Sunday [16 till close of play]

(1615) Evening all.

 

21. Enemies of the people


20. Via DAD at 1509

19. Moosh revisited


18. As it says


17. The corrupt judiciary, plus political clowns


16. Andy and Than Putzig

HERE

Led by PSI associate director and senior scientist Than Putzig, the selected project is the Geophysical Instruments for Marius Lunar pit Investigation, or GIMLI. PSI is partnering with Honeybee Robotics, which will build much of the equipment and instrumentation for the effort. The equipment and instrumentation will be carried on a lander and rover provided through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. The PSI work will be carried out in partnership with the Norwegian Space Agency.

“GIMLI represents the type of ambitious planetary science that PSI was built to pursue,” said PSI director and CEO Amanda Hendrix. “Than and his team are taking a scientific question we’ve been studying from orbit and have developed a way to investigate it directly on the moon. We’re excited to have PSI leading this effort and to be partnering with NASA and Honeybee Robotics to learn more about the moon and its volcanic past.”

Sun Mat

 

It’s just turned 1500 after an unexpectedly long call, so there goes the film. However, I could call this AKH corner … I see the worthy AKH was here earlier and now here’s a Peter Gunn with him in mind, followed by some jazz, also with him in mind. Does anyone else like these too?

Sunday [11 to 15]

(1219) Afternoon all. Fine if cool day here. The main post is up at Orphans and Jstack. (1256)

 

15. Govt robot

14. Julia knows


13. From “Oldtimer” on X


12. Cautionary tale: don’t become like the UK

Screenshot only

11. IYE corner

a. “Manufacturing Outrage: A Primer on Rage Farming”

https://www.wagthedog.io/p/manufacturing-outrage-a-primer-on-rage-farming

“ Rage farming is unique because it aims to spread false information and stir up strong emotions, which leads to more people sharing, commenting, or clicking on it.”

b. Just to add – both sides use it. 😉😉 Or is it one entity using it against both side so both sides claim victimhood.

c. Further reading:

https://therapygroupdc.com/therapist-dc-blog/rage-farming-how-algorithms-monetize-outrage-what-you-can-do/

When it all comes together

 

I’m thinking George Peppard in this: “I love it when a plan comes together.”

But even further … when the plan for the band comes together, as in the song version below … that’s nicer … but even better is when the audiennce so appreciates it … and even young reactors from today appreciate it …

… and that’s where we left it last time … a nice reaction but still feeling something might still be added in the future … and this is precisely what the guy below says at the end. He loved the studio version but this live version surpassed all. This is a couple here … my preferred reaction hosts … couples … but this pair, whom I’ve posted with Don MacLean’s song and I think Steely Dan’s … have not reacted here to the live Sultans … so here it is.

Downside of couple reactions, e.g. Brad and Lex, is that the guy is usually a dumbo, also having his finger on the stopping the song button, while the girl is getting right into it. And yes, he does stop it early below, at the wrong time, pluss he’s looking away at precisely the time the drummer does his thing (she sees it though) … I groaned at that point … how to ruin a reaction … not the first time with him either.

Besides, the viewers are there for the girl, not for him. I’m afraid we guys need to get that into our scones. However … this time … after his first interruption … he actually lets it play through, thank goodness … plus he appreciates what he has on his hands.

And what did he have on his hands? Possibly one of the greatest, if not the greatest live song rendition ever … big statement, that … you’ll doubtless think of dozens “better” … my purpose here today though is to just show an example when all elements, from performers to audience to reactors … are all on the same page, if only for a short time.

I’m also well aware that this would generally be a classical/baroque slot but this became available … so there it was.

Just listened right through again, “proofing” in a way and after the track itself ends, his comments are spot on, plus hers … this was the definitive young persons’ reaction, bringing in what the hell happened to music in the 2000s and 2010s? What went wrong, apart from just autotuning? Please listen to them until the very end.

How appropriate Jen’s comment was on X today … she feels the pulse:

Sunday [6 to 10]

(0935) When I’m away longer than average in the mornings, it usually meaning I’m gathering, which is the case this morning. Part of that is the next post. (1042)

 

10. Moo corner


9. We can fix this broken country … like this …


8. Crown shyness? 🤔


7. Hmmmm … the interpretation is everything here


6. Time for Sunday’s religious component

… and I’ve two topics … here’s the first:


This can be quite misunderstood … it’s not directed at the non-believer per se … the Hitchens C, the Dawkins and others of limited brain encompassment … it’s more for the already at least nominally believing, those who’ve crossed the first line to seeing things historically, back to ancient times, not hamstrung by illuminati or fabian modernism … those who’ve managed already to reject the Rothschild/Sabbatean thing, understanding why the west has been hoodwinked.

It’s actually at the next barrier the quote rings especially true and was precisely what the gospel accounts were about … why was JofN so down on the Pharisees and other cults? Answer … they were into externals, not internals. In a similar way, Agatha Christie had a character, Mr. Satterthwaite, who was not fond of young people in packs … always so concerned with externals … stunts, showmanship, postulating, looking the part … not yet complete humans, still searching to find themselves.

Which brings me to South Park and the Brand Management of Ginge and Whinge … the whole thing was about playacting like a Farage. Also, remember Hyacinth Bucket? It’s also the difference between Alphas and Sigmas.

So that quote above is for those whose faith is still expressed in much loud speaking, in applying human foibles, in chanting en masse, not unlike at a Nuremberg rally, in strict hierarchy at Official Festivities, with those of simple faith versus the pointy hatters making big shows in full regalia, into full ritual, full of graven images. Externals.

There was a youtube about Mary. Mary has been abused by at least one large sect and the YT pointed out that she was never any more than humble, never in grotesque statues people are worshipping, whilst vehemently denying that that’s what they are doing.

The two examples pointed to in the video were when JofN was on the cross, gazing down, saw Mary. The word to address her was not mother but “woman”. The original language it was expressed in was a compliment, as in woman, mother of nations … not a blunt rebuff, as in modern English. She was handed to John to now look after, to take into his home. Why not the brothers? They were still lip service believers, externalists, could not be trusted. Yet. To everything, there is a season.

The other example was the last time Mary was mentioned in the bible … at the last feast, where she was just one of the crowd. Does a grandmother wish to be the star of the show, doing her song and dance routine, showing off? No, she just delights in the family all being there, surrounding her, showing some reverence.

That’s how Mary needs to be revered, not in some heroine worship, in loud chanting.

Countless believers have explained over two millennia that the payoff is protection, guidance, comfort and courage. However, the quid pro quo is danger and many times the awful consequences of taking that ticket, that stance.

Watch how many click out of this post now in disgust, offput by its tone … that’s one of the consequences.

Sunday [1 to 5]

(0458) Good sleep, much recovered … that yesterday was always cause and effect, rather than from inside and as it dissipated, that was ok. I also need to be on the ball to protect, as you’ll see further down. (0608)

 

5. This is another higher grade piece

… where I’m going to protect the source here at Unherdables … the url and attribution are further down this page. Here are some salient fragments:

“I have been with Border Control for twenty‑one years, which includes service with Customs as well. I have worked at various locations, but I have been based at Manchester Airport for the last six years.

We have a quite diverse operation. This includes Immigration — checking that those who come into our country are legally allowed to be here, and checking their visa status. But we also look at packages and carry out Customs checks on all items. We look for any unusual shipments — ranging from contraband, Class A drugs, to weapons. In fact, we look for anything that should not be legally brought into the UK.

(W)hat does get complicated is the way that we report our findings through to senior management. We have had a lot of issues in the past, and I believe that Manchester Airport is one of the most poor‑performing airports in the UK — long queues, slow processing — simply down to lack of personnel and management structure.

Quite clearly, (the MSM) have an agenda. They push a political narrative which is promoted by the Government. You have to be a fool not to see that clearly. But also — the likes of GB News pick up stories, and I would call them “fake patriots” — people who have their own agenda, often for financial gain or worse — they could just be a mouthpiece for the Government. That’s why it’s difficult to trust even the so‑called alternative media. A lot of my colleagues just laugh about it…

Yes — it’s is called Aether (this other terminal). It’s a private terminal, quite a distance from the other terminals — for luxury passengers, chauffeur‑driven cars, and private screening, isn’t it? We all take rotation shifts to work in that private area as part of our normal airport operation. But that is not all that it is used for. Of course, there are day‑to‑day transfers and high‑value clients — but there is another side to that part of the airport that the public are not aware of.

(Y)ou see things not visible from the main terminals. Diplomatic flights arrive — they have specialist security and bypass normal screening because this is Government‑run. But what we have witnessed is something the public needs to know about. We patrol to check nothing is untoward. But there is an area we can see — but are formally prevented from entering or inspecting. That in itself is a major red flag.

Regular flights arrive there — 3 or 4 times every week. Transponders are switched off, yet they are given clearance to land using a special call sign. Passengers are NOT screened by us — they are processed directly by Home Office personnel. They board unmarked buses. Each flight carries 200–300 people.

Aircraft are tracked via transponder. Pilots can switch them off with special clearance — vanishing from public view. These are contracted Government aircraft — previously operated by Avro and 2XL Airways. These are subcontracted flights — and their passengers do not go through normal Border Control.

These flights arrive from the Middle East and sub‑Saharan Africa. They land between 2:00 am and 4:00 am. Government gives clearance. Unmarked buses collect passengers and leave through a hidden exit gate onto restricted roads — then merge onto motorways and vanish.

We receive NO flight manifests. We do NOT see the passengers. We only know their origin because ATC tells us. 3–4 flights × 18 months = massive numbers. Nobody knows who they are or where they go. We have no control — the Government does. Why the secrecy?

Q16: Didn’t Andrew Bridgen raise this? And Mayor Andy Burnham?

A: Yes. We passed information to Andrew Bridgen via a third party — but he did not demand answers.”

……

JH: There are many decisions I must make as admin, as any false move from me can put some of you under the hammer. I did say I’d run it today at OoL and Jstack. Shan’t now, as those are too insecure. It will just be here, ok?

4. DAD at 1508

a) France. Policewoman chased and beaten by Far-Left Mob as ‘Student’ riots spread in France.

Violence swept major French cities on Thursday as student protests over secondary-school conditions descended into riots, arson and attacks on police and emergency workers. Nearly 2,000 people were arrested and 305 officers injured, while French intelligence services accused the far-left France Unbowed and affiliated groups of organising the wider mobilisation.

b) UK. What your energy subsidies cost.

A live, sourced tally of payments to renewable and low-carbon electricity generators — traced to the official registers.

c) Germany. AfD MP denied the right to adopt a dog over party affiliation

Vanessa Behrendt, family-policy spokeswoman for the AfD group in the state parliament, contacted Fortuna Animali about a dog the association is offering for re-homing.

[DAD – Was it a black right-wing Labrador?]

d) EU funding for me, but not for thee?

On Tuesday, judges at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held hearings on a high-stakes financing dispute involving a controversial billboard and poster campaign in Czechia.

e) Wales. Is it something in the water in Wales that produces this stupidity in the Senedd? More laughs than Harry Secombe in the ‘Goon Show’.

3. For the very patient

This is from one of our regulars but I need to protect that person. The issue with the Prof is he does not reward haste but does reward patience, usually at fifteen minutes short of two hours. It’s a straight bargain for you, the watcher … obviously it being so slow is a ploy and it’s clearly not for those who cannot give over this time, as gems are embedded, I can assure you. It can be listened to rather than watched, which helps.

FIRST ITEM

SECOND ITEM

2. Steve at 1508

  • Hegseth Orders One-Day Military Stand-Down So Every Warrior Can Register, Request Ballots and Vote
  • Texas Mom Charged with Capital Murder After Shooting Both Sons — 21-Year-Old Pronounced Dead at the Scene, 15-Year-Old Dies at Hospital
  • Attorney to Senate: Of 72 COVID Patients Who Got Ivermectin in Court Wins, Only 3 Died
  • UK Sets Next Stage of Escalation Against Iran With Fairford Affair
  • Zelensky Plans To Flee [The] Ukraine If Peace Deal Is Reached
  • Exercise May Support Brain Health Through Two Key Molecules, Review Finds
  • Toronto Sun calls for those who approved and advanced harmful COVID vaccines to be fired and prosecuted
  • Oil prices retreat as Middle East export recovery tempers Iran war fears
  • Much much more.

1. Lord Toby’s had this today

Anti-Ulez activist Kevin Rees, who blew up a camera enforcing London’s ultra-low emission zone scheme with a home-made bomb, has been jailed for 15 years. The Telegraph has more.

Kevin Rees, 63, a retired electrical appliances engineer, prompted a counter-terrorism investigation by detonating explosives in the camera in Sidcup, south London, at 6.45pm on Dec 6th 2023.

The improvised explosive device damaged cars and property up to 100m away, with shrapnel striking the outside of a child’s bedroom.

Rees, of Sidcup, was convicted after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court in January of one count of causing an explosion likely to endanger life. On Friday, Judge Anthony Bate sentenced him at the Old Bailey to 15 years in prison.

……

JH: With Lord Toby, find Daily Sceptic in brolls (access in navbar above) and it’s in there … if not yet, then in a few hours.

The question is … was the sentence draconian? I ask a different question … why alone? Maybe he’s protecting the others. A further question is for how long can they do it before too many weary and feel the game’s no longer worth the candle? Danny Tommo? 15 years for this chap?

Plus most I think are aware of the floodgate effect once something happens to one of our beloved leaders, not that I’d suggest anything for a moment.

Saturday [21 till close of knees-upping]

(1720) Evening all. About an hour and a half ago, I was taken quite ill, left door and window open, poisoned air, really bad, nearly passed out, sick in the gut. Just overcoming it now. Tomorrow will be a knitting demonstration in the first slot after 1 to 5.

 

25. Bill is going to be in more detail tomorrow

HERE IS JUST THE URL FOR NOW

24. Rolf at Now and Next on War and the Big Picture

HERE

“As we skitter towards another Continental war that may finally see the end of our country let us look back to the start of our ruin. If enough can understand what 1914 cost us then perhaps we can turn back, even now.

There are over 100,000 war memorials in the UK erected in memory of our soldiers killed in WWI. They were paid for by local communities not by the Government. 

Each name on the stone cross is someone who might otherwise have lived a humble and productive everyday life. Moreover, someone who was fit enough to fight, which in some places put them in a minority: AI says we discovered how Britain had been failing the people at the call-up for the Second Boer War (1899–1902)….”

23. DAD on Reform blaming Restore

22. Steve on Brit dithering about Yurrup

HERE

“Every generation rewrites history: so runs the common truism. We are having to do it rather more quickly nowadays. Of course, history does not have to be rewritten from scratch: it is there in often exhaustive detail, digested in Official Histories, and beyond rational dispute. But what does need constant rewriting is our understanding of those plain facts: we joined, we voted to stay, we voted again to leave, we left. Our whole relationship with ‘Europe’ has been throughout marked by three things: ‘declinism’, deception (including self-deception), and fear.”

21. Andy opens proceedings

Saturday [16 to 20]

(1414) Afternoon all. (1456)

 

20. People try to put us down

Just because our vote is sound …

The things they say are awful cold

… hope I die like … really old

Why don’t y’all just fffffade away

… don’t try to dig what we all say.


19. Moo corner


18. An opinion


17. Greggs folic treats


16. The EU can just *&£#@#£&* off