Stranger Things Advent Calendar - 2

Door number 2: 

Stranger Things Advent Calendar - 1

It's time for this year's caption advent calendar. This year it's full of stranger things!

Door number 1:

From The Mind of Merc - Trump's Mental Decline

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about Trump. Or, more specifically, Trump’s mental decline.

It is clear, whichever way you look at it, that there is something seriously wrong with the mental state of the President of the United States. I’m not referring to his racism, sexism, misogyny, narcissism or any of his other long-held and discriminatory beliefs (which could arguably, from my perspective, be referred symptoms of mental instability) but there are clear signs that the President is suffering from an increasingly severe cognitive decline.

Evidence includes:

-          verbal gaffes, growing confusion, and frequent memory lapses - including routinely confusing the names of countries, opponents, and foreign leaders, (which, according to Dr John Gartner states are “clinical signs of dementia”. Dr Gartner added that “Whatever personality issues or problems [people with dementia] have begin to deteriorate and they become even more crude, disorganized, aggressive, confused”.  In addition to this, Dr Ben Michaelis has noted a distinct difference both in his sentence structure and in the complexity of his vocabulary between from when he was, say, in 40s to now. Dr Michaelis also observed that Trump is not staying “linear” – he doesn’t stay on topic or answer the question he’s been asked (and not in the usual vague politician way but as in loses track of what was asked seconds earlier)).
-          falling asleep during high-profile meetings – in a work day that used to start at 10.30 and now rarely gets going before noon.
-          a wide-based gait and “droopy face” – noted by Dr Gartner as signs of a psychomotor deterioration 

Factor in a family history of history of dementia – Trump’s father, Fred Trump Sr. was diagnosed with dementia 8 years before he died and his niece, Mary Trump, has said she’s noticed similar symptoms in Trump that she saw in his father – and the probability of the president exhibiting at the very least early signs of the disease are too undeniable to ignore.

The trouble is, with Republicans controlling the government, and Trump being their golden goose, it is likely – however hypocritically given the focus that was directed at Biden’s mental health and capacity to operate efficiently in his role as President – that little will be done to prevent the President’s decline from impacting his work, our lives and the United States as a whole. And, when the man in charge of a country is using his personal affronts and perceived slights as the basis for national policy – like when Trump called off trade negotiations with Canada after taking a dislike to a viral video posted by Doug Ford, the Premier of Ontario, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking out against tariffs - this becomes a dangerous game for anyone to play or to allow to be played.

O Doctor! My Doctor!

And the second one being a parody of the Walt Whitman poem made famous by the film Dead Poets Society (and set at the end of the last 9th Doctor episode - The Parting of the Ways).

O Captain! My Captain! O Doctor! My Doctor! not by Walt Whitman
O Doctor! My Doctor! The battle now is done;
The ships have all been destroyed, Daleks gone - every one;
Your Rose is here, her mind unclear, the time vortex is pulsing,
Her golden eyes reveal her deed, and also that she’s dying:
      O her head! head! head!
            She can’t ignore its strong call!
                  Be not afraid the Doctor’s here,
                        He will save us all.

O Doctor! My Doctor! Step up to help the girl;
Step up—for you she did this thing—for you she saved the world;
For you she came back and fought —for you she stands there glowing;
It’s you she needs, to stop the pain, your resolve now is showing;
      The Doctor! Will help her!
            And save her from her fall;
                  He reaches out, his lips touch hers,
                        And he will save us all.

The Doctor catches her then, and lays her on the floor;
Rose wakes from her salvation and wonders what went before;
The Doctor’s face now shows a pain, he knows his time is done;
Though neither want, neither can staunch, the process has begun;
      Golden light flares, and then it fades!
            A new man stands there tall,
                  A diff’rent face (yet) still we know,
                        He will save us all.

Which Doctor

November is the month of Doctor Who Day (Nov 23) so, of course, this month's parodies have a Whovian theme. First a twist on a Cartoons song.

Witch Doctor Which Doctor not by The Cartoons (v1 - for this you have to imagine it's set c.2013)
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
(Oh, oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi

[Verse 1]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
So tell me which Doctor you think is just the best (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
So tell me which Doctor you think is just the best (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
We must know which doctor is better than the rest

[Chorus]
So tell me
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi

[Verse 2]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Just pick out which doctor you think is best of all (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Just pick out which doctor that is your number one (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
To help choose which doctor, here’s who you can choose from

[Chorus]
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi

[Bridge]
It might be so difficult, for you to pick your fav’rite
But if you are to’tly true and honest
There’s always one who stands out even if you won’t admit it
Deep down you know who you think is the best

[Chorus]
Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee)
Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee)
Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee)
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
Come on who?
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
Hartnell Troughton Pertwee Baker Davison Baker
McCoy McGann Eccleston Tennant Smith Capaldi
(Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee))
(Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee))
(Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee))
(Hartnell Troughton Pert (wee)) 

Tbh, I'm not completely sold on this - it's a bit of tongue twister and only goes up to Capaldi. But the only way I could fit all of them in and make it scan was to do it as numbers, which goes like this:

Witch Doctor Which Doctor not by The Cartoons (v2)
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
(Oh, oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?

[Verse 1]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
So tell me which Doctor you think is just the best (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
So tell me which Doctor you think is just the best (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
We must know which doctor is better than the rest

[Chorus]
So tell me
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one? 

[Verse 2]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Just pick out which doctor you think is best of all (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Just pick out which doctor that is your number one (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
To help choose which doctor, here’s who you can choose from

[Chorus]
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?

[Bridge]
It might be so difficult, for you to pick your fav’rite
But if you are to’tly true and honest
There’s always one who stands out even if you won’t admit it
Deep down you know who you think is the best

[Chorus]
One two three or four
One two three or four
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Come on who?
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
One two three or four five six seven eight nine or ten
Or eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen which one?
(One two three or four)
(One two three or four)
(One two three or four)
(One two three or four)

From The Mind of Merc - J K Rowling

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today (probably because of my last parody) I was thinking about J K Rowling.

I will admit I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter series and I still greatly enjoy reading and listening to it through audiobooks. However, I agree it has been massively tainted by the transphobic views expressed by its author, J. K. Rowling.

There have some who have tried to defend her saying her comments aren’t offensive (Robbie Coltrane), that they’re “simple facts on biology.” (Rishi Sunak) and even Rowling herself has denied the label claiming she wants trans people to be free from discrimination and abuse. But when someone sets up a foundation that directly supports those opposing trans causes, I think it becomes almost impossible to argue otherwise. 

The J K Rowling Women’s Fund is ‘a legal fighting fund for women protecting their sex-based rights’. It avows that it seeks to support those who have “lost their livelihoods or are facing tribunals because of their expressed beliefs” or are “being forced to comply with unreasonable inclusion policies regarding single sex spaces and services”. However, what that means or translates to is the fund is can be used by those/is dedicated to fighting against transgender rights "in the workplace [and] in public life”

It’s such a shame that after all the good she’s previously done including founding the Anne Rowling Clinic, the Volant Trust and the children’s charity Lumos – in fact she knocked herself off of the Forbes Rich List due to her charitable giving – and the people she’s helped (including myself), that she is now apparently prepared to die on this hill - that when you “throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he’s a woman then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside.” The irony of that stance being her own views pose a distinct and even clearer threat to transpeople and their rights.

Rowling has previously expressed her reasoning for her views as follows: “If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased [and] erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives.”
Aside from the fact that this doesn’t make sense as a) the point of transgender is to enable to someone to find and live their true identity and not ‘erase the concept of sex’ and b) even if it did ‘erase the concept of sex’, whatever happened in people’s lives will still have happened and can be discussed and related to – this ostensibly noble cause has some deeply problematic elements:

a)      The starting point for her transphobia seems to be due to a different phobia – the fear that men will use the ‘freedom’ to use female-only spaces by claiming to be transgender in order to attack women. There are a number of flaws in this thinking:
1) Number of reports of women attacked by transgender women: 0.

2) Ireland has operated ‘self-ID’ when it comes to gender since 2015 and in that time there have been no such incidents. In fact transgender women are far more likely to be the victims of sexual assault than the perpetrators. Especially when views like Rowling’s make such places of potential refuge from attacks out of bounds.

3) If a man wants to enter a female-only space and assault women then he will, regardless of what he identifies as.

4) By Rowling’s reasoning, lesbians should also be viewed as a threat to women as their sexual preference is directed towards women and they are free to enter women-only spaces.

5) If, as the UK Supreme Court has decreed – and Rowling ecstatically agreed with – a person’s sex is whatever they were assigned with at birth, she should be just as happy for a transgender man (who was born female) to use female-only spaces – which surely negates her aim of ‘protecting’ said spaces.
b)      The method she has chosen to carry out her campaign endangers the lives of the very transgender people she seems to fear (and claims not to want to hurt) as it seemingly denies their existence. She says she loves transgender people yet refutes the basis of their being – that biological sex can only be male or female – as propounded by the JKR Fund. Even though intersex variations exist and are an accepted scientific fact. 

Rowling’s discriminatory stance opens the door for even more extreme views and, sadly, violent actions of those who are even more strongly against the existence of transpeople.
Just as the appointment of Donald Trump as President in 2016 meant that previously concealed racist and misogynist people and views came to the fore under the impression that the ascension of the man who quite clearly shared their views meant said views were now acceptable, doing something that could be perceived to negatively impact the rights and existence of others – such as the transgender community – likewise can be and is interpreted by those vehemently opposed to the existence of transpeople as confirmation and approval of their own hate-filled views.
Since 2011-12 the number of hate crimes recorded by police has more than tripled and 2022-23 saw an 11% rise in hate crimes against transgender people compared to the previous year.
In 2023, 16 year old transgender Brianna Ghey in 2023 was killed in an “exceptionally brutal” attack by two 15 year old students 

It’s unclear if Rowling doesn’t see this or doesn’t care (although her support of anti-trans actions such as her defence of Maya Forstater who was sacked due to transphobic comments and her retweeting of posts by transphobic activists like Katherine Deves sadly suggests the latter)

Consequently, even if it’s supposedly ‘not what she means’, it doesn’t change the fact that if you wish to view yourself as an ally of the LGBTQIA+ community, you CANNOT align yourself with Rowling and her deeply problematic views which pose a threat to those she claims she respects. And it is worrying that so many – including Harry Potter stars – are seemingly fine with doing so.

Bernie Is Our King - !!!NEW!!!

Turning a transphobe's writings to good use - supporting the efforts of the should-have-been-President Bernie Sanders.

Weasley Bernie Is Our King not by J K Rowling
Bernie is our King, 
Bernie is our King, 
He won’t let the racists win. 
Bernie is our King.  

Bernie knows what’s occurring, 
He sees through Trump’s crazy spin, 
That's why sane people all sing, 
Bernie is our King!

Karma Come On Get Him - !!!NEW!!!

Continuing the anti-Trump parodies (because it's deserved and I won't stop until he's gone)

Karma chameleon – karma come on get him
He’s been in office since Jan ‘25
Since then the US has taken a dive
He’s done wrong (done wrong) and been convicted
He’s done wrong (done wrong ) but doesn't care
(He) don’t like to (like to) be contradicted
But fair is fair, but fair is fair 

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma - come on - get him
Cos fair is fair, cos fair is fair
Cannot allow him to behave quite so atrociously
Want to be free, want to be free

Can’t stand to hear his foul words every day
Hardly anyone around wants him to stay
He’s has trashed (has trashed) the economy
His tenure (tenure), has been too long
He’s racist (racist), and he’s a bigot
Want to be free, want to be free

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma - come on - get him
Cos fair is fair, cos fair is fair
Cannot allow him to behave quite so atrociously
Want to be free, want to be free

Every day is like more torture (more torture)
We’ve had enough (had enough), and need a cure
Every day is like more torture (more torture)
We’ve had enough (had enough), and need a cure

He’s done wrong (done wrong) and been convicted
He’s done wrong (done wrong ) but doesn't care
Don’t like to (like to) be contradicted
But fair is fair, but fair is fair

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma - come on - get him
Cos fair is fair, cos fair is fair
Cannot allow him to behave quite so atrociously
Want to be free, want to be free

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma - come on - get him
Cos fair is fair, cos fair is fair
Cannot allow him to behave quite so atrociously
Want to be free, want to be free

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma - come on - get him
Cos fair is fair, cos fair is fair
Cannot allow him to behave quite so atrociously
Want to be free, want to be free

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma - come on - get him

From The Mind of Merc - Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

In the unlikely event that you haven’t heard of the complete sh*tshow that is the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, here’s a timeline of how it’s gone so far: 

March 15: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is deported to El Salvador for alleged links to the MS-13 gang (despite a protected legal status which precludes him from being deported to that country).

March 18: An ICE official confirms several of those detained have NO CRIMINAL RECORD. April 1: It’s reported Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador due to an "administrative error".

April 4: Judge Paula Xinis orders the government to return Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight on April 7.

April 7: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts puts off Judge Xinis' midnight deadline.

April 8: The Trump administration claims the judge can't demand Abrego Garcia's return as it’s interference in foreign diplomacy.

April 9: Abrego Garcia's wife denies the allegation her husband is a member of the MS-13 gang.

April 10: The Supreme Court rules Judge Xinis "properly requires the Government to 'facilitate' Abrego Garcia's release from custody in El Salvador." But adds it may exceed her authority to insist they 'effectuate' her order. Trump’s team view this as a win for them.

April 11: Judge Xinis, arguing the Supreme Court has spoken, slams the Trump team’s handling of the case and orders "daily updates" on Abrego Garcia's status and efforts to bring him back.

April 12: It’s reported that Abrego Garcia is "alive and secure" in El Salvador's CECOT prison - no information is provided about efforts to return him to the United States.

April 14: Attorney General Pam Bondi says that Abrego Garcia's return is "up to El Salvador,". The El Salvadorian president says, "I don't have the power to return him to the United States."

April 15: Judge Xinis orders expedited discovery to resolve Abrego Garcia's wrongful deportation.

A DHS official claims they’re "prepared to facilitate Abrego Garcia's presence in the United States ... if he presents at a port of entry" -- but adds they don’t have the authority to extract him from "a foreign sovereign nation."

April 16: The DOJ says they’ll appeal Judge Xinis' ruling ordering them to facilitate his return.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland travels to El Salvador to meet with Abrego Garcia.

April 17: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit denies the Trump team’s effort to appeal Judge Xinis' order requiring it to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return.

Sen. Van Hollen succeeds in meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador

April 18: Sen. Van Hollen reveals Abrego Garcia was transferred 9 days ago to another facility.

Trump posts a picture on Truth Social of Abrego Garcia’s hand with his tattoos annotated to imply connections to MS-13. Trump claims the annotations are also tattooed on his hand.

April 21: The Salvadoran government rejects Democrat lawmakers request to visit Abrego Garcia.

April 22: Judge Xinis orders the government to more fully answer and respond to discovery requests from Abrego Garcia's attorneys. This is then paused for 7 days.

April 29: Trump says he "could" secure the return of Abrego Garcia, and "if he were the gentleman that you say he is, I would do that" but adds, "I'm not the one making this decision."

April 30: Multiple sources suggest Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in touch with El Salvador President about Abrego Garcia, although details are not clear.

May 7: Judge Xinis schedules a hearing for May 16 after the Trump administration invokes the state secrets privilege to shield information about its handling of the matter.

May 8: Attorneys for Abrego Garcia, saying they're "still in the dark" ask Judge Xinis to authorise depositions of additional officials.

May 13: Lawyers for Abrego Garcia push back saying that the government has produced no evidence that it's made "the slightest effort" to facilitate his release.

May 16: Trump’s team release Marco Rubio's May 5 declaration in support of the state secrets privilege claiming the disclosure of certain information requested by Abrego Garcia's attorneys "could be expected to cause significant harm to the foreign relations interests".

June 6: Abrego Garcia is brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges for allegedly participating in hauling undocumented migrants from Texas to the interior of the United States. Pam Bondi, after saying for months that it could not bring him back, says, "Our government presented El Salvador with an arrest warrant and they agreed to return him to our country."

Abrego Garcia makes his initial court appearance.

June 9: Federal prosecutors argue that Abrego Garcia poses "a serious risk of flight,"

Abrego Garcia's attorneys argue the wrongful deportation case is not over until the government is "held accountable" for "its blatant, willful, and persistent violations of court orders at excruciating cost to Abrego Garcia and his family."

June 10: The DOJ calls Abrego Garcia's attorneys' request to continue their case "desperate and disappointing," and argue that they complied with the order to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return.

June 11: Abrego Garcia’s Attorneys ask Judge Xinis to impose sanctions on the Trump team for what they call "repeated violations of its discovery obligations".

June 13: Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges. Judge Holmes says she will wait to decide whether he should be released from custody pending trial.

June 22: Judge Holmes denies the government's motion to detain Abrego Garcia while he awaits trial -- but acknowledges that, if released, he will likely be apprehended by ICE.

June 25: Judge Holmes outlines Abrego Garcia's conditions of release on bond, but he remains in custody after the judge asks whether the government has the ability to prevent his deportation while he awaits trial.

June 26: Abrego Garcia's attorneys move to have him returned to Maryland while he awaits trial. The administration says it will seek to deport him to a country other than his native El Salvador.

July 2: Abrego Garcia’s attorneys argue he could "face persecution or torture if removed directly to various other countries," adding he was subjected to severe mistreatment while in CECOT.

July 7: Judge Xinis orders the Trump administration to produce witnesses who can testify about the government's plans should Abrego Garcia be released from custody.

July 10: An ICE official testifies about the process the government might undertake to deport Abrego Garcia should he be released from custody in Tennessee.

July 11: Abrego Garcia's legal team asks Judge Xinis to order that he not be removed from the United States without at least 72 hours notice should he be released on bond.

July 16: A federal judge says he will rule within the next week on Abrego Garcia's pre-trial detention, after government attorneys argue Abrego Garcia poses a public danger and flight risk.

July 21: Abrego Garcia's attorneys ask for a 30-day stay if he is released from custody while awaiting trial.

July 23: Judge Xinis orders the Trump administration to return Abrego Garcia to Maryland upon his release from custody, shortly before a judge in Tennessee pauses Abrego Garcia's release for 30 days. The judge notes the poor attempts made by Trump’s team to tie Abrego Garcia to MS-13 (with the hand tattoo annotations)

Aug. 19: Abrego Garcia's attorneys seek to dismiss the criminal charges against him, accusing federal prosecutors of "vindictive and selective prosecution."

Aug. 22: Abrego Garcia is released from custody in Tennessee into the custody of his brother in Maryland, with orders to report to the ICE office in Baltimore on Monday morning.

The Trump administration say they may seek to deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda.

Aug. 25: Abrego Garcia is taken into immigration custody upon checking in with ICE and is transferred to a detention center in Virginia. His attorneys say ICE may deport him to Uganda after he rejected a plea deal to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for pleading guilty).

Judge Xinis says that the federal government is "absolutely forbidden" from deporting him.

Aug. 26: Attorneys for Abrego Garcia move to reopen his immigration case to seek asylum and allow Abrego Garcia to designate Costa Rica as the country of removal should he be deported.

Judge Xinis temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deporting Abrego Garcia until at least early October when his latest deportation court challenge is expected to be resolved.

Aug. 28: Abrego Garcia’s lawyers say their client has been “vilified” in the media and ask for all officials to "refrain from making extrajudicial comments …materially prejudicing" proceedings.

Sept. 5: The Trump administration says it will remove Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if his immigration case is reopened and that it now plans to deport him to Eswatini, Africa.

So, to sum up, he was deported illegally, it was made clear he should have been brought back ASAP but wasn’t and that nothing’s been proven against him and Trump and his goons have basically stuck two fingers up at the law and said ‘F you – we’re doing it anyway.” So much for the land of the free(!)

Fuck Off Krasnov - !!!NEW!!!

 And the 2nd. And no more censoring my language over this topic.

Get Out (Right Now) Fuck Off (Krasnov)
We've had enough of all this bullshit dude
It’s crazy and also hella rude
You think that we will do whatever we’re told. Always
Even though that’s never worked before
Surely you should now know the score
And realise we will never be controlled 

(We never thought you would or could)
Mess things up quite so bad, uh
(Now that you have and so we want)
To stop this MAGA fad 

Fuck off (leave) Krasnov
We want you out right now
You spread hate (yeah) through your mandates but we’ve had enough
'Cause we know that you are (what?)
A monster (true) and we just want you gone
You think that you’re a genius
You couldn’t be any more wrong (you’re so wrong)

Tell me why you find this such a shock
When it’s shouted from every city block
How can you keep all of that out?
It might not be what you may want to hear
But we’ll make the message loud and clear
For just however long we have to shout

(You’ve had your time and you’ve had your fun)
Definitely not fun for us
(We now want an end to your run)
Get out and do not make a fuss

Fuck off (leave) Krasnov
We want you out right now
You spread hate (yeah) through your mandates but we’ve had enough
'Cause we know that you are (what?)
A monster (true) and we just want you gone
You think that you’re a genius
You couldn’t be any more wrong (you’re so wrong)

Made people think you’re on their side
That all that you say is always right
But the truth is opposite
So you try to flip the script,
And distract from what you have done(oh)
You just look out for number one (oh)
But we won’t be silenced
Even if we are sentenced (oh, oh)

Fuck off (leave) Krasnov
We want you out right now
You spread hate (yeah) through your mandates but we’ve had enough
'Cause we know that you are (what?)
A monster (true) and we just want you gone
You think that you’re a genius
You couldn’t be any more wrong (you’re so wrong)

Fuck off (leave) Krasnov
We want you out right now
You spread hate (yeah) through your mandates but we’ve had enough
'Cause we know that you are (what?)
A monster (true) and we just want you gone
You think that you’re a genius
You couldn’t be any more wrong (you’re so wrong)

Fuck off (leave) Krasnov
We want you out right now
You spread hate (yeah) through your mandates but we’ve had enough
'Cause we know that you are (what?)
A monster (true) and we just want you gone
You think that you’re a genius
You couldn’t be any more wrong (you’re so wrong)

Great Again - !!!NEW!!!

Nearly caught up. Time for the first of September's posts.

Whole Again Great Again not by Atomic Kitten
Taking people from off of the street
They’ve done nothing wrong
Still they must face defeat
They shouldn’t be gone
Won’t admit you’re wrong
Um, how’s this make us great again?

And if you see a normal human man
He’s hugging and he’s kissing
(A)nother human man
You say that’s a sin
Don’t want it to win
How’s this make us great again?

You think you’re totally adored
But the truth is that you’re really abhorred
You think you’re the one, but when all’s said and done
How’s this make us great again?

Think that Putin really is your friend
Don’t realise he only
Just serves his own ends
Shouldn’t help him out
Makes us all scream and shout
How’s this make us great again?

You think you’re totally adored
But the truth is that you’re really abhorred
You think you’re the one, but when all’s said and done
How’s this make us great again?

You’ve (the) wrong priorities
Think guns are never the problem
In our cities
So many lives are gone
And you just let it go on
Oh how’s this make us great again?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

You think you’re totally adored
But the truth is that you’re really abhorred
Although you think you’re the one, when all’s said and done
How’s this make us great again?

Oh, whoa

You think you’re totally adored
But the truth is that you’re really abhorred
You think you’re the one, but when all’s said and done
How’s this make us great again?

Oh, you thought you're the one, but after you’re gone
How’d this make us great again

From The Mind of Merc - RFK

Time for August's Mind of Merc post.

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about RFK.

I cannot get over this comment made by RFK at a recent hearing. He legitimately said:

“We, you know, people, we need to stop trusting the experts…And trusting the experts is not a feature of science. It’s not a feature of democracy. It’s a feature of religion and it’s a feature of totalitarianism. ”

Umm… WHAT THE ACTUAL F*CK?!? This is the Head of US Health and Human Services telling us experts are bad and not a part of science. Aside from the undeniable fact of how wrong this is, could it possibly be because the experts are not agreeing with all the other bizarre and frankly ridiculous stuff he’s come out with?

Like:

-          Vaccines are bad and cause autism – WRONG
-          COV-ID targets certain ethnic groups – WRONG
-          COV-ID vaccines are linked to “thousands” of deaths – WRONG
-          Vitamins are better for treating measles than vaccinations – result: massive measles outbreak and several deaths

But, hey, as long as he supports Trump – that’s clearly the most important thing(!)

Ukraine, Ukraine - !!!NEW!!!

And the 2nd:

Denise Denise Ukraine Ukraine not by Blondie
Oh, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We all support you, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We all support you, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We all support you 

Ukraine, Ukraine
Flag of yellow and blue,
Ukraine, Ukraine
We will all support you,
Ukraine, Ukraine (it’s so true)
We will all support you

What Putin says, we know it’s all just lies
His evil ways, won’t win him his prize
Ukraine, Ukraine
We will all support you, oh

We know you’re the victim and on
That everyone does agree
By you (the) war was not begun
We are all behind you and behind Zelenskyy

Oh, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We will support you, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We will support you, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We will support you 

Ukraine, Ukraine
We know you’re in the right
Ukraine, Ukraine
We know you’ll win this fight
Ukraine, Ukraine
We will all support you, oh-oh

Oh, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We will support you, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We will support you, Ukraine, (it’s so true)
We will support you

Drag Queens Not Guns - !!!NEW!!!

Time for the first of August's posts.

An important message in the light of recent events.

Big Girls Don’t Cry Drag Queens Not Guns not by The Four Seasons
Drag queens not guns
Drag queens not guns

Drag queens not gun-un-uns (please not guns)
Drag queens not guns (who said they want guns?)
They said drag is bad-ad-ad (that’s so sad)
They said guns are rad (that is just mad)

(USA) They seem to think that guns are good
(USA) Want them in their neighbourhood
(USA) But my plan is much more fun
"Drag queens not guns"

Drag queens not gun-un-uns (please not guns)
Drag queens not guns (who said they want guns?)

How can drag be wor-or-orse (Can’t be worse)
Guns are such a curse (They’re such a curse)

(Tell me why) "Down with drag" is what they cried
(Tell me why) "Down with drag” won’t be denied
(Tell me why) "Down with drag” they’re full of lies
Drag queens not guns

Drag queens not gun-un-uns (please not guns)
Drag queens not guns (the way it should be done)
Drag queens not guns
Drag queens not guns
Drag queens not guns
Drag queens not guns
Drag queens not guns

From The Mind of Merc - Roe v Wade

And linking to the 2nd of 'July's posts, 'this month's Mind of Merc post.

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about Roe v Wade.

So here’s a fun fact in case you hadn’t picked up on it:
The birth rate in the US is declining and hit an all-time low in July of this year of 1.6 children per woman.

This is particularly of note since the overturn of Roe v Wade in 2022 could arguably be said to have been an attempt by men to control women and their reproductive capabilities. Guess that’s working out really well for them then! Guess if you try to control woman a) it ain’t gonna work and b) they’re gonna fight back. Who’d have guessed human beings would react that way!

Roe Roe Roe v Wade - !!!NEW!!!

And another relevant parody for July's 2nd post.

Row Row Row Your Boat Roe Roe Roe v Wade not by Elpihalet Oram Lyte
Roe, Roe, Roe v Wade,
Has been overturned,
Mis’rably, mis’rably, mis’rably, mis’rably
When will mankind learn? 

Roe, Roe, Roe v Wade,

Broke by Trump’s regime,

If you see the President,
Don’t forget to scream (Aaagh!) 

Alternate verses: 
Roe, Roe, Roe v Wade,
What are we to do,
Mis’rably, mis’rably, mis’rably, mis’rably
Gone in ‘22 

Roe, Roe, Roe v Wade,

Should never be touched,

But sadly the President,

Thought it was too much (Aaagh!)

Mind Your Business - !!!NEW!!!

Following on from June's Mind of Merc post, a revision of a questionable song to something more important for the first of July's posts.

Smack My Bitch Up Mind Your Business not by The Prodigy 
Get this
You don’t own this
Mind yo business
You don’t own this
Mind yo business
Get this

You don’t own this
Mind yo business
You don’t own this
Mind yo business
Get this

Get this

Get this

Mind yo business

Get this

Get this

Mind yo business

Get this

Get this

You don’t own this
Mind yo business
You don’t own this
Mind yo business
Get this

From The Mind of Merc - Adriana Smith

Time for June's Mind of Merc post.

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. Today I was thinking about Adriana Smith.

Apparently Handmaid’s Tale is no longer fiction. And, if you weren’t aware of this, here’s a brief rundown of the facts:
In February 2025, 30 year old Adriana Smith went to the hospital complaining of headaches.
She was given medication and sent home.
The following day, her boyfriend found her unable to breathe and called 911.
It was discovered she had blood clots on her brain and she was declared brain dead.
HOWEVER, at the time, Adriana was 9 weeks pregnant and because of her state’s anti-abortion law and the ‘detection of foetal cardiac activity’ Adriana was put on life support to allow the foetus to develop. This was against the wishes of her family.
In June 2025, Adriana’s baby was delivered (for which read removed from her body) at 6 months weighing 1 lb 13 oz.
And, as if that weren’t all terrible enough, here’s some additional facts to get your head around:

1)      The medical bills for keeping Adriana on ‘life support’ for all those months and delivering her baby? That went to the family – who had opposed it happening in the first place but been overruled.
2)      The reason the baby was delivered early? It wasn’t thriving INSIDE A CORPSE!!! Because that’s what Adriana’s body was at that stage – a corpse – and, guess what, a corpse can’t sustain a growing foetus – what a surprise!
3)      The baby, named Chance, is highly likely to “be blind, unable to walk or even struggle to survive because of the ‘complications’ of Adriana’s ‘health’”

We must be sick in the head as a society to think that is in anyway even vaguely acceptable.

From The Mind of Merc: An Idea

Sometimes I find my mind wandering over various eclectic topics and occasionally I am inspired to write some of them down. A short one for this month (as part of the catch-up)

A short but sweet idea:

Hush Little Aggador - !!!NEW!!!

And a little nursery rhyme. Perhaps as an alternative to a Venusian lullaby.

Hush, little Aggador, don't you get mad,
Doctor will stop those who are doing bad.

If he gets caught with his companion, Jo,
To the throne room is then where he will go.

If Hepesh says he must fight,
He might find that the man will aid his flight.

If he fails to tell the Prince of you,
He’ll battle for his freedom and win it too.

If Arcturus shoots to kill,
He’ll miss and the Doctor’ll reveal all ill.

If the delegates can’t call for help,
He’ll still find a way to destroy the whelp.

If Hepesh takes the prince away,
He’ll arrive just in time with you to save the day.

If all of that had been no go,
He’d reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.

I actually wrote 2 version of this. The first follows the plot of the Curse of Peladon. This 2nd one is a more generic one to cover the 3rd Doctor's tenure.

Hush, little Aggador, don't you get mad,
Doctor will stop those who are doing bad.

Travelling round with Jo,
He’s never sure where on earth he will go.

He has come from Gallifrey,
And you can be sure he will save the day.

Smart and skilled in aikido,
With a screwdriver that’s sonic, you know.

He’s battled Daleks, Autons too,
But if you’re good then he will not fight you.

He can call on his UNIT friends,
But he doesn’t need them to achieve his ends.

Does what is needed to save all,
And ensure it’s our enemies who fall.

If he’s stuck and it seems no go,
He'll reverse the polarity of the neutron flow