This Sunday's rumble is likely to be more of the occasional mini-burp given that we are enjoying some exceptional and gorgeous global warming.
An excellent satire: Many thanks to my e-pal Hank who has sent me an exceedingly witty satire on the progress, if such it be, of NORCOM. Written by Michael Peck of Foreign Policy.com it is well worth a read and here is a flavor of it:
Three years into the continuing rebellion of Great Britain's North American
colonies, public and parliamentary criticism of efforts to suppress the
insurgency is mounting. FP spoke with General Sir
Richard Featherweight, chief counterinsurgency adviser for Britain's North
American Security Assistance Force (NOSAF), regarding the state of the conflict:
FP: My Lord, critics argue that the British
counterinsurgency campaign in America is foundering. Do you concur?
General Featherweight: Good Sir, this is an absolute falsehood. With
the support of our Hessian coalition partners, we have almost broken the
insurgency. The army of General Washington...pardon, the so-called army of the
so-called General Washington...has been driven into the mountains of the
province of Pennsylvania, far from the cities and farms along the coast. His
army is depleted, and we are successfully interdicting his supplies and
reinforcements. Insurgent strength is melting like snow in June. Mark my words,
Sir. By next year, King George III will be able to proclaim "mission
accomplished."
More burps later . . .