h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That is all.

I'm stunned

It's like that Friday morning... was it 1993? When we all went to bed on Thursday night expecting Neil Kinnock to be PM when we woke up next day, only to find out it was still John Major.

Gobsmacked.

So, are you glad you're out of it. Considering where you live and all?

I know I am.

No, not really. The US election campaign for 2016 is already well underway (at least Britain only gets a month or two, officially; we get at least two years ), and I'm pretty certain the next president isn't going to be a Democrat. If that happens it's going to be awful here, and I might do a Katie Hopkins

I can, now that I'm a citizen

Oh, and I forgot to mention that American right wing are far, far scarier than the Tory Party.

at the moment...

The Tories will never become as barking as the Republicans, trust me.

IDS appears to be trying

Interesting comment on Twitter

>diamond geezer
‏@diamondgeezer
We have a majority Conservative government, rather than a minority Conservative government, because of 900 voters in seven constituencies.<

That is a lot smaller number than I would have thought.

Naked woman causes earthquake http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-33090028

"A senior minister last week said the tourists had angered spirits by showing "disrespect" to the mountain"

One of the other tourists was less than apologetic.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/06/08/Sbah-quake-nudist-dismisses-superstition/

I was with him until the "**** your culture" comment. After (and including) that, everything he says (and says he's done) marks him down as a cultureless berk of the first water in my opinion.

Yep... he's like a human YouTube comment.

What a perfect description May I keep that for use as and when appropriate?

Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called the ruling "an out-of-control act of unconstitutional, judicial tyranny".
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33290341

It's funny (not) how any verdict that falls into line with conservative beliefs is a vote for decency and American/family/Christian values, but any that go the other way must always be the result of 'activist judges'

There are not enough s in the world

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Trigger warnings for 'trigger warning'
http://twitter.com/owolade14/status/615119855646343168

That's like looking into one of those mirrors with a mirror on the other side and you see reflections disappearing into infinity

Can we all please stop buying into the victim mentality and either brush it off or fight back? Like that woman last week who was attacked in the street by a bus driver she'd just photographed going through a red light. Insteady of a wussy "You need to let go of me", a more forthright "Get your Belgiuming hands off me and then start thinking about how you're going to explain this when the cops show up!". I'm pretty sure our parents wouldn't have been so 'nice' about having just been put in a headlock.