Speaking to contacts in Gibraltar, they are incredibly concerned following the Chagos Islands capitulation – ‘the thin end of the wedge’… The message is loud and clear – this Labour Government is a disgrace.
12. I don’t know … you go out for a meal
… at a floating restaurant:
Target practice do you think? I dare not repeat the WW2 joke about how you can tell US ships from the others? They’re the ones with the dents. I’m sure it’s completely untrue and apocryphal.
11. Three items about women
a. Look at the size of the victim:
… who went to a school meeting about porn being shown to kids, woke karens called the police … now look at the size of the young policegirl. Need I spell out about front line policing or armed forces?
Not buying into the particular female at issue but it IS a major issue for gals on the whole … yes, men also struggle through diet and couch potatoing, but it’s not as critical for the male … we have other things we worry about more.
It was especially an issue in Slavic countries where the girls were competing far more for war depleted male stocks, not eternally sozzled. In the 90s, the west infiltrated and my Russian mate and I were at a shopping mall, one of the new ones, and there were girls with stomach over their belts, whereas even in my time there, you would never have seen that. Apparently it was a sign of rich man’s daughter in the new young culture … many of my older female students were quite scathing about the younger sisses.
c. Again, not buying in, as I don’t know the ex-couple and each party couches his or her own guilt or not in a certain way:
*Article, from his point of view, is at Conservative Woman … impressive of a gal to allow that. *Similarly, I’m badmouthing, not the ex wife per se but the culture which has made this sort of thing oh so prevalent now. *And yes, I do say that the loss of society’s underpinnings, mores etc., has produced monsters.
(0544) Morning all! First dim light outlining things out there. Back to bed. (0609) A bit more. (0723)
10. Helper Ryan Tyre testimony on FEMA
If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN – you’ll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade. I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel and other supplies as well as helped people affected by the floods, but there are reasons why they are not allowing outside help. I cannot confirm the reasons why in NC, but i can tell you the reasons in other storms i have worked – i’ll explain below.
Let me share with you the first disaster area that i finally realized that this was all about money. In the FL Keys with Hurricane Irma, after Texas got hit with Harvey, we finished our efforts in Texas and were the first citizen team to make it to Key Largo. The federal agencies had US1 shut down just South of Key Largo and wouldn’t let anyone in or out, even though the road was okay to pass. We explained to them that we had boats, Jet skis, food, water, chainsaws and fuel to bring these people.
They didn’t care and wouldn’t let us in. It was night by that point and you rarely saw the lights of vehicles in the distance on the individual keys, meaning the emergency response teams from FEMA weren’t even working, it was all quiet. We decided that we would go in anyways.
We filled up the boats and jet skis with all that we could reasonably carry and went by water, around all their BS blockades and around their law enforcement presence on the water. It was 87 miles by water to get to our first stop, Cudjoe Key and Sugarloaf Key. When we arrived there we were greeted by a homeowner (for privacy, I won’t name him, though we have video) who was elated to see us and all the supplies we brought, his house was in shambles. We started offloading supplies on the shoreline and helping to get them into what was left of his house.
During that process, he explained to us that FEMA had set up a command center at a local high school on the island, but that they weren’t doing anything to help the residents, not even bringing them WATER! Instead, he explained that they were driving around using a loudspeaker, telling people to stay in their homes. They weren’t even helping the home owners with supplies. I was skeptical at first while he was telling me all of this, but then he said something that broke my heart….
He told us that the people of the keys were all in despair, because they had just seen, weeks before, the overwhelming support for Texas with Hurricane Harvey, by the citizens of this country. He, and his neighbors on all of the keys, felt like Americans had forgotten about them completely, because at this point, FIVE DAYS after landfall, all they had seen was FEMA, and they were of NO HELP. The residents were cut off from the outside world, no cellular, no internet, no way to contact anyone or hear of any efforts to try to help them. The ONLY communication they had was from a local radio station on Sugarloaf Key, that was broadcasting on AM to the surrounding keys.
The man, after hearing that there were citizens trying to bring them help, but being refused entry by federal law enforcement was visibly upset. He, and his neighbors, really thought the country had abandoned them. He insisted that we get into his waterlogged truck and that he would take us to that radio station so that we could go live on air, to tell the citizens trapped in the Keys that we, the American people, were there to help and that the government was trying to stop our efforts. And that is exactly what we did.
After that, we were determined to help as many people as we could, but we were met with red tape throughout the whole process and time we were in the keys. We finally we able to talk some authorities to let us down to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon towards the end of Boot Key. This was the same hotel where state and local authorities were staging their personnel and they were happy to see us. I was able to coordinate several trucks full of supplies to be brought down to the EOC in Marathon.
I was privy to the EOC meeting, BUT was informed in that meeting, that all of the semi trucks full of food, water and hygiene supplies were to be turned around and not allowed to be offloaded for distribution by the EOC. THE REASON they gave us, was that these donations were not from companies on their “preferred vendors list” and that they would not accept them or give them to the residents of the keys impacted by the storm. It was at that point that I realized, this is ALL ABOUT MONEY.
These ‘preferred vendors” are getting part of the money being released by the state and federal govt for each disaster. In turn, some of the “vendors” make it on the list because a friend gets them on the list, and in return for getting ridiculously outlandish amounts of compensation for the services they render, they give kickbacks. So accepting outside donations, even though they are on location and can help people NOW, they would rather let people suffer so they can get their kickbacks. This meeting solidified my resolve to help these people, regardless of what the greedy officials wanted, we were going to feed the lower keys that were being neglected.
I diverted ALL SEMI TRUCKS to the Faro Blanco Resort in Marathon and filled the entire first floor with pallets upon pallets of food, water and essential supplies and created a food pantry for residents to come and get anything, and however much they needed. From local state troopers to the homeless, all were given wheel barrels and free reign to get anything they needed. We also delivered supplies down to Big Pine Key.
We helped establish the tent city on Big Pine Key. Big companies like Titos Vodka and Whelen just kept bringing trucks full of everything that was needed. When FEMA FINALLY started handing out boxes of canned goods (limited to one per household), we were filing cars full of food and supplies for people and pets.
There is so much more to the story in the Keys and further from there in other storms we worked- the common theme though, is that the federal government always tries to keep citizens from helping and the local authorities, the ones that live and work in the area are always happy to have outside help.
I call out to Elon Musk and anyone else who can monetarily help people like myself and those that work with me, who have the knowledge and the will to help those devastated by these disasters. Help us side step the red tape and get the people the relief they need. We are willing, and we are many, and we are ready.
The important question which Angela Rayner needs to answer is why a US company felt the need to buy her £836 worth of hospitality at an Ibiza nightclub? And what are they getting in return? She demands transparency of others and deserves the same scrutiny back.
8. TDS
7. And so it comes full circle after a millennium
Plus Anna-Paulina: “$941 MILLION of FEMA funding went to illegals.”
6. DAD at 830
a) Grand Frère vous regarde.
The AI-powered mass-surveillance system put in place to protect the 2024 Paris Olympics is set to be made a permanent part of France’s security infrastructure, according to French news outlets.
b) Poles better brace themselves for a harsh winter, and we’re not talking about the weather Energy prices are expected to soar this winter …
c) French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has delivered a make-or-break general policy speech, outlining his plans for dealing with a national debt of €3,228 billion, controlling immigration, access to public services and the standard of living of the French.
(0403) Dark. Posts up at NOWP, UHC, OoL and last night at Jstack. (0445)
5. The logical brilliance of superinjunctions
4. IYE at Wed 6 onwards (links in comments)
a. Boo-hoo. Vorderman is having to sell her holiday home. Much hypocrisy and irony below.
b. Tut tut! TTK’s Alli-pally being investigated for breaches of Code of Conduct. How embarrassing.
3. Steve at 829
Ev 4: Former Bill Clinton Aide Doug Schoen ‘Speechless’ By Kamala Harris’s ‘Cavalier Indifference’ to Plight of Hurricane Victims
Ev 3: Trump Campaign Fact-Checks Tim Walz After J.D. Vance Torches Him in Debate Showdown — Here are the Details
Ev 2: New NATO Chief Supports Escalation With Russia
Ev 1: Psychological Bioterrorism: The use of fear about pandemics to manipulate and control populations
2. Ladies first … Isilme
Isilme had been describing the unsuccessful venture into going to the local chippy when she makes better herself imho, then ……
“Meanwhile, down in the garden, the strawberries are a little confused. As I’ve mentioned before, they have been fruiting like crazy this year. A few days ago I noticed some ripe strawberries. Only four, but some years that’s all we had for the whole year. And now the plants are flowering again.
The apples are still hanging around in spite of the strong winds the other night. The trees are still heavily laden even though we’ve collected several bags full for various people. The Bramley hangs over the garden wall and there’s almost as many apples on the other side as there are on the garden side.
We tell people to help themselves, but not many do (except around harvest festival time, so I expect a few will be gathered soon). The Pippin is similarly laden and we’ve eaten a few of those but they probably need to ripen a little longer.. I think I will try to keep a few in crates to last us over the winter. That is, if I can stop Beloved from making them into cider.
I neglected the runner beans and think I will now have to collect and dry the beans themselves as they are past their best . . . but they’re still flowering hopefully. The chilli peppers are ready to harvest but I can’t even find the sweet pepper plants. Not sure what happened to them! I really ought to gather the rest of the courgettes too. I’ve had so many I’ve left a few on the plant so that they ‘keep’ a bit longer. But I see there are more tiny courgettes on the way.. They probably won’t get very far though.
The tomatoes went crazy too, except that they’re all still green. We got a small bowl full of cherry tomatoes and a couple of large tomatoes, but the rest are just sitting there looking green. I think I may have to bring them in soon and see if they ripen.”
1. Ladies first … Toodles
JH: this is more difficult to know how to present … was going to mention the procedure and no name but shall do the name and no details. Not only for Toodles but for all of you having some sort of cross to bear there, soldiering on … this is where the efficacy of prayer kicks in from many people … it does work but I would say that, would I not? And why not?
To all of you there … things do eventually come to us … even those in the middle … well enough of that. Prayers please for Toodles and all of you.
