Thursday, February 13, 2025

Caligula upset at losing long-standing title of "Most eccentric cabinet appointment"

๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ "๐˜, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด", ๐˜‰๐˜‰๐˜Š ๐˜›๐˜, 1976


 

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Michael Leunig 1945-2024


Michael Leunig, one of my favourite cartoonists, died late last year. I watched part of his memorial service from St.Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Australia. 


He had an uncanny sense of humour.



 

Sunday, February 2, 2025

Tariff threat reactions

 The shoppers in the grocery stores in Cornwall were checking the labels to make sure they weren't buying American.