Tag: British Empire

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Queen Victoria’s Ghost Celebrates Britain’s New Pornography Laws, Announces Empire Has Finally Returned to 1885 Without the Inconvenience of Having an Empire

Lowri Griffiths

Victorian Morality Returns to Britain, Although the Nation Can No Longer Afford Victorian Plumbing LONDON, ENGLAND | The ghost of Queen Victoria has reportedly emerged from Windsor Castle to congratulate the British government on its latest pornography restrictions, declaring that Britain has finally returned to the moral atmosphere of the nineteenth century without the expense of maintaining the world’s largest empire. Her Majesty, who reigned from 1837 until 1901, expressed…

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Iran Won’t Surrender Because…

Alan Nafzger

Iran Won’t Surrender Because “Have You Met Iran?” Francis Fukuyama Explains Why Iran Won’t Surrender: “History Hasn’t Ended There Yet” WASHINGTON — Political philosopher Francis Fukuyama, a man who once famously suggested that liberal democracy had essentially wrapped up the story of human political development, has now clarified that one small footnote remains: Iran. Speaking to a group of confused foreign policy interns at a Washington think tank breakfast buffet featuring…

Current Absurdities International Social

British Exceptionalism

Alan Nafzger

Britain Declares Itself Exceptional, Promises to Explain Why Later 🇬🇧☕ What’s the deal with British exceptionalism? — Jerry Seinfeld Britain this week reaffirmed its long-standing status as an exceptional nation, despite being unable to locate the paperwork explaining what, exactly, that exception currently covers. Officials assured the public that the explanation is forthcoming, possibly after tea, possibly after the next general election, or possibly after everyone agrees to stop asking…