(1655) Evening all.

 

23. Housekeeping … slight blog revamp

To put it mildly, I have not been happy with today’s events and part of that is blog-organisational … going to have to be more insistent with non-regulars, plus do some revamping work myself.

I see HQ here as a place for reasonably short comments or summaries … that’s how I also run my own data presentation to you. To give you an idea of the comment length we wish to get … look at Steve’s in today’s comments threads, plus my medium length comment … that’s what HQ is about … around that sort of length or shorter, give or take.

Long dissertation types aren’t really for HQ … they’re welcome, make no mistake, esp. with links or media … but not here at HQ … they need to be over at UHCWP, which now runs a more NOWP format (see sidebar over there).

Now, Redacted was not to know this as I’d not left it anywhere openly stated but have now. So let’s say a less regular commenter drops a dissertation or sermon … drop it at UHCWP please. If by mistake, it’s dropped here, I’ll cut the comment and drop it at UHCWP, then signposting here where precisely it can be found.

I’m hoping this will not turn into a clash of wills as it’s for our readers overall.

Now, Steve and DAD and anyone really, as we’ve been doing … I’m loathe for NOWP to change as it’s sound, regular and readers know exactly where to go for the long, linked version of those drops … I’ll still number as I’ve been doing but that’s it … as has been the case for quite some time. Remember that media expands at NOWP in many cases … but not all that often at the other WP sites … and not at all at Jstack … that’s just a quirk of WP and Jstack I’m afraid.

My attempt to put a rants/longs link here in the sidebar has been, today, an ignominious failure, so I’m removing the “longs” link from the sidebar here now.

What all this means

*If you have a short to medium, there are three sites within UHC-NO you can leave it but your choice will depend on whether you want expanding media or links.

*If you have a long, then HQ is not available … I shall move it to the latest UHCHQ longs page in your name. Sorry but I need to, to prevent flooding at HQ.

Overnight

You still have that choice of three sites to drop a short/medium at but a long will end up at UHCHQ first thing in the morning. Oh and don’t forget Jstack … that’s also available for commenting at.

Removal of your comments

The ONLY situation where I’ll remove a comment at HQ is if it’s long and discursive and not dropped by one of our longtimers … as written about above.

I would NEVER summarily remove comments by longtimers … they should know that by now, esp. if it’s good for the site. So if your comment disappears, with no word from me … then something has been going on without my knowledge, someone’s got in.

To prevent that happening in future, comments are closed after 6 days, universally. This is to stop someone going in after 6 days and causing mayhem. If it still happens, then someone is hacking the site and that will involve my techie mate’s help to identify and reverse hack the bstd.

22. Tom Homan

21. Was he deported? Executed? Jailed for life?

20. What constitutes misconduct?

Seems easy enough to determine with women and children but trickier with us:

I’ve mentioned it before but there I was with epoxy caused skin rashes, there was a lady doctor, plus a younger nurse, both of our ethnic stock. Let’s just say it was the full check up all over. Out of order? Not in my eyes. What if it had been reversed? Undoubtedly misconduct on my part, it would have been.

That’s just the way it rolls in real life.

19. Be careful what you wish for

18. That last item in Sun 17 once more

“You Trained Us To Go After This Issue” Mike Benz On MAGA Base’s Long Fight For Epstein Transparency.

Precisely.

17. Steve at 1112, with war room

• Jack Posobiec: “This Is The Biggest Intelligence Scandal Since Iraq WMDs.”
• Gen. Mike Flynn: Other Names That Have Never Been Exposed — NSA, FBI, CIA — Are Going To Be In Big Trouble
• Natalie Winters: “They Weren’t Content With Just Letting The American People Vote.”
• “You Trained Us To Go After This Issue” Mike Benz On MAGA Base’s Long Fight For Epstein Transparency

16. Two songs about our current atmospherics around here

 

(1504) Afternoon all. (1522)

 

15. Having written that comment at Sun 14

… I’m not above a bit of validation from the right quarters, must admit:

Those end of alphabet names really get under one’s guard, break through one’s defences.

14. Validation

13. Still on pets … cats this time

… the veg they fear:

Wow! I had no idea cats were afraid of cucumbers. That's very odd to me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/fUsqUwAQwB

— Johnny B. Good (@Cat5SMASHICANE) July 19, 2025

12. To vaxx or not to vaxx them

11. Rolf with PMQs

https://theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com/2025/07/huzzah-for-hols-pmqs-16th-july-2025.html

 

Review

From the opening narration of dead matriarch Phoebe Martin giving the back story of her deranged family, “The Unknown” is several notches above the usual programmer.

Part of the “I Love a Mystery” series done briefly at Columbia in the mid 40’s, this one is the best, although the first one is pretty neat, too. However, for the most part, this one is unrelated to the first two. They had a bit of a comic overtone, while this one has a gothic feel to it, something like “Rebecca”. If not as well known or as polished as that film, it is equally as spooky.

The opening segment dramatizes the accidental death of the family patriarch which ultimately leads to the family’s desolation into being reduced to being totally reclusive from once the cream of society. When a young girl named Nina (Jeff Donnell) arrives after the death of Grandmother Martin, she quickly discovers her mentally disturbed mother (Karen Morley) who was driven to insanity by being forced to give up her husband, Nina’s father.

Soon, it’s apparent that someone is trying to get Nina out of the way and her attorneys must help her find out who the culprit is before it’s too late. This is where a lot of ingenious surprises come in, and there are lots of them.

 

(0856) Went back to bed, didn’t I, after Sun 1 to 3 and must have fallen asleep. (1043)

 

10. Moosh corner

9. Autopen

8. DAD at 1112

Labour backed raising the age of consent from 16 to 18 for getting a tattoo, buying alcohol, watching porn, opening a bank account, purchasing cigarettes, using a sunbed or being tried as an adult.
Now they tell us they are acting from principle.

7. Andy at 1111

The slog with an article containing an excerpt from a TC interview, with link to full interview. Some interesting coincidences re island man. |  https://therealslog.ghost.io/the-hilarious-bot-the-hot-climate-comedy-the-brics-solidarity-and-the-epstein-mendacity/

6. Steve last evening at 1111

• RFK Jr. Lauded as Hero After US Rejects WHO’s Expanded Pandemic Powers
• Jaguar to Cut 500 Management Jobs as Sales Plunge 97.5 Percent After Disastrous Woke Rebrand
• Path to Peace: Orbán Calls for Immediate Face-to-Face Talks Between Trump and Putin
• Fox News Anchor Suggests Obama Led Seditious Conspiracy in 2016
• Biden White House Colluded with Merrick Garland on Memo Labeling Parents ‘Domestic Terrorists’
• Coup d’etat in [The] Ukraine = Zelensky to be replaced by Zaluzhny – Seymour Hersh Reports – Levan Gudadze
• Much more.

5. Gremlins

Awoke from a second sleep and saw this:

Why two screenshots instead of one? Because the details in the left column include email and IP.

Right … I’ve been through and those two comments are certainly not there, which suggests it was targetted. So, let’s look at possible culprits. It does look like someone who likes mischief and is trying to drive a wedge between us all while all seemed calm and full speed ahead. Plus, has anything unusual happened since yesterday? Let’s start with that latter point.

Anything unusual?

Yes, as Julia could confirm. Ggl sent a letter to my main email about the OoL email not having been used for eight months. My question is … why eight months? Who would have gone into it eight months ago, when it was attached to the old, now removed (by ggl) OoL site (blgr)? When it was around since 2013?

Short answer is ggl itself, blgr, spammers or hackers. Yesterday, I recovered that email and Julia and I spoke of it. I can’t see it being Julia but it might be a hacker wanting to get at her or at me for something at OoL, or even our connection on X.

Also, I deleted some DM accounts yesterday, inc. tech people attached to Nole.

Lil ole me

Well, we’re down to bona fides or history, also psychology … why on earth would I choose IYE and Toodles? Esp. as I’m delighted Toods is in action and that was a nice exchange. Same with DAD, Andy or Steve.

Yes, obviously I could delete but when have I ever done that without making a song and dance about it? And why Toods and IYE, two key people at this site? On the other hand, what if someone were wanting to cause a rift there?

Toods or IYE themselves

… or someone technically close to or attached to either of them … and remember that both are in countries other than in the UK.

Quite a possibility but again … look at history … why has the sort of thing not happened before?

The Backend Man

This is the engineer who set up this site, HQ … some sort of fun or mischief? Quite possible, has the temperament … but again … why? We’re both pleased how HQ is operating.

Something within the backend itself, within our set up? Possible … tech glitches are always possible, esp. with hackers on himself trying to get at him with attacks.

The spam system here

Far from allaying IYE’s concern, this would add to it. Already not happy with the comments system, there are all sorts of factors affecting both his and her commenting, esp. within his and her own country.

There is WP itself too

… possibly unhappy I have not gone premium.

Plus, the way it works is that I’m hit every hour with up to twenty spam. I click individual comments, bulk label them spam and they go. But I have seen glitches where there were, say ten spam, then maybe three good comments, then maybe another five spam … and so on. Just why it would be Toods and IYE I can see is possible by sod’s law but I’m fairly careful what I click, which is one reason I do not blog mid to late evening … too tired and that gets dangerous.

The answer there is again attitude and history … has it been an issue before? And the reply is … before what? Yes indeed. Before what? What changed?

Plus one more thing … with the old N.O., some tech toerag was going through old posts for months, note that, and removing them. It did not stop us, so they stole the whole blog last July, around about now.

Now look again at the second screenshot above here, over to the right … 6:47 a.m. is one thing … but look also at the Tuesday [6 to 10]. Also, the question to me by Redacted was under a Wednesday post. Think on that one … old posts, now off the front page. 🤔

EE, WP, Apple, ggl, other providers?

Certainly it could … but why now? And why specifically Toods and IYE? The ipads are both playing up, that’s for sure, I’m having to constantly refresh. Plus, around 7 a.m., our time, is peak time, then late afternoon.

Redacted himself

Who. Bleedin’. Knows. Seriously. I’ll explore this, and shall report back if anything crops up.

Jewish or Jihadi reasons?

Possible. But why Toods and IYE? Just general mischief making? Who. Bleedin’. Knows.

Right, need to get going with Steve’s drops last evening.

My last thoughts on’t?

Those comments have certainly disappeared, I can’t find them anywhere … my feeling is it’s one of two reasons … one is sod’s law glitch, there are plenty of those. The other is that someone targetted HQ, looking for max mayhem, max fallout between contributors. So the question is … who would have a vested interest in that?

4. Over at OoL

https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2025/07/planning-on-succumbing-to-medical.html

(0403) Redacted has asked me a question, so I’m going to answer it below but it also applies, that answer, in general. (0552)

 

3. In answer to a fair question

Redacted asks Toodles and I do we consider him a troll? I do vaguely recall recently using the word “troll” but it was not in connection with him, nor with any of our chaps and chapesses. However, it’s certainly a bit mongrel, us (plural) … someone once asked me to call off the “rottweilers”, which was a very left liberal mindset … I have zero influence over our lot, inc. Redacted. Unherdable Cats we are.

Every single reader who sticks it out here, unblocked, is a bit of a dangerous character in him/herself, is resourceful … in short, is a curmudgeon to a point, so niceties are what I do here in a Teddy R manner. “Keeping the peace” does not describe it, as I have very little influence … more it’s trying to keep this show on the road afap, dealing with this or that. That’s about it.

I’m loathe to enter disputes but again … no you’re not a troll … sometimes you can flood the comments thread (my problem mainly) but so can any here … observe Steve, DAD, IYE now and then. Talk about disparate tavern of patrons though … I hesitate to say “dirty dozen”, so let’s just say there are very few beg pardons.

The link in the sidebar called “Your Longer Pieces” is still useful though, in case you have some highly sensitive links … it gives a measure of protection, not being strictly front page … my job then is to signpost. Also, in a while, I’m going to shift that link to just below the “Succinct Words of Wisdom”.

Lastly, I have to come back to that Reagan comment, over and over:

2. Intriguing Xer I’ve seen around on X

Goes by the moniker Rus Garbage Human@RusGarbageHuman and his blurb goes: “Culturally English, Ethnically Russian. You cannot coexist with people who want you dead and your children sent to re-education camps. NEVER give up your guns.”

Given my own years spent in Russia, plus the way the ptb vilify anything and anyone Russian here, in the EU and in the US, plus being metaphysically Christian myself, I’m used to being vilified because I (sort of) do go looking for danger but not foolhardiness.

The vilified Baden-Powell (only of late have I been told why) nevertheless said some wise things and one was that “a good bushman never tries to rough it”. That is, he sees his situation at that moment, e.g. on bivouac on the side of a hill near, but not quite on the ridge, as what it is, he adapts to it and makes it as comfortable as humanly possible.

As a soldier, I was strategically bad in that my fellow squaddie and I used to spend half an hour of our allotted sleep gathering bracken to put under our ponchos, to act as palliases. Which got us into trouble with the sarge next morn, rested, as the whole idea of bivouac was to leave the surrounds as undisturbed as possible.

As I pointed out … we were on exercise, not for real, so we’d prefer to be in trouble and do the fatigues later back in camp, but gain valuable sleep for now … a habit not broken to this very day. Robert Baden-Powell’s point had been just that … create order out of chaos wherever you find yourself, create comfort out of hardship, be eternally aware, protect your fellow soldier or traveller, plus the Khalil Gibran maxim of “if possible, be at peace with the other person” … but I’d add the Teddy Roosevelt “speak softly but carry a big stick”. Also learn to blend into the background when required.

This Russian guy on X is quite adept … I’m still observing for now … what I like is his uncompromising way of telling it as it is … a bit like Redacted’s manner in his question … but Russkies are survivors in harsh conditions, so as far as I’m concerned, he’s welcome … I’ll drop something on him later in Russian. This is one of his tweets:

“Why was a white girl in the car with three blacks?” That was his comment on the news headline: “Drunk driver was speeding at 94mph before crash that killed four Essex university students – inquest”.

I’m going to reply to him: “Привет! Почему она вообще была с ними в машине? Почему в парке в пять утра нашли ещё одну мёртвую девочку? Интересная демографическая группа. Девочки никогда, никогда не учатся, особенно девушки из Эссекса и леволибералы, так почему же мы вообще о них заботимся? Древний вопрос, нет, уходящий корнями в глубокую древность?”

1. DAD

a) Arrested in 2017 for large-scale cannabis trafficking and finally sentenced two years later on appeal in Versailles (Yvelines) to eight and five years’ imprisonment, the B. brothers clearly didn’t take long to return to action.

b) Marine Le Pen announces her intention to bring down the government and stands ready in case of snap elections.

c) There is a massive misconception that All Epstein Victims were Teens. This is Far from the Truth.

d) In the chic 6th arrondissement of Paris, residents of the Vavin and Bréa streets neighborhood—backed by several celebrities—are opposing the opening of a Carrefour City – a cheap mini-supermarket.

(1306)

 

27. Last one for now

… promise:

26. Just wondering, you know

… what with the invasion … er … influx … in London, whether there are any Cockney’s left:

25. Let’s try Scotland then, in a clear, calm voice

24. Steve at 1111

• DNI Dir. Gabbard Drops Bombshell: Russia Hoax Was Manufactured By Obama Officials To Take Down President Trump
• “We Learned More From Tulsi Gabbard In One Day Than Durham Gave Us In Four Years” Caroline Wren Reacts To Russia Hoax Revelations
• Laura Loomer: “Murdoch Is A Slime Ball Liar Who Tried To Weaponize His News Corporation To Assassinate The Character Of President Trump”
• “Is Obama Going To Face The Firing Squad?” Tej Gill Reacts To Russia Hoax Bombshell

23. Queensberry Tunnel

22. It’s all a hoax

… absolutely nothing exists. Yeah? And you buy that at face value? Blind faith?

Then we have those who call themselves “true MAGA” … what’s true MAGA? Is it not wanting America great again, which involves “draining the swamp”? And does that not involve charging perps, removing them? If removing the rot is not MAGA, then what is Tom Homan about? Tulsi?

Are they not “true MAGA” in your eyes? Oh, I see … “true MAGA” is doing the same as the cognitively dissonant left? That is … seeing something very wrong but then happy to have all investigations stopped, suppressed, all because this lot calling themselves “true MAGA” have decided that for us to continue to call for something obviously in existence is not “true MAGA”? That it’s treasonous to find out? Where do these people get off?

Ok, here’s something treasonous … I too called out the ridiculous WSJ birthday card BS … any BS I call out, so do these people:

Are Harmeet and JD and I traitors to America for calling it BS? A clear beat up? Now look at the linked YT … is that BS? If it certainly existed, then why not call for names? Since when is calling for that not “true MAGA”? By whose definition?

It’s insane not to drain the swamp when that was one key reason DJT was relected. Who exactly are the real traitors here?

Differences

… but not on all things. She said herself that she did not roam far and wide, which is fine … those across the pond are descendants of those who did … and the societies are more similar than the stay at homes often admit. Similar foundations at least.

Even within France, the difference between Gay Paree and the provinces and towns is quite marked, even for an English speaker to pick up on. Even between Brummieland here and the Black Country, there were marked differences … also between Lancs and Yorks. I’m in “enemy” territory over here right now.

Then comes the politics … Wokery and antiWokery … I can’t see how the two can reconcile. Once the conflagration with the fighting invaders starts though … what then? Sometimes it’s just attitude … fighter versus treehuggers.

Check out these accents … I adore both:

West Country:

Southern US:

Was just thinking though … the female holding it that way has less o shoot off than the male.

(0926) Not cold but gloomy sky. (1045) One of these busy ones again. (1058)

 

20. True

19. Obama and the other crooks

18. Laura the Vetting Czar, ha ha

17. The evidence accrues

16. Over at OoL

https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2025/07/opening-cafe.html