(0724) Solstice, whatever you wish to call it, is at 1503 GMT today around here … I’m watching for first light right now, though officially it’s listed as 0824 to 1555. Adore it, just adore it when sunset is earlier than 1600. It’s a feeling of calm, of still, of peace.
First light for each person is a matter of opinion. For me, it’s when the first faraway feature across the valley becomes genuinely visible, even in the slightest, to the naked eye. In practical terms, when I can see to move about the abode.
First light just appeared in the minute of 0747 GMT. There it is. (0815)
5. Uniparty completely out of touch
4. Wokeness is a mental illness and a portal for evil
3. Steve at 1238
JH: Better morning today, augurs well perhaps, that Neil Oliver piece … that’s why we have several sites under the nourishing unherdables canopy. (See 1238).
- CNN’s Harry Enten Bursts Out Laughing as He Reveals Congressional Democrats Hit ‘Lowest Ever’ Ratings-‘Lower than the Dead Sea’
- Alarming Report Reveals Woke Brown University Campus Security Chief’s Massive Failures Before Mass Shooting and His Disqualifying Past
- Fulton County Admits 315K Early Ballots were Illegally Certified in 2020 Election
- Operation Hawkeye. Redacted Epstein files. Putin’s Kaliningrad warning. Odessa operation begins
- Data from Health New Zealand shows cancer cases spiked in 2023 among the working-age population
- Digital ID, and the digitisation of all things, is the greatest risk humanity faces
- A fair bit more.
2. Be ultracareful exploring this
1. DAD at 1238
Life in France
a) A judge at the Cergy Administrative Court, acting on a petition from the Human Rights League, ordered the removal of the Christmas nativity scene from Asnières Town Hall. The judge gave the town 24 hours to comply.
b) The reliquary of Saint Vivent was broken into and the skull of this popular saint was stolen. The parish of Sainte-Marie-des-Olonnes announced the bad news on its social media accounts on Friday, December 19, 2025.
c) The Great Replacement – the Africa Cup of Nations. Not only is the Île-de-France region of Paris the “star of the competition,” providing 6.5% of the players for the Africa Cup of Nations, but France also supplies the largest contingent of foreign fans during the tournament in Morocco.
d) Every day, every week, they restore crosses, clean wayside crosses, and repair rosaries and crucifixes. The SOS Calvaires association, a remarkable initiative created in 1987, brings together 4,000 volunteers and numerous professionals at dozens of sites throughout France.
First light for me is when I open my right eye and I can just about make out the rectangle that is the central heating radiator. Not quite the same as gazing across a valley, but it does work.
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JH: ☺️
Butter may be a healthy food after all.
https://www.eatingwell.com/is-butter-bad-for-your-heart-health-11873630
In other news I have seen that Imran khan and his wife have ben gaoled for seventeen years for selling state gifts. It was my firm belief that his initial removal from office was prompted by western interests because of his pro Moscow position. I speak to many taxi drivers who hail from Pakistan, all of whom view Khan positively. I wonder if suspicions of a comeback have brought about his latest incarceration.
I moved to New Zealand over 25 years ago. My wife is a Kiwi. A very good friends of ours, (my wife had known him for over 50 years), who was usually anti-government and suspicious of anything the govt. said decided to have the covid shots and all the boosters, even though his G.P. tried to talk him out of it.
Our friend passed away yesterday. Cancer throughout his body. I despise Jacinda Ardern and her govt. for what they did to N.Z.
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JH: Well of course, OP. Jackboot has much to answer for. Prayers for your lady too.