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9. The virus and the vaxx

It’s not just deep lingering resentment and anger at the PTB, plus clown world “leaders” and place people doing their bidding, nor even the karens quite happy for us to die or be herded, just to save themselves (in their heads) …

… it’s far more … the psychos above actively working out ways to kill us off … and implementing those ways. Plus the real effect on people’s health. Bad parenting, bad schooling, brainwashing, sedentary, phone to ear life … it’s a sickly lot coming through now, with all the asparagus syndrome, mental health issues plus inability to be satisfied … the Stones sang about it.

8. In which I look somewhat askance at the letter sites

… referring to TDS and TCW … for different reasons.

First up, this annoys me more than I can say but I can also see how those not involved in soc-med journalism might not align with this view below the line:

As I’ve mentioned a few times … in the days of the newspapers we bought on the way to work each morning or which were delivered … there were obvious costs to getting it to us, as well the livelihoods of editors, staff, far flung reporters … there really were costs …

… plus we more or less accepted the MSM view in the days before they became egregious misinformants … or at least we were unaware enough to pay the shilling.

But times change, we are where we are in 2024, and news aggregating is a different game. Not saying that AP and Reuters, even TGP, don’t still come up with a lot we could not otherwise get but there’s now an equal number, at least, of interested people the world over, wanting to share their local significant happenings and why … plus there’s a better chance of no blind eyes turned.

Then we come to the journalism itself. There’s a decent sort of chap I hobnobbed with whose idea of hot conversation was to thrash out the D’Oliveira conundrum and his triumphant 158 at The Oval, he might quote classical philosophers and drop into Latin now and then … an educated man.

Except politically. Being a decent chap, he had not been scrambling down political rabbit holes nor deep ferreting with a hunter’s eye and had not come out with seemingly bizarre tales … even offputting, not respectable conversation don’t you know … and thus, his political opinion was a mixed bag.

Now that’s fine in itself … he lives in his world, we get grubby in ours … but when what he presents in print carries a price tag … goodbye. Especially as he’s already sorted out in his M25 or south-eastern mind a payment plan to suit every pocket … predicated on the quality of his thinking and researching.

At the other end of the spectrum, not charging a brass razoo, is the pontificator, the resolute dot joiner, no matter what … page after page after page of wanderings from this to that … not unlike political vloggers and podcasters. Many gems though along the way.

Somewhere in the middle is where we should be aiming.

On the other hand again, there’s certainly a case for semi-nostalgic, good time journalism … on X I do similar with reposts of better-Britain-past type tweets … I go there to unwind, say hello to this or that friend, whereas Gab is more for the headkicking, deep dive ferreting … also required.

Kathy’s site is for the conservative, trad type person and it’s usually a nice detour … except the “droppers” are dropping away. One reason is very much Kathy’s overt Christian radical perspective, which does not sit well with the other sort of conservative or libertarian … can you imagine DK going there?

As a certain number of her article writers do not deep dive … let’s just rid ourselves of Labour and all will be well … then they reach the point, as one has today … where to keep banging on and nobody listening is unproductive.

My approach is to keep pointing our readers over there … but pay Toby Young money to do what we do ourselves? Sorry, old chum … your deep diving needs to be better than that.