JasonL-S

Former CV State Umpire Coach & Education Manager, Current Teacher, Learner, Father, Umpire, Ex-Cricketer, Baseballer and mad Tiger Fan

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

Time to switch to #channel7 for the #BBL14. Can’t stand Brad Haddin deliberately stuffing up a player’s name. It’s Fraser-McGurk, not Fraser you infuriating muppet #foxsports do better!

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

So we’re missing the no ball for 3 behind square now?
Over 13.6
#AUSvsIND

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

What a devastating indictment of our country.

[Kevin Chapman @lollujo]

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[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

@7AFL Port out in straight sets yet again, with both losses in extra time.

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

@Pirates

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

@JomboyMedia Steven Bradbury… Olympic short track speed skating

[NBL @NBL]

Passion beyond measure, and an impact felt across the world. Corey lit up every room he entered with the joy and zest he had for life.

A fearless competitor on the court, never short of an opinion off it and a showman through and through.

'Homicide' was one of one.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

@ConflictNerd Take your time mate… feel better soon!

Renaming the new industry area Park Park Industrial Park would be a fun idea! IYKYK 😁

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

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[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

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[The Shovel @TheShovel]

JUST IN: New Zealand has begun yacht turn-backs as more 'super tax refugees' arrive from Australia

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

@rencethefence We had a lot of that with new apartments where bars and nightclubs have stood for years. We had a couple of club owners who fought for something that has become the “Agent of Change” law… basically if you move into an area it’s on you… not the businesses (BigCohunaBurger)

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“Icing happen when the puck come down, bang, you know, before the other guys. Nobody there, you know. My arm go comes up then the game stop then start up."

👉 https://t.co/5eG2oQAyp7

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

This is perfect..,

[Peter Mavros - All Comments Preceded By Alleged ☠☠ @MavrosAll]

How things going Peta?
#Credlin

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

BREAKING: Dictator Dan has won another democratically run election, in classic dictator style #VicVotes2022 https://t.co/G7ARjQek8O

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Today in 1977, Slap Shot was released. One of the rare movies that gets better with each passing year.

[JasonL-S @JasonLS71]

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