[Allen Tice]

Noted New York region prognosticator A C P Tice has told his wife of many years that the probabilities are high that the forthcoming season of the political sleaze and mayhem Netflix thriller "House of Cards" will bore people to tears. He said privately that audiences are now so sleep-deprived from reading and viewing suddenly erupting US headlines and twitter posts in Russian which need simultaneous translation that they will doze when Kevin Spacey strangles Marco Rubio on screen. Forecaster Tice says that "House of Cards" will become "comfort food TV" like the Children's Television Workshop or Teletubbies that shell-shocked viewers will turn to for relief from the impending 24/7 riot of US politics.