(0526) Greetings all, this Boxing Day. (0613)

(0723) Heading back to bed for some time, not 100%, need to hit it on the head.

 

5. Ron speaks

4. Steve at 1243

• Judge Finally Allows Access to Fulton County 2020 Physical Ballots and Related Documents
• Impossible Terms in Zelensky 20 Point Ukraine Peace Proposal
• CBP Commander Greg Bovino Savages Third-World Alien Rep. Ilhan Omar in Christmas Message
• Macron hits back at US sanctions. Bush-Putin docs reveal early NATO warning. Orban, EU war economy
• Conflict with all three great powers. Greenland back on the table
• More there.

3. There are certain names among pundits

… as has constantly been pointed out … who are high value, while others touting themselves with “shows” as megapundits are of “some” value in reality … my view on the latter is the same as my view on High Pointy-hatters and Incense Swingers in churches. My view on the former is that if they drop something, we need to drop ours and have a shoofty.

Patrick Byrne is an anomaly. Hardly respectful towards much of DJT’s doings, he’s still essentially onside with MAGA … former cyber badboy … weeeell, at least see what happens … he’s in with Emerald.

2. DAD at 1243

a) Considering the demographic and political trends in France and the UK that are “aligned with Islamism,” Vice President JD Vance expressed concern about the nuclear weapons possessed by these countries….

b) Macron pushes Germany to reintegrate Russian nuclear energy to EU system. In the coming weeks, German authorities are expected to decide whether to approve a controversial licence application by Framatome….

c) Elon Musk, on his social medium, mocks Air France for not daring to wish people “Merry Christmas”, unlike the Arab airline Emirates, which doesn’t hesitate to do so.

d) Von der Leyen cancels trip to Brazil to sign Mercosur deal after farmers descend on Brussels….

e) The EU dream is dying and nobody wants to admit it – cold, brutal mathematics that Brussels desperately hopes you’ll never understand.

1. Bit of an Op Ed

Still one day ahead in this three day festivity … was not expecting Christmas Eve to be so full-on and today is the easing out of the festivity. Verdict … pretty good, actually. In terms of present haul … ran out of space to put them, ditto with food in the fridge.

I compare that with Samantha Taghoy (now Smith), the rapee as one of the “groomed”. It was a sad letter she penned on X … all the people in her family she lost … and that then leads to the Veterans on the streets. Sorry to use that word in Britain as we called them returned servicemen and women but Veterans is more universal now between allies.

Toodles has sent another link I have to bury … IYE (bless him, hope he’s coming out of it) would be interested I’d think. Possibly at UHC under Toods’ name. Most interesting.

Still dark here, no real plan for the day, expecting one more visitor … one of the pressies (Oz vernacular?) was Italian milk bread with fruit … quite yummy with tea or coffee. Best start posting our chaps’s fayre plus my backlog … have a good Boxing Day … anything planned there?