(0445) Morning all … enough light out there to say the day is underway. (0536)
4. DAD at 1076
a) These people are en route for the UK… This Saturday morning, before 10:00 a.m., shots were fired in the Loon-Plage migrant camp.
b) The French Police cannot stop them….. French police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse hundreds of migrants looking to board boats headed for Britain.
c) The Pope encourages them…. Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘open borders’ and condemns ‘spirit of exclusion’.
d) Anyone who had for a moment believed that the hydra of wokery had been tamed and the authoritarian Left defeated should probably look at […] Portugal these past few days.
3. Targetting of lesser antiWoke lights
Ryan is a pundit on X, as is Cynthia Holt, as is our Julia:
2. Steve at 1076
- Stephen Miller: ‘Illegals Who Fail to Register with the Government, As Required by Law …
- Iran Threatens to Strike US Military Bases (meaning the Regime does)
- Fired ABC Hack Terry Moran Admits He is Liberal Activist
- Rep. Melissa Hortman Voted with Republicans to Cut Healthcare for Adult Illegal Aliens Just Days Before Being Assassinated by Shooter with ‘No Kings’ Flyers (no mention of dead hubby)
- Far-Left Extremist Website Publishes ‘Seven Steps to Stop ICE’ (yeah yeah)
- Staggering Losses: What Prisoner And Body Exchanges Reveal About Ukraine’s War
- Questions about known neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2
- Much more.
1. Stream of consciousness
This kicked off in finishing the second of three pieces of “semi-fiction” called Island yesterday and now in net-exploring mode, as are many of you, jumping from topic to topic, then exploring a Quora posting by a guitarist Martin Turner, sent among other things to the inbox … I got onto the Jewish history thing which I hope to return to later but not sure I can write it.
Anyway, Martin T was answering a question about bands which not only became overhyped but came to be disliked for their overblown, even dinosaur image, with the driving force becoming ego-plus instead of “creativity” and honesty … in the eyes of critics and fans anyway.
He mentioned the rightly famous Dire Straits, plus Nickleback (whom I’ve never knowingly listened to and never wish to), ditto with Phil Collins, U2 and so on. One made for TV band who turned out better than their ersatz reputation would lead us to believe were The Monkees … through all of this ran the themes “sold out”, whatever that’s meant to mean, plus “authenticity”, which I can relate to, as we’re excoriating pollies right now for just that. Studio executive music is an aspect of inauthenticity.
One band which seemed to escape were Talking Heads, who right now in June are back in minor headlines for a 60th or something film on Psycho Killer, one of their most famous songs in the 70s … and the psycho is played by Saoirse Ronan whom I think of as perfect for such a role, in a “Carrie” sort of way. Those eyes, that nuttiness.
That’s about all for now on that.