(0347)(0441)

 

5. Quite like this guy

… mainly “Dad jokes”, along with Shoolie’s “Mum jokes”:

4. From today’s TDS

HERE

Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm wasted three quarters of the energy it produced last year after being paid hundreds of millions of pounds to switch off its turbines. The Telegraph has the story.

The Seagreen wind farm off Scotland’s east coast is squandering vast amounts of its power because there is not enough grid capacity to transport it to areas of the country where it is needed most.

3. Steve’s roundup from 1256

• Somali Gangs Were Indicted for Running Child Sex Trafficking Rings in Three States – With Children as Young as 14-Years-Old
• Trump Delivers Grave Warning to House Republicans: Losing the Midterms Guarantees a Third Democrat Impeachment Coup — Demands Congress Pass Nationwide Voter ID
• CMS Chief Dr Oz Confirms SNAP and Medicaid Are Being Weaponized for Massive Voter Fraud in Blue States
• Trump Puts Venezuelan Interior Minister Cabello on Notice: Cooperate or Be the Next Target – New President Delcy Rodríguez Fires All Security Detail and Hires ‘Torture Czar’ (JH: Similar to Mon 21 last night)
• US Seizes Fleeing Sanctioned Tanker Marinera Despite the Presence of Russian Military Vessels and Submarine
• E3 Boots on the ground. Denmark warns US on Greenland. Trump, Venezuela shakedown. Oil tanker chase
• A Tactical Trade-Off: Sacrificing Gains At Slavyansk To Win At Konstantinovka And Zaporizhzhia
• We don’t want your culture of dominance’ — Denmark to ramp up deportations of criminal foreigners
• Have You Seen Of The Most Frightening Building In Caracas? It’s Called El Helecoide.
• More over there too.

2. US hardware to the UK?

1. Steve corner

a. Please see Wed 21 for maybe the definitive statement on Iran

… HERE … looking at now, plus what happens in the aftermath if it does succeed.

b. Footage (from Steve’s second link)

NOW: Big clashes happening.

People are pushing back regime forces, who seem confused and defeated.

pic.twitter.com/t2bEfEtm7E

— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) January 7, 2026

c. The US response

The U.S. is preparing for a move against Iran’s regime. https://t.co/ILESqllFWx

— Gordon G. Chang (@GordonGChang) January 6, 2026

(1526) Not all that far from evening here. (2046) Er … um … fell asleep earlier, dinn I? (2048)

 

26. Fairly much my food programme right now

25. Moosh corner

24. What a dead giveaway

23. Another vital map showing the situation

… we really must stop using Mercator for Greenland and surrounds.

22. Rupert corner

21. Steve with whatever he comes up with

This comes from Steve’s first link, which was mainly scenes in Iran we have seen. Tucked away though was this gem by facts about @destinationXIX:

“The Iranian uprising is real – but regime collapse is not automatic. History is clear: pressure alone does not bring a dictatorship down.

Three conditions must converge – sustained mass unrest that breaks fear in the streets, a fracture or paralysis of the security forces, and a psychological collapse at the top. Without all three, even a deeply weakened system can survive.

Yet even if the Islamic Republic falls, a hard truth remains largely unspoken: there is no unifying alternative waiting in the wings. Reza Pahlavi lacks both the charisma and the broad legitimacy needed to lead a post-revolutionary Iran, particularly among non-Persian populations such as Kurds, Azeris, Arabs, and Baluchis.

The idea of a clean transition to a liberal, centralized state is comforting – but unrealistic. The more plausible outcome, should the IRGC collapse, is fragmentation along ethnic lines. The regime suppressed these identities brutally, but it also froze them into place. Remove that coercive lid, and Iran is more likely to splinter than to democratize overnight.

This leads to an uncomfortable strategic paradox. The IRGC is an evil Shiite jihadist force that spent decades destabilizing the Middle East through terror proxies, subversion, and the systematic weakening of sovereign states. Yet it also served as a counterweight to Sunni radical Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood network.

If that pillar collapses, the critical test will be whether Sunni Islamist movements – bankrolled and promoted by Turkey, Qatar, and now Syria – are allowed to fill the vacuum. If they do, the region will not become freer; it will simply exchange one form of Islamist imperialism for another.

Throughout this unfolding crisis, the role of much of the mainstream media has been deeply troubling. By minimizing the uprising, soft-pedaling the nature of the regime, and consistently offering one-sided sympathy to Islamist movements while ignoring their victims, large parts of the media have functioned less as watchdogs and more as enablers, complicit with the Islamists’ agenda.

Still, this moment matters. For the first time in decades, millions of Iranians are openly imagining a future without clerical rule. That alone is historic. Whatever form the post–Islamic Republic landscape ultimately takes, the moral right to decide Iran’s future belongs to Iranians – not to mullahs, not to terror commanders, and not to foreign patrons.

This is the moment for Iranians to take their country back: to reclaim their history, identities, and sovereignty from an ideology that held them hostage for 46 years.

And it is also a moment of responsibility for the West – not to impose solutions, but to stop enabling radical Islam, to cut funding, legitimacy, and media cover for jihadist movements, and to finally draw a firm line between genuine reform and ideological extremism.

A freer Middle East will not be built by appeasing radicals. It will be built by standing with those who are trying – often at immense personal risk – to break free from them.

 

With all the doom and gloom out there, readers, let’s have something lighter and more jolly:

(1257) Afternoon all … seems like sunshine out there … remember sunshine? (1319)

 

20. China

19. Moosh corner

18. The inexorable death of London

17. The inexorable death of football

16. Greenland continued

(1036) Morning zooming by. (1051)

 

15. The essentially fascistic nature of left leaning politics

14. Unusual one for Unherdables

… I couldna watch the clip, way too mushy for mine, but the principle seems sound to me … see which owner the dog likes:

13. Appropriate on Christmas Day today

… to see this through an ancient, godly lens, rather than politics in isolation:

12. Is this what they have in mind for us?

11. J6 injustice continued

 

Once we get past the beauty of the car, we have the question of how are the specs? Is she road-practical?

(0615) Still in bed … too cold to be up. (0700)

 

10. Moosh corner

9. Velocity Black

I’m suggesting that readers must not just take a passive role in finding things out. At the same time, some hints on how to proceed can sometimes help. This is as cursory as you should go:

Wolf is an English nationalist afa I can see, quite an opaque profile. The item has expandable complaints about Velocity Black but the unexpanded still give the idea in the sshot:

And this is my initial look at the outfit itself:

There is the bias to consider too … Yusuf’s manner and approach, whilst I’d not use the term “shyster”, certainly raises questions. Wolf of course is dead against Yusuf-Farage-Tice as a unit, as are many pundits, councillors etc.

8. Steve sends

I did a cursory bkgd on this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Nawfal

This is what he wrote:

“Iran shut down Wednesday as businesses, universities, and government offices closed across 21 of 31 provinces. Protests are now in their fourth day. Video footage shows intense clashes in Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Tehran. Crowds chanting “Death to Khamenei!” and “Death to the Dictator!” In Fasa, protesters stormed the governor’s office. IRGC forces opened fire. Military helicopters flew overhead. Now unconfirmed reports claim protesters have taken control of Ramhormoz in Khuzestan province and are burning down the local government headquarters. Analysts suggest more towns may be falling to demonstrators, leaving the regime with few options beyond mounting counter-offensives. The regime’s moves: A new central bank chief after the last one resigned. Khamenei appointed an IRGC general wanted by INTERPOL for the 1994 Argentina bombing as deputy commander. President Pezeshkian acknowledged the situation is “extremely difficult and complex.” The economic crisis is severe: inflation, currency collapse, declining living standards. Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi: “The current regime has reached the end of the road.” Source: Fox News, NYP, @WalidPhares … @visegrad24“

However, there was this in comments:

7. Just a few from TDS (blogrolls for further detail)

6. IYE reports

Thread: “The Venezuela plot thickens:

While Venezuela holds 303 BILLION barrels of oil reserves, much of this is HEAVY crude oil.

Texas and Louisiana also *happen* to have 6 of the LARGEST HEAVY crude oil refineries in the world.

What does this mean? Let us explain…..”

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2007823029846372858.html

(0536) Morning all … rain has slushed away the snow. (0607)

 

5. Not sure how accurate this is

4. Iranian report US nased I think

THE ISLAMIC REGIME HAS LOST ITS FIRST CITY

Abdanan is now under control of Iranians. And it appears as though Regime police have joined them.

Someone show this to the Western Waaahvolutionists.

They need to see what a real revolution looks like. pic.twitter.com/1kRKABD7w3

— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) January 6, 2026

3. Steve at 1255

• Trump to Deploy 2,000 Federal Agents to Minneapolis in Massive Immigration Crackdown on Somali Migrants
• Tim Walz Admits Guilt in Explosive Somali Fraud Scandal
• Denmark Warns NATO Is Over If US Moves on Greenland
• Disgraced Former Prince Andrew Reportedly Blames Princess Catherine of Wales for His Downfall, Calls Her a ‘Silent Assassin
• Kiev’s Holiday Purge: Zelensky Ousts Top Fixers and Hands Power to Spies and Enforcers
• Maduro regime left Venezuela’s ports in shambles
• Trump Again Issues Veiled Regime Change Threat: “Make Iran Great Again” (JH: Rhetoric or plan?)
• Study involving 2.7 million children in Spain notes that no children died from COVID
• UK’s approval of self-amplifying vaccines is a catastrophic “mistake
• Dark chocolate compound linked to slower biological aging, new study reveals
• Much more.

2. Greenland

1. DAD at 1255

a) “The European Union is German, courage is Belgian, tactics are Italian, and stupidity is French.”

b) “Racist,” “supporter of the Trumpian far right”… La France Insoumise (LFI) is vehemently opposed to a Charlie Hebdo cartoon caricaturing Mélenchon as Maduro and urging Trump to arrest him.

c) It is less than a week into the New Year and Nantes is in the news, again.

d) Industry discounts for electric vehicles are “unsustainable”, a major motoring group has warned, as the number of new cars registered in the UK exceeded two million last year for the first time since the pandemic.

(1503) Afternoon all, almost evening. Beautiful news from Venezuela and Iran … but watch that woman in Vzl now in official control. One of Them. Mexican one too.

 

26. Emerald

25. Iran on a knife edge

24. Steve at 1255

War Room snippets…

• Glenn Story: We’ve Brought Together 22 Different Groups To Unite And Save Texas from Radical Islam

• Neil McCabe Lists The Different Events Going On Tomorrow In Washington D.C. In Commemoration Of J6

• Nick Freitas – From Oil-Fueled Recovery to Endless Insurgency: The High-Stakes Risks of Intervention in Venezuela

• Forrest Zhou On Venezuela’s Alliance With The CCP: The CCP Put In Over $100 Billion Into Venezuela Over The Past Few Decade

23. Whoever could have visited 12 times

… according to GM’s diary? Lainey reports on Gab.

22. Looking good (via Steve)

Please share this incredibly brave boys message.

This 11-year-old Iranian boy has a message to everyone: “Take to the streets. We have nothing left to lose.”

“Our issues are not the hijab or the high prices. It is Islamic Republic that has no legitimacy. They are murderers and… pic.twitter.com/QlJsyfjJif

— Savakzadeh (@Savakzadeh) January 5, 2026

21. Venezuelan joy

20. Act Blue crims

19. Moosh corner

18. Shirley they can’t be serious

17. Switzerland getting serious

16. Greece

 

“This is the great granddaddy of train portmanteau thrillers and Walter Forde, like Hitchcock, had a thing for trains – he even remade his now lost 1931 “The Ghost Train” and became a serious leading British Director.

The production of Rome Express opened the large new Lime Grove (Gainsborough) studios in W London, using two huge sets to accommodate both terminii & the impressive express. Conrad Veidt was a comparative newcomer to London from Germany escaping a future under the Nazis and stayed to make a number of other acclaimed 30s films like “Jew Suss” “Passing of the Third Floor Back” “Dark Journey” & “Under The Red Robe” until ending up at Denham with the Kordas.

He loved Britain and loathed Hitler but this didn’t stop his 40s performances as an assortment of nazi officials – “Escape” “Spy In Black” and,of course,”Casablanca”. The popular Scottish actor,Finlay Currie played the same part in this and its almost shot-for-shot remake 15 years later at 70. He was probably best known as the convict, Magwitch, in the superb 1946 remake of “Great Expectations”.”