(1601) Nearly evening all.
19. Moo corner
18. Coal
17. Nancy Mace on Nietspe
16. Steve corner from 1297
a. Hearts of Oak: Nick Buckley MBE – Gorton and Denton By-Election: Tackling Crime and Grooming Gangs Locally
b. War Room Battleground EP 949: The Patterns Of Islam Around The Globe Are Coming To America
(1239) Afternoon all. (1259)
15. The Australian summer
14. Health advice
13. Crimes against nature
12. Should be drummed out, charged and incarcerated
11. Lovely people the wartime Japs
(0913) Morning all. Been a frenetic morning so far, weather seems clearer today. (1035) Been off fighting wars and discussing songs with ladies. (1118) Slow here at HQ but haven’t stopped posting elsewhere, back again now. (1119)
10. Moo corner
9. Wall Street Apes
8. Have we had this one?
7. Just in case you need it
https://jameshigham.substack.com/p/restore-britain-agricultural-policy
6. Don’t forget
(0540) There are today, on top of our two chaps’ early posts, three topics open, one of which I was arguing on X last night. All were left tabs-open as I crashed and had a good sleep but that meant that I have to address them in tabs-order now, in order not to lose them.
You see, something is indeed going on at X … forces at work, many are referring to it, mainly those people finding things out. Thus, DAD and Steve will be run a bit later this morning, and I must also say that it’s my OoL day today, which brings up an interesting conundrum in itself … which topics at which site-page?
This site, HQ, has vast amounts of space but it is tied to my real life. If my real life meets a sword of Damocles (quite possibly in two weeks), then the whole kaboodle disappears. NOWP is maybe the most low-key, having the least drama. UHC-WP has very little storage and is better as a prepared set of archives. Jstack is at the mercy of outside forces, as is OoL.
There’s no solution other than also having material on external hard disks, usb sticks distributed around the kingdom, or else you readers yourselves and your storage there. Plus dead-tree. My advice is to always back up … never have it in just the one place … one back-up is good, two is better, three might keep it safer. (0751)
5. Steve at 1296
4. DAD at 1296
a) Ramadan 2026: Fasting is increasingly popular among young Muslims. 83% of 18-24 year olds observe it regularly. For sociologist Taril Yildiz, this enthusiasm is explained by “the emergence of a new generation born in France.”… (JH: Frankly, who cares?)
b) Several hundred thousand euros worth of cancer medication were stolen by men posing as police officers in Chanteloup-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne), near Val-d’Europe….
c) On the night of September 2, 2024, a fire devastated the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais). Two days later, a suspect was arrested and confessed to the crime. The fire caused immense damage to this neo-Gothic building. As reported in the press, the suspect has 26 convictions on his record….
d) Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (50): Over 8 tons of contraband tobacco seized in a truck loaded with potatoes. The driver received a one-year suspended prison sentence, a €50,000 fine, and a five-year ban from driving….
3. Two more on’t
https://x.com/vpopulimedia/status/2023501311896154232?s=20
2. TDS has an opening piece on vaxxes
… plus Steve is running an ongoing series on them. Yet again, I must stress that you need to save things, archive them, at your own “facility”. We can present them at various places here but if we’re hit, what then? I’m suggesting we all need three things in this matter … a spine and a certain industriousness, a lack of demoralised laziness. All of us, not just me. Plus caution … not taking unnecessary risks through Light Brigade or Rorke’s Drift or Custer type, ill thought-out bravado.
1. IYE and Rivkin
Was going to run it at OoL but it is vulnerable there so will only run a general overview at OoL of the current state of play in the UK, run Rivkin itself here, plus the other issues today, inc. vaxxes.
This was the last thing last night I ran on X, (at that point X ceases being British issues and is overtaken by the evening’s North American). This was it:
At this stage, here at HQ, I’ll just cover Rivkin as presented by IYE. As for the bunfight on X between Restore, Advance and Reform, I’ll cover that at OoL.
Plus this:
All right … the IYE files:
Sundance says google the “Rivkin Project” so I did
https:/x.com/TheLastRefuge2/status/2022942366685184185
Here’s what I got
(1605) Almost evening all, I’m back.
22. IYE corner
a. Grifty at 1296:3
b. “The Millennial Conundrum Of Marriage & Children
21. DAD at 1296
Another day – another ‘U’ turn.
Labour U-Turns on Local Election Cancellations after Reform Legal Challenge.
20. Steve at 1296
War Room:
Episode 5144: War Room Special: The 500 Days Of Tina Peters
19. Moo corner
18. War on X just now
17. Apart from the name confusion … Marsha-Martha
“Now here’s a fantastic hidden gem from the almighty B-movie emperor Roger Corman! Arguably even his finest directorial accomplishment of the 1950’s, unless of course you fancy laughably inept monster movies like “Attack of the Crab Monsters” or “Creature from the Haunted Sea”.
“Not of this Earth” is an exceptionally atmospheric and solidly scripted Sci-Fi tale, with remarkably strong acting performances and even a handful of visuals and sequences that are genuinely shocking considering the time it was made. The eerily charismatic Paul Birch depicts an atypical alien ambassador from the planet Davana, on an attempted mission to rescue the population that is slowing dying following the results of a devastating nuclear war.
He names himself Mr. Johnson and follows a 6-step program in order to fulfill his mission, which includes daily blood transfusions and selecting earthly specimens (like street bums and random Asian guys) to teleport across space through a closet door in his house. He hired the lovely Beverly Garland as a private nurse and also employs a lowlife thug as his servant/chauffeur. Johnson’s deadliest weapons are hidden behind a thick pair of sunglasses and near the climax he suddenly also controls some kind of flying and bloodsucking jellyfish!
Admittedly this all sounds like a bunch of campy nonsense, and it actually is, but it’s the most entertaining type of campy nonsense imaginable! Traditionally these good old-fashioned fifties Sci-Fi flicks don’t feature any (unnecessary) sequences or unnecessary sub plots, only straightforward action and relevant dialogs!
Paul Birch and Beverly Garland are terrific in the lead roles, but also the supportive cast deserves some praise. Notably Corman’s loyal buddy Dick Miller is memorable as a sly door-to-door salesman of vacuum cleaners.
Roger Corman also produced a sleazy 80’s update of his own gem in which contemporary porn star Traci Lords reprises the role of Beverly Garland. The plots are largely similar, but the 1988 version is more difficult to follow since the lead actress is parading around naked the entire time. Equally good fun, but go for the 50’s original for sheer Sci-Fi nostalgia.”
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Here’s one to keep us going