They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords, Lords without anger or honour, who dare not carry their swords. They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labour and laughter as a tired man looks at flies. And the load of their loveless pity is worse than the ancient wrongs, Their doors are shut in the evening; and they know no songs.
2. Steve’s drops at 876 … excerpts from
Evets 4: Kachelman: Do Not be Fooled – The Foundation of Our Nation Is Challenged with Today’s Secret Republican Senate Vote
Evets 3: President Trump Announces Senior White House Staff of All Stars
Evets 2: Military Situation On Ukrainian Frontlines On November 13, 2024 (Maps Update)
Evets 1: UK Benefits Scandal: 3.4 million new claimants are not British citizens
1. DAD’s drops at 877
a) 800 years ago there were many hundreds of people burned alive when the Catholic Church disposed of the Cathar Christians. The burnings recommenced yesterday at Pau, but this time it was a disagreement between narco gangs.
b) It is not only in SW France that people are killed or injured [usually by illegals]. At Rennes, Nantes, Paris, Besançon,Bordeaux and Sarcelles there was violence, and some deaths.
c) To which country id Philippe de Villiers refering? France or Britain? Then, with the closure of our factories, the decline of our production apparatus looms. We no longer produce, we import. But it is above all the emergence of mass distribution that forms a successful duo with imports.
d) The farmers in France [and in the UK] have had enough. French farmers will take to the streets this week, and their Belgian and Austrian counterparts could also protest in the coming weeks, as the deal between the European Union and the South American trading bloc, Mercosur, could come to fruition by the end of the year.
Hoping readers can see through this rabbiting on about myself below and see it’s actually about you and the times coming up … do you think Them will give up so easily … interestingly, it’s some Christian women who wrote this thought. There’s one thing someone being perma-anxious (I’m one, not unlike some women I’ve known), worrying unduly … but then there’s also the opposite … being blind to reality … and Stalin means every word about making life hell for us. Real hell, not bourgeois notions of hell. Deprivation as only a Ukrainian might know.
Three tales, incidents from my past, which have a bearing here. I’ve already mentioned military route marches and this debilitating fatigue, not muscle but blood in some way, and when I did catch up with them, they got up after a rest and moved on. Bstds. But that sort of relationship existed between men … you learnt never to show weakness, never to “whine” as MMUTR calls it.
Second tale, more fool me … went skiing with a mate … he was a sportsman, said let’s go black (slopes were black for professional, red for high intermediate, blue for average) … he just turned and went down this black between the trees, essentially schussing … at one point I came a cropper, twisted something. He stopped, trudged back up, past me, to the ridge and was gone. Whaa? Bstd! Saw him later, in the only chalet bar near there, birds around him. There was no possibility of saying anything … some girl we knew wondered where I’d been. “Lovely night out for a walk,” I said. He was watching outof the corner of his eye.
Third tale … Russian gym, men only (women’s day alternated) … it was strictly training. One experienced gym rat took a shine to the newbie and gave me advice … never go to the mirror and flex muscles, never wander up and down between sets, making a big deal of your last set … no one’s impressed, they have their own routines etc. etc. Got into an argument with some deadhead, the trainer on duty came over and addressed me, not him. “Grow up, James.” The whole gym heard it, smiles all round. No choice but to finish the day’s programme, shower and go. Memo to self not to be embarrassing again.
Fourth tale of three … think she was called karen (before it became a dirty word) … fellow teacher … I’d been moaning about something again … she fronted me and said, “You’ve been around women too long. You’re an old woman.” Silence. A bit like my Russian gf who stopped me mid-fight and said, “Stop arguing with me, I’ll just keep going don’t you understand, just don’t engage, I need you to be a rock, not another girl.” Dem Russian gals are tough.
As you may have gathered, I’ve woken up now at 2345, saw Steve’s comment, thought sh***, best get NOWP sorted, reply to IYE too, then get some kip, which I shall. Point of this whole set of tales? I think maybe that we need to be more stoic, I see trouble ahead and a certain mindset’s going to survive, while another mindset wanting softness ain’t gonna cut it … no matter how old and deserving of easy handling we think we are. This is no world for older people now … adjust … or perish.
One great way to do that is to feel responsible for something or some people, to have a job to do and if you’ve not done it, you lose cred … is there anyone else on earth tougher than DJT? Maverick too. Runs on Maccas. How old? 78? A Teddy Roosevelt rough rider. He’s off the bleedin’ planet, a narcissist, but do you doubt he’ll get the job done? Juss sayin’ … that’s a much better place to be, being demanded of, it keeps you alive when you just want respite. For how long? Till the end. Just thinking out loud, you know, seven minutes short of midnight … goodnight, all.
25. Those voting MAGA
Tulsi Gabbard is set to be named Director of National Intelligence by President Trump. (Source: Punchbowl)
24. Isilme and the butcher’s new pies
And now, changing the subject, our butcher has started to stock ‘family size’ pies. They are the talk of the village! A couple of weeks ago, at craft club, they were talking about the pies and saying how wonderful they are. As the butcher is just over the road from where the craft club meets, I popped in on the way home and bought a lamb and mint pie.
Well, what can I say? I think there was a whole sheep in there. It was two inches deep, this pie, and as big as a dinner plate. There were no vegetables in it, just meat and thick gravy (and mint, I guess!) – and there was no gap between the meat and the top crust. The chunks of meat in it were literally as big as a fist. Well, maybe slightly smaller, but not by much. It was yummy scrummy that’s for sure.
It only cost £7.99 and I couldn’t make it myself for that price, not with all that meat in it.
Isilme’s butcher’s pies 1
We cut it into six portions. My Beloved wanted to cut it into four because he thought a quarter of a pie was a goodly portion to have, but afterwards he agreed that he couldn’t actually have eaten that much and a sixth was plenty.
This Saturday just gone, we went to the coffee morning and even more people were talking about the pies. My Beloved said we should go and buy another one – we should try the steak one this time. So we bought the last steak pie. Poor dear was so disappointed – I’d planned fish and chips for Saturday’s meal and he’d hoped to get pie. However, I made it for Sunday and he was well pleased, although the chunks of meat were a bit smaller (golf ball sized).
The butcher said that the first week he stocked the pies, he sold 12. The following week he sold 32. The week after that, he sold 50. I think maybe the whole village is living on pies now!
Isilme’s butcher’s pies 2
On Tuesday morning I called in after craft club but he was awaiting a delivery of pies, so I asked him to set aside a lamb and mint pie for me. When I went to collect it, he said he had 15 pies delivered at 12.30pm and by 1.30pm when I collected my pie, he only had four left – well, three after I took mine! It’s a good job I got him to put mine aside!
This pie, however, is going in the freezer because it is excellent for when we have visitors – very impressive. (see pics below of the lamb pie that’s going into the freezer)
23. Steve and war room at 876
a. Natalie Winters: I’d Like To Put Out A Missing Persons Alert For 10 Million Dem Voters That Didn’t Show Up
b. Mike Benz: Breaks Down What The Left’s Censorship Will Look Like In The Trump Era*
c. Phillip Patrick: “We Have To Remember The Fiscal Basket Case Trump Is Walking Into”
d. Ben Harnwell: Biden’s weaponised DOJ now needs to be turned on those responsible for weaponising it
*JH: Most important item here, readers, is asterisked above … I’m saving.
22. Still awaiting the vote result
1730 GMT: Thune. Draino writes: “Rick Scott missed the 2nd ballot by 2 votes to Cornyn.”
DJT has landed in Washington. This at 1656 GMT:
21. IYE at 877 on the distraction from the Senate Leader vote
… or whatever else they’re covering:
I wrote: “Could not run a live broadcast in the UK, IYE … sorry … there’s a thing called TV licence and it is worded to cover such a thing as this youtube. I can link HERE and readers can watch there. Legalities, sorry, esp. given Sonalli’s woes.”
Some will say that it’s only for watching the Beeb, the licence fee, but I’ve read the fine print about devices and types of broadcast … plus the stasi are looking for pretexts. Personally, I’m waiting until it’s well over before I look. Meanwhile, I await the Leader name.
20. Andy at 876
19. Steve at 876
JH: What turned a potential honey into such an anti-human viper?
Plenty of episodes there, just scroll down … in this episode, Templar is to meet the daughter of his friend at an al fresco cafe table by the river … he’s called away by a faux call … the rest follows. Not sure but the villain sounds as if it’s an Englishman pretending to be Australian*.
* Maurice Colbourne (1939-1989) was the villain, born in Sheffield, died at 49. Kidnapped girl was Cathryn Harrison (London 1959-2018), died at 59. Girl gondolier was Carole André, no relation to Annette (Paris 1953, still alive), the Saint (Woking 1943, still alive). Episode was in 1978.
(0515) Had another snooze, dear reader … guilty. (0801)
14. White House Press Secretary
Names have been mooted … Alina Habba, Kari Lake, Kayleigh McEnany … interesting that no males have been mentioned yet … how about General Flynn? McGregor?
13. Item 13 should perhaps be religious or whatever
I know I said I’d not write on Welby … hmmmm, what about his replacement then? Actually, I was looking for blondes for Friday lunchtime (found some fab femmes by the way) and found this:
12. ZeroHedge, quoted on Gab
Here’s another one you can add to the left’s ever-growing list of ‘do as I say, not as I do’.
A senior COP29 official in Azerbaijan reportedly used his role as heading up the fight on climate change…to secure meetings with potential investors in the country’s oil and gas sectors.
Energy production drives 60% of Azerbaijan’s economy. Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijan’s deputy energy minister and COP29 chief, was covertly recorded discussing investment opportunities in the state-owned SOCAR, according to PJ Media.
“SOCAR Trading is trading oil and gas all over the world, including in Asia. To me, these are the possibilities to explore. But in any case this is something that you need to be talking to SOCAR, and I would be happy to create a contact between yourself and them,” he was caught on tape saying.
He added: “We have a lot of gas fields that are to be developed.”
11. “Oilman” on Gab
Former Trump Senior Advisor Steve Bannon recommends that General and former Joint Chiefs Mark Milley be court martialed on Day 1 of the Trump presidency.
Milley contacted an enemy of the United States in China and told them he would give them a heads up on any Trump order that Milley didn’t agree with.
Milley also tried to organize a group of leaders within the Trump administration to not carry out orders that President Trump gave at the time.
10. DAD drops at 876
a) Yesterday I reported how a man had thrown concrete block on the heads of men sleeping in the streets in Lyon and Rotterdam … arrested on a train this evening in Toulon. The man allegedly committed violence against a woman on a train in Toulon … Cameroonian nationality. Due to the lack of identity papers, his real identity is currently being verified.
b) M. le Maire at Bordeaux changes his mind. He will arm the Police. The announcement was made two years before the municipal elections, assuming a U-turn in a “worsened” security context. Criticized by the opposition and challenged by the agents’ unions who demanded armament, the elected ecologist said he made this decision in the face of “crimes and offenses (which) have increased sharply” in the Bordeaux metropolis.
c) How Could a Labour Party Advisor Not Have Heard About the Batley Grammar School Teacher Still in Hiding After Showing His Students a Cartoon of Muhammed Three Years Ago?
d) Alina Habba, and friends, are enjoying themselves.
9. TDS (blogrolls for links)
8. Steve has two selections of his own at 875
… these are just JH’s … everything’s at 875 across the way.
MftWC 4: Australian Ambassador to the US, Deranged Liberal Kevin Rudd Pressured To Resign Over Insulting Anti-Trump Comments
MftWC 3: President Trump Chooses Lee Zeldin to Run the Environmental Protection Agency
MftWC 2: Why Is WaPo Reporting A Trump-Putin Call That Did Not Take Place
MftWC 1: British doctor asks on LinkedIn what autopsies of vaccinated people might reveal; His post is flagged as “hateful speech
There are two aspects which hit me … one is the woeful state of the kit … the second being how little they care about ordinary folk … totally out of touch, not unlike Starmer and Westminster as a whole.
“Merseyrail passengers have slammed an “absolute farce” from the operator after a notice was issued at 9pm on Monday evening warning of major changes to timetables the following morning.
The notice stated that the network’s New Brighton and Headbolt Lane lines would be operating a reduced timetable today (Tuesday November 12). It was explained that the sudden changes were down to an increased number of the operator’s new fleet of trains undergoing maintenance.”
Same old same old … various blacks we like, e.g. music reactors, those on X … but corporations, for profit and Woke cred, ignoring home grown talent … no way. So Boots is off my list altogether.
18. Tucker
17. Housekeeping
Further refining this housekeeping v some sort of op ed thing (in my own mind), a better distinction is housekeeping is within these walls … ss of oped is outside there in the big, bad world.
This is housekeeping. If I have the slightest lurgy coming down, first hit is throat, second is the “phone ear”, then the rest follows. Only solution is hoody on, hood up, into bed (where I’m typing this at you from) … and having the luxury to do that is a boon … liquid, good food … st some stage get up and do jobs, get the bod active, back to bed. That usually kills it in 24 hrs.
Give you an idea of brain fade … I saw the Sterling post and the autumn leaves in the sidebar … groan, thought I’d posted it at UHC. Slowly realised I hadn’t. That level of malfunctioning brain ain’t good. However, there are some screenshots to post.
DAD, I’m beyond finding baroque music for now. Once recovered.
