Two episodes of Jeeves and Wooster and of course, the ones on offer are two of the weakest, from near the end. This review continues below, after the YT.

There are issues with the four series. One reviewer said Berty hammed it up too much in series one but thereafter improved. Hmmmm. Another reviewer said:

Definitely watch the Season 1 of this brilliant series & then say goodby. The joie de vivre of this daffy, cheerful satire on the 1920s British upper crust sparkles throughout the first season which appears to have had a very great deal of effort put into it. Sadly the production then coasted on that effort, cookie-cutter creating following episodes & changing important secondary character actors willy-nilly, totally cutting the legs out from under the series as a whole. The two leads are always a joy to watch but the sparkle that illuminated the series as a whole is just not there after Season 1.

My attitude is a mix of both reviews … whilst there was still sufficient material to keep it relatively Wodehousy into series three, when Ferdinand Fairfax took over the direction, the taking of liberties had begun … anything the BBC touches eventually goes ga ga land … perfect example being Doctor Who, with sick sexuality intruding, plus Wokery … they can’t help themselves, these people … and in one episode, Jeeves goes transvestite … meant to be very funny, ha ha, but it wasn’t to me.

But not completely. One Woke luvvy was outraged by the blackface episodes, yet they were far more of the time than rainbow politics which the modern writers simply cannot leave off, even for a few moments. In the final episode of the last (fourth) series, it had just gone farce and slapstick … modern writers simply cannot write imho … at least can’t hold a candle to Wodehouse. For a start, being ideologues, they lack subtlety … they attempt it but it’s not unlike Starmer and Rayner attempting to write a comedy.

And overplayed, one dimensional in the acting. Stoker and Spode are blackguards through and through, Stiffy and the other women are incapable of anything but rapacity … except for Madeleine who occasionally shows some humanity. For a short while. Perhaps that’s expecting a bit too much.

As for the two leads … they did not initially wish to take the roles … but understood no others were better fitted. The music? Excellent. The settings? Excellent. So much was good along the way.

JH: Back to the first instalment … a few more pics of their dangerous idyll … tornadoes, tides, crocs … but everyday something new happening.

Ggl AI says:

The Latin word for “left” is sinister. While it originally meant “left” or “on the left side,” it also developed negative connotations over time, eventually leading to its current English meaning of “evil” or “unfavorable.”

And so it has turned out … in the States, the lawlessness nationwide is orchestrated by the Demonrats, supported in Congress by the RINOs … the young are largely corrupted, along with Antifa, BLM, universities, schools, fatherless families, baby murder … it goes on.

In Britain, the communist govt were not voted for by 80% of the electorate, even given the invasion numbers of fighting age men, paid for by Brit taxpayers … it’s all quite evil, sinister … pushed by the LibLabConGreen Uniparty … and Reform itself is corrupt at the top.

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7. More US news

6. Reform plus the state of Britain now

 

(0644) Greetings all … light(ish) out there but with foreboding clouds. (0722)

 

5. City of angels and other lawlessness

4. BLM at TDS

“What was the most demented moment of the Black Lives Matter summer of 2020, asks Dan Hannan in the Washington Examiner. For him, it was “when 1,200 public health officials declared that, although meeting other people was a health risk, especially if you were protesting the lockdowns, demonstrating in support of BLM was fine”. Here’s an excerpt.

[…]

McDonald’s changed its name on all social media platforms to “Amplifying Black Voices”’ Apple replaced its music app radio stations with a single stream playing N.W.A’s “Fuck Tha Police” on repeat. Lego cancelled advertising for its police-related toys. Woe betide you if you did not post a black square on June 2nd 2020, to mark #BlackOutTuesday. …”

And so on.

3. Steve at 1069

• Hungary’s Orbán Celebrates Conservative Nawrocki’s Victory in Poland and the Expanding Trump Influence in Europe
• Joe Rogan’s Face Says It All in Painful Reaction to Trump-Musk Feud
• Elon Musk’s Father Backs Trump in Public Feud
• Newsom Threatens to Withhold Tens of Billions in Federal Taxes
• Germany Merz obsessed with defeating Russia [JH: What’s new?]
• EVs turn ships into death traps: Lithium-ion fires ravage another vessel
• Much more.

2. DAD at 1069

a) The establishment doesn’t favor [the Barbarians] out of love and respect. It fears them.

b) The man who would be Louis XX of France : “The legalization of euthanasia represents the final nail in the coffin of European civilization.”

c) French Reality: Citizenship Training for PSG Rioters, Murder Charge for Policeman.

d) The perils of being visibly Jewish in France.

First … Whitsun for the British

“Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian holy day of Pentecost. It falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus’ disciples (as described in Acts 2).

Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of three holiday weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from service on the lord’s demesne this week, which marked a pause in the agricultural year.

Whit Monday, the day after Whitsun, remained a holiday in Britain until 1971 when, with effect from 1972, the ruling Conservative Government decided to permanently replace it, following a five-year trial period, with a Spring Bank Holiday on the last Monday in May.

Whit had been the occasion for many varied forms of celebration, and was of significant cultural importance. It was a custom for children to receive a new set of clothes, even among the poorest families, a tradition which continued well into the 20th century.” (Wikipedia)

How many children are taught this these days? And the nonWokerati speak of heritage and tradition?

Now onto Pentecost itself:

“It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). Many churches, including the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church, believe the Holy Spirit descended upon Mary, the mother of Jesus, at the same time, as also recorded in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 1:14).

Pentecost is one of the Great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a Solemnity in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, a Festival in the Lutheran Churches, and a Principal Feast in the Anglican Communion. Many Christian denominations provide a special liturgy for this holy celebration.

Since its date depends on the date of Easter, Pentecost is a “moveable feast”. The Monday after Pentecost is a legal holiday in many European, African and Caribbean countries.” (Wikipedia)

And now onto one of the core problems of the early church … the traditions of Genesis to Deuteronomy for Israel/Judaea. If you were post-Jesus Jewish and did not accept the Resurrection, then you had no dissonance and as the whited sepulchres of the Pharisees and Sadducees, plus others, had twisted the Mosaic Law over time, which is the whole point of Jesus of Nazareth in the earliest phase … what stuck in the craw for the highly orthodox Jewish Christians was the very notion of preaching to the gentiles.

Yet the notion appeared in the gospels … there were sufficient references also in the Pauline letters. Peter was far more Jewish orthodox, Paul was carrying the gospel to the known world.

But that, of course, raised the question of how? How, when they were of different tongues? Hence Pentecost.

Right, so, onto sceptics saying there was no Moses, no Mosaic Law … thing is … the criticism is irrelevant. In the time of Jesus, it was the Law and that was that. As for John 3:16 … well that’s a question of faith, no?

The notion of the day of Pentecost is similarly not fatal to the faith … the Christology certainly spread and spread … I’m not personally fussed exactly how … it did spread and was preached.

And one of the key underpinnings of the West, if not THE key underpinning, esp. in the middle ages, was the Church, which brings in a whole other discussion … Church v Christianity v State. That’s for another time.