Sunday [6 to 10]

(0915) Still not quite well, will run a very special TV episode after this and have a snooze if I can. (1001)

 

10. IYE and Leah part two

Here’s Part 2 from Leah

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/sold-out-at-2am-tier-2-the-next-16

“ In Part 1, we profiled the nine worst offenders among the 197 members of Congress who voted Aye on Roll Call Vote 124, the procedural vote that brought the FISA Section 702 reauthorization to the floor at 2:09 AM on April 17, 2026. Those nine members had a combined $11.5 million in pro-Israel donor and lobby money, 4,000+ stock trades, offshore shell companies, sealed felonies, and federal indictments.

But the other 188 Aye voters are not clean…”

(Are all politicians bent? Sheesh!)


9. Moo corner


8. Poor Virginia


7. Views of the other sex

6. IYE from yesterday

More broken promises.
“Sold Out at 2a.m.”

https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/sold-out-at-2am-part-1

“ At 2:09 in the morning on Friday, April 17, 2026, with most of the country asleep, the United States House of Representatives voted to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The program allows intelligence agencies to compel internet service providers to hand over the communications of foreigners located abroad, without a warrant. In practice, it has been used to sweep up the emails, texts, and phone calls of millions of Americans who happen to communicate with anyone overseas.

The vote was not supposed to happen that way. House Speaker Mike Johnson had originally scheduled the vote for Wednesday afternoon. It was supposed to be a straightforward five-year reauthorization. But the plan fell apart. A bipartisan coalition of privacy hawks demanded a warrant requirement for searching Americans’ data. Other factions wanted the bill loaded with unrelated immigration provisions. Johnson pulled the vote Wednesday. He tried again Thursday. Multiple proposals failed. A five-year extension died. An 18-month compromise died. About 20 Republicans joined most Democrats in killing it.

So they waited. They waited until the cameras were off, until the reporters had gone home, until the C-SPAN audience was in bed. And at 2:09 AM, they passed a 10-day emergency extension by voice vote. No recorded roll call, no individual accountability. The Senate rubber-stamped it unanimously the next morning.…”

Orchestral Liszt

 

There are so many versions of Hungarian Rhapsody 2 on YouTube, mainly for inidividual instruments, e.g. piano but I prefer the orchestral version … this stems from my early childhood … an EP my parents bought, with n2 on one side, n12 on the flipside.

There was only one version until late of an orchestral version plus a potted history of Liszt overlaid … I’ve posted it three or four times. Today, suddenly there was a new orchestral … I eagerly loaded it … guess what? Yep, embedding disabled.

But now there’s another which seems embeddable … let’s find out…

Sunday [2 to 5]

(0805)

ddddd

4. Steve corner

3. Think Jeremy Clarkson was suggesting we support our local butcher


2. DAD at 1357

a) French judicial investigation into X.com: the United States refuses to cooperate and accuses France of inappropriately using its law to attack freedom of expression.

b) France. The bill put forward following the tragic death of Philippine, a 19-year-old girl who was raped and killed in September 2024 by a migrant subject to a deportation order, is currently under consideration in the French National Assembly….

c) France. Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (94): A memo from the LR-led town hall aimed at “removing harmful populations” in order to “encourage the settlement of more European middle classes” is causing controversy.

d) The entire leadership of Your Party in Scotland has quit and declared the party is “over”. The left-wing vehicle was set up by English MPs Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn and attracted a mass of Scottish sign-ups, including prominent members of the Scottish Greens.

e) Tommy has a bizarre confrontation in the USA….

Sunday [1]

(0716) Slow start, chaps and chapesses … heart and migraine issue, now stabilised … bear with me this morning, it will take some time. (0722)

The future of AI

Lord T, whose field is IT (slightly longer profile below the article over at OoL plus Jstack, text copy backed up), has sent a piece on where “AI” is headed … he should know as he has to negotiate these things in a professional capacity. This is just the opening below:


Continued:

https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-future-of-ai.html

Saturday [16 till close of play]

(1647) Almost evening, chaps and any chapesses.

 

20. E bike, anyone?

19. Moo corner


18. An idea for CDC director


17. He lost his licence

… I lost my post at OoL. By the way, RFK Jr has come out in support of this Schwartz.


16. CK, EK etc.

Let’s open with Steve with this Xer Jacktron:

“The prosecution revealed that UVU cameras CAPTURED Tyler Robinson killing Charlie Kirk. The prosecution says the cameras captured Tyler Robinson going to the snipers perch, taking the shot at Charlie Kirk, and then running away into a wooded area. No wonder Crazy Candy the Bisexual Occultist is wetting her diaper: her entire shtick that she’s been building over the last six months is about to go down in flames. Never forget those who participated in this and those who refused to call it out for the sham it is.”

There were comments for and against. I found this one:

This below is from IYE:

CK was either electrocuted or there was an explosive in the microphone. Tyler wassisname is just another patsy. IMHO.

Another deep dive on CK from Leah:

“Was The TOUSA Insurance Policy Under Our Nose The Entire Time?”

|https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/was-the-tpusa-insurance-policy-under

My own thoughts but by no means definitive conclusions:

It’s so three letter agency JFK killing … the patsy who did fire, who knows where, the professional assassins, shenanigans with the body after it, the Warren Report. Almost the same playbook.

Sat Mat too

 

Cinemaserf Review:

“Having just watched the “Poseidon Adventure” (1972) it thought I ought to stick to the maritime theme and watch this rather enjoyable, if pretty procedural smuggling yarn. Preston Foster has some charm as “Sully” and Irene Harvey some pluck as “Joan”, involved in an investigation by the US treasury department into a clever criminal operation that uses some pretty ingenious publicity stunts and willing tourists to distribute their illicit contraband. There’s plenty of chemistry between the two in the lead; it moves along at a fairly ripping pace – with the occasional bit of wit and the odd twist to keep it interesting. The ending isn’t up to much, and the romance between Foster and Harvey does, on occasion, clutter up the flow of the adventure, but an adventure it is – and at just over an hour is well worth a watch.”

The IMDb mess:

I decided to try joining IMDb if it didn’t involve much. It did. The initial setting up of login and pword was fine … then they wanted phone.

Why?

I clicked out. Reviews will be from here and there from now on.

Sat Mat one

 

One episode now and one film later … this below is a high demand series, who knows how long we have it for?

No particular point in running a review on such a well known tale and version of it … which is just as well as IMDb have shut down access to reviews and other details without paying them or going through hoops.

Saturday [11 to 15]

(1045) Surprise TV episode coming up ready for elevenses. (1052)

 

15. End of choc as we know it?


14. Moo corner


13. Nick Shirley


12. More on Epsom

… including three of Steve’s in the mix in no particular order:


11. Epsom

Bentley Arnage

 

This post is more than just nostalgia … it’s a serious attempt to come to terms with what drivers are facing today. With the horrors of modern “compliant” vehicles, EVs, self-driving gimmicry etc. etc., many drivers are looking at c 2000-2010 as realistic cars to buy, get some years out of.

See what you think:

Some thoughts in comments there:

Saturday [6 to 10]

(0846) Still sunny … amazing. (0950)

 

10. Finding solutions

9. Moo corner


8. Ginge and Whinge at it again


7. What’s in a name?


6. Steve

Dominic McGregor:

“If the UK joined the US as the 51st state. We would be the poorest state in the entire union. Mississippi which is portrayed at swamp dwelling hillbillies in majority of international media is above us. I don’t think people grasp how far we’ve fallen in real terms when it comes to GDP per capita. We’ve seen no growth for almost an entire generations. We’ve seen our productivity decrease and our tax increases. The average person on the UK, on £50,000 is less well off than your average Mississippi swamp dweller.”

Gov Tate Reeves, Mississippi:

“As we say in Mississippi, “Bless Your Heart.” Or as you say in the UK, “As-Salamu Alaykum.” …”