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Saturday [2 to 5]

(0815) Morning all. (0837)

 

5. Steve at 1230

  • Blackrock CEO Larry Fink Is Sitting with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff at the Ukraine Negotiating Table
  • EU Elites in Panic Mode: Threaten Belgium with Bankruptcy Over Refusal to Rob Russian Assets – De Wever Stands Firm Against Brussels’ Madcap Scheme!
  • Trump and Allies Declare War on GOP RINOs: Vows to Back Primary Challenges Against Indiana Republicans Who Killed 9R–0D Redistricting Map (JH: Yeah? Let’s see him take on Thune)
  • Matt Walsh Defends Erika Kirk From Critics Like Jennifer Welch in Epic Monologue
  • Northern Front Unravels: Kyiv’s Last Reserves Fail To Halt Russian Advance
  • EU crosses Rubicon, permanent asset freeze, falls into Russia’s trap – The Duran
  • Peer-Reviewed Reanalysis of the Henry Ford Birth Cohort Study Finds Vaccinated Children Sicker Across All 22 Chronic Disease Categories
  • Substack expands censorship to Australian users
  • Poll: AfD Reaches Record 39% in Thuringia
  • Much more.

4. Senate … den of evil muvvers


3. DAD at 1230

Computer problem this morning. I have ‘lost’ all my Bookmarks. You will have to put-up with ‘live’ news.

a) A 38-year-old fugitive tried to evade police in Italy by hiding in a Crèche and posing as the “fourth Wise Man.”

b) Anne Hidalgo fails to secure the top job at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

c) Vaulx-en-Velin (69). Controversy erupts after the opening of a certified halal restaurant with a women-only dining room: “Nothing to do with Islam,” explains the manager.

d) Austria: MPs, with the exception of the Greens, vote to ban the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in schools for girls under 14.

e) It’s NANTES, again. Prison de Nantes. Rixe entre détenus à l’arme blanche, 5 blessés.

2. Whitehall, 1400 GMT

Saturday [1]

(0705) Been up for awhile … please see Sat 1. (0729)

 

The efficacy of prayer once all other options are exhausted

Of course it should not be so but humans are humans … three wise monkeys. Tom Paine has an interesting piece just now … some of us know Tom from the early 2000s and earlier.

There’s a prayer meet around 1400 near N10 and Whitehall, organised by TR but led by a pastor whose name escapes me … I pray it goes well. Ditto with No to Digital ID at 1300 in another part of town … I’ll try to find the venue.

There’s a chap downunder, in Hobart, we called Amfortas and he’s in a bad way … same vintage as DAD but from what I can gather, DAD’s holding up for now, ditto here and Steve’s being stoical as a para would be. IYE and Toodles and Cuddles seem ok, Isilme is run off her feet, as with Reader Bob, Chuckles and haiku I think are in heaven, one hopes … of Andy and Dearieme, AKH, I know some, MMutR, Microdave, Penseivat, Mark from Mayenne, , pete, Torquaymada … who’ve I’ve missed? Redacted?

Then Ripper and Foggy. Foggy is in brolls, Lord Somber, Scrobs, obviously our Julia in York this weekend. My exgf seems well in her photo, there are two ladies I must find out about.

Today in London, it looks to me that it’s stage one, from a political point of view … reconquista of the underpinnings of the west. The deeper side of it from John 3:16 is something else again. I’m no evangelical … I have eyes, I don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows … I can see, minus blinkers. Each adult person must take care of his/her own course, which involves other people, whether we see ourselves as rocks, islands, strong sigmas … or not.

For those willing to, please put in some prayers this weekend for not only those mentioned above but for those still strong enough to carry a load. Those under the hammer can never reward our prayers and nor should they. Just do it, ok?

Fri Mat

 

Cunning plan is … old tele episode today from a good series, tomorrow an A film, Sunday a feature length episode, Monday an A film for the time, maybe SciFi for Tuesday.

This is a screenshot with embedded url, it takes you to the film.

Friday [11 and 12]

(1157)(1205)

 

12. Anyone remember this blockbuster film?


11. The value of understatement

IYE tends to do this too … the closer to what we feel might be the clincher, the more enigmatic we get. Same with that biz about Airmiles and family … very low key we kept it … so lowkey it’s obvious it went straight by various patrons, from subsequent comments. It’s still there, should you be interested.

As for IYE, I made 48 mins before the first break (had to get back to the blog). Yep, I’m thinking that that alters the entire picture. Whether EK was in on it … well that’s something I’m still not sure about.

Advent nine on Friday

 

… is a twofer, two of old British yuletide with Christian elements blended in.

Going to run 21 carols/songs overall (just spent an hour saving them and about five films) up to and including Boxing Day (two today, three on Christmas Day) … leaving three I’ll have to drop out this year.

One other which will need to be dropped is Away in a Manger in a nativity scene, a carol which should be sung by children but the UK gummint censor and YT have deemed it can’t be shown (twas fine last year) … think they fear some infanticidal mania on our part.

I’m also blending in some other “hardly carols” but they still fit the season and occasion, e.g. Fairport’s Poor Ditching Boy.

“Yuletide (or Yule) refers to an ancient Germanic winter solstice festival, a time of feasting, light, and renewal around the shortest day of the year, which later merged with Christmas, becoming a traditional name for the entire Christmas season (Christmastide) in many cultures, celebrated with traditions like the Yule log and caroling, and still observed by modern Pagans. It marks the rebirth of the sun and the cyclical nature of life, with roots in Norse celebrations like jól and connections to winter gods like Odin and the Wild Hunt.”

Friday [6 to 10]

(0811) Probably the day … I went back to bed. Morning! (0827)

 

10. Moosh corner


9. Think I ran this … oh well, here tis again


8. Obama and the Logan Act

“The Logan Act is a U.S. federal law from 1799 (18 U.S.C. § 953) that forbids unauthorized U.S. citizens from negotiating with foreign governments on behalf of the U.S. or attempting to influence their relations with the U.S. during disputes, to prevent undermining official government policy; it’s named after George Logan, who informally negotiated with France, leading to its passage, but despite being cited in numerous political controversies (like with Trump or Flynn), it has rarely been successfully prosecuted, acting more as a political tool.”


7. Lord Toby’s TDS


6. TR versus Farage

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Friday [2 to 5]

(0557)(0625)

 

5. Who calls the shots?


4. Steve at 1229

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Stands With Code Pink Traitors: “I have enjoyed a friendship with Medea for a few years now”
  • Rep. Bennie Thompson (D) Calls Terrorist Attack that Killed National Guardsman in DC an “Unfortunate Accident”
  • France: Illegal Military-Aged Moroccan Migrant Convicted of Sexually Assaulting 4 Children, Aged 10-14; Receives 9 Month Jail Sentence
  • Massive Ukrainian Drone Raid Targets Moscow. Russian Strikes Crush Ukraine’s Power Grid
  • Pakistan offers to ‘take grooming gang leaders’ if UK hands over dissidents
  • US Visit Strengthens Trump-AfD Ties
  • Much more.

3. Tina Peters

2. DAD at 1229

a) What was our President thinking when he posted such a ludicrous tweet on the official Élysée Palace account this Monday, December 1st? In a video edited like a commercial, he explains the urgent need to establish a label to distinguish trustworthy media outlets from those spreading disinformation.

b) Are we in Peak Post-Truth? We are consistently told that we must believe lies, and we must celebrate what we know to be both untrue and harmful, and if we do not do so, we will be punished.

c) ‘Diary of a Prisoner’: Why is Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison memoir already a big hit?

[DAD’s comment. “Since he was in prison for only a few weeks, it must be a very thin book”.]

d) London and Copenhagen: This is the strong message we are sending to our European friends: if responsible governments fail to address the concerns of their citizens, populists will prevail. When trust in government to meet today’s challenges erodes, our sense of shared belonging can begin to crumble.