(0732) Morning all. (0838)

 

5. Dusk and dawn around these parts

It’s magic here at dusk where, just before, slashes of sunlight from somewhere suddenly illuminate the surrounding buildings, brickwork, in a golden reddish glow. Can’t think of a better word than “magic”.

And then there’s the dawn, from dark to sunbathed:

Crescent moon I see. The moon likes to hang around outside my kitchen window … you’d think it would have a home to go to somewhere. Just watching it all throughout the day at intervals … even the tides are interesting through the sunroom window or Manchester through the bedroom window.

4. Steve at 1511

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio Gives Passionate Speech in Greece Rejecting Globalism and Urging a Fight Against ‘Decline of the West’

• Trump Goes Off on Merrick Garland, Jack Smith, and Biden After Biden FBI Caught Spying on Melania and Barron Trump (JH: “Goes off on”? Not “is indicted”? Not “is arrested”?
• Republicans Starting to Realize They Have a Shot at Picking Up a Senate Seat in Minnesota With Michele Tafoya
• Remember this on Election Day: Iowa City Council Meeting Opens With Prayer to Satan – Councilwoman Objects When Mayor Calls for Prayer to “Reverse” It
• Russian Overnight Strike Hits All At Once
• Report Outlines Six Carrying Exercises for Strengthening Multiple Muscle Groups (Remember that we bring it but if you choose to implement it, you should get professional medical advice beforehand)
• White fibrous clots found by embalmers: What’s in them?
• Roger Harmer refused calls for an inquiry into Moose Limb rape gangs in Birmingham; now he’s trying to control what the inquiry investigates
• Much more.

3. First of two items on clickbait

… and the need to keep the guard up. The theme was why the George Takei episode was banned (Twilight Zone).

There was nothing about that in there, except possibly in passing, certainly no discussing of it specifically. Now that goes beyond the trick of placing the promised item last … it does not place it at all in the sense promised. Plus AI slop language.

Maybe worse is that people watching YT seem to be accepting this shoddiness without complaint.

2. DAD at 1511

a) Macron dilemma.

High school student protests: “Emmanuel Macron has been shouting a lot in recent days, deeming the police response too harsh… It’s also very bad for him; he had said he would wrap up his five-year term with a focus on youth…”

b) Macron Attacks Free Speech and Urges the EU to Censor Online Posts Faster

Macron’s theory of liberty begins where the government’s permissions end.

c) France & Israel. Minister Ofir Sofer told the cabinet that, in light of the unrest in France, Israel must prepare a plan for the potential mass absorption of French Jews. 

He warned that Jews in France are increasingly afraid to walk the streets and that Israel must prepare for the possibility of further attacks.

d) Germany. (Reuters) – Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason ‌in a case that ranks among Germany’s biggest intelligence scandals since the Cold War.

Prosecutors accused him of paying for secret documents and using them in an analysis for a foreign spy service. They did not identify the intelligence service and it was not immediately clear whether the analysis reached its intended recipient.

e) France – riots. Thaïs d’Escufon To American an European friends.

I’m so ashamed, but you need to see what France has become. 

Don’t make the same mistakes we did.