(1636) Nearly evening.
26. This is what IYE was referring to
25. It’s a thought
24. The word’s getting around
23. Dog loyalty
22. One of the longest I’ve seen AP write
21. Steve at 1356
Hearts of Oak: John Waters – Ireland’s Awakening: Fuel Protests, Government Crackdowns & the Real Cost of Replacement
Well, IMDb have turned out useless today, stopping anyone accessing cast, reviews etc. Uh huh. I’ve included something from Wiki below the film:
According to Kinematograph Weekly the film did well at the British box office in May 1940.[9]
The TV Guide online review called it “An odd little comic thriller – who, except perhaps Michael Powell, would cast 47-year-old Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) star Conrad Veidt as a light romantic hero?”[10]
Time Out wrote that “Less stylish than The Spy in Black, this espionage thriller is more fun, with its tongue-in-cheek plot revelling in Hitchcockian eccentricities”. Radio Times describes it as “A neat Second World War espionage thriller that depicts a London crawling with spies”.
Dennis Schwartz of Ozus’ World Movie Reviews had mixed feelings, giving it a grade of B−. “The brisk pace and its added touches of quaintness, made the film endearing inspite [sic] of the lack of any character study and the one-dimensional tone of the villains.” However, he wondered “mhow much better a more romantically inclined hero would have fared in his [Veidt’s] role.”[11]
(1228) Afternoon all. (1320)
20. That colleen again
19. Moo corner
18. Crooks in Westminster and Whitehall
17. Estonia?
16. Excerpt from Rolf Norfolks post on PMQs
“Sir Keir claims the right to govern based on a freak electoral result but since then has repeatedly shown his contempt for democratic accountability, not least at PMQs. This week after another Starmer peroration on Tory past history Speaker Hoyle was driven to tell him “Prime Minister, it is Prime Minister’s questions. We have got to concentrate.”
Some may think that Sir Lindsay’s intervention was partly a response to recent public comment on his own seeming reluctance to hold the PM’s feet to the fire but even so the latter had angry words for Hoyle, stomping off and furiously clouting the Speaker’s chair on his way out.
I suspect that Starmer’s question-dodging and tetchiness are because like other fanatics he has delegated his identity to an ideology, in this case a simplistic political one. To question his belief, his mission, is to threaten his sense of himself and it triggers aggression.”
JH: So unprofessional, Circ Ear. Plus the other clown.
(0858)
15. More on Hungary
14. Moo corner
13. How does Britain escape all this?
12. IYE corner
a. There used to be a sign in the staff room of my F-I-L’s shop – “ You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps!” Wonder if it also applies in the Trump admin?
“ Waffle House employees in Rome, Georgia, say they have never laid eyes on Gregg Phillips, a top FEMA official who claims he was once teleported there……”
“ Despite the criticism, Phillips doubled down on his supernatural account this week, claiming that the incident occurred while he was “heavily medicated” and that the incident was a “miracle” performed by God.”
Uh huh.
b. Dddddd“ Operation Epstein Fury: From Clinton to Trump — Israel’s Blackmail of U.S. Presidents From Melania and Kushner to Adelson and Trump Jr.’s Israel-linked media machine, the buried Epstein Files reveal a wider system of war, blackmail, and control.”
|https://phantompain1984.substack.com/p/operation-epstein-fury-from-clinton
Excerpt:
“ Trump’s attacks on NATO make more sense once you see where Netanyahu’s war line is heading. Netanyahu has already started naming Erdoğan (Turkey’s president) as a problem and accusing him of accommodating “Iran’s terror regime and its proxies.” If Turkey is being prepared as the next confrontation after Iran, then NATO becomes a barrier to Israel, not a shield — because under Article 5, in a future direct conflict, America would be bound to stand with Turkey against Israel.…”
c. China, The Middle East & Russia On The World Stage of Peace”
“ Iran has $100 Billion in frozen assets. Scattered amongst a handful of countries, the US controls their release… Originally frozen by Carter after the Shah was ousted by the Iranians and Muslim students took 66 Americans hostage in 1979. While the hostage crisis is often cited as proof of Iran’s terrorism, the reason for the hostage crisis is rarely discussed.
The CIA created the crisis when they intervened in Iran’s sovereignty: On 19 August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was overthrown in a coup d’état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. It was instigated by the United Kingdom (MI6), under the name Operation Boot and the United States (CIA), under the name TP-AJAX Project or Operation Ajax. The Motive? Oil. ….”
|https://helenaglass.net/2026/04/15/china-the-middle-east-and-russia-on-the-world-stage-of-peace/
The more things change the more they stay the same.
d. I rest my case: Follow the Money – Scott Bessent
The Soros Protege. The Tax Dodge. The Buddy Bailout. The Epstein Blockade. A Deep Dive Into the 79th Secretary of the Treasury. It’s a doozy.“
https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/follow-the-money-scott-bessent
11. Paul Oosterhuis on X
Why were Australian Airforce drones and surveillance and targeting assets dispatched over the Geelong refinery around the time of the fire? If it turns out they were dispatched before the fire, this would indicate foreknowledge ( or complicity ) and would put paid to the “equipment failure” narrative. Something worth checking.
|https://youtu.be/_HiM4nC6cHM?si=hoEzi7CbCowM644n
Sometimes we do give away our age with posts like this … I started out with 125s … my fave was what I thought now was the BSA shaft drive … though I may be mistaken, it may have been chain … S7, S8 had shaft (?) … but the first I legally rode was the Triumph 350, with eyes on the Bonny 650. Thought 350 when Kawasaki arrived but then decided CB500 was my thang as an all rounder bike … city, some touring.
(0631) Morning all. Much happening just now.
10. Three shorts
9. Moo corner
8. Think this sums it up
7. Adore her
(0521)(0559)
6. Another shocking appointment by Donny?
Trump’s pick to head the CDC, Erica Schwartz, would likely be a disaster (says Aaron Siri on X).
Schwartz led nationwide Covid-19 vaccine deployment and her long track record of directly issuing rights-crushing civilian and military vaccine mandates, including mandating injection of smallpox, anthrax, and flu vaccines into U.S. Forces, and discipling those that refused, reflects she lacks the basic ethics and morals to lead the CDC.
This agency does not need another cheerleader for industry; it needs a regulator over industry. Her prior promotion, let alone mandates, of nearly a dozen different vaccines leave little hope she will objectively oversee CDC’s vaccine program which has, between 1986 and the 2026, gone from 3 injections to 29 injections, including in utero, by an infant’s first birthday, while chronic childhood disease has gone from under 10% to over 40% of children, most related to immune system dysregulation.
SOURCES: For examples of Schwartz mandating vaccines, see:
https://media.defense.gov/2019/Feb/25/2002092737/-1/-1/0/CI_6230_10B.PDF https://media.defense.gov/2019/Feb/19/2002090711/-1/-1/0/CI_6230_3D.PDF https://dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/CG-1/cg112/cg1121/docs/aig/2015/R%20211759Z%20JUL%2015.pdf
For increase in vaccine schedule, see:
https://cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/images/schedule1983s.jpg
https://cdc.gov/vaccines-pregnancy/hcp/vaccination-guidelines/index.html
https://cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/child-adolescent-age.html
The 29 injections in 2026 only include routine vaccines and the Covid-19 vaccine. Also see table on page 37 of Vacines, Amen. For rise in chronic health, see:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3944229/
(“According to data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) [1979-1981] over two million children under 17 years (3.8%) are afflicted by chronic conditions that cause some limitation of activ-ity.”);
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1646496/ (https://perma.cc/KN4A-94TV)
(“Data from the National Health Interview Survey indicate that the prevalence of activity-lim-iting chronic conditions among children under age 17 years doubled between 1960 and 1981, from 1.8 to 3.8 per cent.”);
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9551003/
(Among “children younger than 18 years who were included in the 1992-1994 National Health Interview Survey … [a] significant proportion of children, estimated at 6.5% of all US children, experienced some degree of disability.”);
https://cdc.gov/chronic-dis-ease/about/index.html (https://perma.cc/N4GT-38L2)
(“Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last 1 year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both.”);
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21570014/ (https://perma.cc/62JZ-SRY4)
(The 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health found that: “An estimated 43% of US children (32 million) currently have at least 1 of 20 chronic health conditions assessed, increasing to 54.1% when overweight, obesity, or being at risk for developmental delays are included.”);
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40058728/
(Only considering a “condition that is typically pediatric-onset and expected to be persistent or severe” or a “functional/ activity limitation related to a condition that is typically pediatric-onset and expected to be persistent or severe” from the National Health Interview Survey data it found that children falling into this category “has risen from 22.57% in 1999/2000 to 30.21% in 2017/2018”);
https://www.cdc. gov/school-health-conditions/chronic-conditions/index.html
(“In the United States, more than 40% of school-aged children and adolescents have at least one chronic health condition”); See Part IV of Vaccines, Amen for additional sources. For relationship of chronic health issues to immune system dysregulation, see among other sources:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30741719/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28849096/
https://pub-med.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39426507/ (https://perma.cc/BTM6-HFF8);
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5373490/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39481220/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10906461/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39681901/ (https://perma.cc/LN7W-ZAX8).
See Part IV of Vaccines.
Amen for additional sources.
https://cnn.com/2026/04/16/health/erica-schwartz-cdc-director
Meanwhile, Peter Sweden:
This is not a “conspiracy theory” It appears that Pfizer and Moderna used a technology that was patented by Monsanto in the 1980s for use in GMO crops They reportedly used this to make the c*vid vaccine Source? Bayer who owns Monsanto is SUING Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson for royalties So they used a technology that was originally developed for genetically engineered crops? I’m sure people would have liked to know this.
Further:
Very bad move by Donny … what is wrong with the man? Who is advising or pressuring him? Remember “Warp Speed”? Also look at RFK Jr sidelined, now doing podcasts like the rest of us.
Grrrrrrr….
(0457) Here we go, folks. (0517)
5. Steve at 1355
4. Lebanon US 10 day ceasefire
3. DAD at 1355
a) Although the French presidential campaign for the 2027 elections has not yet fully kicked off, the Rassemblement National (RN) is already facing funding difficulties due to French banks’ refusal to grant it loans, forcing it to look elsewhere in Europe….
b) Canada. A 27-year-old Muslim woman was seriously injured Tuesday morning in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, in Montreal’s west end. According to several police sources cited by the local press, her own father allegedly tried to kill her….
c) France. Following an intense parliamentary battle, French MPs have voted to permanently abolish Low Emission Zones (LEZs), which were supposedly intended to limit pollution from combustion-engine vehicles in urban areas….
d) 60% of French people believe that we are witnessing “a replacement of the French population by non-European populations, primarily from the African continent.”….
2. And the view of a colleen
I partially disagree with her … just on one point … in various ways, men can’t reach ladies’ heights, highly skilled … in others, the chaps do it better. And her accent … swoon.
1. Ireland last night
(1403) Just finished training (tris and back), which was after a long conversation with MMutR whom I’m hoping is preparing an article for us. Before that I had to prepare a beef lunch, (fish later), as protein is the order of the day. Before that long conversation were around 10 to 14 topics to talk to him about … which followed the regular blogging you see before you at elevenses and earlier. In other words, full on until this moment now, when I start this evening’s blogging and Xing. Going to add a few of the 14 topics at a time, then rest up, perchance to snooze … you have your routines too of course.
30. Pringles
Another curiosity. I’ve given way to my Pringles addiction in the past few days … this morning, guess what was at the top of the recommended youtube list? Yep … analysis of all substances used in them, plus reconstituted potato … go ahead if you’ll still eat them now.
My interest is how did youtube know? The only way would be to access my supermart order online. Unless, of course, Someone else Above decided to warn me. Hmmmmmm.
29. A point of view
28. Saw this too
27. Saw this
26. It’s not just Moo I run
Quick quiz question … what fragrance does gorse give off?
25. Hard disks
If you’re a techie, you might be looking for 24Tb drives or multiples of that. This is not about the tech per se … more about the cost. A while ago, a 20Tb was around £200 … today £500. What seems to be happening is that the higher the ask in Tb, the higher the price shoots up … but there appears to becan upper limit to size, space.
If that is the case and tech is approaching its zenith about now … what then of AI demands?
24. Cirkear caught out, sneaky bstd?
23. At NOWP 1355
One from DAD, one from IYE … interesting viewing.
22. Viktor and this Magyar character
Well, for a start, Magyar is the ancient name for Hungary, rather than just a person’s name. Then there was Viktor conceding so easily, no insults, to someone from his own party offshoot. Who has now refused to open borders.
Uh huh. Was the whole thing a rightwing put up job … and now his successor has a supermajority? Interesting, eh?
21. A fellow Xer, Sophia
… the narrowboat ex-nurse, vaxx refusenik etc. (good girl), wrote a piece on X, warning off certain types … and I replied:
That’s not the part which intrigued me … it was that she reposted both parts.
20. Back to those topics from pre-midday
Giorgia, the clown and Italy … X is full of G and clown embracing … this sums up part of the nausea in Italy which I’ve already posted sshots on. Here’s another:
Giorgia has been taken, outmanoeuvered.
19. Moo corner
18. Karoline Leavitt
This is an exercise in not jumping before exploring. You’ll notice things in this:
It’s from a Johnny Midnight, using a Fox broadcast which I’ve taken a sshot of … presented by ILAN … did she really call Obama out by name? And in what context? I must go back to X and check.
……
Ok, I just rewatched it … yes, she very much did say it, she laid it out in detail what Obama did and when. Uh huh … now that precludes the influence, mishearing or whatever of JM and ILAN … she said it all right.
Ok … many have said this over the years. Yes, but this is KL at her presser, broadcast by Fox. Different other thing. Anything KL says is ok’d by the boss first. So … indictment?
17. Miranda
I mentioned the film, that there were two versions, one either side of the pond. He picked up on “Miranda” and said … and I scribbled some notes whilst listening … Miranda is connected to Serenity, which is part of the Firefly universe, which concerns an interplanetary govt experiment with widespread drugs which are designed to turn people compliant and meek … but instead turn them into monsters … a bit like globopsycho and the political class right now. He also mentioned The 27th Day … maybe that’s the film he was speaking of.
16. Redacted thumbnails
Youtube did a strange thing. If you look at the Wimpy post (thanks for the comments, chaps), you see a picture before you start it. All right but in my history queue, the picture is different:
In fact, YT warned me with a note, saying this video’s thumbnail has changed. Hmmmmm … what’s going on?