Derision at
Space Force
uniforms
LAST month President Donald Trump officially launched the US Space Force, 16 000 personnel at an initial annual cost of $40 million.
Now the Space Force uniforms have been revealed, and they've caused a storm of derision on social media. They're nothing like Star Trek or the classics of science fiction. They're not dark uniforms spangled with stars and moons.
They're ordinary terrestrial army uniforms in woodland camouflage - greens, khaki and browns - with badges sewn on the arms and chests.
Camo in space? the Twitterati ask.
This only goes to confirm my suspicions. For years now Nasa has been pulling off a gigantic hoax by publishing photographs purporting to be of the surface of Mars – vast expanses of arid sand and flinty rock, not a blade of grass in sight – yet. anyone can see this is not Mars but the Griquas rugby field at Kimberley.
Put the Space Force on the Griquas rugby field in space helmets and things and they'll be picked up in no time. In camouflage they'll blend in, be invisible. (Just as long as there's not too much green in the camo).
Just what is the fascination Nasa and the American military have with the Griquas rugby field? It's one of the imponderables of our age..
Eyoop! Trooble at mill?
Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee,
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?
Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee?
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at ...
THE chorus of male voices drifts from a bar in the House of Lords. No more hoity-toity Oxonian accents here. The peers of the realm are adjusting themselves for their first sally to the North in Boris Johnson's great campaign to bring government to the people.
As described by Sky News, the ancient city of York is likely to be the first place to which the Lords will transfer their activities in Johnson's great plan to "burst the Westminster bubble" and bring the actual workings of democracy to the good folk Oop North who voted for him.
The House of Lords? Democracy? Well, you've got to start somewhere.
It's part of the new "One Nation" thinking that will blur lines of region and class, create a giant melting pot of common values. It's said that Boris himself is taking lessons in Cockney rhyming slang - "Coo, wot a set of Bristols. A bit witch's 'at but 'oo cares, I'll et 'er up the apples an' pears …" Yes, it's much more authentic than that Oxford-accented burbling of sweet nothings.
It's all part of a plan to connect the entire nation with politics, one of Boris's top lieutenants told Sky's Sophy Ridge (a gal who has a delightful wink).
But, er, what if people decide to live away from London precisely to get away from politics and politicians? Could it backfire? And what if peers of the realm and metropolitan MPs should get bitten by the bug of the regions, take up clog dancing and say to hell with Westminster? The entire system could collapse.
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane ..
Yes, democracy could be dangerously diverted.
Tailpiece
WHAT'S furry, has whiskers and catches outlaws?
A posse cat.
Last word
A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat. – P J O'Rourke
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