… they have their reasons, I call them bad reasons.
15. Steve at 1176
War Room snippets…
Dave Walsh: AI Runs On 24/7 Baseload Power Just Like Cement, Steel, And Semiconductor Plants. Renewables Can’t Provide That Reliability
Steve Cortes: Populism Isn’t A Passing Trend; It’s The New Political Reality In America. We’re Not Going Back To The “Free Trade” Era That Sold Out American Workers To Foreign Interests
German academic argues “centrist” intransigence on immigration led to emergence of “far right”
Authors of French bestseller show how advancements in scientific knowledge point to God’s existence
There were two copies, one with subtitles which could not be removed … and a YT version without. Sadly, YT started all this age restricted rubbish. So this is the subtitles one.
(1256) Afternoon all. How did we make it to lunchtime? (1328)
10. What type of utter stoopidity are they up to now?
9. About time for the next instalment
This, by the way, is not Svali per se … this is part of the other collected bits and pieces from 2002 till about 2004 or so.
8. Cotswold tatties, anyone?
7. Now & Next with PMQs report
HERE. Excerpt:
“In the first place his policies appear chaotic. He has said he wants to help ‘working people’ defined by him as those who do not have savings, yet the public sector employees who have been awarded pay rises also tend to have generous final salary pension schemes, a gold-plated form of savings for old age increasingly unavailable to those in the private sector. Also the pensioners who were to be hit worst by the withdrawal of the Winter Fuel Allowance are retired workers on a low income and with little or no savings.”
Essentially, Rolf was asking … what gives with this Starmer?
(1054) Just had a delivery, had to do some kitchen chores after it, back now, copied Penseivat’s comment to OoL, now to what should have been just a regulation short feature youtube … and it turned out to be much more.
The one I had was how cardboard boxes are recycled. Uh huh, it showed different parts of it … commenters were unimpressed:
Alas, yes … had to drop the video and go to the next of the 24 (remember) … why do they call jeans “jeans”? Good topic … same ML (AI) bilge. Had to delete it.
The next we’ll run below … chap looked fine in the corner, expounding … until I looked at comments and there was a double whammy, which means I have to explain comments below YTs for those who’ve not noticed … there is always one comment only … in this case, a good’un about it not being Hwy 90 at all but Hwy 190 … commenter was peeved.
Uh huh … to copy and paste it here, I had to click on the comment below the YT. Like a genie, it simply disappeared … it was not at the head of comments in the least. Quick look at how many comments … well over 700 to wade through. Sigh. Fortunately, there was a similar comment visible in the thread:
So the presenter could not even get the Hwy name right, interstate, motorway, whatever. I agree it’s not critical to our understanding of the aircrash. But how the crash occurred IS critical, as the video is all about that and if the video is long (over five minutes), then I’d like to know it’s worth it.
Apparently, he is claiming the doors and windows blew open but commenters cried out:
Not as important to us as the myriad other issues which could soon sink us … plus this was in the mail this morning:
They want us to go to a site and register … uh huh. Or phone. Threatening us, plus reducing the declaration now to 6 months, whereas it had alwys been two years and indefintely before that.
I’m not fussed, nor about the way WP have stopped opening sentences here with capitals … minor again but still annoying … nor about the bombardment by the “health practice with empty waiting room” urging me to get the death jab now. Two days later … same.
Which reminded me of this sshot I took months ago:
a) Politics in France rather quieter after all the excitment of the last few days, but the financial markets are keeping a sharp eye on Paris.
b) Image of the week: Macron humiliated internationally. Discomfort is what the meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump inspires in us.
c) The French Chief of the office for immigration and integration (OFII), Guillaume Larrivé, has resigned due to the “lack of ambition” to “reduce immigration by the new government”.
d) [Recently I read Alex Belfield’s book ‘Serviving the Slammer’ on the prison system in England. All the problems therein seem to be replicated in France. Young and inexperienced prison guards are controlled by the prisoners.]
This seems as good a juncture as any to introduce the a few items on Chas 3 which I’ve had in remote storage since around 2002 till 2004, text as you see before you, having not accessed it since then.
Veracity? Bona fides? Your guess is as good as mine … they’re various snippets gathered over that time and archived. While my first line above was jocular, my second relying on Wiki for veracity … these below I’m quite line ball on … for example the old College of Heralds reference and I must say I’ve also noted criticisms of it, ranging from “utter balderdash” to “no such thing I’m afraid”.
I also noted at the time that “utter balderdash” hardly refutes it … it gainsays it and without receipts. I could also gainsay the gainsayers … no one’s shown conclusive proof either way imho. With that having been said, let us proceed:
