooden stake, which they then thrust N2 the 👁️ of the sleeping Cyclops, Polyphemus.This blinding maneuver forces the giant 2 remove the stone blocking the cave entrance n his agonizing search. pic.twitter.com/XSVClCNwF3
We live in a country where the same people who panic because the TV says 35°C is a "dangerous heat wave" previously injected themselves with an experimental "vaccine" just to go on vacation in countries where 35°C is the norm. Any questions?
WordPress, in their infinite fucking wisdom, have removed the classic block function that I use to change font size or use a different coloured text to differentiate whether I’m talking to you, Dear Reader, or to Clicky. I’m having to relearn how to do things and even so posts won’t look the same. Therefore, if I come across as a tad grumpy, please accept my apol…
*I’m somewhat pissed off about it, Clicky. Not Eris-pissed levels but close…*
Dear Reader, there has been a confluence of ‘home’ syncs in the past week, specifically relating to Homer, Homelander and the word Home itself.
It started at the beginning of May with the release of the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s take on ‘The Odyssey’, Homer’s epic poem on the travails of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, as he tries to return home with his men after attaining victory in the Trojan War. The trailer has caused something of a never-ending shitstorm online as Lord & Lady Nolan, presumably in their quest for further Oscar recognition following their successful Oppenheimer collab, have decided to hold Homer at arms length in order to fully embrace a trollop dollop of Wokeness, which will inevitably deliver Hollywood’s glittering prize to them. Everybody else gets thin gruel sloppy seconds, with a Newgate’s Knocker Helen, a wispy transman Achilles, dumbed down language and…
*Wow, the South Park creators were rather prescient with that caricature, Clicky. I just thought they were being unkind. Ironically, they’ve gone Woke too… /sigh…*
…People are rightfully pissed off at the wanton vandalism on display. Clicky has posted about it several times…
*You are taking me off on a tangent, Clicky. Stop it…*
… And who has decided to pen his own translation. It’s really rather good…
… And rather reminded me of Donald Trump if he were Odysseus. For a start, he’s crafty as a F-O-X and so much smarter than his critics are prepared to give him credit for. They take him at face value, a bit like the Trojans did with Odysseus’ wooden horse. It will be their undoing. Trump is also famous for sacking…
… And took the White House, Washington D.C’s sacred citadel. Twice. Like a chud. Seemingly unnecessary side quests appear to be have been taken in Venezuela and Iran, and as for the reckless retardation of his bros…
*RINOS are being thrown overboard. I mean, how fucking hard is it to follow your Captain’s orders…*
… Moving on from Trump’s Odyssey Bros, Dear Reader, to Trump and The Boys. It’s a TV show, not one that I’ve watched, but I recognise the main character, Homelander, as he’s used a lot as a meme and the show seems to be quite popular. Major controversy erupted last week, however, with the series finale when Hollywood’s TDS struck again. It’s all so tedious…
*Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be belatedly indulging in that series…*
… And then on my birthday – cough – President Trump strategically posted the word ‘HOME‘…
Star Wars is 49 today One of the biggest gripes with George Lucas tinkering with the original trilogy: removing Han shooting first, an action that instantly defines him as the scoundrel we love I tracked down the original cut, and here it is. Balance restored. Thanks, George. pic.twitter.com/EWFKe8sOUj
Why do the Laestrygonians have steel plate armour in the Bronze Age, Nolan? They're meant to be savage cannibal giants. https://t.co/yDyPWI3Hdy
— Carl Benjamin 🏴 (@Sargon_of_Akkad) May 6, 2026
Totally different. The armor is way off as well. However they could be approaching this as simple adaptation without any historical reference. That’s a lazy way to approach a classic pic.twitter.com/xVA4AxYT1k
Odysseus is one of more pious heroes in Greek Mythology. He constantly sacrifices to the Gods and is the favourite of a Goddess. To warp Odysseus' story into this is ridiculous considering Odysseus wouldn't even have made it home without all the Goddesses helping him https://t.co/qbVNB73lKL
— sil ♡ penelope whisperer (@thhouseofblack) May 5, 2026
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