(1513) Lengthy, slow build, quite a backlog of politics, also gym.

ddddd

12. The false pretences of war

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Assuming that, like me, all Google/you tube offerings at HQ are “server stopped responding” just now … this might be Ggl YT itself or else is an HQ prob, an internal gremlin. Whatever, expect disruptions today, patient patrons.

Meanwhile, here’s something which was on X:

Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902^[1][2]– August 4, 1984) was an American actress, and one of the leading ladies who established the early Hollywood star system.^[3] She appeared in 53 silent films from 1912 to 1923.

In 1922, Minter was involved in a scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, for whom she professed her love. Gossip implicated her mother, former actress Charlotte Shelby, as the murderer, and as a result Minter’s reputation was tarnished. She gave up her film career in 1923.^[4]

JH: Tales such as that of Juliet Reilly here abounded in the tween wars period and tragedies also abounded, esp. for young women … a most interesting period.

 

“The 1960s saw a plethora of two kinds of spy movies: the outrageous semi-serious James Bond ripoffs (like the Flint and Matt Helm movies) and the very dry, methodical ones that were more talk than action (mostly John Le Carre and Alistair MacLean adaptations).

This is one of the better examples of the talky thrillers. Not that the movie is boring… there is lots of good, cat-and-mouse dialogue courtesy of playwright Harold Pinter. George Segal plays the hero, an undercover spy who goes to West Berlin to find out who killed his predecessor… who was on the trail of modern-day Nazis.

Segal has surprisingly little difficulty in finding himself right in the thick of things… being captured and drugged by the baddies… and even having time for a romance with a German schoolteacher who may know more than she lets on.

Parts of the movie reminded me a lot of the classic “The Third Man”… which I think the director was trying to emulate at times.

Well, this is not quite a classic of that caliber but it is a very well-written and smoothly-paced “old school” thriller. Segal makes a very cool lead… witty and sarcastic, yet with a vulnerable side, too.”

 

(1126) Time flying at breakneck speed today, seriously dangerous speed. (1143)

 

10. Moosh corner and those bakerlite days

9. The ole gun buyback scam

Had a quiet word with Kobie earlier … eyes in the back of her head, her self-defence in general. Listened but is young, might already have taken care of it.

8. Lord Toby with Mark Ellse

… on Minimum Wage:

“The minimum wage is one of those policies people feel obliged to praise. It sounds humane. It sounds fair. It sounds as though it protects the weak. And, above all, it comes wrapped in the modern political vocabulary of equality – the one idea nobody now dares question. What is remarkable is not that the Left supports it, but that the Right has adopted the same assumptions. The belief that anything labelled ‘equal’ must be good has quietly replaced the older conservative understanding that equality can be either a virtue or a mistake, depending on how it is achieved.”

JH: Worth a read, methinks.

7. Evil muvvers behind the Ukie war

6. Andy at 1236

“Two weeks ago I commented on websites offering news on govt policy re benefits and tax. One I noticed is actually the site of a liquidated company, there are others which look like independent news sources using very similar graphics. A goggle search reveals that these are govt operated sites masquerading as independent.”

 

(0847) Morning again, all. Rather than give progress reports on food stores all over the place, best I keep those reports within post Fri 1. Weather’s very Gates out there, not particularly freezing. Andy, yours coming up in Fri 6 after the short feature. (0912)

 

5. Amen, sister

4. Steve at 1236

• Trump Says Mega-Donor Offered Him $250 Million to Run for Third Term
• Pete Hegseth Announces Plan to Restore George Washington’s Military Chaplain Corps to Its Former Glory
• Twitter User (Luke Yarwood from Dorset) Thrown in Jail Over Two Anti-Immigration Tweets Barely Seen by Anyone – Elon Musk Responds (JH: Post coming up relevant to all readers … maybe OoL tomorrow)
• EU Splits Over Asset Loan; Kiev Out Of Money; Russia MoD Says Victory Soon; MI6 Threatens Dirty War
• Dr Yeadon: The Covid Injections Are Undoubtedly Bioweapons Aimed at Maiming, Slaughtering, and Sterilizing the Human Population
• The Strange Case of the Selective ‘Superflu’
• British Parliament rejects call to roll back Online Safety Act
• Palantir, the worrying ally of the French intelligence services

3. This is major across the pond

2. DAD at 1236

a) It is not only in France that the Farmers are angry: There are tractors in Brussels: Farmers demand that EU Bureaucrats listen. Mercosur and the Green Deal have become the symbols of fierce citizen discontent.

b) Do political ends justify illegal means? That is the fashionable question in Brussels, and for several years now the European Union’s answer has been clear and unequivocal: “Yes, and so what?”

c) On the sidelines of the European Council, Italy, Denmark, and the Netherlands convened fifteen Member States particularly concerned with finding innovative solutions to migration.

d) From climate rules to migrant quotas, Brussels is quietly retreating on policies once sold as non-negotiable—revealing how power, not principle, ultimately shapes EU decision-making.

e) Salvini acquitted of all charges in ‘Open Arms’ Case.

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An issue has arisen

At the moment, it’s not major from my perspective … slept well, warm, food here.

The issue is that there’s none available in store it seems … that thing we had an inkling was the case, was going to be, thanks to govt, might have happened. Alternatively, there’s just a glitch at one store. All right, there are alternatives and one by one, they need exhausting.

Blog’s working fine, so am I, it’s just that our food supply might have ceased. Need to go and find out. Back when it’s resolved. Or not. Morning all.

0815 report: Right, I’m back, went to a local store which I thought might be open. It’s rubbish food … Birdseye etc., plus plenty of tins, so not going to starve. Same shopkeeper, please to see me and vice-versa. Ok, we shall see how their supplies go.

Not going into town. We’re not a prime deathcult area yet but all the same … best not go into town. What I did discover is I could not walk properly … yikes. Have dropped off with the conditioning, must do some this afternoon.

Right, as for the store being out of meat, fish, produce … completely … shall check their site through the day. I suspect it’s either a glitch or they really are out of those things or it’s something with me, personally, they don’t like. Someone leaning on them for our personal views as a demographic. Best not to overspeculate just now. Plenty of food, liquid, warm here … for now. Site seems to work.

Nothing on X but Brits usually respond mid morning … let’s wait till they try to go to the store.

0954: This 👇🏻

1144: Nothing further for now. Any changes, shall report here.

(1627) Evening all.

 

19. Moosh corner

18. Steve at 1236 with war room

• Jack Posobiec On The Brown University Shooting: The Information That We Have Received Is That This Was In Fact Targeted. The Assailant Came In And Fired Multiple Rounds Directly At Ella Cook

• Mike Davis: Jack Smith Has Many Legal Problems He’s Going To Face And Hopefully A Criminal Indictment In The Southern District Of Florida

• Julie Kelly: Everything About Jack Smith Embodies The Corrupt, Reckless, Dangerous Nature Of This Department Of Justice

• Pope Leo says the US should emulate Lebanon — which flipped 53% Christian to 85% Muslim in 100 years

17. Honesty?

16. Churchbells each day in deathcult caterwauling areas required

 

We bring you only the best here:

“It’s also not one of the best acted films, but the acting is enthusiastic. Every level of campiness, eccentrism, pomposity and emotional excess is used, as well as the absence of any emotion as well. The film starts with an emotionless yet domineering Richard Kiel making his way into the laboratory of pompous scientist George Macready to manipulate him into the creation of androids. George Nader, Hugh Beaumont and Dolores Faith are the seemingly normal ones, and Barbara Nichols as Nader’s girlfriend the most abnormal, a constantly chatty assistant whose intelligence remains in question and also just how she got her position and attracted Nader.

That being said, she’s also the funniest, so over the top and brassy that you wonder how often she’s polished. But that doesn’t mean that she’s right for the film, and the laughs she gets are definitely at her expense. Faith speaks, but she’s so monotone and one dimensional, thus barely present. The scenes between Kiel and Macready are genuinely funny because both are extremely serious. Sets are colorful but fake looking, and the film looks rather cheap as a result.

But the discussion of androids being necessary to create a master race is disturbing and timely, and even a bit before its time. Too bad that the script really stinks.”