…..I love watching this show…..I love to find out what people consider talent…..and realize…..many people have no idea…..Nicole thinks its…..the most embarrassing shit ever……….and the first one up is…..SWEDEN….the twins sucked…..and after the first song….my darling wife asked me…. “WHY DO YOU WATCH THIS SHIT???”….and the second one up is…..UKRAINE…..they sucked….and my wife’s critic…. “OH, NOW SHE RAPPING IN UKRAINE?…..THE WORLD IS F….KED”…..up next….GERMANY….he sucked…..wifey…. “IS IT REQUIRED TO MAKE ONE SENTENCE SONGS???…..run, run, run, run…. “RUN OFF THE STAGE!”…..here comes LUXEMBOURG…..she sucked…..wifey yawned….next up….ISRAEL….she sucked….Nicole burped…..left to take a piss…..came back and said…. “OK, BYE!”…..here’s LITHUANIA…..he sucked…..nope, she didn’t like it…. “A BAD COSTUME VERSION OF A MISSY ELLIOT VIDEO”……coming up….SPAIN…..she sucked and the dancers were so Ru Paul….the rules say you can’t be over the age of 40 to compete….well, this women did not get the memo…..because her blown-up Botox face shot her to the age of….60….Nicloe burped again…..welcome ESTONIA…..this group sucked after 4 bars of the song….Nicole looked at me and said…. “REALLY WHITAKER???”…..she has a good point….these guys really sucked…..hitting the stage is …..IRELAND…..Goth devil-loving lady looked like Edward Scissorhands sister….and she sucked…..Nicole checked out a Podcast…..this time I said WTF?…..welcome to the stage….LATVIA…..he sucked but looked ok in latex….yep, still listening to her Podcast…..here’s….GREECE…..she sucked…..Nicole said….. “SCREW THIS I’M GOING TO BED!”…..she does sound like a bird drunk off of Ouzo….a King Charles subject….UNITED KINGDOM……he sucked…..and his dancers were really…..Christopher Street-ish…..Sweden’s neighbor…..NORWAY…..the band sucked….and I need more wine…..Ciao….ITALY…..she sucked….and I’ll bet my brother Massimo just smashed his TV…..say hello to….SERBIA…..she sucked….it was like she was singing a eulogy to her dead cat…..the other neighbor of Sweden…..FINLAND…..they sucked…. a Beavis and Butt-Head moment….what happened to the heavy metal band that won it years ago?…..I liked them…..one of my favorite countries…..PORTUGAL….the best one so far….not bad lady…..she has a beautiful voice……if she doesn’t win……someone should record her…..the country rarely visited…..ARMENIA…..they sucked….lalalalalala..…batibatibati….hahahaha…..easy lyrics….I thought I was in a Bollywood film for a minute……come on…..CYPRUS…..she sucked….and the world does not need another Shakira wanna-be…..from alp country……we have …..SWITZERLAND….he sucked…..try theatre dude….let’s try….SLOVENIA….she sucked….and was real scary looking……another favorite country…..CROATIA…..he sucked….and Baby Lasagna….change your name bro….catchy tune though….GEORGIA….not that one…..the other one…..she sucked…..just like her song…..and last and thank God…..FRANCE…..he sucked….mumble, mumble, mumble through the song…..dude would make a metal detector explode at an airport…..oh wait….one more….wiener schnitzel country…..AUSTRIA…..she sucked….just what Vienna needs…..another J-Lo…..and now all the contestants have performed their songs….and I have to wait for 37 countries around the world…and other people watching this garbage……to cast their vote….for the best song…..sounds like the perfect time for me to refill my glass with more wine…..and eat a chicken leg…..be right back…………………………………………………oh my good, good,  goodness…..Sweden is bombing us with ABBA songs…..and a ABBA hologram concert…..I’m going to eat the other chicken leg…………………………..and now last year’s winner….from Sweden…..Loreen is performing…..boy did I pick a bad time to run out of weed…………and chicken legs …………………………………..finally, now the voting is coming in……and from the 37 countries voting….and the public voting…..the winner is…..you have got to be kidding me…… “SWITZERLAND????”……the crowd booed the Israeli juror……here’s the thing…..music taste has changed….just like it always has……I remember when Rock & Roll was the devil’s music…..they said Rap music wouldn’t last long….they could’ve killed Disco in its infancy though…..most of the songs performed were techno and rave…..two that could die with Disco….but who am I to judge…..I know what I like…..and most of the stuff I watched being performed wasn’t it….except for the woman from Portugal…..such a beautiful voice…..and Ireland….seriously…..WTF were you thinking???

SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER SHOT….He was wounded when an assailant fired multiple shots outside of a government meeting….dude busted off 4 shots and two hit the target in his head and chest…the police got the guy before my man was airlifted to a hospital….listed in stable….but serious condition….Prime minister Fico rose to prominence on a…..pro-Russian and anti-U.S. message…..in January he halted aid to Ukraine……the shooter said he was protesting the suspension of military aid to the Ukraine….that’s definitely a strange way to get your point across…..and…..

GEORGIA’S PASSAGE OF RUSSIAN-INSPIRED LAW PUSHES COUNTRY TO BREAKING POINT….Not that Georgia….the other one near me…..this law will require non-governmental organizations receiving 20 percent of their funding from foreign donors….to register with national security services….as promoting the interests of a foreign power…..this law will permit the government to criminalize opposition, civil society and pro-democracy groups…..cementing further Georgian dreams of authoritarians turning away for the West….there had been weeks of protest….and warnings from the European Commission and the U.S. against the law….no matter what….this law is going to pass…..and the police are already using thuggish methods against peaceful protesters….like water cannons, tear gas….beating up and blooding people.

CAITLIN CLARK’S FIRST WNBA GAME KIND OF PROVED DIANNA TAURASI RIGHT….Welcome to the big-leagues “America’s sweetheart”….Diana said she would’ve taken Paige Bueckers over Caitlin in a heartbeat….and I agree because Paige can ball….yeah, Caitlin hit 20 buckets….but she got into foul trouble and had 10 turnovers….call it rookie jitters but….what she did in college…ain’t gonna happen in the bigs….and I’m sure she has a target on her and the other players in the WNBA…..can’t wait to school her.

YOU TUBE BLOCKS ACCESS TO PROTEST ANTHEM IN HONG KONG….Man China, give it a rest….Taiwan is going to turn out to be…..like Cuba was to America…..and….

CHINA-LINKED GROUP USES MALWARE TO TRY TO SPY ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING….We met a woman in Den Hagg, Netherlands….whose job was to design malware to prevent that…..I hope her programs are working.

GERMANY: COURT BACKS AfD’S SUSPECTED EXTREMIST STATUS….The far-right Alternative for Germany racist party….is officially suspected of extremism….that was a German court ruling….and this ruling upholds a lower-court ruling that the party challenged….and this means….intelligence services can now monitor all their activities and communications…..the party was founded in 2013…..and when refugee numbers started rising in the country in 2015….they went far-right nuts….and even more radical anti-migration force…..influential blocs within the party still hold ethno-national beliefs….that define anyone with a migrant heritage….as not “proper German”….even if they hold German citizenship.