(0657) Greetings humans, this dark morning as we hurtle towards the shortest day. (0749)
7. Badenoch
6. It would make a MAGA blanche
5. Rare earth
That’s according to TGP … problem for me is the map, leaving out Oz uranium and bauxite. The map is clipped at the bottom … not my doing … which is as annoying as I sometimes get to be 😎. However, as the story is that China is banning certain key elements, this might affect the USA’s warmaking ability … or else it’s a giant Pentagon ruse. 🍿🍿🍿
4. Rolf’s Now and Next
“One of the PM’s stock phrases is ‘fixing the foundations.’ Is he the one to do it?
‘Starmer is already in a flat spin from which he will not recover,’ Dominic Cummings said last week (47:46). ‘He has no idea how to do the job… He will just thrash around failing.’”
JH (0713): Nor have any of them except Putin and Trump it seems.
”Another fundamental weakness is the electoral system that has given Labour such wildly disproportionate representation in Westminster. The notorious petition started a fortnight ago asking for a fresh GE will be debated in Westminster Hall on 6 January, and has already prompted the formation of an all-party Parliamentary group on fair voting; yesterday (Lib Dem) Sarah Olney’s Ten-Minute Rule Bill urging the introduction of Single Transferable Voting was passed, despite Conservative opposition.”
3. Steve dropped his overnight at 898
Four: SpaceX Wins Contract To ‘Destroy’ NASA’s International Space Station, Cicago resident upset, Eric Adams acting interestingly just now, plenty more.
Three: Navarro, Hegseth, Newsome, plenty more.
Two: Alex C you saw below, Russian army, war situation, more.
One: German lab has started to offer tests for spike proteins and plasmid DNA, Arla’s drug, Trump news, more.
2. DAD has his time-war at 899
z) Thursday [I think, since yesterday was Wednesday. But the day before yesterday was also Wednesday; so, it may be it’s Friday. I leave it to you to decide]
a) The French National Assembly brought down Michel Barnier’s government. An unprecedented move since 1962, which plunges the country into a period of great political and financial uncertainty, six months after the dissolution.
b) French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed that he will not resign no matter the result of Wednesday’s no confidence vote in Prime Minister Michel Barnier, which is likely to collapse the second Macronist government this year.
c) I am pleased to announce that Peter Navarro, a man who was treated horribly by the Deep State, or whatever else you would like to call it, will serve as my Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing.
d) d) It would appear that the BBC, like Sir Kneeler, does not know what a woman is.