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15. Just a few more

a. Times Radio: “This government has made it clear that MPs who vote against it will be punished and will have the whip removed.” Cutting the winter fuel payment is wrong but dissenting Labour MPs will not vote against it through fear of having the whip removed, says Labour MP @RosieDuffield1.

b. Ryan Fournier: “Liz Cheney lost her primary by a margin of 37.4%. No one cares about your opinion or the opinion of your father, who should be in jail for war crimes.”

c. Torquaymada quotes a lady at 802: “But real, mass-destructive evil is typically grand-scale and long-term. Because the sociopaths who drive it by definition a) don’t care about their fellow human beings at all and b) crave (and believe they’re entitled to) power over others. So they stop at nothing and gravitate to others who stop at nothing and inhabit enduring power structures that stop at nothing.”

14. The best approach, imho

… is to remember the names of sites you often see or have them on a dead tree sheet, and/or having a range of search engines … you’ll get the site’s home page, look around … I did and found this:

While the EU and EU countries roll out biometric digital IDs and facial recognition across various public services, including border control, US authorities continue to push for access to EU member states’ biometric databases to conduct traveller screening as part of its “visa-free travel regime.”

The US wants all countries participating in the US Visa Waiver Programme (“VWP”) to sign the Enhanced Border Security Partnership (“EBSP”) agreement by 2027.

Alongside the International Biometric Information Sharing Program (“IBIS”), EBSP is designed to gain access to national biometric databases to authenticate travellers’ identities. The EBSP would require direct connections between the biometric databases of participating states and the US’ IDENT/HART system.

All right … now, there are topics where the task is not to attribute but to further explore to your own satisfaction using trusted sites and that is the end game. We’re not looking for traffic, we’re looking for corroboration.

Then there are topics where something is on the say-so of a known figure that it depends on for authenticity. I for one must get far better at jotting down names which are iffy, with a few words why … and keeping that on dead tree, not online, not even on drives.

So we end up in this no man’s limbo where we need to remember our prime directive … we report as accurately as we can, as our bona fides depend on that. Also, we need breaks from politics … not healthy 24/7.

13. War report

Plan, in Steve’s absence, is to run one of our main three correspondent journos, maybe in rotation, plus take a look at what Rhona has (deliferate mistale).

12. Just going to run this without comment

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(1459) At the risk of flogging a dead cat, long-suffering reader, I have to remind you that there is a timer mechanism not behaving elsewhere on the net and it could … just could … stop recognising the new site in a moment … forever … unless we physically act to restore. The chances, I’m told, are low … but they’re still present.

Should you happen to drop into UHCHQ and there’s nothing, please go to UHC, accessible from the navbars of NOWP and Jstack … UHC would take over again as HQ for as long as it takes.

11. Don’t know who this woman is

… my “take” on the topic is largely along the lines of what we cover here … still, some interesting angles, inc. mass psychosis … another word is “possession”.

Found a bio:

Kim’s ability to understand and connect with people from all walks of life comes from her unique background. Born and raised in Idaho, Kim’s mother is a Vietnamese refugee and her father is the son of a small town farmer. Her parents divorced at the age of three and Kim’s single father raised her in Boise while her mother migrated to southern California where Kim often visited. Her mother being Buddhist and her father being Catholic, Kim diverted her religious attention from both and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the age of 14 (she is no longer active). Being raised by her single dad, Kim had unusual interests and hobbies. She became an accomplished Jazz drummer winning numerous awards, accolades and college scholarships. In college Kim continued her studies of Jazz performance playing in a number of big bands and jazz ensembles. Along with playing music, Kim enjoys snowboarding, crossfit and spending time with her rescued animals.

Uh huh.

10. Taxpayers’ Alliance (no url, sadly)

You may have noticed that we’ve been talking quite a bit about the national debt recently, and in particular our online debt clock. Having launched six weeks ago, the tool was a hit with the media and public alike.

Just in case you were wondering, in the eight hours we were on the road, (one day last week), the debt increased by £127,008,000.

What you might be surprised to learn though, and as revealed by the latest TPA research, including both wages and employer pension contributions, total remuneration rose by 63 per cent for public sector workers between 2009 and 2024, 8.8 percentage points higher than inflation which was 54.2 per cent in that same period.

9. There’s something very Queeny going on today

I’m a bit confused … it was Queen Bess’s birthday yesterday, the 7th … so what’s this Liz II about? Any ideas?

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8. IYE quotes a lady (initialled LL) at 801

Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign STAGED a fake emotional encounter with a woman on camera today at an event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that the campaign called “organic” and “spur of the moment” but I have uncovered the fact that the venue is actually an anti-Republican Spice Company called Penzey’s Spices that explicitly says on their company website that “Republicans are racist” and they don’t like or feel inclined to welcome Republicans or Trump supporters at their business!

Also JH paraphrases IYE from 802: (If) the Deep State has already lost:

“What Damage Will They Do on Their Way Out the Door”

7. TDS today (blogrolls)

6. Kathy’s outspokenness is welcome

… however, hate to say it but she’s becoming a semi-protected species, which is great in itself but if we lesser mortals quote or retweet, for example this:

(A)s we published one hard-hitting article after another – see our top ten articles. I got out and about too, braving my first TV appearance in a while on Dan Wootton’s exciting new Outspoken show. You can watch it here. 

He opened it with an impassioned indictment of the disgraceful decision by the Dorset senior coroner, one Rachael Griffin, to ‘spare’ the Home Office an inquest into the circumstances surrounding 21-year-old Tom Roberts’s savage murder at the hands of an violent asylum seeker. Allowed in on false pretences, this already known murderer was flagged up as a danger and a liar, yet was neither deported nor incarcerated and left free to kill again.

… then (cough)…

… I say nuffink, not a word, Two Tier Keir … it might even be seen as three tier … the untouchable with a certain world view aligned with Kommie Kier, then a middling lot of the Nigels, Kathys etc., more difficult to nail … Lee Anderson is another … then the poor sods with no protection from the stasi.

You can read all of Kathy’s piece at her place (blogrolls).

(0630) Looks ultra-bleah out there in the semi-dark … misty? There are posts up at both OoL and Jstack now. (0900)

5. IYE corner

a. El Donaldo: “Therefore, the 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again. We cannot let our Country further devolve into a Third World Nation, AND WE WON’T!”

b. “Kash Patel predicts the October Surprise will be Biden handing off the Presidency to Kamala in the run-up to the Election”.

c. Among other things, the state leadership has begun the process of moving the capital of the state, the city of Tehran, to another, more convenient and safe place. 

4. Seven blasts from the past

a. On Monday, March 4th (2024), French deputies and senators gathered in Versailles voted by an overwhelming majority to enshrine “guaranteed freedom of access to abortion” in the Constitution of the Fifth Republic. Progressives are delighted by what they see as a victory in a universal and titanic battle against the forces of obscurantism and are already preparing their next offensive.  https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/constitutionalising-abortion-a-tragic-day-for-france/  No limit on weeks since conception – 12; 20; 26; pre-birth; post birth.  No limit on conscience to say ‘NO’ by Doctors; Nurses, Health Workers. No control over the dead baby; De-humanisation of life.

b. A long piece, well written and generally interesting:

https://barsoom.substack.com/p/political-conflict-in-the-age-of?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

c. “The erosion of parental authority when it comes to protecting and guiding children in developing their identities has deep implications. It presents the idea that the people who have conceived a child and guided them from their first steps, who have gotten to know their habits, patterns and inherent struggles, know less than gender-affirmative doctors, and progressive teachers who have known the child for a tiny fraction of their lives. The assumption that the state knows better and that parents can be removed from the delicate process of a child deciding who they are is a very large change for an entire nation to write into law!

HERE

{This c&p twice – once into notes and from there to here is a real pain in the harris!}

d. This means nothing to me but might shed light on those who understand what it’s all about:

HERE

e. Catherine Ringer is a former pornographic film actress. It was she who was chosen by Emmanuel Macron to perform the Marseillaise during the sealing ceremony of the revised Constitution with the addition of the crime of the unborn child, a true human sacrifice on the altar of a barren Republic. spilling the blood of the French.

The singer even revised the Marseillaise, in which she replaced the “impure blood” which “waters our furrows” with “a pure law in the Constitution”:

HERE

f. AP digs into TWC – The Wellness Company:

HERE

g. Shall be boycotting VNN (Vigilant News Network) from now on. Founder is Foster Coulson. Same chap who is behind TWC. Editor in Chief is “Vigilant Fox”. Hmm. Go to their leadership page for confirmation. Not leaving the link.

3. Just a word about images on the new site

This was donated by DAD:

… but with our sidebar setup here, images need to be in portrait mode (vertical), which preclude landscape (wider than higher) for that purpose… which in turn has precluded about half the library. On the other hand, when running an image within a post (as with DAD’s), a small “landscape” could go in the sidebar as you see just now, preferably monochrome. 🤔

This (change of) theme (template) overnight has some hidden benefits, not least the chance of once again running a narrow letterbox image across the top, not possible on yesterday’s opening theme (which sits in the theme library here by the way, should it be needed). I have a vague recollection that the theme does not allow pillarbox slot images … it wants to stretch them yugely (vertically) … that’s next week’s experiment.

The difficulty for me is in cutting and compressing one of those, quite a job for the old laptop on its last legs too by the way … the issue is “image resolution” you see and it’s not the doddle which the old site was with images … I tell you no porkies on that.

However, these things are sent to try us, are they not? Have a relaxed or invigorating Sunday.

2. More from DAD at 801

… on “the visible artificial self-assembling entities ranging from about 1 to 100 µm, or greater, of many different shapes of Co vid vaxxine in laboratory tests”.

1. DAD’s last for awhile (at 801)

DAD mentions Bernier and “thousands of left-wing demonstrators rallied in central Paris”, surprise, surprise … “in protest” … “power grab” and “stolen election”. Macron? “He eventually chose Michel Barnier as his PM. But now, does he even know where he’s going with him?”

Meanwhile … “France and Britain need a showdown over Channel migrants because of Britain’s lax approach to black market work, the mayor of Calais has said”. Lax? Or agenda?

Making lionesses out of ladies … “There is no place for Orwell’s ‘thought police’ in 21st century Britain”: An Interview with Isabel Vaughn-Spruce.” All power to the lady lioness, the Trinity coursing through her veins … no place, not the time for weakness.

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23. This is from Andy’s comment below the post

In the FT op-ed, they wrote: “There is no question that the international world order – the balanced system that has led to relative peace and stability and delivered rising living standards, opportunities and prosperity – is under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the Cold War.”

22. This is as close to a Steve-like drop as I can get

… at 800.

21. Deliberate misinterpretation of truth yet again

This time, the Toronto Sun … “caught on camera” is the misrepresentation. A pediatrician gives a press conference … so in which possible way is that “caught on”? The gambit is to make it seem she’s done something wrong, whereas the diametric opposite is the truth … just listen to her. Fakery.

20. IYE gets complicated at 800

… something about “Stereomicroscopically” …

19. Figen again

😂😂

pic.twitter.com/7omPpKAy4T

— Figen (@TheFigen_) September 6, 2024

18. Just two more

17. Over at UHC

Whilst I agree with the principle

16. Over at Jstack

https://jameshigham.substack.com/p/the-stacked-deck

15. Vox and copyright

HERE

“The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in the copyright case against Hachette and three other publishers. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the previous decision, from March 2023, that the Internet Archive’s Open Library program qualifies as copyright infringement. Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Wiley initially filed a lawsuit against the popular nonprofit organization in 2020.”

HERE

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14. Lord T

OMG, Listen To This 🚨 Kristen Meghan worked for the U.S. Air Force as an environmental specialist

She set out to debunk Chemtrails “In the process of trying to debunk it, I realized it was actually coming right out of my office I was one of the people approving the chemicals”… pic.twitter.com/v7hGwWVvgo

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) July 11, 2024

13. Spiked

HERE

“There are two problems with Hoyle’s mini-rant. First, there’s the argument itself. Driving all arguments for state clampdowns on so-called misinformation is an elite desire to silence dissenting opinions and censor inconvenient facts. Hoyle is effectively urging the government to force social-media platforms to dictate what can and can’t be said online.

After all, who gets to decide, in Hoyle’s words, what is ‘factual’ or ‘correct’? Certainly no one in this mortal realm possesses the requisite omniscience. Indeed, we’ve seen countless examples over the past few years alone of views and even news stories initially damned by politicians and social-media companies as ‘misinformation’ or ‘disinformation’ only for their truth to emerge later on.”

12. Old news now

HERE

“Following his withdrawal from the presidential race and endorsement of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Kennedy has tried to get his name removed from presidential ballots in swing states. However, in some of those states, Democrats have attempted to prevent him from doing so, even after they had initially tried to keep him from being placed on the ballot.

The independent presidential candidate suspended his campaign last month and endorsed Trump. Kennedy has also joined the former president’s transition team.”

11. Let’s come back to the new site yet again

There is, by definition, a discrepancy between how you, on your device, laptop, PC are viewing UHCHQ … and how I’m viewing it. My tech mate up the road has sent me what he’s seeing:

… and he asks why all the blank (light brown) space. Well it’s a 2012 template (theme), with limited physical width in std form (i.e. when it comes up on screen). It’s a deliberately simple content manager.

My concern is not the blank space per se but whether you, the reader, have the capacity on your device to insta-enlarge. I do, being on a touch screen ipad … thumb and forefinger instantly enlarge the view (or zoom, in other words).

Problem, as he pointed out, was that on various screens, enlarging will tip what’s on the edge of the page … offscreen. That’s true. I was suggesting a 5% zoom was enough.

But do you have, on your computer, a means to enlarge anyway? You see, I don’t want you having to enlarge UHCHQ, then having to reduce in order to read other sites … that’s a pain in the posterior, to be honest.

Another thing … if you want to, you can email me at:

jameshigham AT unherdable cats DOT com

… and it will appear in my protonmail. If I replied, it would be from my protonmail itself.

10. Ian J on things (at 800)

“Migrants Reportedly Make Up Roughly 75 Percent of Arrests in Midtown Manhattan”

9. Lord T asks

… is this the kind of “AI” mind we’re going to entrust our futures to?