(1718) Evening all. Absolutely nothing further needing posting this evening, chaps and chapesses, in the socio-political line. However Steve has something vitally important. (1939) Stories rolling in now, much on Jack Smith and on health … think I’ll go with the Ukraine and NATO.
13. The Ukraine and NATO
12. Steve and his airfix model
Apropos of nothing … this was my last Airfix model before age took me in other directions.. First flight: 22 December 1964.
Review:
“I am old enough to have seen “This Island Earth” when it was first released. After “Forbidden Planet”, it was the only other film for a decade to take place outside of Earth’s solar system.
Galactic fiction had been written for decades by Edmond Hamilton and a handful of others, very successfully; but it is still rare and hard to handle in film, because it requires some level of ideas and logical development of a political-philosophical system other than conventional and unimaginative acceptances–the stock in trade of those who rip off headlines, use titles such as “Across the Sea of Stars”–and then write nothing at all to go with the promising title.
Here we have a mysterious robot-controlled aircraft’s flight, mail from aliens, the building of an Inter-Rossiter communication device, tall-domed aliens (exhibiting a variety of ethical characters), interstellar flight, a war on a planet called Metalluna, flaming comet-missiles, a competent alien mutant creature, an intelligent cat named Neutron, romance, news conferences, good and bad advice and more.
The original story line, for those who have not read Raymond Z. Jones’ original mystery-sci-fi, is much better than what was done with its ideas in the film’s script. In that novel, Earth was to be destroyed, because it was in the way and being used as a base by one of two sides in a huge interstellar war; at the end, the hero, whose ingenuity has saved the one side, has to make a speech to save the Earth–a climax that did not make it into the film version.
Handsome Rex Reason, who lacks classical accent ability, plays scientist Cal Meacham, opposite Faith Domergue, a fair actress who does well as Ruth, his long-lost love, or is she. The film is stolen by Jeff Morrow as Exeter, also star of “Kronos”; Douglas Spencer is a bit disappointing as The Monitor, as is Lance Fuller as an evil Metallunan; the special effects such as rays that explode cars and the aforementioned comets are interesting for their time.
What is right about the film I suggest is its color, its adventure narrative and swift-paced unfolding, since it is rather well-directed; what is lacking is the first-rate ideas of the novel from which it was adapted.
“This Island Earth” ( a phrase later used in “Star trek’s “All Our Yesterdays”) is arguably a welcome change from all those sci-fi films where rockets seem tied to earth, unable to expand the human horizon.
I like it, and recommend it to anyone who wants to escape from the present mean-streets ugliness cult’s movies; it is physically beautiful and frankly more entertaining than most have credited it with being these past 50 years.”
(1234) Afternoon all. I’m back from my constitutional, with a confession … two days ago, I was “doddery” on this same walk. Today I was “sprightly”, leaping from walkway to walkway. There ya go. (1302)
15. Football
14. A buzz in Florida
13. But it’s not only with the savages that there is strife
Even back here, in London, is a lady called Jayda Fransen. Now, not being up with the nuances of far-rightism, though being a Restore supporter myself, a bit for the younger set, plus older … I have heard of Jayda, yes, Mark Collett, various others, TR of course, and two they seem down on are Danny Tommo and TR. With DT, they call him police informant, drug dealer, violence against a man with a one year old child near him …
… it’s all a bit confusing to me. Is DT letter agency, is he a baddy, not in jail at all? What?
12. Meanwhile, this 👇🏻
Now, despite the word Amuse, which suggests a satirical channel, this one’s been fairly accurately on most topics so far.
11. Why on earth would anyone let an Arab even co-pilot a plane?
This morning, I had a go at Steve first, then at DAD for his LBC piece. So obviously this was going to backfire on me later, according to Sod’s Law:
(0945)(0945)
Scholasticism versus Blinkered Bombasticism
The first and foremost criticism of the true empiricist is that he confuses. Just when people are clear about what he believes, he seems to change position on something. He says it’s because of subsequent data and many will see him as unreliable for that. But that is what empiricism is.
The showboating “Voice of Reason” as he calls himself, the god-free morality type, which includes many techie-types, is in fact, arguing everything from an a priori position of no-metaphysical-exists. He ties his hands to his sides after first donning the blinkers. Try telling the empirist that ✝️ian scripture is just flawed write ups by earthy men of the various times and the empiricist will agree … artifacts and documents are just that … they are what they are. Recorded by humans either divinely inspired or apocryphal. Going way back.
Well why believe in a Sky Fairy then, charges the “Voice of Reason”? The reply is that so many of those documents tie in with the gospels … sufficient for noted scholars throughout history to be almost convinced but still short of faith. It’s that “buying of the ticket”, genuinely, which then changes the picture. There’ve been a few people praying that I recover somewhat. The Voice of Reason says what utter tosh … it’s just a good, non-vaxxed metabolism and good old time.
Therefore there are two “camps”, are there not? Of late, I’ve been exploring the old scriptures, plus things like the Babylonian Talmud, Kabbalah, Weishaupt etc. … which brings me to the next point … the empiricist or scholar must cast widely. Regulars here for years know about the Holcombe Syndrome, where Perry Mason asks the sergeant what he does when he finds anomalies not fitting the general pattern of evidence. Holcombe says … you ignore them. (Or shelve them).
I saw a youtube asking what was Jesus of Nazareth banging on about throughout the gospels … what was He most against? It was firstly hypocrisy:
The second thing was the very approach of the Pharisees:
The written law was essentially the Torah, the oral became many things, inc. the Babylonian Talmud … this was human intervention by a priestly class. Guess which dominates today, esp. in Kabbalah and with the Sabbateans?
What was wrong with the Babylonian influence? It inverted, it turned the law on its head, it turned the Keepers of the Law into pedantic fanatics, living the life of Riley yet ruling like communist politburos over the downtrodden serfs.
They had and have usurped the original purpose of the Torah. Naturally, someone such as a Jesus threatened them, not unlike how a Danny Tommo now seems to have done here, unless the whole thing is theatre.
But thirdly, refining those two points before just a little more … it creates a divide between the “externalised” semi-faithful or lip-service faithful … and those who’ve internalised it into a relationship with their Maker. The latter are usually far quieter about it, while the former are about loud, public professions of faith, wearing big crosses, much chanting, gobbledegook and incense swinging, dressed in the regalia, much into the pomp and circumstance, addicted to High Ritual … and that’s before even looking at the “graven images”, from statues to paintings to frescoes.
And some of those are wild. A statue of Mary at the entrance to a church building, with no corresponding reference to a Christ? The “faithful” can see nothing untoward in that … not understanding in the least the connection with the pagan “sacred feminin”, of Lilit infamy. As for the sun god behind the cross in RC churches, esp. in the Vatican … say no more.
There’s nothing biblical in any of that. As for a third temple on the site of Fort Antonia … why? When the more likely site is a short distance away, where there actually had been a spring. Strategic misdirection. For metaphysical reasons.
Is the empiricist essentially anti Jewish? Not at all. Anti Babylonian? Yes … because so much bad over the millennia has arisen from its inversions. And so it goes ……..
Continuing the first series:
(0830) Wednesday proceeds. (0830)
10. Moo corner
9. Chairman Grassley of course is the hold up
8. The Labour horror
7. Men in women’s sport
6. Quite like Em
… an awakening normie, now a bit radicalised … worth a watch or listen:
The youtube uploading issue is real … garish “thumbnails”, OTT text bearing little relation to the content, clickbait not delivered on … and youtube failing to police veracity. The appalling ads methinks are YT policy to make people pay moolah to stop.
This one … though it has such failungs, and may well be AI slop, with annoying music, at least volume down … it does though include facts and an honest attitude to what is known and what is speculation. Worth a look, imho.
(0628) Dark out there. Morning all. Sky looks bleah. (0711)
5. Sidelights on Fairford
4. Steve at 1505
3. Craig Kelly was an Oz MP until “Bridgened”
Seems one of the good, outspoken pundits:
2. Our illustrious eldest member DAD at 1505
a) France. Scandal in Saint-Quentin (02): confirmed links between halal butcher shops and E. coli cases; a young girl has died.
Six butchers placed under formal investigation. “Sheep were reportedly slaughtered and butchered outside regulated channels, including at private homes.”
b) France. A shocking photo has shown the French actively assisting a controversial migrants’ boat preparing to leave the Normandy coast on an epic 36-hour journey to England last week.
The migrants are being handed lifejackets by the ‘French RNLI’, which is controlled by the Paris government, as lifeguards stand by to rescue any illegals who fall in.
c) British police have arrested dozens of demonstrators outside the Labour Party conference on Sunday during a protest in support of Palestine Action.
More than 250 protesters sat outside the conference centre in Liverpool, many holding home-made banners which read: “I support Palestine Action”, the banned group.
d) Germany. “Allahu Akbar” in Bavarian Church: Can the West Still Be Saved?
A Lutheran church in Bavaria allowed an imam to deliver the Islamic call to prayer during an interfaith event meant to showcase diversity ahead of elections and the 9/11 anniversary.
e) Crude oil exports from the Middle East region climbed to 12.8 million barrels a day, reaching their highest level since February. As attacks on regional energy infrastructure have subsided and Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline has resumed operations, oil markets are seeing significant relief.
1. Housekeeping
When Steve continued to run Bannon’s War Room, despite a rule about Bannon, he was obviously using loopholes, which admittedly is our style here, plus it was at NOWP, plus we at least want to run things from our guys with minimal interference from me.
However, DAD, I saw this morning, was quoting the egregious LBC … why not go straight for CNN, Socialist Daily, Establishment, M25 bubble daily, NYT, WaPo etc.?
Part of the answer is I’ve failed to put those on the watch list, thinking that everyone reading this blog complex knew all this. Also, it depends if “droppers” are quoting in order to present as evidence or quoting to criticise. It’s a complex issue with no easy resolution.
One thing about watchlists is they sometimes do have an effect when many of us pundits say it … e.g. Bowtie Martin, Charlie Ward. At the same time, we do need to scrutinise … it’s part of our brief … with neither fear nor favour … afap.
(1614) Nearing evening, chaps and chapesses.
20. The Uke massacre of Russ in 2014 in Odessa
It was said over and over at the old N.O. with photos … plus descriptions of soldiers on the roof … the Ukraine ordered the murders of the Russian speakers inside the Trades Hall in Odessa. To be more precise … Azov Brigade with NATO/CIA knowledge.
That and the overthrow of the President, plus the Uke shelling of the Donbass, with NATO/CIA advice at all stages was the root cause. Plus the failure to adhere to the peace agreement.
19. Moo corner
18. Has Britain any working warships left?
17. Kabuki theatre
16. Autopen
(1348) Afternoon all. Not all that well, usual of late. (1429)
15. Seems legit
On X:
On Telegram:
14. Another twofer
13. Another from Sarah White
12. Not even going to wonder why
Thought I’d look at the YT front page … almost complete reversal … back to familiar topics. Uh huh. One was single mothers, the baggage, or au contraire, the positive according to some men. One topic was horrible “stars of tele in Britain”.
It had all the red flags on the front, the loud, garish banner … one of the comments was “AI slop”. Whoever had written it had learnt hyperbole as a weapon … every sentence contained harsh criticisms of the “star”.
There were twelve starring names but only a few found near universal condemnation in comments, while others were not uppermost in most commenters’ minds but I never liked those “stars” for some reason. One commenter took the writer to task … they were all dead, the “stars”, how creepy to list people who could never reply.
Fair dos but let’s press on. The one near universally loathed was Cilla Black The others had varying degrees of criticism by commenters … Wilfred Brambell (nasty to H H Corbett), Tony Hancock (nasty to all, inc. to Syd James), Leonard Rossiter, Paul Daniels, a few others.
These first three were unpleasant characters anyway onscreen, so hardly different in RL … the others tried to cultivate nice personas.