Rather than admit it and have a good laugh with everyone else, Fish tried to worm his way out of it with all sorts of tales. What he actually said in his forecast was:
“Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she’d heard there was a hurricane on the way. Well, if you are watching, don’t worry, there isn’t…”
20. Have to laugh
… they’re even calling him out from downunder.
19. Moo corner
18. Donny and Greenland
17. A bitta fun, that’s all
16. Dust bowl three
15. IYE on Press Sec
This didn’t take them long… Investigating Ms Zechariah’s claims that she’s a lawyer.
“…… CfA Executive Director Michelle Kuppersmith said, “Ms. Zacharia has represented herself as a lawyer repeatedly to buttress her reputation and credibility as a television legal commentator and now as the White House spokesperson, yet it seems it was all a lie. In California, calling yourself a lawyer without a license isn’t puffery; it’s a crime. The State Bar should investigate whether Ms. Zacharia has misled the public about her credentials and hold her accountable if she has.”……”
(1201) There’s been a fight which resulted in me filing a formal complaint, plus a delivery of sorts, plus other matters e.g. health. Only back inside now. (1227)
11. We had this story yesterday
… some of us had our say on her. Here’s a bit more.
10. Moo corner
9. Dust bowl part one
Part of the Route 66 saga, it’s a not particularly fine chapter in Americana in the 30s … many of us know tales of, how tough it was dirt farming and the rest of it, but only in seeing some fine detail can we conceptualise how close to oblivion is actually was for ordinary small holding folk. There are two more tales after this.
(0748) Well it turned out before 0800 anyway. 60%. Overcast, threatening rain out there but otherwise ok. (0827)
5. Faux conservatives?
Interesting question … can one be conservative, therefore free enterprise in this country, therefore capitalist, and yet opt for outsourcing overseas?
4. Steve corner
Mollie Hemingway Makes an Outstanding and Pro-American Point About Trump’s Oil Deal With Russia
Dirty Jack Smith Collected Information on Hundreds of Thousands of Republican Voters and Donors – Including Addresses and Credit Card Info
Bill Allowing Victims to Sue Judges, Others Who Let Illegals Run Wild Is Quietly Advancing in Congress
SPLC, FBI, TSA and ANTIFA Colluded Against Illinois Parent After He Fought Porn in Schools — New DOJ Report Ties It to Garland Memo
Pastor Removed from North Carolina School Board Meeting After Reading from Library Book Available to Students
Terms And Conditions Of An Alliance – How Washington Grounded Ukraine’s Drones
Researchers: Exercise Alters Brain Chemistry Within Minutes, and Brain Structure Over Years
We Are In A Cold Civil War — And We Refuse To See It
Much, much more.
Morning James, been up since sparrow’s fart this morning. Get like this sometimes, brain running like a diesel engine with a faulty governor. Usually I run one of roughly seven hypotheticals in my mind – to get some mental equilibrium going. A good one is building an aircraft carrier in my head. Usually drop off before I get anywhere near the flight deck 🤣
Wish I’d bought a coffee mill with stainless steel grinding wheels. Mine are ceramic and after a year the edge has gone. Piss poor grind annoyed me no end this morning. Grumpy, lack of sleep. The lad who’s fitting a new burner to my gas fire is coming over this morning. He trained as a heating engineer after serving in the Royal Artillery for four years. He was impressed when I told I’d been a forward observer in 29 Commando RA. He was 26 Regiment RA.
They got a new upgrade last month so I’ll probably discuss it with him when he’s here. Relevant to the conflict in [The] Ukraine. Oh, and he’s a coffee man so I’ll be using coffee bags 🙂
a) France. According to an internal assessment by the National Directorate of Border Police covering the first nine months of 2026, which Valeurs Actuelles has obtained, 67 Algerian minors have been intercepted in the department since the start of the year, compared to 44 during the same period in 2025. This represents a 39 percent increase, with border police noting that the arrivals are exclusively male.
The southwestern French department [i.e. via Spain] has emerged as a primary entry point for unaccompanied Algerian minors, with pressure intensifying over the summer months.
b) Germany. It has been revealed that police in the northern German city of Bremen have for more than a decade advised participants in workplace safety seminars that deliberately inducing vomiting can be one way to interrupt an attempted sexual assault or rape.
Franka Haedke, a spokeswoman for the Bremen police, said the guidance is part of broader self-defence instruction offered by the department’s Central Police Prevention unit.
c) Germany. Germans Want Less Support for Ukraine, Poll Shows. A majority of Germans oppose continued Ukraine aid with 53 percent favouring reduced support, while the AfD leads federal polling at 30 percent, according to an INSA survey.
d) UK. Restore Britain was tipped off about internal Home Office documents showing special advisers approving or rejecting draft FOI requests, asking whether it may draw scrutiny if the information was released. Who controls what the public gets to see?
(0302) Middle of the night, not going to be able to blog until just before 8, all being well. All being well means getting this second sleep in.
Last night, I was in a fairly bad way with health … circulation, arteries, stroke maybe … so there are two ways to get arteries right … aerobic and warm bed. Has worked so far tonight, part two hopefully coming up.
A fair bit to post, once redacted. Now must get out of socmed for the mo. Sleep well, reader.
Very rare footage of Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee performing “Why don’t you do right?” in 1943. It doesn’t get much better than this. pic.twitter.com/bpBdLNaP2L
Even though I was cocooned to a great extent over there (they protected what they saw as their college asset for some years), there were many times I was face to face with the native. If female, it was almost always pleasant … if male, it depended, esp. with young hoods in the yards.
The Uke thing has been just as distressing for Russians … former bros and sisses made enemies by the CIA, NATO, Britain and the EU honchos above … Russia truly had no option, knowing they’d be vilified. The USSR? Different other animal, inc. both countries.
Thank goodness Brits, Europeans and Americans are now starting to wake up to just whom Russia is fighting.
I’m thinking we need to forget this good guy bad guy epithet … Russia is just a sovereign nation … it’s always going to defend itself against a western agency like CIA/NATO which it feels is out to destroy it. Memories of WW2 and the years around it are still fresh. It’s always wanted to be the eastern part of Christendom and Empire.
Question is … in whose interest is it that Christendom be fractured?
