Maybe because he’s new at the “popular vlog” thing but many, including me, are giving unsolicited advice to Chris. Mine was to ditch the intrusive “music”, which he’s largely done … today’s were about the adverts suddenly appearing without warning … he was hit by quite a few over that.
(0711) Chores are breaking up the posting a bit this morning … must-dos. (0947)
7. Over at Orphans
https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2025/04/smokin-pope-baby.html
6. Kristi baby
5. Had an email and it raises two issues
First is that yes, I do drop hints, encode etc. and regulars here do it too, with varying success … but eggsellent that they do. It’s not always easy to get the encrypted point across … subject to reader interpretation.
Now, this email was from a ladyfriend thousands of miles away and the hint being dropped here is that another lady in the other direction knows to whom I’m referring, without names or pack drill. I do need to protect both, despite the email sender writing pure guff.
The email was a personal news exchange, nothing political … Easter wishes in fact. She wrote one last line: “Hard to predict anything in these wierd times with Trump wreaking havoc.”
Her interests are her work (running a company), plus rambling, in UK terms … trail walking, climbing, skiing etc. What she pics up, politically, is on the fly, quick MSM input … that’s her reality. Where does one start?
So the second point is that so many western women now tend Wokeleft, they unquestioningly take on board the lies. They’re politically stoopid, they never delve, having their own full agendas to pursue. Now, we’ve criticised the Donald ourselves, esp. over Pammy for example, others he appointed … I’ve been getting stuck into Kristi (see next item) … that’s an entirely different thing to outright dishonesty, such is the demonrat and Labour or Uniparty approach, fully projecting.
It’s sad, as this lady is close to me … must be like one’s daughter in a way, this situation, under the control of silly people, faux heroes. Thing is … she has never done anything against me personally but thinks this way, politically. Now there’s a second lady who’s done many things against me personally and yet we’re on the same page, politically … go figure.
Broadening this to the western voting public as a whole … how many have the vote and yet prop up the destruction by globopsycho by simply buying what they’re told and adopting it as their reality? Sigh!
4. We are certainly in the middle of a bitter war
… an existential war … Tue 3 is about that. Redacted posted:
“I’ve spent approximately 3 hours to be able to access any of your sites […] I had even begun to question and marvel that you could banish me singularly!”
A couple of observations … who’s banished? We have here the difference between seasoned veterans of the site(s) and visiting warriors … regulars know I start around 0500 BST and am not of much use after 2000 BST, until the same next morning. Translated, that means sentient midnight EST thru 1500 EST. Were a commenter to comment between 3 p.m. US east coast time in other words and midnight, US east coast time, I’m away with the sandman.
Now, if an American or Canadian seems to be caught up in the Unherdable machine between his/her 3 p.m. to his/her midnight, I’m not there to sort what the machine has done but patience … I’ll be back at your midnight.
For those downunder, I’m sentient here roughly between your 2 p.m./4 p.m. through to your 11 p.m./1 a.m. … not much use outside those hours, sorry me.
(0533) Morning all. (0658)
3. Film and song can teach us much
For example, Kenny Rogers sang, “Know when to hold em, know when to fold em.” WC Fields said something along the lines of, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again … then quit … no point being a damned fool about it.” Dunkirk was gallant, so was Tobruk (it even showed the Aussie command as clever on that occasion) … Paul Revere had a certain something to him.
There are situations when making a last stand, the heroism in it, which can turn the tide, turn the war … is the thing to do … and then there are other situations where it’s folly, such as Custer, such as the Light Brigade, such as Gallipoli. Rorke’s Drift was gallant sacrifice but a stupid thing to get trapped into in the first place … what was the Alamo?
Whom and what is one sacrificing? Human lives? Troop levels so one cannot fight on later? Organs of info? Samizdat? French Resistance dispositions? Sometimes there are keywords which seem not to knock us out of contention, sometimes, as DM ustd, just using the word “rumour” is sufficient to get the message through, people start searching, using the right questions.
Sometimes it’s better to euphemise, to speak in code, though it be so brave and gallant to come out and say it plainly. Even Jesus spoke in parables, had to endure snakes and worms with their wormtonguing, their entrapment. Sometimes, to protect the nest, it’s better not to … sometimes it’s better to switch and all out attack. Even this morning we’ve seen key words do for a patron … tactics had to change for now.
2. Steve at 1027
1. John at 1027
a) Olivier Bianchi, Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, reacts to the death of the young Albanian man, shot dead on Sunday. “The drug trafficking situation in the city is increasingly serious; it’s a reality.”
b) The French National Bar Council (CNB) has just finalized, with IFOP, a survey on the French people’s confidence in the justice system. It is historically low.
c) Jobs for the Boys – correction, Girls. The capital’s mayor is a candidate for the position of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She has received the support of Emmanuel Macron.
d) In the twenty-first century, to be Western means [… well …] … here is one person who understands the full contours of that.
(1729) Evening all.
19. Ever get the feeling
… they’re trying to kill us? Or at least make us very ill?
18. Shhhhhh
17. I love Lucy
16. Lawlessness
15. This LibDem Reform woman
14. Steve corner
10. Bergoglio – non-stop coverage, from both TV and radio. A warning from Archbishop Viganò..
JH: Yes, I said things on X. God will judge in His own time and way.
A Fritz Lang film:
A decent Fritz Lang film:
For Gary Cooper, it’s “Cloak and Dagger” in this 1946 film directed by Fritz Lang and also starring Lilli Palmer (in her American film debut) and Robert Alda.
Toward the end of WW II, it comes to U. S. attention that the Germans are developing a nuclear bomb. The OSS recruits a midwestern university scientist, Alvah Jesper (Cooper) to go to Switzerland.
There, he is to speak speak to a German scientist Dr. Loder (Helen Thimig) who has escaped to Switzerland, where she is now hospitalized. But Alvah’s cover is blown, and he is being watched. In Italy searching for the scientist working with Dr. Lodor, Polda (Vladimir Sokoloff), Alvah is protected by guerrillas who include Gina (Palmer) and an American, Pinkie (Alda).
A bit slow at first, “Cloak and Dagger” picks up steam as it goes along. The most stunning scene occurs when, as an Italian sings a folk song outside, Alvah and an Italian Gestapo agent, Luigi, (Marc Lawrence) fight inside a building.
And by the way, Michael Burke, the OSS member who was the film’s adviser, and an agent named Andreas Diamond, showed Lang the hand-to-hand combat used in this film.
Apparently, Gary Cooper had problems with the scientific dialogue (as he had problems with not understanding his speech at the end of The Fountainhead), and Warner Bros. Records state this fight scene was the only one he did well. A very suspenseful, exciting, and raw scene, the best in the film. The thrilling ending is top-notch as well.
The love that develops between Gina and Alvah is poignant, and beautiful Lilli Palmer gives a fantastic performance. I agree with others, Alvah seems pretty sharp and experienced for an untrained agent. Cooper is very good in a heroic role – strong but gentle and as usual, terribly handsome.
The ending of this film was changed from an antiwar one and anti-nuclear weapons, since by the time the film was released, since the bomb had just been dropped on Hiroshima.
Well worth seeing, if not ultimate Lang.
(1214) Afternoon all. (1236)
13. Combination quiz question plus lady at lunchtime
Who is she? When? Occasional film? Initials LP.
Another photo of her:
12. Millipede
11. Of rumours and danger in even mentioning it
10. Bergoglio
Liverpool Echo, ha ha: “Merseyside man with an outside chance of being the next Pope.”
Weeelllll, maybe that should be left to God to decide.
(1059) Yikes, time flies! Already elevenses? Tied up in domestics too (quite like that concept). (1152)
9. It’s all to do with political will and protecting your people
“Britain has weeks to escape new powers allowing the World Health Organisation to recommend imposing lockdowns in future pandemics, a group of MPs and peers has warned.”
8. TDS (see brolls for links)
7. Guardians of the homeland
The best way is for almost all in that land to be well educated, inc. in the western underpinning … what Steve calls cultural Christianity … the civility, dignity, way of doing things. The next step is an individual choice … John 3:16. I see no issue with that.
So, looking at a year level of military rookies, they’re faced, as I was, with choices. In my case, it was either military, in which dad and mates had been, trade because my father had died and the stepdad was in a trade, plus was offering me factory space gratis for the first years, to do my screenprinting. My dad had been trade too … a master.
My mum provided a third path … both had slaved to put me through one of the public schools, which was almost a guarantee for good university entry … teaching beckoned, as I’d been awarded a scholarship. Plus there was a young lady in the mix and a future there.
I chose the screenprinting and ran with that for awhile, taking three month courses and related things. But I was also able to gauge my aptitude, plus major corporations had that game tied up … a newbie was not going to be able to undercut the big firms … so it seemed the best future was in education … so I was quite a mix.
Now the military thing … a natural sceptic/radical/rebel (through my mother?) … weeeellll, I had to sort out in my head where I was on that … before committing, because my training had taught that the time to ask questions is before committing fulltime. Once you were in, you were in, matey. Utter imbecility not to insta-obey when on an exercise or for real, as you’re endangering your mates.
Now I knew that and the question was … did my temperament allow me to be what was needed? And that’s the dilemma facing lads like this:
In other words, we’re now in the hands of globo-commie above I’m afraid and they are not patriotic to their land. When govt starts effing around with troops, esp. loyalty, then pay and conditions, when good men are fired over the deathjab … that’s a morale sapper … and these *&£#£&*s above are not good people.
Serving forces personnel are just below a gallant leader in society imho … they should have the best of everything, inc. cradle to grave funding. The leader’s job is to deploy in such a way that he keeps his troops alive afap.
(0804) If you look at the sign-off time of the last post to the sign-on of this one, then that was quite some second sleep. Much to do but at a medium pace … this continues in Mon 2 … (0930)(0936 addendum) Bergoglio dies at 88. (0937)
6. DAD at 1026
a) In the absence of any tidings from Emmanuel Macron, here is Donald Trump’s Easter message “Melania and I wish everyone a happy Easter!”
b) Boy-rape and attempted murder in modern multicultural France.
c) ‘The European Qu’ran’: falsifying European history with funding from the EU.
d) UK ‘at risk of evolving into propaganda regime’ with unenforced FOI rules and official secrecy
5. Steve last evening
4. Alito’s dissent in that sneaky Saturday midnight judgement
3. Saw this one in passing
2. There are certain essentials
… and their priority order is individual, personalised … good thing too. My priority order is:
It might seem that the last one is a low priority but that’s not so. You can’t deal with what needs dealing with, with other people, jobs too, unless you yourself are capable in the first place, and that is especially so with advancing age. I need to go over and see how Grandad is but first the other things must be done, plus:
This last one is directed at myself … in your case, I wish to know your sit-rep, so that I know what I’m dealing with here … it stays private, all right? There’s also a thing I call faux heroism, such as when someone with a shocking cold, lurgy, battles on through it, spreading it to everyone else, being brave and stoic. That’s just irresponsible.
On the other hand, real ailments of our own, pain etc. … well they need dealing with, there and then. Some friends of mine have some issues just now, they need dealing with …
My list of texts would be Bible, Kipling’s “If”, Desiderata … they’re enough to be going on with. Then the aphorisms gathered at, say, Unherdables HQ.
Third last bullet point above … strength of mind … this is where yesterday’s Resurrection comes in, gives strength and other goodies not natural to me … I can be a right bstd otherwise. By all means ignore that offer … choice, remember … good luck with your future progress then, I say. Humans are their own worst enemies. …/NUFF FOR NOW.
Now off to see how Grandad is […] hmmmm, no further word. Hmmmmm.
(0248)(0348)
1. When one publishing system clashes with another
Commenter Redacted has a site “EKO” here’s one page, here’s another. As a site manager over a longish period myself, I have to say the navigation is fraught at substacks interfacing with WP through Apple … very difficult copying text and pasting.
I also have issues with substack over navigation with things like About, the first place I go. When I cannot find anything about the redactor, nor about what EKO means, it’s frustrating, esp. when covering the territory we do here. However, there were some vital reads in there too, e.g. comments thread here:
Go to the comments threads on EKO posts, one being Steven Paul:
“In coming to the end of an old, wearying season and anticipating the joys of a new one approaching, I’ve been reminded the last few days of how messy things were for Him.
I did finally get into the About page:
Now, if substack are giving me such a hard time accessing basic data without having to come at it in different ways, it does make the platform a real chore, esp. when speed-reading. Of course, it applies in reverse too … some of you immediately reported the issues when I set up Jstack, a compositional and access nightmare, not designed for site-nav but more for one-off daily rants.
Which is a pity, as Redacted and some commenters write some very telling things worth noting.
The question of jazz and its roots, for example … that’s a bit each way … I had to ditch two versions of one of the songs late yesterday because they were iffy, before finding a third. On the other hand, the 1924 to 1931 period was far more freeform, with many solos in one song, rather than a blended loss of individuality which dominated the later 30s and 40s, lukewarm like the Laodecian church.
And that’s particularly an issue in 2025, when “choice”, the cornerstone of John 3:16, is being snuffed out by a priestly caste, step by step. By design. I was particularly interested in the point about tying Jesus to a timeline, in order to erase Him.
Also, to set near impossible parameters, in order to render something unprovable, something requiring faith, which the detractor wishes to see discarded, as part of the plan.
Particularly as confirmation swiftly follows the “buying of the ticket”, which is why so many were and still are willing to pay the ultimate penalty. Why? Might it be because it happens to be true? So the other side provides cults such as Manson and Jim Jones, where the devotees are totally obedient, but with dark, desolate outcomes. The outcomes, the fruits, are a major factor in all this. …/NUFF FOR NOW.