(0615) Morning all … looks horrible outside, air not good. Have a wunnerful weekend. (0641)

 

10. The Jument Lighthouse

… an exercise in futility:

9. Moo corner

… a tram, a tram (swoon):

8. Jan 6 a set up?

7. Steve at 1349

• Rep. Brandon Gill Goes Scorched Earth on DIGNIDAD Amnesty Bill, Says Americans Are the Ones ‘Living in Fear’ From Fentanyl-Flooded Schools and Suppressed Wages Thanks to Illegal Aliens
• Fifth Circuit Delivers Unanimous Victory for Trump on Immigration — Court Refuses Rehearing, Upholds Authority to Detain Illegal Aliens During Deportation
• Senate Republicans Move to Lock in Full ICE and CBP Funding for Trump’s Entire Term by Bypassing Democrats Entirely
• African Charity Sentebale Sues Estranged Founder Prince Harry for Libel
• The Invisible Shockwave: How The War Around Iran Is Affecting Kenya And Tanzania
• Bill Gates Gets A Lucky Break In Court — Experts denied Today To Testify Against Gates, Pfizer CEO Bourla And PM Rutte In Amsterdam
• Study Finds Sharp Increase in Reported Cognitive Problems Among U.S. Adults Aged 18-39
• Four out of five patients reported improvement or stabilisation of their cancer after 6 months of treatment with ivermectin and mebendazole
• Much more.

6. Another from Lord Toby’s site

… link in blogrolls:

“A Royal Holloway student is facing possible hate crime charges after making a joke comparing a pro-Palestine activist’s headscarf to a tea towel in a case the student says should “scare everybody”. The Telegraph has the story.

Brodie Mitchell, a 20 year-old student at Royal Holloway, University of London, has been told that police have submitted a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), seeking advice over possible charges for a hate crime.

The case has led to a free speech row and calls for the CPS to drop the inquiry.

Mitchell, who describes himself as a non-Jewish Zionist, became involved in the confrontation at Royal Holloway’s freshers’ fair last September, after Huda El-Jamal, the President of the Friends of Palestine Society, allegedly described him as a “wannabe Jew” and asked why he was not wearing a Jewish yarmulke or kippah.

He responded by telling El-Jamal: “You’re wearing a tea towel on your head,” referring to her keffiyeh scarf. The scarf is a symbol of the Palestinian cause.

Mitchell was suspended from the university the next day for the duration of a nine-week investigation by Royal Holloway “for alleged conduct that could be considered hate speech”.

He is now taking the university to court over its decision to temporarily suspend him from his studies.”

 

One can never have sufficient super-early bassoon girls at 0539:

(0432)(0532)

 

5. Let’s have one from outside of our “crew”

… note before you start that this is a Gupta presenting it. The Gupta family are known-knowns.

4. DAD at 1349

a) In France, left-wing city officials raise pay, right-wing ones cut it.

b) UK. One in and one out? No ! 21,000 In, 498 Out…..

c) German schoolteachers are increasingly at risk of violent aggression. According to an analysis of the country’s police crime statistic (PKS) publishedby news agency dpa today, the number of severe attacks more than doubled between 2015 and 2024.

d) France. The number of minors recorded as victims of prostitution in France has risen by 43 per cent over four years, according to official police and government data….

3. Continuing this look at “passing” snippets

… Valerie Anne, whom we’ve run a few times (from X) writes: “RFK Jr & Dr. Judy Mikovits expose the TRUTH: “Operation Warp Speed was a MILITARY OP run by NSA & Pentagon—NOT health experts! Not Moderna. Not Pfizer. Vaccines were built by war contractors!””

She follows with the footage of same. She’s easy enough to track on X if interested. On the other hand, this below needs an explanation:

Why cut him off at the three dots? Because that’s how X does quotes. Quick check by clicking on the quote … nothing else there except comments. Why tell you all this? So you know how I operate … providing some sort of signposting afap, should you wish to.

2. Steve and his Xes last evening

First link was a revolting “guest” defecating on a train … not running it, brek time. Second was Orla (Restore) … opinion piece … third was this:

Blue tick, setting out his stall with big black FOLLOW, can’t stand that from Xcentral, note the 2024 date, await the official denial that they’re Fema type camps. Note the stats below … guy has 1.1m followers, big traffic. Worth noting for now … plus we’ve not done much on the Irish sit, esp. the army called to clear the farmers. More no doubt coming.

1. RealRobert on X

“November 3, 2020 election: Michigan poll watcher under oath: “THEY WERE ALL IN SEQUENCE,” “These are absentee ballots—mail-in ballots. They cannot be in sequence. 2232 cannot have 2233 next to it because they are mailed in. They come in all different numbers, let alone without any dates.””

The reason it’s en pleine, without the footage which RealRobert ran below it, is that it hardly surprises. To authenticate, go to |https://x.com/Real_RobN . How reliable is he? He’s a half-and-halfer, one of those building his name, in the same category as Emerald, Rhoda, Nick Dixon, Dan Wootton … essentially consistently right, not torn down by us.

On the other hand, there was Bowtie Martin at it again, similar things but he’s on our watch list.

What of “Rise of Alberta”? It’s one of the rallying sites on X, saying, in this case: “The court has issued a stay on the citizens’ initiative process, preventing Elections Alberta from counting the vote on the Alberta independence petition. This was anticipated. As many of us know, many judges in Alberta are appointed by Ottawa and do not serve the interests of Albertans. However, this decision does not stop the current collection of signatures by Stay Free Alberta and signatures can continue to be collected until May 2nd. The Independence movement planned for this. There are still many ways forward. One option is to have a third party validate the signatures and present the results to the Premier to demonstrate the democratic mandate for Albertans to hold a referendum. This process will not be derailed by activist judges.”

Well, it’s a bit “peripheral” for us outside of Canada, hardly news either, but needed noting all the same. Bona fides seemed good, easily corroborated later.

(1627) Almost evening, all.

 

21. How many more will die?

20. Salazar and her amnesty for all illegals bill

19. Moo corner

18. Alphabet soup

17. Steve at 1349

Hearts of Oak: Brent Money – Launching the Sharia Free Texas Caucus: A Christian Conservative’s Mission in Austin

16. Poisoned Chalice

Rarely quote from Laura but here tis:

https://www.thefreemind.co.uk/p/the-poisoned-chalice-york-minsters

“There is a moment in every institution’s decline when the desperation becomes visible. York Minster has just had one of those moments. The Minster has partnered with local brewery Brew York to produce a beer called Poisoned Chalice, supposedly to mark the 800th anniversary of the canonisation of St William of York. The reaction has been, depending on your tolerance for institutional self-abasement, either rather funny or genuinely troubling. Probably both.

Let me first deal with the obvious deflection. Yes, monks have brewed beer for centuries — the tradition stretches back to medieval times, when monks brewed because water was dangerous and pilgrims needed sustenance. But monks made their beer. They didn’t lend their brand to a commercial brewery in exchange for exposure. The monastic brewing tradition is one of self-sufficiency, sacred labour and hospitality. York Minster’s PR partnership feels more tawdry.”

 

An American lady’s review:

“The Woman in Question’s potential was enormous. Love murder mysteries, Anthony Asquith often was a very reliable director and Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde and Hermione Baddeley have all been great in other films.

After seeing it, ‘The Woman in Question’ is solid and has some inventive elements. It mostly lives up to its potential but doesn’t entirely, there are a few short-comings that bring it down from a potentially great film to just a good one worthy still of more credit. ‘The Woman in Question’ doesn’t get into high gear straight away, it’s a little too slow to begin with. Was also one of those people who found the ending abrupt, though the solution was clever and unexpected still.

Most of the performances are fine, but for my tastes Duncan Macrae is a little pallid and John McCallum much too hammy.

However, ‘The Woman in Question’ is atmospherically produced and shot. Asquith directs with a lot of engagement and command of the material, helped by that it’s good stuff to work from, and the film is hauntingly scored without intruding too much.

Script is thought-provoking and does a wonderful job with the development and writing of the titular character, a complex and juicy one. The story is not perfect but is mostly tense and suspenseful with some inventive elements, especially in its treatment of the titular character and what we find out about her.

With the exception of two, the performances are very good. The best of the lot is Jean Kent, who is also the best thing about the film and is simply incredible with some of the widest range of emotions ever seen on film. Dirk Bogarde is charismatic in an early role and his accent, which was a good attempt to stretch his acting chops, wasn’t an issue to me.

In support, Hermione Baddeley in particular has a ball and Charles Victor has some fine moments, especially in the final third.

Overall, good and solid film that could have been more. 7/10 Bethany Cox”

(1132) Enjoy elevenses, all. Shortish break at eleven now. (1403)

 

15. First recorded heart attack (in America anyway)

14. Moo corner

13. All eyes on Hungary

12. More on the way nurses were ordered to be

11. Over at OoL

https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2026/04/meet-new-boss-same-as-old-boss.html

 

Have been trying to find out what this Friday today is about, one week after Good Friday, one day before the Orthodox Pascha kicks off … late Saturday night till Sunday lunchtime … will need to recheck this as I need to send messages including this:

Far from being an authority on ecclesiastical matters, I’m an eternal learner, doing the best I can to keep up. In western tradition, it seems that this today is part of some “octave” … I tried to find out here:

https://churchmousec.wordpress.com

Anyway, there happen to be these two pieces of music in my “to post” list, among others … my question to you is … which “laudate” do you prefer (following on from yesterday’s similar question):

There’s some added sadness with the first soprano:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Jane%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1

… having been born in mid 1998, she died in late 2023 of cancer, so her musical heritage was shortish.

Only speculation on my part but I wonder how far the murderous vaxx was behind the cancer. I also relate to such matters the recent sidelining of RFK Jr by the WH on his anti-vaxx statements … WH policy on vaxxes is now controlled by Big Pharma … easy to see why. How many more dead young people?

(0842) Bleah out there, poisoned, wall-to-wall cloud now billowing in. (0910)

 

10. This could have been anywhere

… it happened to be Nebraska below but there was another from the Brit east coast, one from Oz and others too, inc. ours outside on that warm, sunny day we had two days ago … up went the planes, laying trails again.

The difference now is they’re not just spraying from above but also firing from the ground … there is a truly psycho agenda being pushed now, with a sense of urgency.

9. Moo corner

… just lurve the names …

8. Florida

7. Georgia, USA

They had moved the polling station in that notorious county into a mosque…

6. Canadian horror

5. DAD at 1348 this morning

a) France’s Fuel Shortages expose Europe’s new energy crisis. Three years after reducing its dependence on Russian gas, Europe is still heavily dependent on imported oil and on strategic routes. The supplier may have changed. The dependence has not.

b) France: Sabotage Incidents, attacking Arms Industry, on the rise. Under cover of darkness on the night of April 6–7, a series of coordinated arson attacks struck multiple sites connected to the arms industry in France’s Cher department, raising concerns about targeted sabotage and the security of critical infrastructure….

c) The megalithic site of Wéris, (Belgique) listed as a heritage site of the Walloon Region and located in the municipality of Durbuy, suffered significant damage this weekend….

d) In Devon two locals find two men fly tipping. They call them “dirty, horrible, stinking c***s.. This is our f-ing country, you might be used to it back to where you come from.

4. Valerie Anne doubles down on food

… this is mainly the US but also Oz, maybe implications for the UK:

(0706) Not altogether sure the best way to proceed this morning. Seems there’s nothing at OoL, we have Steve and DAD, Microdave, there is also some westwide news I’d best get posted earlier rather than later, certain other sources seem to have gone quiet … shall go with what we have. (0842)

 

3. Summary of main online points this morning

2. Steve from last evening, later, at 1348

• Stats Show Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Doing Very Real and Long Term Damage to the Political Power of Blue Cities and States
• RINO Rep. María Salazar’s Mass Amnesty Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens Deported Under President Trump Since 2017 Flood Back Into US — Here Are the 19 Republicans Backing It (JH: I have more on that later in sshot form)
• Russia’s Putin Announces Orthodox Easter Truce In [The] Ukraine During the Weekend (JH: That’s coming up too later)
• Billionaire Expat Returns to Britain To Be Able To Donate Millions to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK (JH: That also later, esp. on the uniparty candidates just appointed)
• Bahrain Reports Fresh Drone Attack Day After Suspected Emirate Strike On Iran
• Vitamin D in midlife linked to lower Alzheimer’s risk decades later, study finds
• Farm Subsidy Scandal Opens (Greek)Mitsotakis’ Biggest Crisis Since Taking Office
• The Australian deep state is now run by US intelligence services (JH: Always was, ASIO … post later)
• Chaperones to Walk Children Home From School in Knife Crime Hotspots (JH: This is looking very much like State mentoring again by the back door … possible OoL post tomorrow)
• Much more.

1. Some sort of op ed

Opening with this because it came first, chronologically. Last early evening, I wrote to a friend that I’d fairly much lost interest in major league sports, whereas once I’d been right into them. My stepfather (good man) decades ago had done similar and I’d never understood why at the time … I do now.

It’s not just the utter corruption at the top, the money-grubbing by all or even the intrusion of leftwing tropes in sport … though all those certainly count … it was more that … well there were other things going on. Anyway, no sooner had a reply come about interest in major sport than this appeared in my YT recommended list:

All right, that was amusing but then, straight after came this:

Flicked through, usual points, types, then started thinking about the other side … men whom women should avoid at all costs.

Ahh, not so prolific on YT, that one, very few videos … there was one done by a young man … usual types again … shapeshifters who are one thing today, another tomorrow, the mummy’s boy, the violent, the insincere sweet talker … yes, fine, then this appeared in comments:

Not sure what a flamer’s meant to be … someone stirring things up? A troll? Maybe gay?

What was starting to come through with all these sorts of videos was that no nuances are covered … it’s 5 types of this, 10 types of that … and viewers pick up on a negative which they immediately apply to the person their dealing with in RL, on the say-so of someone making money on YT.

I’d suggest that if your personal life is ruled by what you find in a YT video, with its own agenda … that’s a bit sad and even incomplete. For sure there are the usual red flags to watch out for … look at our own watch lists here … just now, everyone’s looking at Donny’s behaviour, the pressures on him and so on.

Anyway … food for thought.

(1723) Evening all.

 

24. They don’t like us

23. Doctoring ourselves

22. That sixth sense

21. IYE at 1348

Sam’s exploring a secret bunker – ssh!