The needle on the record of history keeps skipping

Must Eat Brains                 The needle on the record of history keeps skipping.  Chris Ex Machina offers thoughts on Argentina's renewed bluster on the Islas Malvinas Falkland Islands. The story is timely, but the metaphor is 5-star  precious.   Later  (Our long dark night is [almost] over), a clot is recognized  for his own play on words, gaffe—  calling Malvinas the Maldives.