Thanks to its majority in the House of Representatives, the US Democratic Party was able to pass a motion earlier this week to impeach Donald Trump for a historic second time. By so doing, the dangerous and radical Democratic Party is seeking to undermine everything the USA has stood for over the last two hundred years.

Naturally, Republican politicians are mostly furious at this shabby attempt to divide the nation — a nation which until the impeachment vote was clearly united under god and ready for everyone to all just get along peacefully. …

In 1973 my family and I arrived in Britain. Though my parents were British, I’d spent most of my life up to that point elsewhere, almost exclusively in what were then called third-world countries that nevertheless had the great benefits of warmth and sunshine. Aside from the perpetually dreary gloomy British weather, there didn’t seem to be much difference between the Britain of that time and the other places I’d lived. …

Due to the fact that people in the USA and people in the UK speak similar languages and for the most part can understand each other tolerably well, there’s a certain amount of cross-cultural interaction that occurs in the realm of popular entertainments. Nowhere is this more true than in the area of comedy: most British people are familiar with at least a few US comic performers and most US citizens are familiar with at least a few British comedy programs.

The question therefore tends to arise: what’s the difference between US and British humor?

One difference arises from those who produce content. British comedy has historically been dominated by graduates from Oxford and Cambridge and therefore aimed solidly at the middle-class. Working-class (blue collar) viewers had to content themselves with Benny Hill, the nearest thing the British have ever produced that resembles generic lowbrow US comedy. In the USA, Hollywood producers and writers aim squarely at the mass market, which means simple formulae and a great deal of very obvious and very labored business. Laugh tracks were pioneered in the USA to ensure that the good folks at home would know when to join in the merriment — they couldn’t be trusted to work it out for themselves. To their eternal shame the British then imported this appalling innovation, which is why so many British productions of the 1970s and 1980s have grating laughter interrupting the humor on an annoyingly regular basis. …

There’s nothing better than a nice juicy sensation to attract people’s limited attention and thereby generate wholesome ad revenues. Sure, SARS-COV2 is the gift that keeps on giving, but even a misinformed and terrified populace can grow tired of the same old scare stories day after day, week after week, month after month. And it’s tiring for journalists to keep looking for ever-more-unlikely edge cases with which to frighten small children and their screen-addicted parents.

So the events of January 6th 2021 were most welcome. We got to stare at a different kind of sensation as mindless Trumpists waddled and pushed their way into the Capitol building while clueless security forces sometimes aided and sometimes attempted to oppose the drooling howling mob. Best of all, the purposeless temporary invasion didn’t actually change anything, so there was all the joy of spectacle without any of the pain of consequences. …

The question? What? What do we think of…?

I’ve been saying for years, decades, you can read my, they’re the most analyzed, journalists have, I saw it on TV myself, we have the best ratings, people are very angry. It’s a huge mistake, very dividing the country, I’ve been telling people for years we need to look into the tech companies, they have too much power. I’ve always said, where was their conscience when the other guy, you know who we’re talking about, was supporting terrorists? Did they talk about blocking when Adrian Lincoln divided our great nation? Did they block Jim Washinghood because of all the fighting? …

Smartphones. The Internet. Information flowing freely, accessible to all. What’s not to love?

I mean, not that long ago, if you wanted to become Dictator For Life and Supreme Leader of All You Survey, you’d need to get a significant number of heavily-armed people behind you, buy or start your own newspaper, radio show, and TV channel, and frankly be something of an organizational genius. You’d need to be ruthless and have a loyal inner circle ready to do your bidding at a moment’s notice.

No wonder so few people bothered to take over their countries! Such a hassle!

Fortunately today things are a lot easier thanks to all those lovely technologies mentioned above. Now practically anybody can become Supreme Leader if they want to! This is truly democracy in action! …

Hello, good evening, and welcome.

First let me say how shocked we all were to see the awful events that occurred last week in the capital of our greatest ally, a nation with whom we’ve had a close and special relationship since before my nanny fed me my first slice of hot buttered toast.

I know the events we all saw on television have shocked the good people of the United Kingdom, especially as for the past four years the British government has had a firm policy of toadying to President Trump and refusing to criticize him in any way. …

First of all I want to say how disappointed I am in our great nation. Fine people were peacefully protesting against a stolen election and suddenly the left-wing socialist media pretends there’s a riot and of course blames it all on the greatest President this nation has ever had.

It’s shameful.

Everyone knows all those protesters were really antifa dressed up in MAGA hats. The left-wing media just wants to silence the voices of truth and patriotism. …