Try these

 

Who said or wrote these? Match from the list below the quotes:

1. “Publish and be damned” … a reference to Harriette Wilson’s blackmail threat.

2. Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless … peacocks and lilies for instance.

3. One doesn’t have to get anywhere in a marriage. It’s not a public conveyance.

4. A fully-equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts … and dukes are just as great a terror and they last longer.

5. “Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you” … telegram to Mrs. Sherwood on the new baby.

a) Lloyd George
b) Dorothy Parker
c) Wellington
d) Iris Murdoch
e) Ruskin

Sat Mat

 

Just as I ran out of re-runs from blog HQ, this appeared on YT and at first I found “Laura”, which had good reviews … too good in fact … after putting the review here, YT told me it was not available in this country. Well of course. This below seems a fairly good movie.

“Dressed To Kill” was an excellent murder mystery and the third entry in the Michael Shayne detective series of the 40’s. It is the first one I’ve seen and I enjoyed the way Lloyd Nolan fit the title character like an old shoe. It had a great supporting cast and a story to match, unlike many B murder mysteries of this era which are often formulaic and predictable.

This one took considerable thought, and both the denouement and deus ex machina are pretty clever. Shane/Nolan has to solve a double murder in which the victims are killed at a dinner table with two different guns, and along the way we get to meet some very interesting characters, played by some very interesting character actors.

We also find out that he knows nearly everybody within shouting distance, which is a formidable number of people, as this is New York City. It creates a cheerfully amiable atmosphere, despite the grumpy Chief Inspector, played by William Demarest in his customary bombastic style.

Also on hand is Henry Daniell as a theatrical snob, and Mary Beth Hughes, maybe the prettiest B picture girl who never made the jump to more important pictures.

Saturday [16 to 20]

(1045) IYE is at NOWP just now. (1118)

 

20. Credit where credit is due

Has the Donald partly redeemed himself here?


19. Moosh corner


18. That US winter storm


17. The EU milks member states of money

Where will the Ukraine get cash to pay them from … or will they be a net receiving state from all other states?

Screenshot, not clip

16. Going to start with the CO and EK thing (again)

My position is that I don’t really know between the two … there’s been almost nothing on X which I’ve seen from EK, nor CO but once CO broke her silence and posted … followed by quite a few comments vilifying her, CO, but also a few on EK:


The one called Sheryl is a Christian Xer with a following, Planet Alison has almost no followers but is what seems secular sceptic. If we accept CO’s supporters’ summation, EK is a Zionist, not a Christian. If we accept EK’s supporters’ summation, CO is either a woman with a chip on her shoulder and largely pro Muslim, like Tucker, although she, CO, says Catholic, which is not necessarily Christian, if excessively Mary-ist.

Therefore quite hard to pin down. TPUSA still seems to be raking in the $$$$$s, quite effectively so, positioning itself as Christian. Hmmmmm, jury’s out imho … maybe all are iffy.

There is, of course, the Miles M explanation that neither CK nor JFK were dead after the “assassinations”.

Saturday [6 to 10]

(0550) Morning all. (0603)

 

10. Moosh corner


9. Dirty deeds done in the dark of night


8. The Banter Ban


7. It’s more than mad … it’s sick


6. DAD at 1272

a) Having been defeated in the Senate, Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly, is not waiting for the end of the Senate debate to falsely announce that she is supported by the French people.

b) Iraq: Baghdad asks Macron to repatriate its citizens imprisoned for belonging to the Islamic State.

c) Melenchon is EVIL; he is going for the Isl@mic vote.

d) What is it with NANTES? Something in tha air, the water
.? Nantes (44): The LFI candidate [a Mate of Melenchon] for mayor will remove the statue of Louis XVI if she wins….

e) The French Government has a budget. Once again it survived a no-confidence vote, spared by the Socialist Party’s decision not to bring it down.

Saturday [1 to 5]

(0313) First sleep done. Second hopefully on the way. (0343)

 

5. Anniversary not far away


4. Wheels within wheels


3. Steve at 1272

  • New MRC Study Shows Media Bias Against Trump Has Hit New High – More Than 9/10 at Times
  • Record Freeze is Predicted in 40 (US) States
  • Half of Germans Say Migration Is the “Country’s Biggest Problem,” Majority See Economic Decline and Free Speech Under Threat
  • Nurse Who Posted Disturbing “Wish” For Upcoming Birth of Karoline Leavitt’s Baby Has Been Fired (JH: Please see Steve’s two clips at UHC-WP … access from navbar)
  • A Stuttering Jack Smith Says He Can’t Remember Who Swore Him In as Special Counsel
  • President Trump Announces a Large Fleet of US Warships Is Moving Towards Iran – Threatens Iran on Hanging Protesters
  • A Day Of Two Fronts: High-Stakes Diplomacy Overshadowed By Russian Military Advances
  • Why the Black Death is so important to the pandemic industry
  • End of life, senators oppose all forms of assisted dying
  • America Officially Withdraws from the World Health Organization
  • Much more.

2. Lord T corner

a. At OoL, Grandpa wrote about smoking. M’lud added:


b. He also saw this in passing:


1. Just posted these on X and Gab

Donald Trump, in insulting the ordinary British person and armed forces men and women, rather than Starmer and Marxist henchmen, crossed a crass red line. He needs to apologise … not to starmer but to the ordinary Brit whom starmer hates.


Someone is appallingly advising DJT.

Friday [21 till close of play]

(1658) Almost evening, all, hope you have a good weekend.

 

26. What a foolish man Trump has become

After breaking his word to Iranians (mass slaughter resulting), he attacks patriotic Brits plus soldiers etc. instead of Starmer and the left who deserve it. Then we get to Bondi. Why is he trying to lose his base?

@realDonaldTrump


25. There might just be mobile phones soon if we’re lucky


24. Kill switches


23. Crowborough


22. Steve at 1272

  • John Case: Tina Peters Has Filed An Assault Complaint Against Her Assailant With The Colorado Department Of Corrections
  • Aaron Reitz: What We See More Broadly In The Islamic World Is Anti-Civilizational Forces At Play. Anywhere You See A Muslim Majority Country, You See Chaos, Crime, Oppression, Disease, Economic Stagnation
  • Rep. John Gillette: Jihadists Have A Plan, A 100 Year Plan To Take Over The Country By Infiltrating All Of Our Systems. We’ve Got To Put A Stop To It
  • Lynn Davenport: The Parallel System We Set Up To Flee The Government Schools Is The Charter School Model And That Has Lined The Pockets Of The Islamic Schools As Well As Possible CCP Ties With Other Charter Schools 

21. An interesting one

… not sure how far it gets us.