(1602) Evening all.

 

20. Just how woeful England and Australia have become as nations

… just how far they have culturally sunk. The match itself? I extracted the only readable portion of some would be journo’s puff piece at the BBC:

“The fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the MCG was Test cricket cubism, the great game broken apart and stuck back together in abstract form, with a hint of Brydon Carse batting at number three. This is not a defence of the pitch which produced England’s first Test win in this country for almost 15 years and the second two-day Test of the series.

Leaving 10mm of grass on the surface, resulting in 36 wickets falling in less than six sessions, is not a fair contest between bat and ball. Not so much the Boxing Day Test, but the Boxing Days Test.”

The second para there is fair … the pitch was woeful, a lottery, it diminished both sides, faced with that awful spectacle, complete with snipers on the roof it seems. It was not cricket. England made fewer errors … well done … there was no sport, no art involved. In fact it was bizarre at a supposed premiere facility.

But it gets worse. The BBC puff piece, supposedly on cricket, went on about some sodomite singer in pink, whose ghastly uniform is preserved within the MCG members pavilion, so it seems. Somehow that has something to do with cricket.

Whole thing is awful.

19. Moosh corner

18. A word a day

17. England’s well kept canals

16. Steve at 1245 with war room

• Raheem Kassam: You May Be Wondering, “Why Should I Care About What’s Happening In The UK?” JD Vance Said It Correctly. There Is A Chance That In The Next Few Decades, The United Kingdom Will Become A Muslim-Majority Nation

• Daniel Suhr: The Polls Are Clear. The American People Have Completely Lost Trust In The National Legacy Media. That’s Why It Is Important That Policymakers Encourage Local TV And Revisit Their Antiquated Regulations

 

 

There are two films but think I might go for these two TV episodes instead … Peter Gunn followed by Simon Templar. Have watched half of the PG … it’s pretty good.

(1219) Afternoon all, here we go again.

 

15. Not good

14. Crossfire Hurricane

13. That’ll do nicely, thank you

12. It’s not just what it says

….. it’s who says it:

11. This ain’t good

 

Yes, I remember the Moke on beaches in Oz … they were popular with the younger set, then faded away.

As the narration says, the small wheels and lack of covering made the Moke impractical in cold, wet climes and yet my ragtop 30s style delight I drove had a very powerful heater, the ragtop was sealed and I tested it in the Cairngorms around this time of year … she came through with flying colours.

The Moke though was far more open than that, plus there was an open sports market then as well, e.g. the Sprite, plus the ubiquitous VW kombi was more for surfing and bonking types. Plus the Mini itself.

(0623) Fairly cool or chilly just now … stay rugged up, all you in similar clines … I unnerstand they’re in shorts in Bama. (0646)

 

10. Moosh corner

There may be less Moosh for a few days … family gathering.

9. It’s all crooked, with ulterior motives

8. Usually one gets just a few retweets or acknowledgements

… but now and then, a topic is picked up on.

7. The lady who knows

6. It’s a labyrinth, the whole bleedin’ thing

(0529) Morning all … have a good weekend. I see either snow or frost out there … either way, it’s wet. We have a double bday on our hands here …. have not had permission to name yet. (0605)

 

5. Don’t underestimate the diabolical intelligence

… plus the endless funds required to keep everyone shtum or dead. Drug trade, trafficking of women and kids, foreign criminal govts … but it still requires some materminds. As a Christian, it’s dead easy to say the devil, henchmen and women, placemen and women at all levels … or you can comp,icate it and go the Jeremy Irons route in The Time Machine.

Less fanciful is sheer bureaucracy … everything tabulated from the ages … what worked, what did not, what worked for a period of time … what fell away, requiring a new scheme of misery-bringing. Enough to make a person turn to drink or God.

4. The plan to bring down Trump

3. Steve at 1244

• Fani Willis Hit With Explosive New Allegations Tied to Massive Democrat Money Laundering Scheme
• How God Used Mice and a Water Leak to Give Us the Most Famous Christmas Carol of All Time – ‘Silent Night’
• Nigeria strikes, Hegseth more to come. Zelensky going to Mar-a-Lago. Hunter, Ukraine viper’s den
• Hidden mineral deficiency drives joint pain, weak immunity and slow healing, studies reveal
• US Sanctions EU Officials for Free Speech Suppression in Major Widening of US-European Rift
• Two-thirds of Americans support social media ban for teens under 16
• More over there.

2. Writing on the wall for Brennan?

1. DAD at 1244

a) Small victory for common sense: European Council decides against using Russian Assets to finance Ukraine….

b) b) ….more information on a)….The real reason the EU just stopped the $105B seizure of Russian Assets by Alexander Leo Smith.

c) France: now without a Budget for the Year ahead.In Paris, each and every government attempt to reach a budget agreement has failed miserably.

d) An investigation is underway to identify the driver who injured two gendarmes from the Remiremont motorcycle brigade…. The investigation, currently classified as attempted murder, has been entrusted to the Remiremont research brigade.

e) Finally….NANTES, yet again. A 17-year-old boy tries to sell a sweater on Le Bon Coin (a French online marketplace). He falls into an ambush and is stabbed by three teenagers aged 14 to 15.