Captain Nemo - Local Hero & Devil-May-Care-Flying-Fool. ✅
@flyingfool.bsky.social
Cynophile. 🐕 Lawyer. Was Captain Nemo on The Dead Bird. Erstwhile Aviator. Admirer of Harriet Quimby. Social Democrat. DV survivor. Frequent typos, mea culpa. No bio? No posts? No follow.
At this time of the year with Christmas approaching, I feel it is necessary to remind people that the movie, Love Actually, is a load of patronising and misogynistic rubbish. Change my mind. 😁
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
At this time of the year with Christmas approaching, I feel it is necessary to remind people that the movie, Love Actually, is a load of patronising and misogynistic rubbish. Change my mind. 😁
Much as I appreciate MeidasTouch's motives, their pronouncements border on hyperbole and really are counter-productive.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Much as I appreciate MeidasTouch's motives, their pronouncements border on hyperbole and really are counter-productive.
Kegsbreath's orders were clearly illegal but the Navy Seals had no qualms in carrying them out. I think we should be worried by that.
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Kegsbreath's orders were clearly illegal but the Navy Seals had no qualms in carrying them out. I think we should be worried by that.
When Kegsbreath said "Leave no survivors." what he meant was "Leave no witnesses."
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
When Kegsbreath said "Leave no survivors." what he meant was "Leave no witnesses."
Today's à propos musing: Puritans banned fruit cake. 🤤
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Today's à propos musing: Puritans banned fruit cake. 🤤
I am a little proud to say I did not buy a single "Black Friday" sale item. My bank account thanks me.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I am a little proud to say I did not buy a single "Black Friday" sale item. My bank account thanks me.
Would Sarah Beckstrom's family actually want Trump to turn up at her funeral? She was only in DC because of his political stunt. His invisible hand was on the trigger
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Would Sarah Beckstrom's family actually want Trump to turn up at her funeral? She was only in DC because of his political stunt. His invisible hand was on the trigger
When Sussssan Ley says that her party is going to make industrial relations a new battleground in politics she is saying they are going to strip worker's of rights and suppress wages again.
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
When Sussssan Ley says that her party is going to make industrial relations a new battleground in politics she is saying they are going to strip worker's of rights and suppress wages again.
The Puritans really were not very nice people. They were the rabid evangelical Christian Nationalists of their day. Change my mind.
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Puritans really were not very nice people. They were the rabid evangelical Christian Nationalists of their day. Change my mind.
As a descendant of Robert Cushman, a leader and organiser of the Mayflower voyage. I don't think he realised the mess that would be created. I apologise to indigenous Americans. I have more respect for my forebears that were shipped to Australia by the British Ruling Class for sheep stealing.
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As a descendant of Robert Cushman, a leader and organiser of the Mayflower voyage. I don't think he realised the mess that would be created. I apologise to indigenous Americans. I have more respect for my forebears that were shipped to Australia by the British Ruling Class for sheep stealing.
We don't yet know the truth behind the Washington shootings but we do know that the timing couldn't have been more fortuitous for the Trump regime.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We don't yet know the truth behind the Washington shootings but we do know that the timing couldn't have been more fortuitous for the Trump regime.
I am pretty sure that Mark Twain must have said some really stupid things too but they have been filtered out through the mists of time.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I am pretty sure that Mark Twain must have said some really stupid things too but they have been filtered out through the mists of time.
It's Thursday in Australia. The day the US celebrates Thanksgiving. We don't celebrate it but if we did I would be giving thanks I don't live under the control of Demented Donny's tinpot regime. Fare thee well, USA. Most of you deserve better than what you are currently being served up.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It's Thursday in Australia. The day the US celebrates Thanksgiving. We don't celebrate it but if we did I would be giving thanks I don't live under the control of Demented Donny's tinpot regime. Fare thee well, USA. Most of you deserve better than what you are currently being served up.
So was the plan that Bolsanaro would escape to the US embassy and then be spirited to Argentina where Trump had already paid Milei for his board and lodging? The plan falling down when Bolsonaro showed he was clumsy with the soldering iron?
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So was the plan that Bolsanaro would escape to the US embassy and then be spirited to Argentina where Trump had already paid Milei for his board and lodging? The plan falling down when Bolsonaro showed he was clumsy with the soldering iron?
Life is bleak under the Demented One but the Day of Reckoning will come. Have a free smile from a quokka (world's happiest animal) to help you through the day.
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Life is bleak under the Demented One but the Day of Reckoning will come. Have a free smile from a quokka (world's happiest animal) to help you through the day.
Here is Trump's demented reasoning:
1. I am POTUS and SCOTUS says I cannot be prosecuted for anything I do as POTUS.
2. Therefore everything I do is legal.
3. Therefore I cannot issue illegal orders.
4. Therefore all military must do as I order.
5. To say otherwise is insurrection and sedition.
1. I am POTUS and SCOTUS says I cannot be prosecuted for anything I do as POTUS.
2. Therefore everything I do is legal.
3. Therefore I cannot issue illegal orders.
4. Therefore all military must do as I order.
5. To say otherwise is insurrection and sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Here is Trump's demented reasoning:
1. I am POTUS and SCOTUS says I cannot be prosecuted for anything I do as POTUS.
2. Therefore everything I do is legal.
3. Therefore I cannot issue illegal orders.
4. Therefore all military must do as I order.
5. To say otherwise is insurrection and sedition.
1. I am POTUS and SCOTUS says I cannot be prosecuted for anything I do as POTUS.
2. Therefore everything I do is legal.
3. Therefore I cannot issue illegal orders.
4. Therefore all military must do as I order.
5. To say otherwise is insurrection and sedition.
I am disappointed that the cases against Comey and James were tossed out because Halligan was appointed illegally. It meant we never got to hear a Judge ripping Halligan a new one for the incompetent & corrupt way she presented the Comey case to a Grand Jury and then tried to hoodwink the Court.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I am disappointed that the cases against Comey and James were tossed out because Halligan was appointed illegally. It meant we never got to hear a Judge ripping Halligan a new one for the incompetent & corrupt way she presented the Comey case to a Grand Jury and then tried to hoodwink the Court.
In an ethical Administration, Bondi would resign because of the corrupt and/or incompetent way that Halligan was appointed & for the appalling mistakes made in presenting the case to a Court. Both deserve being disbarred. In Trump's Administration, of course, nothing will happen.
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In an ethical Administration, Bondi would resign because of the corrupt and/or incompetent way that Halligan was appointed & for the appalling mistakes made in presenting the case to a Court. Both deserve being disbarred. In Trump's Administration, of course, nothing will happen.
How many Aussies know that the supermarket scanning code in place for decades, where if an article scanned at a higher price than marked it was free and similar items bought at the same time were at the reduced price, no longer applies? You get the lower price or they can refuse to sell to you.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
How many Aussies know that the supermarket scanning code in place for decades, where if an article scanned at a higher price than marked it was free and similar items bought at the same time were at the reduced price, no longer applies? You get the lower price or they can refuse to sell to you.
I have a feeling that Demented Trump had no idea who Zoran Mamdani was and one of his goons whispered in his ear that it was another leader from the Middle East bearing gifts of gold and airplanes.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I have a feeling that Demented Trump had no idea who Zoran Mamdani was and one of his goons whispered in his ear that it was another leader from the Middle East bearing gifts of gold and airplanes.
Is there something wrong with Trump's sense of balance now? He seems to remain sitting in so many photos.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Is there something wrong with Trump's sense of balance now? He seems to remain sitting in so many photos.
Demented Donny says that for calling for the military to disobey illegal orders and to uphold the Constitution, lawmakers’ behavior would have constituted death in the “old days”.
In the old days a senile pedophile, rapist, corrupt felon would never have got elected to be POTUS.
In the old days a senile pedophile, rapist, corrupt felon would never have got elected to be POTUS.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Demented Donny says that for calling for the military to disobey illegal orders and to uphold the Constitution, lawmakers’ behavior would have constituted death in the “old days”.
In the old days a senile pedophile, rapist, corrupt felon would never have got elected to be POTUS.
In the old days a senile pedophile, rapist, corrupt felon would never have got elected to be POTUS.
Here's a plan to end the Russian war:
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Russia pays full reparations for the harm it has done to human life & infrastructure through its illegal war.
3. Russia hands Putin & his goons over to the ICC.
See, it's quite basic when you come down to it Donald.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Russia pays full reparations for the harm it has done to human life & infrastructure through its illegal war.
3. Russia hands Putin & his goons over to the ICC.
See, it's quite basic when you come down to it Donald.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Here's a plan to end the Russian war:
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Russia pays full reparations for the harm it has done to human life & infrastructure through its illegal war.
3. Russia hands Putin & his goons over to the ICC.
See, it's quite basic when you come down to it Donald.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine.
2. Russia pays full reparations for the harm it has done to human life & infrastructure through its illegal war.
3. Russia hands Putin & his goons over to the ICC.
See, it's quite basic when you come down to it Donald.
The new leader of the NSW Liberals is in with a chance not because of her qualities but because the Minns' government is so bland, ineffectual and Liberal-lite we might well have dispensed with the last election.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The new leader of the NSW Liberals is in with a chance not because of her qualities but because the Minns' government is so bland, ineffectual and Liberal-lite we might well have dispensed with the last election.
Oh dear, how complicated the world is these days. My new bathroom scales come with a certificate stating they comply with cyber security legislation. My old spring loaded scales only ever generated works of fiction now it seems I have to be afraid the new scales might reveal state secrets. 🤣
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Oh dear, how complicated the world is these days. My new bathroom scales come with a certificate stating they comply with cyber security legislation. My old spring loaded scales only ever generated works of fiction now it seems I have to be afraid the new scales might reveal state secrets. 🤣