Francis Durbridge certainly knew how to write a mystery play, either for radio or tele … though low budget and formulaic, they were still fun. The old Beeb did their bit by casting well, e.g. with Paul Temple, Steve and the supporting cast.
In this series, aside from the naff title, the cast make this a most pleasant serial … the leading man, his sidekick and the main police inspector … the acting stands out imho. Anyway, here are the concluding three:
(1210) The cunning midday plan is to run a few more polit-items now, then the final three episodes of the serial, then who knows … a post-prandial snooze? (1303)
20. Moosh corner
19. The rampant cheating goes on in demonratlands
One lady posted … all very well us bemoaning all this … get out and early vote … she has a point.
18. TCW today (blogrolls)
17. England today
16. Hallowe’en
15. Eisenhower and Nixon
The second worthy Quora item by one Jim Langcuster
“It was evident to many, especially American journalists during the Eisenhower presidency, that the 34th president harbored an exceedingly ambivalent attitude about then-Vice President Richard Nixon.
In seeking the presidency in 1952, Eisenhower needed someone to protect his right flank against the virulently anticommunist but isolationist Republican Old Guard. Nixon, while serving in the late 1940’s as a member of the House Un-American Activities Commitee (HUAC), had propelled himself to national fame by essentially outing Alger Hiss, a prominent State Department employee and liberal establishment figure, as a conscious agent of the Soviet Communist Party.
While regarded as a young anticommunist firebrand, Nixon, who, like Ike, aligned with the moderate and pragmatic Republican wing, nevertheless assiduously cultivated cordial relations with the GOP Old Guard.
In time, though, Nixon’s, strident and partisan demeanor and rhetorical antics grated on the President, despite Nixon’s unfailing work ethic and his willingness to operate as what the president’s previous subordinate, his wartime chief of staff, General Walter Bedell Smith, described as “Ike’s prat boy” – in other words, the fall guy.
Nixon was quite willing to do this sort of dirty work, essentially using his vice-presidential bully pulpit to attack elements on the the liberal Establishment left as a means of elevating Ike’s stature with the GOP hard right.
Even so, Nixon’s combativeness – his willingness to descend into the rhetorical gutter – never gained traction with Eisenhower.
Some of this stemmed from deep personality differences between the two. Ike was a genial extrovert who had built his military career cultivating relationships with fellow Army officers. Nixon, the other hand, was a reclusive introvert who essentially regarded the pursuit of high political office as both his vocation and avocation.
Ike discerned the same “Gloomy Gus” persona that struck Nixon’s fellow law school classmates at Duke University, leading Eisenhower to wonder why a man with no friends had opted for a career in politics.
Eisenhower’s ambivalence about his vice president was reflected in a variety of enbarrassing and, from Nixon’s perspective, hurtful ways. Aside from what many regarded aa thinly veiled jabs at Nixon via responses to the media, Ike even tried to presuade Nixon to step off the ticket before the 1956 election to take a cabinet job, such as Secretary of Defense, with the assurance that this would afford him more executive experience before staging his own run for the presidency, presumably near the end of Ike’s term in 1960.
Of course, Nixon refused to take the bait, knowing full well that Eisenhower, whom Nixon regarded privately as a Machiavellian operator par excellence, was intent on cultivating a vice presidential successor not simply to replace him but also to supplant him as the principal contender for the presidency in 1960.
However, a lot changed in the years following the election of 1960. The Republican Old Guard, whom Eisenhower roundly despised and derided privately as “goddamned mossbacks,” had been repackaged as “conservatives” every bit as opposed to Eusenhower’s moderate New Dealism as the Old Guard, though fully committed, unlike the Old Guard, to vocal support of Cold War interventionism.
Ike, as the elder statesman and titular head of the party, held his nose and supported the avatar of this reconstructed right-wing by endorsing the avatar of conservatism, Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, the 1964 nominee who who was handily defeated in November.
Nothwithstanding this defeat, this repackaged Old Guard was poised to become the ascendant ideology within Republicanism, one that would supplant Ike’s moderate brand of “Modern Republicanism.”
Ike wasn’t having it.
Politics makes for all manner of strange bedfellows, and that explains why Eisenhower ended up supplying Nixon with an unambivalent full-throated endorsement in 1968. As the party’s flag bearer, Nixon, despite his political and character flaws, offered the best prospect of carrying on Ike’s brand of moderate Republicanism into the 1970’s and beyond.”
JH: There ya go.
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14. Occasionally, Quora justifies its existence
… and today, there are two. First one below is:
Why do the old tire so easily (by Mark Sillitto MD retired)
”So many but not all elderly people tire easily. There is a lot of confusion among the public about the cause(s). However, I worked for 40 years as a medical doctor and much is related to a person’s cellular mitochondria levels.
What is that you might say. Inside all human living cells these tiny organelles called mitochondria convert our energy sources like blood glucose into electricel and chemical energy to ‘power up’ each and every living cell in our body.
Now, Why do elderly folks have fewer of these than children, adolescents or young adults? The answer is genetically our bodies are ‘programmed’ to behave ‘economically’.
What is that you may ask? Once the human body has finished puberty and we reach our early adult years genetic switching swings into action automatically and reduces the number of mitochondria to match the lower level of ‘energy’ all cells need for growing.
The DNA coding kind of says, by some logic; ‘hey let’s not waste the effort to produce and refresh mitochondria the body maybe able to get by with fewer’, so it reabsorbs and replaces some of them in each and every cell across time.
So, how do some older folks trick the body to register that each cell needs to keep up the number of mitochodria?
The answer is cardiovascular level activity. That’s why older folks who regularly do activities that increase their heart rate have much more energy: going to a gym, join a dance class 3 nights a week, go for runs three times a week, use a stationary exercise bike while using a heart rate watch measuring their heart rate three time per week, work at a part time job that is vigorous enough to raise their heart rate enough more than twice a week. (Remember those accounts you heard of very active people in their 90’s).
Why three times a week and how much to raise your heart rate you might say? Well, Google “age adjusted” ‘heart rate zone training’ to find out it is much less difficult than you think for most everyone.
Why three times per week? Sufficient regular activity is needed to ‘trigger’ your metabolism to recognise it needs to make more mitochondiria inside the cells. (There is a huge amount of research/ university published peer reviewed journal articles still relevant. Much of the research from the studies of ‘what is fitness” from the 1960’s.
Plus, our bodies haven’t changed: after all elderly people have been feeling tired since the dawn of time; with examples of those elderly who kept active).”
JH: He then advises you to consult your MD (GP). I’d dispute just the last sentence … globopsycho have indeed changed people’s bodies … whether permanently or as long as the evil muvvers do their thing … well I for one don’t know.
13. And here it is again and again …
… over and over … this hobbyhorse about strong, good men plus women, not separately … each playing to their strengths … men building and defending:
… while gals defend the national conscience, keep things in order that way:
… across the world too … interlinked, not unlike a doing-right church in a way, but without burning and mutilating our subscribers.
12. Not sure that on All Saints Day …
… I should be running Ladies at Lunchtime on the blog … am holding it over till Monday.
However, this insulting of the ladies of the right (in the right too, by the way) by this Mark Cuban eejit has had a beneficial effect for the boys … the ladies have come out of the woodwork en masse on X and X is now flooded with self-posted photos of “strong, intelligent” women … well I for one am in seventh heaven:
The gals of the right have it all … strength, intelligence, drop-dead gorgeousness, fab to hold close and then we get to the crucial bit … I just like how they operate. Not leftist demi-wimmin like Rayner, Clinton, Griseold … with ordure for brains … but formerly standard “real women” who have good and bad traits, just as our species does. We just take the iffy with the good.
And that comes out in this exchange below:
Yep … we as men on this side, don’t feel we have to follow each and every request there and then but by the same token, the gals never miss a trick on our side … in my book, it’s a happy mix of both … naturally, normally, as it should be. I enjoy the company of my mates … and luv our gals … and what?
(0645) Morning all … looking fairly gloomy out there, low, billowing, dark grey. (0743)
11. News on The Steal
RT: Kentucky voting machine shifted Donald Trump’s votes to Kamala Harris
A viral video showing Kentucky voters experiencing a voting machine glitch that seemingly shifted votes from Donald Trump to Kamala Harris has been confirmed by Laurel County Clerk Tony Brown. After initially denying the issue, Brown has since acknowledged the malfunction and confirmed that the machine was taken out of service pending an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office.
Why aren’t these glitches ever in Trump’s favor?”
10. Natural CO2 converters
Marcus Brown: “The title is a bit deceptive, they aren’t talking about “plants”, they are talking about the combined total CO2 absorption of every plant on earth. In plain English, our planet is 31% greener today than it was 40 years ago, thanks to CO2. This is in spite of losing around 6% of our trees to deforestation over the same period. Plants seem to be growing significantly faster, using up more CO2, than they did years ago.”
9. Georgia and Tbilisi
“The State Department and the European Union are demanding Tbilisi repeal “anti-democratic” legislation and investigate election “irregularities” respectively after the Georgian Dream Party won this weekend’s parliamentary elections. Georgian leaders including Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and President Salome Zourabichvili are at odds, with Zourabichvili accusing Kobakhidze’s party of winning a “total fraud” election.
Per the official tally, Georgian Dream won 54% of the vote, with multiple opposition parties earning between 3-11%.”
JH: Not sure which way to think on this one EU and current US govt agin … seems good to be “for” then.
8. Nuclear
7. TDS (blogrolls)
6. Australian football
At the elite level, clubs downunder have a long history of “raiding” the Irish game for star recruits and Zach Tuohy is one such … he’s just retired:
I can understand that, truly I can … to lose to an equal or better opposition … wwweeellllllll, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles … but to fail to do the things you know you must … that’s almost unforgivable and for a stickler, as Tuohy was … one can lose all interest.
Tuohy came in at the end of Geelong’s golden era, 2011, schooled in discipline, a core member of the back six “unit”, the last line of defence … complete understanding between those boys was required … knowing ahead of time where each would be, knowing how to respond … that’s why I vastly prefer team sports … where a plan comes off … over and over.
And when someone doesn’t do his job, fulfil his part, he need not be shouted at … he knows it full well. Zach Tuohy I’d say was being let down in crucial stages in a game … he has a backman’s or bass player’s mind … straight down the line.
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5. Heartfelt thanks to all our droppers, occasional commenters and readers
… patrons and stop-bys all. There’s a message at 862 for y’all. A few people have asked about IYE and the simple answer is that I don’t know … obviously, his incisive excursions were cutting edge and are sorely missed. Also adding Ivan to that.
4. Steve at 861 … a selection
MftWC 4: FEMA Whistleblower Reveals Agency’s Focus on “DEI Initiatives” Over Disaster Response: “There Are Higher Priorities Given to Different Racial Groups”
MftWC 3: Maine’s Student Mock Election Sees Over 20,000 Young Voters from Over 140 Schools Back Trump Over Kamala 52-41 in Deep Blue State
MftWC 2: Zelensky furious, Scolds US Tomahawks, Kursk NPP Bizarre Claims; Moscow: No Talks Energy Truce – Alexander Mercouris
MftWC 1: Catastrophic Flooding, Tornado Hits Valencia and South-eastern Spain
3. Andy at 862
Looks like Neil is catching up with us fast. At this rate he will overtake us, if that’s at all possible.
2. DAD at 862
a) France’s National Rally (RN) president Jordan Bardella has claimed he is the target of “censorship” after adverts for his new book,’Ce que je cherche’ (What I’m looking for’), were barred from display in French train stations and subways.
b) Brussels will refuse to move forward with Keir Starmer’s programme for a Brexit “reset” unless the Labour prime minister backs down on his formal opposition to free movement, a new document has revealed.
(JH: Vive the impasse.)
c) Bizarre story from Africa. For months, rumors of disappearance of male organs have been circulating in the Central African Republic, causing serious concern.
d) Range-challenged electric vehicles could face further sales disincentives with a proposal from Britain’s top engineers that battery sizes be reduced by one third.
1. All Hallows
It could be spelt(spelled) All Hallows or with apostrophe, it could be called All Saints and saintly people to be sure (the genuine ones) are to be revered. Revered does not mean to be worshipped in some pantheistic way. Nor is some sun god to be woven into it.
Anyway, there have been most saintly people who’ve put their safety on the line for their faith to the Trinity. One thing I was taught long ago was not to mess with the spirit world, such as it is but have nowt to do with it … the message is crystal clear, played out in films as diverse as The Mummy, the Exorcist, all sorts of horror films, even Terminator 3 and Skynet.
Interestingly (to me), the warnings I personally had were not just from scripture but from the other side, inc. satanists, wiccans etc. They were the ones who said don’t mess with what you don’t understand, don’t invoke, don’t be a damned fool … which is precisely what that side in the war wants children, the simple-minded and similarly vulnerable to do. The child trafficking, rape, murder … do you think it would increase or decrease on this set of “high days” right now? Get that ole logic working in the brain.
If you care about the innocent, how about putting in a prayer for them at this time?
Then you have this Lord Protector thing, meaning an Oliver Cromwell type … talk to the Irish about him. When you elevate humans to the role of your Protector, I’d say you’re on a sticky wicket … you are substituting. Nor do I think we leave ourselves utterly defenceless in the physical world … that’s imbecility as well … mainly because you’re relying on your own cherry-picking interpretation of scripture and doing nowt to help thyself. Silly.
Atheism? Three wise monkey strategy, eh? River in Egypt, ostriches’ heads in sand? Crocodile eat you last, eh? Good luck … look at what demrats, rinos and labour have done to us so far, trying to protect ourselves.
(1730) Evening all … stay safe this evening.
16. These evil muvvers will go down
15. This night the demons … tomorrow the saints …
… Saturday All Souls.
The hold of this night on people is strong … fairies, pumpkins, treats … this tonight is about abusing and sacrificing children … this is satanic. Those awake pray for the innocents.
14. This is the one you need
13. Tam Lin
12. Steve at 861 … war room
a. Winters & Bannon: The Steal Is Underway In Pennsylvania
b. Loomer Drops Bombshell: Mitch McConnell’s Grooming His Heir, Subverting The American People
c. Tyler Bowyer On Voter Turnout In Arizona: “We Have Been Kicking Butt Here In Arizona”
d. Raheem Kassam Breaks Down The Ongoing Colour Revolution In The United States
A photographer’s brother, on military leave, goes missing after searching for a deceased friend’s wife in Dublin. When the brother’s claimed trip is revealed as false, the photographer begins a search to find him.
…….
Right, watched it … quite good so far, it’s Durbridge … 26 minutes per (half hour) episode, think it’s a serial … 6 episodes. Three today, three tomorrow.
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11. TDS (blogrolls)
10. The pressure starts
9. DAD at 861
a) It’s how you tell it ! Trump telling the story of the garbage truck……
b) Apparently Joe Biden is biting babies at The White House this evening.
Perfect example of how blogging works … word association football … idea association. All Hallows Eve, just posted yew trees in graveyards elsewhere, youtube seemed to latch on and offered Olive Thomas, the sacrificial girl … then of course Jack Pickford, younger libertine brother of Mary … lost souls on the road to hell.
Which immediately triggered Chris Rea … plus a vague notion of running Tam Lin sometime today … that’s how this excuse for a brain operates. It’s also the wonder of blogging … so many ideas flying in from everywhere, not planned in the least … half an hour ago, I had no idea about this post … I did have a Jago Tube post to run after the initial two of politics.
So this is off the cuff … Chris Rea’s Road to Hell (reminded me of Jack and Olive) was clearly, to my Christian faith mind, about Hollywood, NYC, Paris or similar. The popular view, no doubt supported by CR himself, has been:
Uh huh … not dissing that entirely … the clip is of British roads in the main … but I’m quite sure the song opening ain’t about no stinkin’ M25 or M4, though MPs do sell their souls and London today is certainly a dirty hellhole since Khan.
Nope, to me, the song is about this:
Valley of the rich, myself to sell. And today is just the day to post this.
Which brings me to Olive Thomas … a story of dashed dreams and innocence ruined … just as it is today with the connivance of everyone. By the time you’ve watched … and more on that below the youtube … plus read the two biographies, methinks that pretty much sums it up.
Getting off the topic of the post for now and looking more at the documentary style … this narrator is pretty good. Clickbait beyond her picture is minimal, it’s not over-sensationalised, the tone is measured, the music is not overwhelming … overall, a good documentary imho.