Sting In The Tail

'If it happens in Vegas, it stays in Vegas' (or the various variations) .....

Michael Farchi - It Didn't Stay In Vegas

..... an expression that is meant to indicate that we don't talk about our misdemeanour's while away from home.

Guns, Mass Shootings, And Apathy.

After yet another US mass shooting, at around 2 a.m. near Empire Pizza at East Congress Street and Sixth Avenue, in Tucson, Arizona in July 2026 (and there have been a lot of mass shootings in America in 2026, usually ethnic gang related, but otherwise alcohol and drugs, or family disputes are the main apparent drivers) ... 

Twin Falls - In N Out Fatal Mall Shooting 

... one local resident, Anais Camacho,described the incident thus:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Since March 2026 Donald Trump has claimed a peace deal with Iran (on the US's terms of course) was imminent .....

Trump Has Claimed That Iran's 
"Begging To Make A Deal" Many Times.

 .... even in this week's news ... on a large number of occasions.

Crucified Mayor

Being a Mayor in France can be tough .....

Bernard Denis, Ex-Mayor of Saint-Come-du-Mont

.... trying to satisfy everyone can make it an impossible job, and lead you to make some strange decisions.

Just A Russian Scandal

Russians Tatyana Bakalchuk, and her husband Vladislav Bakalchuk, are the founders in 2004 of the website Wildberries .....

Wildberries

 ... it wasn't exactly an innovative site, but rather a Russian copy of Amazon, a bit like the Chinese Taobao (eBay lookalike) or Alibaba (Amazon lookalike), but it made her a billionairess worth £6.1 billion.