Youth

Agatha Christie was born in 1890. Her “The Mysterious Mr. Quin” was published in 1930, so she was certainly not “of an age” when she observed of her 62 year old character at one of those large house parties:

“Mr. Satterthwaite was glad that the young people had gone to bed. He was not fond of young people in herds. He thought them uninteresting and crude. They lacked subtlety and as life went [on,]he had become increasingly fond of subtleties.”

I’d say Christie was particularly well placed to observe that and yet I, in reading it around the same age, felt a bit resentful of Mr. Satterthwaite, felt that he’d forgotten his youth … I felt his attitude should have been more to smile at a distance and remember how we’d been ourselves.

Today, having just come off X, having s/shot a few more polit-snippets, I was starting to agree with Mr. S far more. Obviously, my initial inclination, having been with young people much of my working life, was to defend the young to Mr. S but the things I’ve noticed of late, maybe since returning to these shores, have been not so good.

We’ve been through all the specifics online here … the Wokery, viciousness, the blockheadedness, the gaucheness, esp. of the female these days (boys always have been), the increasing uselessness, the brittleness, emptiness … and we know why … the upbringing steadily worse from the war generation onwards … the godlessness, the disrespect, the lower moral compass …

Then again, you’re hardly like to get reality on X, except in some reportage. There are some things constantly intruding on my timeline now:

One has almost killed off the Ladies at Lunchtime segment on Mondays and Fridays … let me tell you about it.* First was a daughter with her olds nearby, the caption saying she was native American. Uh huh. Perfect pic for LatL … modest, nice person. But there was just something “nye tak”, which is Russian for “not so”, literally, but more often meaning red flag, sommit slightly off about it.

A few polit items further down … another native American, so it claimed. Not AI, a real person, but still. Pattern continued, then came some girl, mournful puppy look … it was her birthday, could we not wish her well, no one else seemed to care.

A few items further down … another one needing sympathy, help, for this reason or that. Then further down … another. And another wanting birthday wishes. I’d been suspicious since the first. Now by this time, there were enough pictures for weeks of L@L … all around 20 or so, all gorgeous, modest, dutiful daughter or young wife types.

Did more blogging to inflict on you, checked the inbox, Gab, blogs e.g. AKH, Vox … came back to X and it had changed tone … now it was half-unclad specimens, then a picture of Karoline Leavitt, taken by Kai Trump, quite clad.

So while the polit items were as you see right now … mothers, grandmothers, fathers, grandfathers, MAGA type guys, often with short beards … there’d then be these painted, unnatural nubiles punctuating X, which I did not need of a Sunday, then a report on this Lily Phillips who seems to have been at it again.

Clearly, analytics were putting these in, so how to train analytics to leave me free from such content? Then I realised that a few of the ladies, plus guys, were repostings of my own repostings … yikes … and many of those were young ladies … you see how it goes.

Way to break free was to go off and do chores, have brek, look at the Moors, Lake District, seaside villages etc., which did have the effect of removing that type of thing but now there was another type appearing … memes or clips and once again, so many of these young people doing something stoopid or other, in herds … and it struck me again what Satterthwaite had said … it was as if the young people speaking were not natural … they were exchanging lines they’d learnt, posturing, posing or if males with coiffed hair, pulling some stunt meant to wow the girl. Some daredevil stunt or other. No real communication about anything, about life. It was all playacting. What a way to live.

Er … were we like that back then? Christie had also written somewhere … young people “always concerned with externals”, never deep, never just enjoying the subtleties of life.

But if we were that shallow back then … late teens to maybe late thirties … how could we have stood living like that?

Give you an example … I was invited to a party of a guy I knew maybe five years younger, had to think of some stunt, so wore three watches on the wrist, not one. Tell you what … girl after girl coming up: “Oh wow.” All because of the stunt. Don’t like parties anyway, left after half an hour, nicely, nothing nasty.

Where on earth am I going with this? Not a clue … maybe that we’re better off around our own kind. Maybe. …/END.

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*Oops … just discovered that they were all by the same two people … graphic designers … using AI? Or enhanced? That now explains a lot but it’s still probably killed off LatL.

 

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12. Watch your back at all times

Obviously, as a pundit, I’m going to “Mandy Rice Davies” it in supporting Chanel but without such people as her, as this Tan, as Christine, as Emerald, as Laura, as Inevitable West etc. … we would be in huge trouble, zero oversight of any value, the fourth estate bought and in chains.

And so to Chanel’s theme of betrayal … Turner’s not the only one. Donny can’t be expected to cover all bases … so who needs to watch his back? Brutus Wiles is the one … she was in that Signal meeting, she had to have known about Waltz.

11. The grossly profligate and criminal insanity of Net Zero

10. DAD at 1008

47.4 So when you meet the disbelievers ˹in battle˺, strike ˹their˺ necks until you have thoroughly subdued them, then bind them firmly.

a) A man was stabbed this Saturday afternoon around 4 p.m. in the city center of Villefranche-sur-Saône. He was rushed to hospital…..

b) The incident (he was stabbed in the neck) occurred near Nelson Mandela Square on Friday…..

c) A young man with ambition. “I want to become a ‘chouf’ in Marseille”…..

d) Bill Gates: AI Will Replace Most Jobs Except Those Advancing Globalist Agenda.

9. Those we lovingly refer to as Plod

I’ve known some good Dixons of Dock Green and Fancy Smiths and we have a retired good ‘un here now and then in Penseivat. A mate of mine when I was 8 or so … his dad was local constabulary … put me in the lockup for about fifteen minutes … can’t say it was fun … all stone, small window high up with bars.

I’m not referring to Britain’s finest but to the West Midlands for example, to sicko plod today and Penseivat’s had some things to say on that. And now:

This was always the issue with the armed services too and the donkeys at the top … basically not giving a toss for the troops. Shocking to anyone half decent has been plod’s actions at rallies, at Notting Hill perversion day … and esp. in the en masse arrest of people with opinions. The issue for many of us has been the obvious relish with which young plod has supported wrong. Sign of a Stasi state.

What can a policeman do? A decent one I mean, with home and family? I’ve no answer to that.

8. The devil is certainly a hard worker

… plus organised:

7. Dearieme on Call Me Dave

Over at Churchmouse (link in brolls above) … some interesting spelling by DM in places:

“When I first saw Cameron referred to as Blair-lite I thought “prove them wrong!” Then he invited everyone to call him Dave. Then he claimed to be a football fan – Aston Villa. The he claimed to be a football fan – West Ham. Well, their shirts are terribly similar. Clearly as bogus as Toni Blair’s support for Newcastle United. Fakes, fakes, fakes.

Besties with a fake? Not much promise there, then.

I suspect there have been only two highly intelligent politicians in the English-speaking world in my lifetime: Harry Lee (a.k.a. Lee Kuan Yew) and Enoch Powell. Will there ever be a highly intelligent politician in Westminster during its remaining few years of existence (i.e. before it is all swept into the rubbish bin of history)?

A hae ma doots.”

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6. Attack on Vlad

Russia’s currently silent, afa I’ve explored. Which of his doubles was blown up, if any? Has Vlad appeared on TV? I’ve not yet seen.

5. Attack on RFK Jnr

Aside from Bobby not being able to keep it in his pants:

4. Attack on Hegseth

3. Lake District mega-mosk

One can only hope and pray. The creeps behind it were trying to pass it off as a non-mosk:

2. IYE does not say why but …

Strange appointment, imho.
Journalist Sara Carter for Drug Czar [Czarina?]

“It is my great honor to announce Sara Carter as our next Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Sara is an Award Winning Journalist, who has been on the front lines of this International Fight for decades. From Afghanistan to our Border, Sarah’s relentless pursuit of Justice, especially in tackling the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis, has exposed terrorists, drug lords, and sex traffickers. As our next Drug Czar, Sara will lead the charge to protect our Nation, and save our children from the scourge of drugs….”

JH: My first, more flippant answer is that Donny does like a woman. My second answer is something I said a decade and a half ago … women make good admins where the standing orders, the range of tasks, is clear, the assignment clear. Where they fall down is when they have to be Rebekah Brookses (NOTW) and/or are Rachel from Accounts types, Joyce Thackers, Cressida Dicks. Even a good one such as Kari Lake is caught out by machinations when up against devious and thorough baddies.

Why not a man? Men think their own way, go off task, experiment as the alphas in the room. Women also go that way after being feted and thinking they’re hot stuff …Pammy, Kristi, even Natalie and Karoline to a point.

There’s a type of man who is bad news who can be called woodenhead, meathead … utterly conscienceless, lacking any compassion, low moral compass … Brown and Starmer stand out … like to hit pensions, sell off gold.

Also from IYE:

Hazbeen and his former charity. The nitty-gritty.
“…The origins of the dispute have been highly contested by both sides. Chandauka said she first felt tension between Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and herself in April 2024.

Chandauka said she had refused what she described as a request by the royal’s team to defend his wife, Meghan, in the media after negative coverage of her. “I said no, we’re not setting a precedent by which we become an extension of the Sussex PR machine,” she said.

……

JH: Links for IYE in comments.

1. Steve at 1008

• Rep. Cory Mills Introduces Legislation to Block Illegal Aliens from Ever Obtaining US Citizenship
• DEI in Airlines Having Haunting Effect on Veteran Pilots
• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Accuses NBC of Withholding Bombshell Video Showing Lee Harvey Oswald Near JFK’s Limo — Claims He Wasn’t the Shooter
• US Naval Academy Will No Longer Use Affirmative Action for Admission Decisions
• Columbia Univ. President Resigns, Pressure from Trump Causes Major Shakeup at Far-Left College 
• Military Situation In [The] Ukraine On March 29, 2025
• Dr Sam Bailey is fined and has medical registration cancelled for exercising her right to freedom of speech and her duty to challenge the narrative
• Murder of Alawites & Christians: Details of Syria’s Silent, Sectarian Slaughter
• Europe braces for war as EU urges citizens to stockpile food
• Much more.

(1531) Afternoon all, heading for evening.

 

23. You in the UK obviously already know this

At 0100, Mothering Sunday, tomorrow, it suddenly becomes 0200 … and so on till October.

22. Some corroboration coming through

https://twitter.com/In2ThinAir/status/1906026037496168485

21. Shadows of Moosh

20. Oh dear

19. Torquaymada

… has Rolf’s latest at 1008.

18. Steve and war room at 1008

• “They Seek Our Destruction.” Frank Gaffney Slams Threat of CCP And Fentanyl War
• Spencer Morrison On How Economic Independence Is A Founding Principle Of America
• Dave Brat: “All The Things For A Successful Economy Are Correlated With Manufacturing”
• Rod Martin: “The Left Has Been Very Deliberate About Subverting Churches”
• Kevin Freeman: “In My Lifetime The Dollar Has Lost 90% Of Its Purchasing Power”
• Rosemary Jenks On Crisis With Legal Immigration Policy Abuse.

17. STOP PRESS

Vlad’s limo blown up, more as it comes through.

16. Interesting thing to consider

All things considered … first on my list is Strzok.

 

Mini essay after the film(ette):

On the current offerings

Before getting to an enjoyable film or episode of a series, there are a series of obstacles.

First is what’s on offer at YT or Bitchute, with the answer being “not a lot”. However there are some … usually middling tales but all right for a Saturday afternoon.

Second is getting through that appalling commented upon version, or an audiobook which is just someone reading, but sometimes we can strike lucky with an old radioplay. All classic films as we knew them have pretty much gone.

Third is at least settling on a leading character we know, e.g. David Suchet and thus I spent some time looking at the start of the 2020s version of Cards on the Table … great novel, altered for the 80s film but not shockingly.

That’s when its appallingness started to impinge immediately … the chief baddy … well he couldn’t act, he was wooden, they were all like cardboard cutouts, speaking when required, saying the lines. Just what David Suchet made of them … who knows?

My question, seeing as I watch no TV, go to no cinema, is … can anyone act today? I did see a trailer for that La La Land and no one could act … it was all “script calls for emotion here” … overall, it was dead. Part of that, of course, is the scriptwriting plus the direction.

So if I could not find one of the 80s episodes, I wasn’t going to bother. Why the 80s? No idea why it became dire after that … one reason, e.g. in the revived Dr. Who, was the wokery … some episodes had flashes of good acting, reasonable plots … but then the wokery blighted it.

So … a lesser Christie story … Triangle at Rhodes … seemed as though it might be halfway decent. About to watch it. More later.

Later

They did it very well … settings, costumes, the Italian a bit overdemonstrative, the overdemonstrative anger called for that way by the story … changes from the book, yes but appropriate ones and the key element to my mind was Frances Low as the fellow conspirator with Suchet … that was a nice touch.

Holes, yes, awkward now and then … overall grand. Made me realise though … I have zero desire to go to the Med, Africa, India or China these days … maybe Sicily or Greece to a point. …/END.

 

(1107) Not sure how the afternoon will pan out at HQ. If I can find a good film. Have quite a few feature shorts in the pipeline. 🍿🍿🍿. (1126)

 

15. There’s a tendency to blame the footsoldiers, not the donkeys above

… that is, we fall out on platforms and apps whilst Them above escape all flak … well … stuff the gang of four. I can’t help if Reform voters, desperately hoping against hope, are hellbent on Reform winning at all Uniparty costs, ignoring the gang of four … the things they do. We are NOT backing down on this no matter what … for the sake of the country, for those abused girls, for all the risks those speaking out take. There it is.

14. The two gals have known each other a long time now

13. This is very close to, if not actual treason

12. Just a sshot, not the clip

… too unpleasant to watch … well done these gals for tackling it.

(0900) Morning all. Break for brek. (1014)

 

11. Another item of Britnews

10. This item is about ongoing Floridian politics

… but it also relates to DC obstructors to whom Laura L referred, one of those, SW, mentioned below:

Onwards:

9. Laura Loomer

She’s a curiosity. Just hypothetically, were I Mossad, for example, and required someone independent to discover things … well dot dot dot. Either way, her intel is first rate, hence her complaint.

Another:

Comment:

Good reader … how particular are we about our sources? I don’t mean in accuracy or if obtained by menaces … I mean continuing great intel from an iffy bunch.

8. IYE on Nole

“Elon Musk said Friday his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform, X, for $33 billion in an all-stock transaction.

Key facts:

•Musk announced the deal in a Friday post, saying it valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, or $45 billion if the social network’s $12 billion in debt is included.

•Musk, who purchased X for $44 billion in 2022, when it was known as Twitter, said the acquisition entails the combination of xAI and X’s “data, models, compute, distribution and talent.”

•The two Musk-owned companies already have plenty of overlap, with X’s AI chatbot, Grok, being developed by xAI, and all xAI staffers being X employees, at least on paper, according to The Verge.

•An $80 billion valuation for xAI places it somewhat closer to rival AI company OpenAI, which is currently valued at $157 billion and is close to finalizing a SoftBank-led funding round that will boost its valuation to a whopping $300 billion, according to Bloomberg.”

JH: It then goes into net worth of big players … I can’t post this as it would no longer just be an excerpt … excerpts are allowed under fair use. Link is in comments.

7. Coming back to these two parents complaining to their school

… raided by plod and kept eight hours:

In greater detail:

6. Life in Toodles’s section of the U.S.

This brave guy in Florida came up with a pretty clever way to deal with an alligator!pic.twitter.com/L0yBJBhlq7

— Interesting things (@awkwardgoogle) March 28, 2025