Richard Beach

@mrseaside.bsky.social

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Short, Nerd, Jew, AFOL, Centrist Dad. Antisemites and judeofascists equally unwelcome. Author of "Ten Lies My Family Told me”. Occasional Gaming Project Director.

Single Cover of Tight Fit's 1982 "song" Fantasy Island
It's been 11 years.... (Titanic gif)
‘So. All I want to say is this: right is on our side; might is on our side. Let’s let loose the famished hounds of leashed-in war and let them have it where it hurts. Cry God for William, England and Saint. . . Who’s the patron saint of England, Odo? You’re a fucking bishop, aren’t you, you ought to know . . .? ‘St George? Who’s he? All right, then. God for William, England, Normandy -- and St George!’ Taillefer scraped out the last of his sherbert. ‘There you go, then,’ he said, and his face was pale, sheened with a slight sweat, ‘that was it. Quick march and off we went. Is there a drop more of that wine left?’ ‘But St George came from round these parts. Yes, of course. Help yourself. Killed dragons and such-like. Saved princesses. He was nothing to do with Normandy or England.’ ‘Cappadocia, I believe,’ suggested Quint. ‘Wherever.’ Taillefer poured wine and drank off a glassful in one. ‘It was the first saint came into Odo’s head. I doubt it’ll catch on.’
It's Militime.
A Truth Social post from Trump pointing out that some publications in Obama's time portrayed Obama as a messianic/angelic figure.
Exodus Chapter 1 verses 8-10: A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are much too numerous for us. Let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they may not increase; otherwise in the event of war they may join our enemies in fighting against us and rise from the ground.”
"Next up, The Fall..."
Farage's speaking podium, with the logo that reads "Reform will fix it"
As I watched Polanski celebrate, I paraphrased the line Robert Bolt gave Sir Thomas More in A Man for all Seasons “Why Zach, it profit a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. . . but for Gorton and Denton!”
Lloyd Bridges in Airplane. And Lloyd Bridges in Airplane.
Spider-man meme, obvs.
My proudest moment as a driver: managing to get a picture of the odometer as it hits 80,085 miles.
I won't share the image of what Trump put on his "Truth Social" platform today. Suffice to say that it's a video which includes putting the Obamas' heads on chimpanzee bodies. So, to clarify: He's a racist piece of shit and I'm really, REALLY tired of people supporting him, making excuses for him or treating him as something neutral to make jokes about. And obviously, it's not just this. This is just the latest. He's a criminal, greedy, racist, sexist, corrupt, venal, fascist pedophile with zero redeeming features. And if you're considering a response that has anything to do with Israel, antisemitism or Islam - I'm not interested. And if this means I won't get to visit the US until this tosser of a Mussolini tribute act is out of office, that's FINE. Shabbat Shalom.
John Peel being John Peel
The original People’s Front of Judea, of which Your Party appears to be a tribute act
We are part of a story that began long before we were born and will continue long after we are no longer here, and the question for all of us is: Will we continue the story? The hopes of a hundred generations of our ancestors rest on our willingness to do so. Deep in our collective memory the words of Moses continue to resonate. “It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant, but with … whoever is not here with us today.” We are each a key player in this story. We can live it. We can abandon it. But it is a choice we cannot avoid, and it has immense consequences. The future of the covenant rests with us.
Molotov and Ribbentrop making nice with each other in August 1939
Talk of mass deportation is Nazi fucking bullshit. You can pretend otherwise, but that's what it is. In order to even countenance it, you must reach a point of hatred towards a minority group which is reminiscent of the very worst moments of human history. In order to implement it, you would need a system of control and surveillance which goes well beyond any traditional notion of what this country, or indeed any free society, is about. In order to enact it, you need to split people into valid and invalid categories, round them up and concentrate them in advance of deportation, necessitating the use of camps. And yes, if you're going to land those planes at their destination, you will need to do deals with tyrannical governments so that they can murder the people who tried to escape them. That's the reality of it. Those who promote the idea should be treated like the moral discharge they so truly fucking are. Those who countenance it should hang their fucking heads in shame. And those who know it's wrong should stand up proudly to state their opposition to it, as we would expect of anyone with the stature and vigour to operate in a civilised society.
Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Splitters!", say the People's Front of Judea. Or possibly the Judean People's Front. Who can tell?
Iago (the parrot) is NOT surprised.
A folded map of the Holy Land, with covers printed on both sides - one saying 'Israel' in English and Hebrew with the Israeli flag, and the other saying "Palestine" in English and Arabic with the Palestinian Flag.
Liz Truss off her trolley and in need of an intervention - in this case, blithering about the TV drama Adolescence which she admits she hasn't seen.
A ship visible through the targeting sights of a submarine periscope, apropos of nothing at all...
What we thought was a low point in British politics, but turned out to be merely a small trip on the way down to much, much deeper.
Mad MAGA rambling about Marxist Propaganda
Karl and his brothers
A proud, fluttering Canadian flag. Very much NOT the 51st State.