True Blood, and the actually scary

[blamebrampton]

'I have proof, scientific, people are much dumber than they realise.'
– Nan Flanagan, True Blood, Season 4, episode 1

I think I have a new favourite line in popular culture ...

In hilarious actual news news, recently, Lord Monckton, Scottish peer and anti-science fruitloop, declared that highly respected Australian economist Ross Garnaut was a fascist and illustrated him with a swastika at a talk in the US.

Monckton is currently in Australia talking at a series of mining industry events in Western Australia. He has responded to criticisms over the Garnaut swipe by saying that the media is hypocritical:

'[Monckton] said one journalist had written in a column that climate change sceptics should be gassed.

' "None of you have gone around to her house and thrust microphones in her face and said don't you think you're being a bit unfair," Lord Monckton told reporters. (Source)'

Well, no, because it was in a comedy piece full of hyperbolic overstatement for parodic effect. Written by a journalist called Richard. Who is a man.

On the east coast, in Sydney, an anti-carbon tax rally was held today. In attendance were several hundred people, including one of the more public members of the Australian Fascism movement, who has public photographs of himself in full Nazi regalia.

You could not make this stuff up.

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

My grandfather, who flew for the RAF throughout WWII, once looked at a group of British Fascists on the TV news. He sighed. He looked at me and said, "We fought for the right to keep this country free for everyone. I'm afraid that includes the evil morons." After a pause he added, 'Though I wouldn't mind banging their heads together ...'

Words to live by, I feel!

And yes, as lunatics all over the world have showns us, facts and history are far inferior to what you 'feel'. Nutters the lot of them!