Author Archives: James Higham

Saturday [12 till close of play]

(1717) Evening all … exciting darkness out there.

 

13. Hope this expands

https://twitter.com/HowThingsWork_/status/1860105100355862584


12. Steve and war room

§ Jeff Clark Discusses President Trump’s Strong Nominations, Potential For Recess Appointments, And The Never Trumpers Who Will Try To Stop Him

§ “The Lawfare Strategy Is Not Gonna Go Away”: Natalie Winters Reveals How Norm Eisen And Others Are Already Attempting To Subvert President Trump

§ Mike Davis: “The President Absolutely Runs The Executive Branch”

§ Naomi Wolf: FDA, HHS, And CDC Must Produce Unredacted Documents By December 3rd

Try these

 

  1. What speed in kmh is Mach 10?
  2. Describe the colour Eburnean.
  3. In which town was the Vincent Black Shadow built?
  4. Harley survived the Depression … which rival also did?
  5. In the Bleak Midwinter was later set by H….. D…. .
  6. 45th Wedding Anniversary … which precious stone?

Saturday [7 to 10]

(1346) Well, that’s the weekend housework done … took a couple of hours but all done, back to HQ. (1550)

 

10. Getting an extension reel

Been threatening to for awhile:


9. Them



8. Jaguar

What an utter prat this Glover is … what possesses their minds? He’s ruined the brand for at least a decade.


7. The mendacious climate bollox

TCW

Prior to its opening, Elnur Soltanov, Azerbaijan’s deputy energy minister and chief executive of COP29, was filmed by the campaign group Global Witness agreeing at the climate summit to facilitate oil or gas deals. It had posed undercover as a non-existent Hong Kong-based energy investment company willing to sponsor the event if it helped facilitate investment opportunities with Azerbaijan’s state energy firm, Socar. Mr Soltanov said he was open to discussions, including deals on oil and gas, and a few weeks later he emailed the Hong Kong front offering to help bring together the parties to a potential deal. 

The latest junket of cant and hypocrisy which generates its own vast emissions had already been off to a bad start when in its planning the Azerbaijan government of President Ilham Aliyev declared the event ‘The COP of Peace’. It was not so much a lack of self-awareness from the warmongering hosts as a laughable attempt at Orwellian newspeak, equivalent to framing North Korea as the land of feasting or Cuba as the destination of choice for a Pink Floyd light-show. 

Saturday [6 to 11]

(1043) A bit gloomy out there, the sky. (1131)

 

11. Bill makes a good point if I understand correctly

… when he asks, “Where’s the evidence?” Anything whatever involving reading, watching or listening relies on the bona fides of the bringer of the item and even yesterday, at NOWP, that sort of question cropped up.

We do assemble sources we learn to trust … and those on certain topics only, understanding their prejudices and hobbyhorses. It’s painstaking getting iffy sources listed and why … the bane of the pundit.

In our circle, which garnered 4m votes for Reform and which put the Donald in, we’d say NYT, WaPo, CNN, MSNBC, Guardian, Independent are pretty rubbish, the Wail iffy but sometimes ok, the Express good on one or two things. Obviously, anyone quoting Snopes or Politico is laughed out of the room.

A fave trick of the combined globopsychos/msm/Wokerati is that they first go to extraordinary lengths to suppress, censor, mock, attack and too many of us latch onto the mood of a statement without sufficiently checking its build up, raison d’etre … the lengths gone to to suppress … the trap in other words … e.g. on the deathjab. There’s plenty on toxic effects, even in the last few days but they rely on single word “refutations”, e.g. “Source?” A fave of globopsycho and the Wokerati, that.

We do have material on it, saved but how can anyone expect the average normie to have ferreted and archived? If for some reason a sourced reply is given, the next step in their playbook is: “Well that’s been debunked, hasn’t it.”

Er no. Your source? They drop in their approved graphs and battery of doctors … which is only that … their approved graphs and battery of doctors and so there’s a standoff, isn’t there, in the normies’ eyes … the globopsycho troll or Wokeratist will take that result.

With the State on their side, law enforcement, if we publish, they send Plod. If they publish, our reply is censored … that’s how they like the game to be.

10. Remember some days back

… I told the tale of my M25 breakdown? A reminder:


9. They’re psychos, Jen … zero conscience, zero ethics


8. Going to take the first item up again later


7. Boilers are good

I’ll never willingly and knowingly changeover.

6. Orban, part of his statement

Saturday [5]

(0900)(0900)

 

Best not to skip over this (h/t Steve):

How I see this panning out:

While the psychopaths Biden, Blinken, Nuland, Starmer etc. are perfectly happy to send nukes into Russia, Putin sends non-nukes in return, e.g. to Kiev … the issue is when it ramps up. To my mind, Putin wants to take out nuclear threats in the various countries, not just in the Ukraine and to do that, no-warhead missiles do not suffice.

That’s when the end begins. I’d expect Biden to be taken out, plus the others, by then … Starmer is the issue here. Labour must go … the question is … which mechanism can be used? A Cromwellian repeat?

Saturday [1 to 4]

(0515) Morning all, still dark. (0638) Over at OoL: https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2024/11/british-boots-to-walk-into-russia-and.html (0811)

 

4. Orban statement

“The Western world has not only failed in its idea and strategy of reorganizing the world, but is also suffocating in its own environment within the Western world. The issues that liberal, progressive, dominant thinking could not answer have been put on the agenda. This is migration, this is gender ideology, ethical contradictions regarding traditional values, or even the ongoing war. Thus, the West is becoming increasingly incapable of governing itself.”

Vox comments:

“At this point, it’s entirely obvious that the Enlightenment was a satanic turn that led Christendom upon a false path that has not only destroyed Western civilization, but the organizations and nations who created it in the first place.”

Kassandra, the Dutch blogger/tweeter in Greece, said long ago that the Enlightenment was warped at the start, hijacked, one manifestation of that being the Royal Society … examine the ideology of the main players … not only antithetical to the Christian underpinning but dedicated to undermining, any good it was doing to “the West”. Once the “falling away”gathered pace, post WW2, that was the end of the West … we just didn’t know it yet.

3. Quick roundup

§ Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner, will work with RFK … Marjorie Taylor Greene to lead ‘DOGE’ subcommittee on government waste … McConnell said Thursday he’ll chair the Appropriations subcommittee responsible for defense spending next Congress … Jaguar boss says criticism is by “haters” … creep DeGenerate in UK … Swiss hardline stance on terrorism … Russia Puts US Base In Poland (Redzikowo near the Baltic Sea) On Priority List For “Potential Elimination”.

§ Dodds new pledge of £310 million flexible funding to Tedros … Denver Mayor threatens ARMED resistance against Trump’s deportations … Pentagon confirmed Russia notified the US before launch, that they would be firing IRBMs, but without nuclear payloads … Two Tier has introduced new ‘Respect Orders’ to combat anti-social behavior, allowing for penalties including up to two years in prison … new Republican Leader Thune made Mitch McConnell Head of the Rules Committee … another GOP seat flipping to demons on late counting … Seb Gorka appointment to Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Counterterrorism.

2. Steve drops at 886 summarised

§ Gaetz not returning, Trump ‘hush money’ delay, Abolish the Department of Education, Woke Colleges and Universities Panicked, Pentagon Deliberately Delayed National Guard Deployment on January 6, Angela Merkel sad (diddums), Lancet Finally Confirms High Likelihood of Causal Link

§ Mike Rogers no, GOP Senators Hand Mitch McConnell Power to Derail Trump’s Agenda, Missouri RINOs Hold Secret Meeting on Speaker, Team Trump Is Threatening RINO Senators, Pam Bondi Will be Confirmed as Trump’s AG ‘Pretty Easily’, Dan Bongino to Run Secret Service (?), Trump to Fill Four Crucial Federal Judge Vacancies

§ Putin’s Missile Ultimatum, new Oreshnik missile, ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu, More Blows To Kiev Forces In Kursk

§ NZ keeps public in dark on vaxx, Oz age verification bill is Trojan Horse, UK wasteland of political prisoners, Department of Education smackdown, Pentagon Loses $824 Billion, theft of global commons

1. DAD drops at 887

a) The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has announced the arrest of 15 people suspected of defrauding more than €3.5 million from the so-called reparaturbonus (Repair Bonus) programme financed by the European Union via the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF).

b) Here is a map of France’s mosques: from eight mosques in 1975, France has grown to 2,600 places of worship in 2024, including overseas.

c) The EU’s annual ‘Rule of Law Report’ has become the go-to document for whenever a member state’s alleged or real shortcomings, and the possible repercussions, are discussed in Brussels since the Commission began publishing it in 2020.

d) Banks are refusing to finance cash-strapped towns in Belgium’s French-speaking south as avowed Marxists take power in local government.

e) Matt Gaetz says he doesn’t plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing as Trump’s pick for attorney general.

Friday [18 till close of play]

(1607) That was a good episode of The Persuaders, about to look at Grifty. Quite a bit to take in today.

 

28. JFK assassination

… anniversary today.

27. Dearieme on Nuland

https://jamesburrillangell.substack.com/p/strange-diplomacy-victoria-fck-the

26. Steve and war room

Different format at HQ to at 886:

Jack Posobiec: Biden And Administrative State Are Attempting To Create Colossal Crisis For Trump To Bear | MTG Demands Investigation Into The Unwarranted Escalation Of Foreign Conflicts By Biden White House | Bombshell: Ashli Babbitt’s Murderer Was Promoted Following The Unjust Shooting, John Solomon Reports | Karli Bonne Calls Out Fox News For Subverting Trump’s Nomination And Attempting To Install Haley

25. Isilme


Now, with all this threat of world war three and nuclear bombs and such, I’m surprised we haven’t followed Sweden’s lead and issued information of what to do on such an occasion. However, help is at hand. I still have the leaflet issued in the 1970s, showing how to protect yourself from a nuclear blast. I have the whole leaflet, but feel one part at least ought to be put up on the blog (even if it’s been seen before) because people might need time to gather all the necessary bits and pieces. I mean, people might have trouble locating their asbestos sheets and I wouldn’t want them to be caught unawares…. Our main problem is finding a spare bit of wall, but probably if we buried ourselves in the middle of my craft room, we’d do okay!

24. Kassandra as well on the psycho


23. Let’s not get our hopes up too high


22. More on the psycho


21. IYE at 886

… with Greenwald.

20. DAD’s gone bananas at 886

A banana taped to a wall, the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan (whose other work is an effigy of John Paul II on the ground struck by a meteorite), was bought for $6.2 million by a Chinese-American entrepreneur in New York, at the auction house of Sotheby’s. The price went from $800,000 to $5.2 million, or $6.2 million with fees.

Also this by Mel … not advertising it, think we need to read it and decide how to react.

19. Steve at 886

Pam Bondi MOAB on Biden

18. Moosh corner

IYE end of week theatre

 

Last episode at HQ for awhile but of course, there are plenty more if you care to run down the list at the end of the link:

HERE


Some notes from lil ole me:

As you know, we run mainly Brit and US news and features here, with some France, Europe in general, then further afield. I always felt the casting and the attitude of Lew Grade a bit puzzling at times.

In short, though Tony Curtis was a major actor … well, for a start, he was no Clint Eastwood or John Wayne beside Roger Moore, plus the scriptwriters often had him playing second fiddle … did they think the series would cut it in America?

It was a bit iffy at best, plus the overt sexism, even for that year, for example in this episode where Moore’s approach to romance was to put his hand on her knee … well, let’s just say it’s not my idea of courtship.

Grade? His heart was clearly not in it, though the locales were costing him a mint.

Plots? A bit hammy but not too bad … Greensleeves was one of the better regarded.

Overall? Good, esp. for a rainy/snowy day, plus the femme fatale in each case was a major plus … generally.