The Weird, Random, and Interesting things that Fit Nowhere Else Thread..

[Raithe]

Epic Times - Jerry Doyle mugged on European Trip

 

So, someone who just didn't like his acting?

 

 

Talk show host, actor, and EpicTimes founder Jerry Doyle was mugged recently while on a trip to Europe. Jerry had traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany in May for http://www.fedcon.de/ (a science fiction convention) to greet fans of his role as Michael Garibaldi on the series Babylon 5. EpicTimes editor Brad Silvers tells the story of how, staying in town for a few days to do some sightseeing after the convention, Jerry was attacked from behind in broad daylight, knocked unconscious, and required fourteen stitches on the back of his head. “He was robbed of everything – his wallet, his phone, his credit cards,” says Silvers. “[He] woke up some hours later in a hospital in Dusseldorf. Didn’t really know where he was, barely knew who he was.”

 

Jerry’s condition was brought to the attention of his worried staff – with whom he had been out of touch since the attack  – by a fellow patient at the hospital who emailed the epictimes website.

Edited June 12, 2015 by Raithe

[Nonek]

I think this story is weird enough for this thread: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3121061/Local-NAACP-leader-professor-African-studies-outed-WHITE-parents-convincing-community-black-years.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

 

 

I guess she identifies as one.

 

For those not wishing to read the Fail - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/12/civil-rights-activist-rachel-dolezal-misrepresented-herself-as-black-claim-parents

 

Really strange isn't it, is it her right to self identify as a black woman? After all we have various newly made forms of gender that really do not exist biologically, and yet we respect their rights to believe that they are: Women when they have no womb, ovaries or chance of giving birth, or men when they have none of the male reproductive organs. This matter of self identity not based on physical reality is puzzling, and I for one have no idea what to think of it. Usually I would say that it is that persons choice and business, and none of mine, and leave it at that. However one can imagine black people resenting a white woman stealing yet more of their culture and pretending to be one, though i'm sure most will just laugh and not really care.

 

It's an interesting topic sure enough.

[Hurlshort]

It's more of the actual dishonesty than the identifying with a different culture or race, for myself.  Although I am reticent to fully trust the parents, they seem a bit shady.  There is some stuff that they seem to be nitpicking on.  They admit she lived in a teepee and has some native american heritage, but they are quick to dismiss it in their efforts to undermine her.  Not really a healthy family.   

[Raithe]

The True Scale of Tony Blair's Business Empire

 

 

 

Secret documents seen by the Telegraph disclose details of private jets, five-star hotel stays and police guards funded by taxpayer

The scale of Tony Blair's globe-trotting is exposed for the first time in secret documents that suggest the taxpayer is paying up to £16,000 a week to help the former prime minister build his business empire.

 

Documents seen by The Telegraph contain details of Mr Blair's travels around the world, accompanied by a squad of police bodyguards, flying on private jets and staying in five-star hotels.

 

The files suggest Mr Blair has used identical trips to carry out both private business meetings and talks in his capacity as Quartet Representative to the Middle East - leaving him open to accusations of a potential conflict of interest.

 

The documents show how Mr Blair has been visiting up to five countries a week - at a potential cost of between £14,000 and £16,000 to the public purse. 

One British ambassador described how a number of companies linked to Mr Blair, including his wife's law firm, were "sniffing for work" in one European country.

During the trips Mr Blair must be accompanied by a team of Metropolitan Police officers, whose salary, overtime, expenses, travel and meals are picked up by the taxpayer. The most complex trips involve eight officers of varying ranks, while at least four remain at his homes in Britain. Each of the 12 officers is likely to be earning at least £56,000, but can earn upwards of £70,000 due to the overtime they accumulate on foreign trips.

 

Documents seen by the Telegraph as part of an investigation into Mr Blair's business interests show how he has nurtured a network of some of the world's most influential leaders and businessmen to build up a roster of clients paying tens of millions of pounds for his advice. 

However, the disclosures prompted suggestions that his paid work had created what appears to be a series of conflicts of interest with his unpaid envoy role, from which he will step down at the end of this month after eight years.

 

One ambassador who attended meetings with Mr Blair on his Quartet work said the apparent conflict was "pretty distasteful", adding that Mr Blair "used the ticket of the Middle East Envoy and Quartet" to deal with governments on a commercial basis.

The Telegraph investigation revealed how:

• Mr Blair stays with his entourage in five-star hotels around the world, with each room for his police bodyguards costing the taxpayer an estimated £1,000 on multi-leg trips;
• 
  
• The former prime minister travels on a series of private jets, in some cases lent by clients and governments;
• 
  
• Mr Blair secured a £1?million private contract with the World Bank, while simultaneously working with the Bank in his role at Middle East envoy;
• 
  
• He struck lucrative commercial deals with Abu Dhabi while he was also in negotiations with the emirate as Middle East envoy over $45?million (£29?million) funding for the Palestinian Authority;
• 
  
• Mr Blair's team has sought assistance from British officials in order to further his private business interests, including briefings on countries including Canada, Albania and Macedonia;
• 
  
• In several cases the influential figures Mr Blair meets on private business trips are the same people who are his contacts in his official role as Quartet envoy;
• 
  

Andrew Bridgen, a Conservative MP who has previously criticised Mr Blair's wide-ranging business interests, called for Mr Blair to declare fully all his dealings. He said: "Mr Blair has consistently blurred the line between his official and commercial activities, while his security entourage has incurred huge expenses for the British taxpayer.

"It is not appropriate for a man who has held the highest office in the land and has been privy to every one of our nation's secrets to undertake work for a foreign power."

The A-Z of Tony Blair's global business deals

 

Chris Doyle, the director of The Council for Arab-British Understanding, said: "Mr Blair needs to be transparent about his business activities, otherwise he faces the risk of being accused of having conflicts of interest."

 

The investigation gives the most detailed picture yet of Mr Blair's crowded international itinerary. The files show how he is shepherded around America on a speaking tour, and crams meetings with ministers and business leaders into 24-hour visits to Abu Dhabi - one of his biggest clients.

 

The total cost of wages and expenses for the 12-strong team guarding him would amount to between £14,000 and £16,000 for each week he is travelling, based on a conservative estimate of the number of officers remaining in Britain, and a reported figure of £5,000 expenses per week.

 

It is likely that Mr Blair picks up the cost of his bodyguards' travel when they fly on private jets. In one week in February 2012 Mr Blair travelled to Israel in his role as Middle East envoy and then flew on to UAE, Qatar, China and Kazakhstan where he conducted a mixture of charity work and private business. 

He stayed with his entourage at hotels including the five-star Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi and the Four Seasons in Doha.

Mr Blair has also been nurturing a relationship with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia. 

 

At one meeting in January 2011, apparently attended by Mr Blair at least partly in his capacity as Quartet envoy, he was accompanied by Stephan Kriesel, the then head of his government advisory practice.

A spokesman for Mr Blair said that Mr Kriesel "happened to be travelling with him".

 

The Telegraph's investigation also reveals how Mr Blair's firm, Tony Blair Associates, now has a £1.1?million contract with the World Bank to carry out consultancy work, after he enjoyed a close relationship with the Bank as Quartet envoy. A member of the World Bank staff was seconded to work in his Quartet office.

 

As part of its contract with the Bank, Tony Blair Associates has provided a team of consultants to advise the Romanian government on setting up a "delivery unit".

 

The Bank said Mr Blair's firm offered "the most competitive price" of five competing bids. A spokesman for Mr Blair said the work was "not for profit".

In October 2013 Nicholas Cannon, the British ambassador to Albania, told Whitehall mandarins that several "Blair-related outfits" were "sniffing for work in Albania", including Cherie Blair's law firm Omnia Strategy.

 

A spokesman for Mr Blair said: "There are no conflicts of interests with any of Mr Blair's work, including his role as Quartet representative."

"Clear policies and procedures" were in place to prevent conflicts, including a clause in his commercial contracts stating he will not undertake work that conflicts with his Quartet responsibilities."

 

The spokesman added that Abu Dhabi's funding for the Palestinian Authority came from a "separate organisation" to Mubadala, the sovereign wealth fund that Mr Blair advises.

 

She added that Mr Blair had "absolutely never used his position as a Quartet representative to further business interests" and suggested that it was in "the country's interests" for Foreign Office officials to support Mr Blair's work abroad.

Spokesmen for Mr Blair and Scotland Yard declined to comment on his security arrangements.

 

Tony Blair: his global empire of influence

June 27, 2007

After a decade in office, Tony Blair steps out of Downing Street as prime minister for the last time. The same day, he announces that he will be the Quartet's envoy to the Middle East, representing the UN, US, EU and Russia.

July 2007

Mr Blair flies to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for talks with senior officials and members of the royal family, his first official visit as Quartet Representative.

October 2007

Mr Blair sets up two companies: Windrush Ventures Limited and Windrush Ventures No.1 Limited. It is later understood that Windrush Ventures Limited pays money for Mr Blair's Government Advisory Practice.

November 2007

During a tour of China, Mr Blair is hired for £200,000 to give a speech to businessmen and government officials. He is criticised by local media for charging a huge sum of money yet apparently failing to say anything interesting. A real estate firm hired Blair to speak at a 'VIP banquet'

2008

The Rwandan government becomes the first to be advised by Mr Blair's new charity, the Africa Governance Initiative (AGI). Mr Blair also begins advising the government of Sierra Leone through AGI. In January, it emerges that Mr Blair is earning around £2million a year from the Wall Street bank JP Morgan, providing "strategic advice and insight on global political issues". The Swiss financial services company Zurich separately announces that it has signed up Mr Blair to advise on "developments and trends in the international political environment" in a deal thought to be worth £500,000 a year. In August, he strikes a deal to advise South Korea's UI Energy Corporation, which is said to have extensive oil interests in the US and in Iraq.

2009

In January, Mr Blair visits Muammar Gaddafi. It later emerges that Mr Blair had six private meetings with the Libyan dictator within three years of leaving Downing Street and on at least two occasions Mr Blair flew to Tripoli on a private jet paid for by the Libyan regime. In May, Mr Blair sets up Firerush Ventures Limited and the following month Firerush Ventures No.1 Limited is incorporated. It is later understood that Firerush Ventures Limited administers the funding for Mr Blair and his team's work advising companies and sovereign wealth funds. Around July, TBA strikes a lucrative deal to advise Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, which has a portfolio worth more than £44 billion. Mr Blair also begins advising Liberia's president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf through his AGI charity.

November 2010

TBA secures a contract with PetroSaudi, an oil company founded by a senior member of the Saudi royal family, for a fee of £41,000 a month and a two per cent commission on any of the deals he helps broker.

November 2011

Mr Blair strikes a deal to advise Nursultan Nazarbayev, the autocratic president of Kazakhstan. The deal is thought to be worth millions of pounds. Mr Blair later advises him on how to manage his image after the slaughter of unarmed civilians protesting against his regime.

December 2011

Mr Blair begins advising Alpha Conde's government in Guinea through his charity AGI, later offering advice on how to improve the government's image following mass civil unrest, in which nine protesters died and hundreds were injured in clashes with government.

August 2012

AGI begins work in Malawi, advising President Joyce Banda's government. Mr Blair's team later pulled out of the country amid a corruption scandal, but the president's office insisted the events were not linked. Mr Blair's consultancy strikes a deal worth almost £4 million a year to advise the state government of São Paulo, the economic powerhouse behind Brazil's rapidly growing economy. The sum is disputed by Mr Blair.

September 2012

Mr Blair brokers an eleventh-hour deal in London that created the world's largest mining company Glencore Xstrata in which Qatar had a sizeable stake. He is reportedly paid as much as $1 million (£625,000) by the Qataris for his work.

October 2012

On a trip to Vietnam, Mr Blair reportedly offers to advise the government on issues including reforming the country's economy and attracting more foreign investment. He later reaches an agreement for TBA to provide a team of consultants to work in the country, funded by UAE.

January 2013

Mr Blair strikes a deal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to advise the Peruvian government on issues including public-private partnerships (PPPs). TBA also begins advising Myanmar's government, where his office says his work is pro-bono.

March 2013

Mr Blair negotiates a contract to advise the Mongolian government just as the country strikes it rich from a vast copper and gold mine in the Gobi desert.

June 2013

TBA begins advising Edi Rama's government in Albania. Mr Blair insists his firm is not paid by the Albanian government. Albania is also part of the World Bank-backed Global Network of Delivery Leaders, led by Mr Blair.

October 2013

Two of Mr Blair's most senior aides fly to Bogota, Colombia's capital, to sign a deal under which his consultants would monitor the redistribution of billions of pounds earned by Colombia from mining deals. TBA's consultancy fees are paid for by the UAE, as part as the firm's deal with the Gulf state.

September 2014

Mr Blair proposes a deal to advise the UAE, which one source claims could be worth £30 million. His team discussed the proposed deal with the UAE's foreign ministry, which is headed by the minister with whom he works in his role as Quartet Representative.

February 2015

It emerges that Mr Blair is advising Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta, through AGI. Kenyatta was indicted by the International Criminal Court for the deaths of hundreds of his countrymen in post-election violence in 2007, but later cleared. The same month TBA confirms that has struck a deal to advise Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, with his work in the country believed to be funded by the UAE.

March 2015

An audio recording of senior Egyptian military officials suggests that the now- president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's rise to power was partly funded by the UAE. Mr Blair reportedly agreed to advise the Egyptian government as part of a UAE-funded programme promising to deliver huge "business opportunities".

May 27, 2015

Mr Blair steps down as Quartet representative amid criticism that his diplomatic role had been compromised by his lucrative consultancy work and business deals with governments around the world.

 

 

 

 

[Volourn]

" They admit she lived in a teepee and has some native american heritage, but they are quick to dismiss it in their efforts to undermine her. "

 

They admitted to living in a teepee before she was born unless I read that wrong. if so, it is irrelevant. Also, having some 'native amerikan' heritage (I have some as well.... well.. technically, i guess, i have native 'some' kanadian heritage in me) doesn't make you black. You do realize  native doesn't equal afrikan right? RIGHT!?!

 

She's claiming to be African American which by all accounts she is not. \

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It's too bad the parents seem to have screwed up raising her but that doesn't make her claims true.

[Raithe]

Epic Times - Man Caught on Camera Drugging a Woman's Drink
 

 
Every woman who has ever bought a drink at a bar should watch this video.  Joey Salads posted the above footage to YouTube to show just how easy it is to slip drugs into drinks when no one’s looking. His point is to raise awareness, and warn everyone to pay close attention when they’re out for a little fun
  
Something to be aware of as you head out to meet up with friends this weekend.
Salads heads out into the real world, and manages to slip something into several women’s drinks.  His advice — “Always hold onto your drink, put a lid on your drink, or never let it out of your sight.”

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTd1647CTFs

 

 

[ManifestedISO]

It's weird, the things that stick in your mind. I haven't been parent to a Rottweiler for eight years, and yet even now, every month or two, when I use the last paper towel on the roll and the cardboard tube gets exposed with that peculiar, hollow sound, I expect Bruce to jump up, come over, and play keep-away while I try to bop his nose without him biting it. He always crushed it.   

[Malcador]

[Malcador]

http://cityofdarkness.co.uk/category/the_city/

 

Article about Kowloon Walled City

[s13ep]

The justification of text has a huge impact on the reader's eyes and sense of perfection. Why take time improving every part of a game and then littering messy lines of text all over it? In art, the best photographs of people are where the models are self-centered. The good judgement of someones artistic skill is what an eye for good art is; there is good and bad on quality terms, but someone less experienced may find one thing great whereas the more experienced find it bland. This causes confusion - because in a world with a food chain, the more powerful artist would control the value of art, and the weaker wouldn't have their say. The only reason good is abstracted in modern reality, is because the majority must listen to the opposing argument from sometimes one man. An argument is not valuable to someone unless it's constructive, "but I like this one" - isn't a good critique, carried on with "yeah so you can't tell me what's good", but rather it should be, "this is good because the lighting is good [1]; in comparison to this piece, where the lighting is good and the expression is good, it is not greater".

 

[1] Why is it good? 

 

It blends well with the rest of the art, it has almost perfect symmetry with the darkness, it was a rare sight ( for fresh eyes ), etc. 

- This is expertise; the more you know the more you can say.

 

 

 

The jusitification of text has a huge impact on the reader's eyes and sense of perfection. Why take time improving every part of a game and then littering messy lines of text all over it? In art, the best photographs of people are where the models are self-centered. The good judgement of someones artistic skill is what an eye for good art is; there is good and bad on quality terms, but someone less experienced may find one thing great whereas the more experienced find it bland. This causes confusion - because in a world with a food chain, the more powerful artist would control the value of art, and the weaker wouldn't have their say. The only reason good is abstracted in modern reality, is because the majority must listen to the opposing argument from sometimes one man. An argument is not valuable to someone unless it's constructive, "but I like this one" - isn't a good critique, carried on with "yeah so you can't tell me what's good", but rather it should be, "this is good because the lighting is good [1]; in comparison to this piece, where the lighting is good and the expression is good, it is not greater".

 

[1] Why is it good?

 

It blends well with the rest of the art, it has almost perfect symmetry with the darkness, it was a rare sight ( for fresh eyes ), etc.

- This is expertise; the more you know the more you can say.

[Ineth]

Japan never fails to deliver when it comes to "Weird, Random and Interesting" :

 

 

[link to article]

[ShadySands]

Cue the X-Files theme song

 

"That was no flare": 90,000 UFO sightings combined into one awesome map

 

Edited June 17, 2015 by ShadySands

[Raithe]

Veteran Suicide Prevention Network Built by Veterans

 

 

 

SALT LAKE CITY -- Six weeks ago Special Forces veteran Johnny Primo logged on to his Instagram account and says he was horrified to see a suicide note from a veteran who lived just a few miles away.

The note read: "Very few people know the truth ... I want this in everyone's memory." Desperate to help, Primo tracked down his address.

"I was 45 minutes too late from him taking his own life," said Primo. "Immediately it was a gut wrenching feeling, knowing that there was a chance that if he had my phone number he wouldn't have killed himself."

 

Primo called friend and fellow veteran Casey Gray and that night they launched an Instagram suicide prevention page by posting a message pleading with veterans who are having suicidal thoughts to call them, day or night.

 

They call it "22 Too Many" -- highlighting an estimate of the number of veterans who commit suicide every day. Veterans responded immediately.

"Within the first three hours we saved one person," said Primo. "Within the first 24 hours we saved five people, people who were on the verge of suicide."

Casey Gray served in Iraq, lost friends in combat and was severely injured in a helicopter crash. He says his experiences help him connect and built trust with other veterans.

"Guys get to the point where they feel secluded and they isolate and they need to know that there's somebody still there for them," said Gray.

 

There are now about 180 veterans offering a lifeline on the "22 Too Many" Instagram page and they've already helped more 400 veterans who were contemplating suicide.

When professional help is needed, they contact a network of psychologists -- which includes Dr. Carrie Elk.

 

"Veterans take care of veterans in the community and then they call me if they need mental health help," explained Dr. Elk. "It's a team effort and both are needed."

Primo and Gray are currently developing a website and a smartphone app which will give vets more resources when they find themselves in a dark place. They intend on doing this for the long haul with the goal of saving lives.

 

Primo's ultimate message to veterans: "You're courageous enough to do what you did in the military, just pick up a phone and call. That's all you have to do."

 

[Gfted1]

Cue the X-Files theme song...

 

What the hell...if I zoom in far enough I think one is directly over my house.

[Hurlshort]

It's more of the actual dishonesty than the identifying with a different culture or race, for myself.  Although I am reticent to fully trust the parents, they seem a bit shady.  There is some stuff that they seem to be nitpicking on.  They admit she lived in a teepee and has some native american heritage, but they are quick to dismiss it in their efforts to undermine her.  Not really a healthy family.  

 

Interesting perspective on the parents of Rachel Doleval:

 

https://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/the-media-is-doing-exactly-what-rachel-dolezals-abusive-homeschooling-parents-want/

Edited June 18, 2015 by Hurlshot

[Raithe]

 

It's more of the actual dishonesty than the identifying with a different culture or race, for myself.  Although I am reticent to fully trust the parents, they seem a bit shady.  There is some stuff that they seem to be nitpicking on.  They admit she lived in a teepee and has some native american heritage, but they are quick to dismiss it in their efforts to undermine her.  Not really a healthy family.  

 

Interesting perspective on the parents of Rachel Doleval:

 

https://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/the-media-is-doing-exactly-what-rachel-dolezals-abusive-homeschooling-parents-want/

 

 

The bit I like is how she has turned around and done the "yes, these are the people that raised me, however, they can't prove that they are my actual parents. Sure they have a birth certificate with their names listed, but the certificate came a month or two after I was born. There are no actual witnesses that they gave birth to me."

 

You really have to admire that dedication to a role.

[Hurlshort]

There is no doubt that she is a first class passenger on the loony train.  I'm just pretty sure her parents bought the tickets.  

[Gromnir]

am kinda conflicted.  every application for school, scholarships and jobs we ever completed til we were in our 30s we identified our self as white.  our maternal grandmother were mostly white, but to say we identified as white were stretching the definitions.  so, when you get right down to it, we did similar stuff as rachel doleval. our motivations mighta' been different, but fact o' the matter is that checking the "white" box on literal dozens o' applications were... peculiar.

 

*shrug*

 

affirmative action angered us.  is not that we thought affirmative action were bad (though we did think it were counter-productive until a few years ago) but rather that we were offended by the presumption that we needed affirmative action.  even worse, we were able to observe that folks assumed that we had benefited from affirmative action.  coulda' had our sat scores tattooed on our forehead and most o' our fellow students at Cal woulda' nevertheless assumed that we gained admittance to university either 'cause o' sports or our native american heritage.  'cause o' affirmative action, the starting presumption were that we got help from a program that handicapped whites and asians.  sure, we could eventual prove to folks that we had earned our place through hard work and/or talent, but the assumption were hard to overcome.  and if we ever did check the native american box on an application, how would we know for certain that we didn't get help?

 

am not certain o' the psychology behind rachel whatsherface's choices.  don't care.  the thing is, did she actual gain some kinda advantage from her mischaracterization?  when she applied for a scholarship to howard, there were no place on the form to identify her race.  she submitted test scores, recommendations and samples o' her work.  w/o knowing that rachel were white, she received a full-ride scholarship.  she kept getting hired and promoted, and as far as we can tell, all o' her lies were related to her parentage and race.  is no suggestion that she lied about accomplishments, achievements or experience, yes? 

 

am conflicted.  we wanna dismiss her as a loon.  our kneejerk reaction is to be offended by her false portrayal o' her race.  even so, condemning her would be personal hypocritical and am also having difficulty identifying a specific harm she perpetrated.  she lied?  sure, but lies were all 'bout her race. is something wrong with the whole scenario but am not sure if rachel is what we think is the genuine wrong.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Ineth]

I guess race-bending is not so uncommon:

 

 

the thing is, did she actual gain some kinda advantage from her mischaracterization?

 

In her education and day-to-day life, probably not.

 

In the political activism circles in which she moved, probably yes.

Edited June 18, 2015 by Ineth

[Meshugger]

If this spiral of lunacy continues, then pedophilia will soon be discussed as an "interesting topic".

 

Don't belive me? It will be rephrased as "Agency in the age of consent might be different than what we previously though. Tommy's experience of being trapped in a young boys body of 8 denies him the intimacy with Ben, 39. The current system offers tools of oppression that victimizes their existence, maybe we should finally come to terms and discuss serious issues such as these".

 

I would guess within another five years or so.

[Hurlshort]

What a gross and ridiculous leap.

[Meshugger]

That's the point.

[Ineth]

If this spiral of lunacy continues, then pedophilia will soon be discussed as an "interesting topic".

 

The academic left (and parts of the civil rights movement) already went there, back in the 70s.

 

These days, the groups in question don't like to talk about that aspect of their history.

 

I doubt it'll make a comeback.

[Meshugger]

Oh, i've read those kinds of "instruction"-books:

 

- Children should call their parents by their first name and not 'mom' & 'dad'

- It is healthy for children at the age of 4 and upwards to watch parents have sex

- Fantasy should be supressed for "real" stories. Meaning no Disney-cartoons

 

I would say that it is making a great comeback

[Blarghagh]

What a gross and ridiculous leap.

 

Not really. This literally has already happened in my country.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_for_Neighbourly_Love,_Freedom,_and_Diversity