Which I Will Censor Before Repeating
Since we cherish our SFW status here. It is <ahem> 'Eff Around And Find Out', usually abbreviated to 'FAFO', and boy O Dog Buns boy is that borne out now. Art!
This is the original 'Statue Of Peace' in Seoul, South Korea. What does it commemorate? O I thought you'd never ask! The answer is pretty grim. You see, when Korea was under Japanese occupation in the Second Unpleasantness, many Korean women were forced into prostitution in brothels that served the Nippon army, known as 'Comfort Women'. The Japanese have never properly admitted what was done or apologised for it, and it is STILL a very, very contentious topic in South Korea. To rub a little sodium chloride in the wound, the Sorks constructed this memorial opposite the Japanese embassy.
To disrespect this memorial is about one of the worst things you can do in Sorkland. Imagine if a drunken Korean tourist clambered atop the Lincoln Monument to relieve their bladder and bowels upon it; that level of awfulness. Art!
This smirking bafune is 'Johnny Somali', which is not the name his parents bestowed upon him, and yes, he's smooching with a memorial to sex-trafficked victims. Let that sink in.
So! let us backtrack a little and establish this crasswipe's more recent history. He is one of a breed of <shudders> 'influencers' who act out in foreign countries and post the outraged reaction for clicks. He had previously gotten away with being the Ugly American in Japan in 2023, where he'd been racist to people on the subway, threw things around in shops and shouted at strangers. Art!
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| 'Johnny Somali theatre venue' |
He was arrested and deported, and probably thought that a pretty reasonable sacrifice for his click ratio. Art!
Then he travelled to Israel, which Conrad rather thinks is not one of those countries where you can abuse local officials and get away with it. True to form, he posted rather horrid notes at the Wailing Wall, then tried to cop off with a female police officer - ha! do you see what I d - O you do - and was briefly arrested before getting kicked out of the country.
Possibly emboldened by this relative leniency and soaring traffic figures, he then tried the Riotous Influencer schtick in Sorkland. This is where the Eff Around meets the Find Out. Art!
His hilarious japes included broadcasting Nork propaganda on the Seoul subway system (which is probably illegal never mind immoral), carrying a bag of rotting fish on public transport, fighting with shop staff and - the very acme - molesting the 'Statue Of Peace' symbol.
He got a reaction, possibly not what he expected. The Sorks are an equable folk, and you have to work hard at getting them angry, but once you do - O my! are you in for an experience, as Johnny found out. Art!
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| Dalgeun Yu'll regret that Johnny |
This is a Sork SEAL soldier, Dalgeun Yu, possibly one of the last people on the planet that you want to offend IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, who tracked Somali down and punched him unconscious. Only one punch, Somali is a lightweight. He got fined $7,000 and crowdfunding helped him pay it off.
Somali was tracked down by the authorities, his passport was seized and he was forbidden to leave the country. Then he was formally charged, which he didn't seem to take seriously. Art!
Turning up an hour late at the courthouse, hungover and wearing a MAGA hat does not display contrition, especially not as he slurringly referred to Sorkland as 'A South Canadian vassal', which - you really ought not to be insulting the people sitting in judgement upon you, Somali. Eff Around and Find Out, writ large.
He was found Not Guilty.
No, only joking, he was found Very Very Guilty Indeed!
The sentence is that he is to serve at least 6 months in a Sork hard labour prison, and there are recent comments on Youtube that the length of his sentence might be extended to 12 months, which will only become apparent over the next week. Art!
This is the lightweight option, the other is construction and I can't see the frail Somali working 8 hours on a construction site, surrounded by Sorks who detest him.
The other thing is that, post-sentence, Somali is going to be registered as a sex offender in South Canada, deported back to South Canada and permanently banned from Sorkland. Febrile Assbottom Feels Ostracised*?
Doris Lessing, Do I Have Your Blessing?
Excuse me for being all intellectual and shizzle, I am referring to her novel 'Briefing For A Descent Into Hell' which I read forty years ago and couldn't make sense of. It's either about an actual descent into Hades or the ravings of a madman. Possibly both at the same time.
ANYWAY what we have today is a literal descent into the Nether Regions. Art!
Not AI or Photoshop, this is the Ruffian port of Tuapse, one of their oil export hubs, which has been absolutely malleted by the Ukrainians over the past 4 days, to the extent that there is very little of the terminal still extant. It is not only still burning, the nature of what is burning is up for questioning. Art!
That's 'Tuapse' in Cyrillic, and in the background you can see immense quantities of BROWN smoke, whereas the usual palette for a 'Bavovna' is black. Conrad suspects this burn is nitrogen-based and that the air is going to weeping acid for weeks to come. The general atmosphere in Tuapse is coloured by hydrocarbon deposits, as per firefighters. Art!
This is what the outside of their boots and gloves looks like. One can only wonder about the state of their lungs, as this is Ruffia and for lung protection they have - Art!
What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
You had to ask. When it comes to building demolition, a whole lot can go wrong, as we have surely proven already. Art!
Here you have an industrial chimney being prepared for slaughter. It's not conclusive but I think I can see preparatory demolition work at the base of the stack, getting ready to tilt it in one particular direction. Art!
"It's going in the wrong direction" is heard over the walkie-talkie system, and indeed it is. If there was a Wrong, this would be a Right. Art!
An ooops moment. Not only did Mister Chimney not fall where he was supposed to, where he fell impacted power lines, bringing along the wonderful possibilities of electrocution as well. Art!
From another angle. Only (!) 4,000 people were affected by power line outages when the chimney came down in the wrong direction. Shocking.'crac
The people responsible claimed that a 'hidden crack' caused the failure, leading to Conrad making claims about 'crack pipes'. I'll get my coat.
NOW You Provide The Evidence!
A couple of days ago Your Humble Scribe posted truth about how the loathsome Orcban regime in Hungary had banned the opposition figure Peter Magyar from being allowed onto national television for two years. Typically, when I need an example, teh Interwebz recede into the background. Well, I found a relevant thumbnail earlier.
Until today. Art!
Someone is going to be looking for a new job! and without references from their previous employer. One can only wonder at the unravelling that is to take place in Hungary o'er the next few years.
Finally -
Going out another of an Ambrose G. W. Biercism cycnicism:
"Doctor, n: A gentleman who thrives upon disease and dies of health."
I cannot get the spellchecker to work on cynicism, okay I have just done, altogether vibes of the kids finishing off Logan on the hillside - ah what the heck a good farewell to 'eeall.
* His Tweets are now being classed by himself as a 'Political Prisoner'. FAFO, Johnny, FAFO.
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