“Authorities are now worried about a new wave of terrorist attacks from ISIS.”

Holy shit! Literally. Depending on your definition of ‘holy’, that is.

I want to know how we’ll be able to discern this new wave from the old wave(s). At what point does Paris, Nice, Berlin become Istanbul? Are they different? Are some ‘ISIS’ and some a different form of sociopathic homicidal maniac(s)?? Do ISIS murderers of innocents differ in any objective way from ‘lone wolf’ killers or Al Queda motherfuckers??

Not to me it doesn’t. But it probably does to them. Different philosophies, different adherences to alternative micro-adulterations of various Koranic verses, In their world its all different. To us ‘poor uninitiated’ they are just so many different justifications for slaughtering innocent people. To them its a bit more ‘life of Brian’, in that ‘no, we’re not the people’s Christian Front, we hate them, we’re the front for Christian Peoples…’ kind’a way.

So I don’t differentiate. To do so gives them a credibility. Gives them a tacit validity that what they have to ‘say’ is in any way relevant to anything. To acknowledge an ideology, even to condemn it, is to give it the recognition it really doesn’t warrant. No-one asked Fred West or Ted Bundy ‘why’ they killed all those people. We just knew they were fucked up and evil. Thus with ‘jihadis’. ‘Holy’ war my penis.

On a more important note, Premiership referee is taking yet more stick. And its most unfair. There he is, stood standing in the middle of 22 (or in his case, generally, 21 or 20) overpaid superstupid, grossly overpaid, arrogant, obnoxious footballers, earning an honest crust and he is constantly pilloried for making mistakes. This is the list of grievances this season, broken down by type and boiled down into reality.

Manager: we should have had a penalty. Opponent manager: was never a penalty.

Manager: he should have sent of (opposing player). Opponent manager: he made the right decision.

Manager: my player should never have been sent off. Opponent manager: terrible, career-threatening tackle, ref had no choice.

Spurs do well by Mike Dean’s decisions. That doesn’t make him incompetent, biased or questionable. That makes him a God. Arsenal hate Mike Dean; had over 100,000 signatories in a petition to prevent him at Arsenal matches. That makes him a double God. LEAVE MIKE ALONE; WE LOVE HIM. AND NEED HIM.

Dinner last night at the ‘Banyan Tree’ restaurant. Wonder why they called it that? Amazing meal. Off to Mumbai tomorrow. Getting cold here. Only 93 degrees today.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx