Nuclear Spectator

I like the Spectator magazine, it is a really good read. Generally. Sure much of it conforms to and probably reinforces my own views, but there is other stuff, from the outrageousness (sometimes) of Taki to the small problems of setting up free schools. I can't be bothered with Matthew Parris any more. His inability to grasp the notion of democracy is becoming tedious, as is his certainty that his personal opinion should hold sway over a nation.

He is very unlike a Spectator person I would have thought. I don't mind being convinced by argument and I am not afraid of opposing ideas, but just bleating on about not getting your own way is beyond the pale and makes him unreadable.

But, OMG Jacob Heilbrunn has really ruined the current edition. What editor could allow such patent tripe to be submitted under their cover, as this fatuous drivel on 'Going Nuclear'? I will admit, I had to give up reading it. You don't like Trump Jacob, I got that two paragraphs in, but you persist. And it is not only tedious, it is boring and what is the point of reading your personal opinion if it is not based on facts, but more the screaming of a five year old, stamping their foot as reinforcement?

You assert, as a fact that Trump is threatening nuclear war (which he hasn't) and back it up by saying his statement was eerily similar to Truman threatening Japan after the first atomic bomb was dropped (but it isn't). By quoting Truman you give the lie to your own assertion.

You maintain that Trump saying he would unleash "fire and fury like the world has never seen" was just like Truman saying "It is harnessing the power of the universe. Behind this air attack will follow sea and land forces in such numbers and power as they have not yet seen". Clearly, the latter part, referring to conventional forces is the bit that is similar.

That however, wouldn't fit with the pointless point Jacob is making; that he doesn't like Trump and, basically, Jacob is always right. And probably the only people who voted for Trump were unintelligent, unlike Jacob. He then goes on to suggest Trump is actually promoting his golf Clubs not threatening North Korea.

The man's an idiot. And I don't mean Trump this time. Consider too, that Jacob Heilbrunn gets paid to write! In this case by the Spectator - did no-one read the article before publishing it!?

Olympics

Am I OK to mention the Olympics? Maybe the word itself is under state control. Anyway, with the British propensity for stupidity (enshrined under the hands-on leadership of Tony Blair) I reckon we can expect some cock-ups at the Games.

I must admit to being amazed the complex has been built on time and that the swimming pool hasn't turned out to be 3 feet too short. But we have had our first hiccup, although to blame London 2012 when it happened in Scotland, now the leading sector of the UK in stupidity, is perhaps a little harsh.

The North Koreans were faced with a South Korean flag. Bit of a schoolboy error that one and there is no excuse. If you aren't that good at flags, then you should already be aware you need to check and check again. If you know you are an authority on World flags and don't need to check, then you have just been exposed as an arrogant twerp. Which one is it?

What I am really expecting though is a calamity within the orbit of our wonderful armed police. Hopefully they won't be loosing off rounds, but rather limit their professionalism to mislaying their weapons perhaps, to be found by an 11 year old who has the presence of mind to use his phones' camera and also has the number for the Daily Mail.

Maybe they will get lost or turn up in numbers to guard an event the day before it is happening. Something like that. With the numbers present and with their record to date, I'm sure they will deliver. And of course with such a high profile event, senior officers will be about in abundance (it is strange how important it is for senior officers to keep an eye on the actual participants, participating), so there will be many more opportunities for them to start the stupidity.