(1502) Afternoon all, almost evening.

 

20. Past my bedtime but quickly

… DJT is in thrall to some very bad players … Wiles and Graham two of the worst. Graham keeps playing this exceptionalism card to DJT, which is in reality continuing the trough and trafficking, the drugs, the biolabs.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-attacks-us-owned-factory-ukraine-while-insisting-it-has-veto-power-over-any

The Donald seems to have zero understanding that the US has no cards in this. As for Venezuela and Maduro? Just what is the hold Graham has over DJT? This will have to be continued tomorrow.

Now, the hat tip is to Redacted whom I’m about to fish out of spam … don’t try to understand his words, also please lay off as Redacted is right about this … longer post from me tomorrow. Would be nice if all held off overnight. Night night all.

19. Why did it take so long?

18. Moosh corner

17. Deryl Corner

16. Annunziata corner

15. When intereference ruins things

14. Steve at 1136 with War Room

• Sen. Mike Lee (R): Mail-In Ballots Are A Chain-Of-Custody Nightmare. Once Millions Of Ballots Get Tossed Into The Postal Service, Manipulation Risk Multiplies
• August Takala On The H-1B Visa Scam: “If They’re Not Taking American Jobs Why Can’t We Have Transparency?”
• ‘Deport All Of Them Now’: Natalie Winters Blasts H1B Visa Scam
• Jenny Holland Reports On Britain’s Incredible Christian Revival Amongst Young People

13. Allo allo allo, wot’s all this then?

12. Steve

My heart bleeds – her record as German defense minister (2014-2019) speaks for itself:

“The Bundeswehr’s condition is catastrophic,” Rupert Scholz, who served as defense minister under Helmut Kohl, wrote last week before von der Leyen was nominated to the EU’s top post. “The entire defense capability of the Federal Republic is suffering, which is totally irresponsible.”

Trump has no time for unelected bureaucrats..

Brussels’ Bureaucratic Monster: Von der Leyen and the EU’s Unaccountable Power | https://english.daneriksson.com/p/brussels-bureaucratic-monster-von

11. IYE returns

Apropos of nothing at all.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170409022353/http://trumpmodels.com

 

A pre-coder:

Review:

“Honestly, for a film from 1931 this is as perfectly made as possible. The story is totally absorbing which will appeal to everyone whatever your tastes. The production and acting is superb – faultless and thoroughly enjoyable.

Claudette Colbert is perfect as ‘the rich girl who lives on the hill.’ She’s adorably lovely, naively unaware of her own privilege and innocently unaware of the consequences of her entitled lifestyle. Everyone who knows Lydia loves her and that’s all down to Colbert’s natural acting. You thoroughly believe that Lydia is a real person you’re watching, a real person whom you could fall in love with.

Fredric March is always one of the most naturally likeable guys of the pre-code era and that’s no exception in this. His character is a little too good to be true at times but that’s needed to offset some of the stuffy over-privileged attitudes of the ‘old money’ patriarchs of the town. His character is the voice of the common man. He’s the one who asks the question, the theme of this picture: should justice be the same for the rich and the poor. That it’s actually debated whether rich people have to go to jail seems weird and antiquated at first but then again, have things really changed?

The injustice theme would have been handled very differently, much more vociferously were this made by Warner Brothers. Were it a WB film, her time in jail would probably have made Lydia a much more remorseful like some sort of sexy Scrooge on Christmas Day. In this, her character isn’t really changed that much which makes you feel a little annoyed with her but that’s actually more realistic and adds to the authenticity.”

(1114) Lucy Connolly Day. (1230)

 

10. Hmmmmm, time to examine this rig

This sail plan has things going for it … and against it … the binding of the two yards is good for strength, poor for upwind efficiency, good for lowering the CofEff, therefore better righting moment, can’t be reefed well, though can be furled and dropped. Triangles are the least good for overall sail area. Quite a strong rig though. It lacks twist at the top of the yard, useful for gusts. I’d still go for the standing lug.

9. My heart bleeds

8. Quiz … any idea what the product is?

7. Never mind in n6 … here’s a boy

6. No sign of a boy you notice

It’s all about the children. pic.twitter.com/fBZHl5QUy7

— The Yorkshire Lass (@real_shirelass) August 21, 2025

 

(0336) Another middle of the night job, re-run of last night, meaning probable 0730 re-start later, ok? (0741)

 

5. To my mind, she’s getting better and better

4. Cancers and heart attacks … why?

3. Steve at 1135

• Look to Lincoln and Act: Arrests, Tribunals, and War Powers
• Kiev Has Suffered 1.7 Million Casualties
• AfD Candidate Excluded from German Mayoral Election
• Sanctuary City Mayors Still Defying ICE Detainers and “Now They Face Potential Criminal Charges for Harboring and Smuggling”
• Illegal Alien Truck Driver Who Killed Three People on Florida Highway Failed English
• DHS Paints Southern Border Wall Black, Making it Too Hot to Climb
• Trump floats No Fly Zone. Europe boots in [The] Ukraine.
• Moscow: No Concessions, Kiev Forfeits All Rights Unless Disarms Goes Neutral
• Vaccine Cartel Strikes Back
• Greenland’s glaciers are feeding life, not causing doom
• Much more.

2. Restart at 0726 … DAD at 1136

a) France: recent new law: Smoke-free areas: restaurateurs and cafés demand “the initiation of immediate consultations”

b) A newly released series of worldwide human rights reports by the US strongly criticised the United Kingdom over what it said was a troubling decline in free speech protections there.

c) Scottish grandmother’s case dropped after arrest for holding sign in abortion buffer zone.

1. Over at UHC

The Wall

I’m really seeing UHC as the site for longer pieces now, or collected reflections by our readers … with HQ as the first-port-of-call sort of site, plus NOWP as usual. I’m thinking that that division of sites is useful … let’s roll with that idea for awhile.

(1653)

 

23. Past my bedtime now, soon night night

… there was a comment by Redacted I found in spam, tried various ways, to no avail. It’s in sshot form at UHC right now. At least we have it. The issue appeared to be the parts of pics I’ve not included.

22. Some U.S. comment

21. Hungary and St Stephen

20. Steve

One to ponder – indeed and I can recommend this book for the hard of learning:

A Disaster of Our Own Making: How the West Lost Ukraine – Brandon J Weichert | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/206550036-a-disaster-of-our-own-making

19. Tax tax tax … spend spend spend

18. More flag-upping

Speaking personally, I tried to explain to people that outside the isles, our flag for international purposes, is the union flag (not jack) … inside our borders, it’s our home country flag, in my case the CofStG. The home country flags are easier to paint on.

Now, I saw some England fans say no … no union flag, as it is Empire. Sorry … what about our Scottish, Welsh, NI loyalists to what we are, what we are about? The person who first retweeted me was Subrosa, who is Scottish but feels part of all natives to these islands. I for one am not going to reject my home country friends. Nor the Gurkhas.

Now, what about Ben? Still thinking about this:

So, what do we say to Ben? Think we have to think all this through. What I can say though is the flag-upping is grand, it is raising consciousness in a nice way.

17. Who’s been at it this time?

16. A Pat Condell three-fer

15. Fecal water supply

14. Message to Tories

13. Steve at 1135 with War Room

• Dr John Lott: Other Countries Banned Mail-In And Wide Absentee Ballots After Fraud Exploded. The UK, France, Others Tightened. Only America Loosened, And Fraud Followed
• Jack Posobiec: Sadiq Khan Shows The Blueprint: Open Borders, Demographic Shift, Power Grab. London Fell This Way. NYC Is Next. It’s Not An Accident; It’s A Strategic Plan
• Sam Faddis: “Zelenskyy Is Gonna Have To Face The Fact He’s Not Getting Back All Of That Territory”
• Dr Shannon Kroner: “Kids Can Be Groomed Through These AI Apps” 

12. Today three years ago, Dasha Dugina was murdered

11. The Penseivat question

Was thinking about this:

“What I found interesting was the apparent difficulty the officers had in successful applying the handcuffs, something that I experienced in my early days as a Police officer. One other problem was that if one cuff was applied, and the offender broke loose,they had a swinging metal weapon, which could cause injury. Then the Rigid Bar handcuffs, usually called QuickCuffs was introduced, which made applying them much easier, using pain compliance if necessary. I understand that these were an American invention, so was surprised to see the old style cuffs still being used by American Police. Perhaps an American reader could add to this?”

My reply is that it’s a combination of things. First is that she’s a girl, not a woman, with a fairly athletic looking build, yet slender, grown up one, maybe 20 to 30 or older.

Second is that someone of that type is quite strong for her overall weight, not small, very “whippy” limbs, difficult to pin, slippery, uses all that in defence, plus men cannot go full force on such a girl … I mean we just morally can’t. The “I’m an AG” they could, less slippery but they still had trouble. To cuff them both quickly would have had to use the force they’d use on a man. They were very feminine … I’m thinking men are at a real disadvantage because of the condemnation. Plus female limbs, upper and lower halves, operate independently.

I do know what it’s like as if it’s your gal, providing she wants, you can put her in full nelson and scissors but she allowed that. If she was genuinely fighting and of that build, and you were soft on her … no way.

Which brings me to how the invaders do it … how? How can even one on one succeed? My reply is … has to be extreme violence, doesn’t it? Plus brute, unfettered strength, as of a madman. They don’t care if they hurt the girl.

 

Review:

“This movie is basically a remake of Japanese Yosei Gorasu, and quite a few moments are literally copied & pasted (EG the spaceship succumbing to the gravitation ): mysterious planetoid and its gravitational influence wreck havoc on earth, thus space probes are sent to investigate. Giacomo Rossi-Stuart looks less credible than elsewhere, with his all-macho, wooden acting pushed to the farcical extreme, EG the scene in which he poses as “pissed off” at the LT Sanchez, who in turn still drools over him.

Women spot the typical hydrogen 1960s hair styles, and (with minor adjustments ) could be from some Italian C series parody like the countless “Franco&Ciccio” movies. They try hard to recreate the “american” atmosphere: the Mexican femme fatale, the east-European Jew second in command, whatever, but fail miserably. Considering its year of release, the sci-fi element (EG the “united democracies” angle ) is not a complete waste, and considering this is a low-budget C series Italian movie, results are fair. SFX are decent, with major slips (EG when the “second in command” sinks into magma to his demise, they superpose close-up video footage of the actor’s face onto a toy soldier’s body…laughable ).

Acting ability is slim to negligible, with a few iconic characters, notably “telecommunication officer” LT Sanchez ( Star Trek Uhura anyone? But Star Trek was still to come ); the homesick first-mate; the bada$$ commander, etc. The score is fully fledged 1960s Italian B movie, reminiscent of say “Hercules against Zorro”, “Hitler versus Hannibal” or whatever low-budget “colossal” they were milling in those days. All in all a very mediocre movie, with bits of charm offset by major slips and poor acting.”

JH: Yep, obviously unmissable, unherdable cat dudes.

(1127) Not 100%, a bit nauseous, might be my own company, shall post a few items, then take steps. So many items to post right now, no good films just yet. Early in the day yet. (1150)

 

10. One to ponder

9. Hungary gas

The issue of late … Russia supplied Hungary with energy … the murderous clown sabotaged it of course. Studying the map,h hmmmm … difficult getting gas Rus-Hun.

8. Another one

Was that applause necessary? Yes. Yes it was 🤣🤣
Must watch officer was Perfect in his approach to Driver 🫵
Entitled, arrogant Driver FAFO 😆

Part 2 in comments pic.twitter.com/g0rPtw8zvc

— G-PA (@IndianaGPA) August 19, 2025

 

(0751) Second sleep kicked in, which was great for me but maybe not for the blog. Also, not so sure I’m any fresher … think we might need a post item on fatigue later. Plus age. Maybe. (0841)

 

7. “I’m an AG … I’m an AG”

… has now done the rounds of the west, that is … it’s gone viral, which did cause one commenter to write, tongue in cheek:

“As a former toddler myself, I can feel sympathy (for her).”

Ha ha. What the heck am I blathering about, for those still not au fait? Toodles sends:

Chaps and chapesses, we are indeed so fortunate for that thumbnail, repeated here in case it disappears:

The image … and of course the whole clip … are iconic, not unlike all those heads of govt lined up on seats outside headmaster Donny’s office … or those of Sydney Sweeney … or the Butler assassination attempt … or Hancock’s smirk when pretending to cry over the deathjab and lockdown … or Strzok’s grin … and so it goes on … those men raising that flag on that hill … or D Day … it goes on.

This unfortunate image above deserves a whole page written on it alone. Let’s get down to why. Toodles’s Cuddles advises that an assistant AG (attorney general) is usually a wannabee, maybe these days of a certain political affiliation but let’s not tar all … usually ambitious, usually ends up in the govt sector, is on around $113,000 a year.

And in this case, is full of herself, with her sycophantic wing-girl beside her. Long story short … both were drunk or on something, which tends to make many a woman either incapable (you know the term Mickey Finn perhaps or roofie) or obnoxious, standing on her importance in Society … or both. In this case, belligerent, speaking down to officers as an AG, which she is not, plus her wing-girl even more obnoxious.

Now, opinion is divided on the treatment meted out to her and note what the wing-girl says when the officer lays a hand on her bare shoulder … well ok, shall we let that one go and look at the effect of the viral vid on the west, plus incidentally on Milsum males?

Yes … full-on confirmation bias … particularly as “women in power” has become a hot topic westwide, plus Dunning-Kruger, plus Hultgreen-Curie, plus Peter Principle … in short, this “I’m an AG” has done the cause of pushy leftist women in the west no good whatever.

Which causes me, for example, to rush in and defend the Toodleses, the Julias, the Karolines, the Judge Jeanettes … who are pretty darned good, with added female edge, with ego extracted. Key point … ego extracted. Which brings in males, amongst whom the term ego is not unknown. Boys?

Which in turn makes us evaluate Rachel from Accounts, Jess Phillips, green dress Rayner, Heels-Up Cackles and her word salads … it goes on and on. And they, in turn, point to Dan Quayle, Gordon Brown and so it goes.

Where have we got to after all that? Well, my thought is that most men in power and virtually all women are entirely the wrong people to be in any sort of power over others, and yet there is the norm, n’est-ce-pas?

6. DAD at 1135

Wednesday – I think. [Life is all ‘sixes ans sevens’ since the family visited at the week-end.]

a) In the Dunkirk region, incidents, particularly stone throwing, are deliberately created far from departure areas to attract law enforcement and give the beaches a free hand. Another well-known strategy is simultaneous boat departures.

b) No Country for Barbie? (Smilsum) shutting down screening divides French Politics. Two reports.

c) Tech giants must be allowed to burn more fossil fuels if the U.K. is to become a global AI leader, British ministers were told this summer.

d) Orbán vindicated as EU Ukraine strategy collapses after Alaska.