(1059) Elevenses already, folks. DAD has a video up at 1355. (1059)
15. Important story from IYE today
There used to be a sign in the staff room of my F-I-L’s shop – “ You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps!” Wonder if it also applies in the Trump admin? “ Waffle House employees in Rome, Georgia, say they have never laid eyes on Gregg Phillips, a top FEMA official who claims he was once teleported there……”
“ Despite the criticism, Phillips doubled down on his supernatural account this week, claiming that the incident occurred while he was “heavily medicated” and that the incident was a “miracle” performed by God.”
Uh huh.
14. In the absence of Moos
Just reminding myself that I should roll with what we have at any given time. Being recently bereft of shorts such as Holmes, Dragnet, suddenly I’ve come into a surfeit of shorts on all sorts of topics … oh thankee, YouTube. Films also seem to be around … interesting ones.
Thus, I need to rethink the Moos until they start rolling in again.
13. Criminals of the west
12. How to stop the bstds?
11. Seems to be all over the world just now … coordinated
Another coincidence… Massive fire reported at the Dos Bocas Refinery in Tabasco, Mexico 🇲🇽 9th April, 2026. Are you a coincidence theorist ? The world’s energy and oil refinery infrastructure is being targeted by those who want to inflict energy lockdowns on us all. pic.twitter.com/o4FnonxGHU
In 1980, I went on a trip to Oberammergau by bus … the bus stopped near or before Dover … at a Wimpy’s … in Paris, later, I was confined to my hotel room, as sick as a dog. It put me off Wimpy forever. Never had that issue at Little Chef.
Just on presentations for a mo … not sure about this man’s voice … is it real? AI? And this mania for drowning out presentation with music, however subdued … grrrrrrr … no matter.
Also on the networking theme … with mainly ladies and some chaps reporting from different parts of the west, it can take us out of home territory for some time each day … which is why I’d largely missed the Epsom story:
9. Moo corner
She only just started posting just before this post … I was out of Moos.
Someone commented on Moo’s pics not always being sharp and light … for me, it’s what she writes, the sometimes quaint manner, more than the pic itself. Sometimes it’s the pic.
8. Was contemplating whether to mention this or not
… as it’s personal … there are many agendas online and in my X profile, I write not to DM me (direct message) unless already a friend. This was summed up some time ago by Elon:
X, to me, is a networking site … our chaps make much of the running, e.g. Sadbutmadlad, the chapesses see things and go off exploring, then reporting, many gals are good sleuths … along the way, we not only make friends but miss it when someone hasn’t checked in for awhile, Dearieme at HQ. I do not use DM for contacts … always en pleine on the timeline:
It’s kept at a certain “cocktail party” or out for a walk level, unless someone has trouble, e.g. Deryl’s hubby’s heart attack, in which case, many of us will kick in with support … same goes at HQ here … I’m not sure why it’s all important but it is … wondering if Andy’s ok at this point.
Quite surprised that we were allowed to have this one … it’s rather special due to the conductor … who is clearly well regarded by orchestra and audience alike.
(0523) Morning all … still dark. The sharp eyed might have noticed, Laze and Gem, that 1 to 5 these days is taking a lot to complete … this is because I’m also gathering, collating, posting at our other outlets, inc. X, doing correspondence. Purpose doing all that early is, just as with you, getting an overview of what’s happened overnight. (0636)
War Powers Resolution to Restrain Trump’s Action in Iran Once Again Fails in the Senate – One Republican Votes with Dems
US Military Releases Audio of US Naval Vessels on Patrol in the Gulf of Oman, Warning Other Vessels Amid Blockade – “We Will Use Force”
Lifelong Catholic Tom Homan Pushes Back Against Pope with Realities of Immigration
Radical Democrat Virginia Governor Signs Away the Commonwealth’s Electoral Votes to the National Popular Vote Scam
Irish Government Survives Vote of No-Confidence
Thousands Of Additional US Troops To Be Deployed Near Iran
Orekhov’s Clock Is Ticking: Ukraine’s Offensive May Delay, But Not Stop, The Inevitable
Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Completely Eradicates 100% of Tumors After a Single Dose in Mice
UK grid buckles under unmanageable green energy surge
Much more.
2. Main news is from downunder this morning
1. DAD at 1354
a) Alain Juillet, a veteran French intelligence figure who served as director of intelligence at France’s external intelligence service (DGSE) , has publicly stated that teams in power in Brussels do not hesitate to influence the course of elections in European Union member countries.
b) I found this ‘X’; I do not know if it is true – be careful. Péter Magyar (Tisza), the new Hungarian Prime Minister, drops a bombshell: This is Orbán’s policy… ONLY HARDER!!! THE EU HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIP-OFF!!! “We will maintain and strengthen the border fence. We’ll even repair the holes!”
c) Two brothers of Moroccan nationality, managers of several barbershops, are suspected of being at the heart of a large-scale migrant trafficking operation in the Tarn and Ariège regions.
d) France is facing record prison overcrowding. As of March 1st, prisons held 87,126 inmates for 63,353 places, representing an overall occupancy rate of 137.5%. In remand prisons, this rate reaches 168.4%….
e) A widely shared story by left-wing investigative outlet Correctiv in Germany, which claimed that at a “secretive” gathering ahead of the 2024 elections in Germany, several right-wing politicians and others discussed the possible deportation of two million migrants, was “plucked out of thin air”, according to a Berlin court.
(1642) Almost evening, chaps and chapesses. We’re a bit short of news and sshots right now. DAD has Sam up over at 1354.
19. Moo corner
18. When they lose all femininity
There was a comment by Charlotte Gill on some chap and they agreed on feminism being the killer of relations today. I’d add that in turn, it turned men into wimps or satyrs. Anyway, that’s all been talked through.
What I did notice was a picture of a scene, maybe near a clinic during covid … various people but one stood out as offputting. I’d say it was female and yes, carrying some extra lbs, not a bad face, drak hair, no effort put into style … in fact, there was zero style. If she was just big-bodied, well ok … we are what we are. Not particularly Amazonian, nothing to specifically say this or that was wrong.
So, what was offputting? I’ve thought it through a bit since an hour ago … the shape was certainly female, even if hands and feet were brutal. Yes … I’m thinking that that may be it … brutal. Standing, leaning against a walkway pillar in a very masculine way, full of herself, the voice would be deep and harsh … very arrogant, the features, as if she’s a Boss deciding this or that about people’s fate.
Masculine, which sat quite badly with her overall features, which were certainly female. That’s about it.
“I had my hopes up for this movie for three reasons. First, it was pre-code (though only in American years–this is a British movie). That always adds hope. Second, it had a young Ida Lupino. Third, it was about photography, or at least hinted at it, and I’m a photographer. All of this is to say, I assumed the movie would be nothing much, and was watching just for kicks.
I was pleasantly surprised in several ways. It is a cute story with some simple twists that only go so far, but it is told really well–the camera-work and the editing are adventurous and loose and downright inventive. You can’t miss it. The cameraman Ernest Palmer I’ve never heard of (and looking at his movies, there’s nothing that jumps out there). But the editor?
You won’t believe it–none other than David Lean. Makes me want to watch it again. Lean was in fact an editor before becoming a star director.
“The Ghost Camera” is a thoroughly British movie, even though Palmer is American and in fact so is the director here, not the very British Lean but Bernard Vorhaus, who made his reputation in England. And the two leading characters are both British. Yes, Ida Lupino for all her hard luck urbane American reputation was born and raised in England.
Here she’s plays a common type well, a girl with a heart who’s in a little trouble. The other lead, Harry Kendall, is a kind of British Harold Lloyd, and he takes some getting used to but in the end he’s really rather funny and fun. He’s famous at home for his work on stage, and was always dismissive of his movie career, but the movies are all we have now, so the irony of that must irk him in the grave.
The story? A classic idea not far off from Antonioni’s “Blow Up”–a camera accidentally gets in the hands of a pair of goofy innocent types who develop the film in it and discover a crime. Using clues in the negatives, Kendall bumbles his way into a comic and silly mess, filled with great camera-work and that fast, creative editing.
There is subjective camera (from Lupino’s eyes) and wobbly hand-held camera, and a series of wipes following a series of opening doors that will blow your mind. Or your eyes. It’s genius, even if it’s low budget stuff. It even has the elements of a screwball comedy, where two unlikely leads are destined to fall in love after all.
You can find a free stream or free download of this non-copyrighted movie on line easily. The quality is passable on a computer screen, but little else. But it’s worth it!”
