We are living in troubled times. The Curmudgeon takes a look.
The weather and wars
Not only is the world experiencing extreme weather events, eg snow, ice, freezing temperatures, violent storms and floods in North America and northern Europe, yet, in stark contrast, drought in southern Europe…..
….. there are wars in Ukraine and Gaza Strip. Conflict in the Red Sea/Yemen region. Iran flexing its muscles and taunting the West. Unrest in Ecuador. Conflicts in Africa that are no longer reported in the West. The rise of extreme right-wing parties like the AfD in Germany, VOX in Spain and the PVV in The Netherlands. Donald Trump likely to be the next president of the United States.
And behind all this, there are increasing tensions in the Far East. China, Taiwan, North Korea spring to mind.
Diseases
Has the Coronavirus really been contained? Is the resurgence of measles a worry? Should we be concerned about ‘flu?
Who or what is to blame?
Are all these down to human beings, politics, religious beliefs, global warming or a mixture of them all?
Human beings are culpable in all this chaos. That prompts the question: WHO ARE THE BAD GUYS?
Here is The Curmudgeon’s list in alphabetical order.
He says: “I’ll leave you to put them in order from worst to least bad. I do not dare!”
The Bad Guys
Prince ANDREW, Duke of York – disgraced royal
Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN – tricky Turkish president
Boris JOHNSON – disgraced former UK prime minister
JUAN CARLOS I – disgraced ex-king of Spain
KIM JONG UN – autocratic leader of North Korea
Javier MILEI – newly elected president of Argentina. A right-wing populist
Benjamin NETANYAHU – the prime minister of Israel; possibly a war criminal
Victor ORBAN - Hungary's longest serving prime minister, Orbán has curtailed press freedom, weakened judicial independence, and undermined multiparty democracy
Vladimir PUTIN – murderous and corrupt Russian president; undoubtedly a war criminal
Ayatolá JOMEINÍ – leader of Iran; up to all kinds of skulduggery in the Middle East
Nicola STURGEON – disgraced Scottish ex-first minister
Donald TRUMP – disastrous former president facing 91 criminal charges; should be in gaol
XI Jinping - Chinese leader. Can he be trusted? Why is he backing Putin?
So, there you have it? These guys are all still alive. What about these dozen dead ones?
Winston CHURCHILL - former UK prime minister. War criminal and alcoholic
Jeffrey EPSTEIN - Prince Andrew's pal; a sex traffiker
General FRANCO - Spanish dictator and mass murderer.
Myra HINDLEY - Peter Sutcliffe's assistant
Adolf HITLER - need I say more?
Pol POT - Cambodian mass murderer.
Jack the RIPPER - a royal, by all accounts.
The Yorkshire RIPPER - The Moors Murderer, Peter Sutcliffe. Incompetent police allowed him to carry on longer than he should have.
Jimmy SAVILLE - deceased DJ, sex pest, paedophile, tolerated for far too long by the BBC.
Josef STALIN - worse than Hitler? Discuss.
Margaret THATCHER - the grocer's daughter that ruined Britain.
Fred and Rosemary WEST - serial killers. Fred killed himself but Rose remains in prison.
© The Curmudgeon
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