(1012) looks overcast, wonder if it’s a bit warmer today? Feels it.

ddddd

6. Summary in sshots of X this morning

(0806) Morning all … awoke late, 0757, and had to sort some matters first. (0933)

 

5. Something different … remember this?

4. Steve at 1260

• President Trump Issues a Dire Warning to Cuba as He Cuts Off All Oil and Money to the Island Dictatorship – Then He Teases a New Leader for Cuba (JH: This was in 3a below)
• Feds Release Chilling List of Violent Criminal Aliens Arrested in Minnesota Sanctuary State
• [The] Ukraine Purges Recruiters Amid Army Mobilization Crisis
• Russia Prepares Biggest Ukraine Strike Duma Wants Reserve Armies Committed [JH: This will be covered around Mon 8)
• Macron and Husband Go Into Hiding in Paris Amid Farmer Revolt – Redacted
• EU official plotted to ‘organise resistance’ against Hungary’s Orban, files show
• Three Takeaways From The US Seizure Of A Russian-Flagged Tanker In The Atlantic
• Much more.

3. Some sort of slow op ed

… slow because I’d like to cover most key points and the memory’s been better.

a. X, Iran summary, Trump and implications:

(I) There are issues with X this morning, inc. with Julia and others, me of course. They are stalling the retweet button, as well as rewarding comment rather than retweet. This can be read as Elon responding to govt threat or his woke techies tweaking the algorithm to put us into a lower band.

(ii) With what is appearing … very little on Iran, which is highly significant because DJT and intervention don’t enter into reports at all … Cuba does. Whilst DJT has Venz, Iran, Cuba, Minne all on his plate, he has deputies … are they themselves up to scratch, biased towards a MAGA position? I need to go into this in more depth in Mon 7.

b. The threats we’re facing

(i) Govt, banking, didge id

I’ll post a sshot summary of X this morning at Mon 6 … it includes the debanking in the UK, which has sharply risen, along with yesterday’s stats on plod raids. There’s also Mon 1’s issue of the blocking by Aus govt, which they’re hoping to roll out here soon, if Starmer can survive … it’s line ball, as in Iran … or is it? Is it all part of the theatre? Or is that last sentence part of the theatre too?

(ii) Health and indifference

Everyone I know who cares is under the hammer right now. The old advice for when the airmasks over your plane seat drop down, put your child’s on first, then yours. Same here … your mental health under this sustained barrage of things going wrong … the meme about the Amish holds true … why are you folk not at your wits’ end? Er … we don’t have television (radio, MSM in all forms).

But we can add to that … online, the net. The trolls are out in force for sure, false prophets … and the guy I blocked last evening, saying I was shilling for Israel … he may have had a point. Does not change my angle … the safety of those ordinary Iranians but … well, wait for Mon 7, all right?

(iii) Mindset and action plans

This is related to Mon 3b(ii) above plus that bit about X retweeting being interfered with.

Firstly, slow down … nothing you/we can rush out now, or in twenty minutes, or an hour later is going to alter the reality on the ground or in the minds of the movers and shakers.The entire issue is how we can get around this, that, or the other barb for now … whilst joining the general groundswell of seething anger and pushback.

It may sound trite but get onto that RFK diet priority order if you can, look after yourself, keep your tootsies warm at all times, your skull too, keep moving all parts of the old bod, have sustained breaks but also use your energy well.

Keep your friendships in good repair … write down on paper those you need to get to today to reassure … check it off, point by point. For example, I must get to MMutR later, plus Amfortas’s son, plus reassure IYE that all is well. Big clothes wash too, food tomorrow.

Operate on that level, with “cleared” mind. I did not say “clear” mind because that presupposed being a serene, indifferent bstd … and we are not that. Nor are we hysterical over all the wrong things. As for insults and attacks … that’s their issue, not ours. Yet do think about the points in the attacks, without woe-is-me despondency … is there any point where they may just have a point? Adjust.

That’s about it for now.

2. DAD at 1260

a) Threatened by two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked the Minister of the Interior to look into the possibility of holding legislative elections on the same dates as municipal elections.

b) Macron announces the creation of a High Commission for Diversity. It will more likely be a low commission for “wokism,” repentance, and the promotion of anti-white racism.

c) The port of Le Havre has been the target of a roadblock set up by farmers since Sunday, January 11, 2026. They are protesting the free trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur [South American] countries.

d) The number of people being debanked has increased tenfold in less than a decade, with anti-Debanking campaigner Nigel Farage calling the new-year statistics “appalling”, it is reported.

(Dateline Monday, January 12th, 0029 to 0144)

 

Certain dismaying developments and possible ways around them

Going to take these chronologically. This is way past my bedtime and thus I’m making insta-decisions based on what we know and what we’re fighting:

a. Amfortas’s funeral mass:

Blocked … I assume by Australian govt. The sticking point was Vimeo, which let me through fine but then started this age veri thing which was most intrusive. It was not, you see, just age … I can give you that by word of mouth, our govt here know it anyway, they know all relevant details, e.g. HMRC, medical etc. … even delivery drivers know this, our readers here are also well aware I’m no spring chicken.

This is not in the least what Them are on about, they’re not interested. We have, you see, another vaxx situation all over again, called dig ID and I for one ain’t playin’. Not for a foreign govt. It’s nowt to do with VPN, it’s a platform, Vimeo, saying you’re not getting this service without age veri in a very specific, intrusive way.

Plus two more factors … it would be live stream and I’d forgotten about the licence fee in the UK … I have no TV nor similar device, nor am I playin’ that game either. I’ll watch a replay at some stage. If you do not play the licence fee game either in the UK, then wait for the replay.

Last factor on Amfortas’s funeral is it’s in Latin … however, there’s a translation service.

Decision … sadly, I’m letting it go for now but am there in spirit and the requested prayer for his soul. The rest can be sorted down the line.

b. Iran situation:

I was attacked last evening for being a shill for Israel, which is not so. I am very much, though, a shill for:

(i) The Triune God, non-denominationally

(ii) England and/or Britain (that’s still not been debated … my anthem is Jerusalem)

(iii) All national only but not super-national, i.e. global bodies. That means I’m very loyal to any western or other nation’s own common people, its citizens if you like, at that level only, on their own soil, plus their trad cultures, second only to England/Britain. To that nation itself, not to any political party, yet including the home countries or provinces within that land.

Therefore, if I repost a Mossad sshot below, it is for information in the Iran crisis. DJT is going to have to decide for his people, plus Iran’s, very, very quickly, if he’s capable of it. Reports do seem to indicate it’s quite line ball just now with this godless massacre taking place.

c. So here are the two relevant sshots:

d. Special note for Steve:

He’s supplied two X links in comments. The first is this:

“What you don’t understand about these protests is this: Iranians of EVERY generation are risking it all for freedom. Teenagers who have never known life outside the Islamic Regime. Parents whose childhoods were violently stolen in 1979. Grandparents who still remember the golden age of Iran before Islamofascism. This isn’t a phase. This is a nation, rising up across generations, to reclaim itself.”

The second cannot be reposted here … it is a statement about Khomeini and his cult. Again, just as with my age, it’s a known-known with our readers but the very act of reposting in the UK is fraught with direct consequences for this site, for you if they can identify you, and for me personally.

There are moments to engage, terminally, in the broader war … this is not it yet … it may come some day soon, depending on what Westminster and Whitehall get up to. My primary responsibilities are towards this site and its humans, both close circle and patrons. In other words protecting our people.

These things, meaning subitems a to d above, are where we’re at in 2026. Sleep well if possible, chaps and chapesses, I’m now trying for the second sleep, see you around 0700 I hope.

(1755)

 

20. Just been absorbing the Iranian news leaking out

US does have assets in the area, not quite prepared, esp. against the expected retaliation. Senior officers saying not ready. Israel says, “We’re not doing it.” Main IRGC leaders taken out, some small towns retaken by regime, people outdoors in Tehran again.

Some so called US nationalist blogger just attacked me on X for shilling for Israel … what a non-comp, blocked him.

19. Moosh corner

18. Steve at 1260 and war room

• Mike Benz on What’s Next for Iran: Expect Fresh Rounds of Sanctions and Military Encirclement, If Not Outright Military Strikes

• Mike Benz: I Suspect That Many Of These NGOs Are Training The Somali Immigrant Population On How To Do These Scams

• Debbie Georgatos: The Civilization Jihad & Islam Conquest Of America, Sharia To Rule America

• Aaron Reitz: Islam is Incompatible With Western Civilization And Spelling Doom For Our Country 

17. Iran

16. Steve at UHC-WP

Steve and his third Winter Deployment

 

 

“”The Reckless Moment” is a domestic melodrama which features blackmail, the violent deaths of three of its characters and a number of unexpected plot developments.

Most of all however, it’s the story of a mother who is prepared to go to extreme lengths to protect her family and the lifestyle that she values so highly.

Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett), a middle class housewife whose husband is away on business, could not have imagined the events that would follow when she decided to confront her daughter’s boyfriend about their relationship.

Ted Darby (Sheppard Strudwick) is a man of dubious character who is significantly older than Lucia’s daughter Bea (Geraldine Brooks) and he soon makes it clear that he’d be perfectly willing to stop seeing Bea for an agreed sum of money. Lucia doesn’t pay up because she’s confident that Bea wouldn’t want to continue seeing a man whose feelings for her are so shallow. Lucia’s judgement turns out to be wrong as Bea makes it clear that she doesn’t believe what her mother says about Ted and also has no intension of ending their relationship.

When Ted and Bea meet next in the Harpers’ boathouse, their discussion of what transpired in Ted’s meeting with Lucia triggers an argument which culminates in Bea striking him with a torch and him accidentally falling to his death.

When Lucia discovers what’s happened, she disposes of his body in the nearby harbour and returns to her normal domestic routine.

Unexpectedly, after Ted’s body is found the police don’t establish any connection between him and Bea but a threat to the tranquillity of the family’s life comes from a blackmailer called Martin Donnelly (James Mason) who surprisingly turns out to be a charming, generous and completely unthreatening person who gradually falls in love with Lucia.

Lucia finds it impossible to raise the full amount of money that she needs to pay the ransom without the signature of her husband and this leads to the intervention of Martin’s violent partner called Nagel (Roy Roberts) and an unpredictable series of incidents follow which gradually lead to a resolution of Lucia’s problems.

Events show Lucia to be someone who had a fierce compulsion to protect the social standing, lifestyle and perceived respectability of her family at all costs and this made her prepared, without hesitation, to dispense with all moral or legal concerns about what she needed to do to achieve her aim.

When it also becomes apparent that she suffers from feelings of being suffocated by the demands and constraints of her family life, the presence of this ambivalence serves to illustrate just how strong her protective instincts really are.

Joan Bennett and James Mason’s excellent performances, the elegant and effective direction by Max Ophuls and some wonderfully stylized photography by Burnett Guffey all contribute strongly to the success of this subtle and intriguing movie.”

(1057) Elevenses soon. (1117)

 

15. Isolation

14. Non Bovaer milk in Scotland

13. Petitions

12. Very, very true!

This is why I’m firmly non-denominational … how better to destroy a belief system in people’s eyes than seeing fanatics in each cult excommunicate one another, talking like madmen possessed?

11. Out of the mouths of babes

 

… otherwise described as our female fix for the day:

The second lot I relate to far more, having experienced them, “language experience lessons” at university. The Russki guys were nice, if quite direct, usually fit and strong. The girls … there are no words, the guys and I were flooded with them. I’ve already mentioned my classes … very much this type, usually a dozen girls, now and then a couple of guys.

Though there was a roll, I never submitted it officially, the students knew it, so I had to make the lessons interesting … one per week for each group. You were only as good as your previous lesson … that’s how teaching perhaps should be. Seldom had to come the heavy. Rare it was.

Twice I was “kidnapped” by a gang of girls. To explain “kidnapped” … it means by the chivalry/gallantry code. Two girls approached, were going on their annual group celebration, they wanted me there. Wot, alone? No, our teacher is going (female but reporting to the faculty head). There was no such thing as saying no in those circumstances … it would go viral, just as anything untoward would … it was entrapment by the code.

Eight girls, 26 year old teacher and I went by train to the forest, into an 8 x 6 hut, had a bbq made by one girl and I, all very nice.

A second kidnapping I’ve told you about. Girls locked the door, made me sit down and told me I wasn’t getting out until I’d chosen one as my bride. They knew of my gf back home. I did escape that time. So I’ve had an interesting life at times. Russian hospitality is legendary. The lesson is though if you’re male and not gallant, you’re nowhere. In fact … in some danger.

Now, let’s say Vlad does harbour these Iran crims at the top. Obviously I must support the Iranian people first, then the US forces if they go in and stop the killing, plus the Russian people themselves, plus Uke people, but our own here first. I have zero interest in killing any ordinary people but have no qualms about taking down baddies … sign me up tomorrow.

I’m thinking most of us are like that. What those loony lefties in Minneapolis are doing is bolstering the regime ripping off the ordinary American … and I’m on the side of the ordinary American. Plus us.

(0801) Morning all, just getting sort of light, heavy dark 8/8 cloud. (0845)

 

10. Moosh corner

I mentioned to Moosh how the trams/trolleybuses had gone down well with us.

9. Today’s TDS (link in brolls)

On a young man dying … had been drinking some but low levels, no previous heart issue, had been vaxxed previously. Excerpt:

“On whether the possible myocarditis in Kieran’s heart could be traced back to the vaccine, Dr Craig pointed out that the unvaccinated were not at risk of myocarditis after infection and that the risk was increased in the vaccinated especially after contracting Covid and that some patients had to increase medication every time they were exposed to COVID-19.

Dr Craig concluded that Kieran had died of a cardiac event due to myocarditis, probably an arrhythmia. An arrhythmia could be exacerbated by dehydration but there was no evidence of dehydration, and the death could not be attributed to alcohol.

Peter Todd was admonished for using the cross questioning to raise the question of testing heart tissue for spike protein. Kieran’s mother pointed out that such testing had been requested in writing some time before with no response. However, the coroner felt he had all the information required to draw a conclusion.”

8. Liverpool Echo’s main headline

“Woman left to die alone on corridor trolley in ‘horrific & broken’ Merseyside hospital A&E.” NHS, yes.

7. And yet another, this time downunder

Her profile blurb: “Melbourne Mum..western bulldogs member.. loves footy, cricket and tennis. Loves God. Keeps getting booted off X, this was the only account I could log back into.” Look at the surname … longtime Italian family, the Doggies (football) are just up the hwy from the Cats, friends really.

6. Another lady deep diving

(0421) Confession … I did spend time at OoL upon wakening, but need another three hours sleep … probably looking at around 0730 to resume. (0746)

 

5. Winter is your friend

Oops.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/kXvft6qFr1

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) January 10, 2026

4. Steve at 1259 (it’s currently Sun 0734)

• Chicago Police Superintendent Reminds the Public ICE Is Law Enforcement and Has Authority Over Citizens
• USDA Suspends all Federal Financial Rewards to Minnesota
• Disgraced Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Team Paid 20K to Informant to Snitch on Trump During Arctic Frost Case
• Medvedev Says West Wants War Russia Ready; Oreshnik Hit Military Base Used By West; More Blackouts
• Scotland’s largest wind farm wastes 77% of its power as grid fails to keep pace
• UN is targeting homeschooling through national governments
• Much more.

3. Lady called Mila Joy, watching this closely

I didn’t look all that closely but now she has a new one … Soros funds Newsom, no wonder he wants LA destroyed:

There’s a type of guy who finds things out and gives url. There’s a type of girl who gets into minutiae but then lacks the tech skills to bring it. Both are highly dangerous to Granny Harmer, Carnal, Alatross types.

2. DAD (0700 exactly) at 1259

a) France. A vote of no confidence against the government is now a possibility and could this time lead to the dissolution of the National Assembly. The government, currently facing a budget impasse, is confronted with two motions of no confidence following the adoption of the Mercosur agreement….

b) Brussels abandons Farmers, patriotic politicians warn of agriculture crisis over Mercosur deal.

c) “Germany invested half a trillion dollars, more than doubled the capacity of its electricity grid — and today produces 20% less electricity than before that investment, selling it at three times the price.”

d) [As a result of c)] Mercedes relocates production to Hungary, 20,000 Germans set to lose their jobs.

1. Over at OoL

https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-net-is-posing-autocrats-and.html

You might like to check out Jstack while you’re at it, plus remember Amfortas’s funeral at midnight (sidebar). See you in a while.