

(0920) Been a hellish morning so far. How’s yours been? (0942)
5. Steve at 1463
4. The evil in Massachusetts


3. DAD at 1463
a) The EU. Abolishing the Foreign Policy veto will not create a common strategic interest where none exists. It will merely allow the majority to impose on individual countries decisions that those countries may regard as a threat to their own security.
b) Italian Intelligence warns of another Mass Invasion of Ceuta as early as 10 August. Spain is reinforcing the enclave as thousands from the first storm remain, leaving reception facilities overwhelmed and public order strained.
c) From Adenauer to Spahn: the unravelling of Germany’s Christian Democratic tradition. The CDU once sought to anchor postwar Germany in a Christian vision of human dignity and moral order. Today, its symbols remain while the convictions behind them fade.
d) Germany. AfD Opens 20-Point Lead a Month Before Crucial State Elections. A new poll puts the AfD on course for a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, whilst the CDU may need support from other parties to prevent an AfD government.
e) The Second Vatican Council’s decree on priestly training, Optatam Totius, calls upon seminarians to “acquire a knowledge of Latin which will enable them to understand and make use of the sources of so many sciences and of the documents of the Church”. Yet, more than 65% of the cardinals have no knowledge of Latin, according to Francesco Capozza, a journalist for the Italian daily Il Tempo ……
Brought by reader/commenter Bill for you car buffs…
Have a look at this JDM car:
https://mag.toyota.co.uk/toyota-will-vi-have-you-ever-heard-of-it/

“We would not be surprised if you have never heard of the Toyota WiLL Vi. Though distinctively styled, this four-door saloon was produced for only two years on a low-volume schedule. It was also only available in Japan. And as if to try and guarantee its international invisibility, you cannot find a Toyota logo anywhere on the exterior or interior.”
(0742) This is a slightly different version of the post currently up at OoL and at Jstack. (0752)
The mastermind, the morlocks, the eloi and those who say no


(0305) It’s going to be a late start (maybe even 0800) because of the broken sleep. Below is an item to take us through to about 0800. (0354)
First take a look at the screenshot

Delving into someone’s background is one thing when AI data centres, using up just how much local water (?) do it … down to lil ole us doing it to see who is putting a certain point of view … and why. Toby Rogers is down on Wiles and other gatekeepers of DJT, plus down on DJT for the naivety of pushing Warp Speed.
So who is Toby Rogers? He writes for the Brownstone Institute:
The Brownstone Institute is a US-based nonprofit think tank founded in May 2021 by Jeffrey Tucker. It was created in response to pandemic-era government policies. The group promotes libertarian economic views, personal freedom, and critiques public health mandates. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Background and Focus
Activities and Reception
Ok. If you look at those behind Brownstone:
https://brownstone.org/authors
… you’ll see many Jewish authors, which is understandable because the brownstone house is a symbol of uptown, more salubrious New York:

In this case, we’re talking academics like Jeffrey Tucker, who is not Jewish:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Tucker
Having done that cursory ferreting, my feeling is that the beef with Wiles is more accurately being down on Big Pharma and the Medical Establishment, a wider topic. I wonder if Donny understands all this.
(1714) Evening all.
20. Spooky!

19. Moo corner

18. Alex from downunder

17. Land Registry games

16. Care4Calais

(1357) Afternoon all. (1414)
15. A Bobbie reminder

14. The Boris damage to the country

13. Clacton by election August 13th

12. Was Nazareth inhabited?

11. Was Mecca a lie?

… did you like it? Viv Stanshall did.
There was an American Pontiac which also went for the reverse angle rear window or rather a vertical one. Anyone recall that?
(0857) About second brek time. (0915)
10. Moo corner

9. Adam Smith’s great-great-great-great grandaughter or whatever

8. Bobbie on X today

7. There’s an attitude towards real Christianity
… which asks … just how biblical are you? And which bible? KJV or the revisionist NIV? And yesterday, we saw about translations … Hebrew to Greek to middle English … the pitfalls yet consistencies. Then this sort of thing:

Christian Science? Tom Cruise cults? Big $$$$ tele-evangelists? And what of secular bloggers such as myself? Is this the “lukewarm” written of in Revelation? Or is that just about the compromised?
It all needs thinking through. Personally, I’m highly suspicious of performative Farage types who screw their assistants. But am I a saint? No way known … hopefully a reformed baddy with some sort of moral compass now.
And so on.