(1512) well before evening still … that’s a good sign that time’s slowed down a bit.

 

22. Huntingdon

Import the TW, become the TW.

21. The vicissitudes of brekky

20. Steve at 1190 and war room

• John Solomon: Four Years After Crossfire Hurricane, The FBI Was At It Again, Digging Into Trump’s Campaign Finances Two Weeks Before The Election, Trying To Invent A Crime Out Of Nothing
• Rep. Brian Harrison (R): The Swamp Is Backing An Opponent Against Me Who Cheered Tearing Down Trump’s Border Wall And Cringes At Protecting Girls’ bathrooms
• Matt Boyle: Democrats Have Become the Party of the Rich and the Elites
• Ben Harnwell talks to the “Honorary Chaplain of the Christian Nationalist Movement” Pastor Doug Wilson

19. Why did diners die?

Ggl says:

“Diners are “dying” due to a combination of economic pressures, cultural shifts, and competition from fast-food and other restaurant chains. The rise of franchises offered more consistent and reliable options, while modern challenges like rising rents, labor shortages, and the lingering effects of the pandemic have made it difficult for traditional diners to compete. Additionally, changing consumer habits, a preference for curated or visually appealing social media dining experiences, and the aging of pre-fabricated diner structures contribute to their decline.”

I went to one mid 90s in San Diego … already, the waterfront was touristy … Pier this or that. The quality of food was much better from what we saw in movies and shows, the hygiene probably better … they charged like a wounded bull.

But elsewhere?

Don’t know why but I like such places or the concept of them. I once stayed overnight in Narbonne, south of France and went down to breakfast … place was soooo busy, everyone dressed, I thought what’s going on? Could hardly get served … all the regulars were getting theirs …

… then suddenly, they were up, paid and gone. Workers on their way to work. Like wow. I’d been on the edge of that. It meant far more to me than subsequent sights. Proprietor now came over, relaxed, all the time in the world.

Coming back to diners … did people tip? How much? Servis compris? How did it work? I detest servis compris, although I can understand from the waiting staff point of view. I want to leave base 10% if it was ok, up to 25% for really good. Americans might laugh at that meanness on my part … what do you tip? I want to tip for service, not for some assumption.

18. Anyone else remember?

17. Sudan eh? And Nigeria?

16. Andy (keep some good ones back for later) at 1189

(1402) Afternoon all. (1413)

 

15. Lenny?

14. Happy Holiday

13. Hmmmmm

12. Makes one think

11. Mark from Mayenne

https://acorneroffrance.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-mast-year.html

Does it augur or indicate something else as well?

 

(1058) Almost elevenses, folks. N6 below is for my new pinned tweet in my X profile. (1153)

 

10. Moosh in Tinatown (some will understand)

9. We’re in a war

8. First of a few from the Donald

7. Two ladies tweet

6. In my profile on X

… I’ve written: “no DMs pls involving crypto or intim, I do respond to friends I know from timeline”

Men mainly (but not solely) following me as MAGA-friendly too many times do not first check my profile page blurb and start DMing about crypto, usually on the second or third chat exchange. I then click out.

Girls usually do check my profile out first and so do I with them (a girl, to me, is a generic term for a female maybe 23 to 63 or more). Again, if she comes at me with the raw intim, I assume it’s Boris from Moscow or the Ukraine and click out.

Call it egotistical but if someone is not interested enough to know about me before DMing, then I’m not interested enough to continue a conversation. I really like my X friends, we have some good banter, show support … and that’s about it really.

 

(0708) After the dark and all sorts of baddies retiring at midnight, the day is dull grey and poisonous out there. Have a wonderful Saturday. ☺️ (0807)

 

5. Blinded by the light

Call me an ignoramus but have just noticed, first time in my life, that the illuminating nightlamps, once the daylight comes up, minutes ago now (0722), blind by their light.

https://youtu.be/LZEHGbQBYbg?si=oSU0XQBPW4KpmDo9

By the way … I just noticed this:

Ultra-leftist Springsteen and Laurel Canyon together … uh huh.

4. Steve at 1189

• The Billboard Top 40 Now Contains Zero Rap Songs for the First Time in Decades
• Disgraced Andrew Mountbatten Windsor Is Cast Out To Live in Norfolk, Away From the Royal Family
• The Pipe Bomb HOAX Story Implodes — Rep. Loudermilk Blows the Lid Off the Biden J6 Narrative!
• Speaker Johnson Erupts After Learning Democrats Actually Sued the USDA for Asking How Many Illegal Aliens Are on Welfare
• Pokrovsk Final Days Kiev Forces Crumble Kupiansk; China Won Big On Trade India Buys More Russian Oil
• The Shadow of War: A Long Shot at Control as Ukraine’s Arms Black Market Goes Global
• Covid injections pose risk of pilots having in-flight seizures even years after having taken a shot
• Combination MMR vaccines, linked to febrile seizures and autoimmune conditions, could be broken up into individual shots
• Victory for RN: French Assembly Votes To Revoke 1968 Franco-Algerian Deal
• Much more.

3. DAD at 1189

a) (As mentioned, Sat 1 is DAD’s first piece today)

b) Finland’s Supreme Court on Thursday opened hearings against parliamentarian Dr. Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola in the infamous ‘Bible Tweet’ case, which many consider a defining moment for free speech and religious liberty in Europe….

c) Von der Leyens’ numbered days.

d) Closing a bank account: a method of thought control. “Banca Ing and Nagelmackers have closed all the current accounts that were allocated to me….”

2. Over at OoL

https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fabianism-of-tech-honchos.html

1. The morning after Hallowe’en

Hat tip DAD at 1189 for the full text please … this is, in fact, his drop (part a) this morning which I nicked and tweeted. Then there is this:

(1621) Some way away from evening.

 

18. Roob seems to be doing the Hallowe’en anthology thing

… over at her place:

Story Time: Enter The Underdog

17. The alliterate one

16. Demonic

He’s the embodiment of sheer evil.

15. Steve at 1189 and war room

• Cleo Paskal: For The Chinese, An Agreement Is Always The Starting Point For The Next Negotiation, And Often They Don’t Deliver
• Cleo Paskal: China’s Chemical Industry Is The Backbone Of Our Fentanyl Crisis

14. I’m against those who would split good men and good women

… and am therefore these folk below:

13. Milliband needs stopping

12. Steve corner at 1189

Hearts of Oak: Phelim McAleer – Grooming Gangs Horror: How Courts Reveal What Journalists Conceal 

11. Paul Francis on X

Spare 10 minutes this weekend, and watch some of @France24_en ‘s coverage on the civil war in Sudan.

 

Colourised version:

(1157) Almost good afternoon. (1304)

 

10. Points to consider in planning

9. Clean out in the offing?

8. Nuclear option

(0852) Morning all. (0953)

 

7. Quite agree

6. Arctic is freaking out the Senate

… pity they still voted to end all DJT’s tarrifs, not that it’s their business.

5. Steve at 1188

• Viktor Orbán Joins Czech Andrej Babiš and Slovak Robert Fico To Form the ‘Axis of Peace’ in Europe
•  100,000 Fighting-Age Ukrainian Men Have Fled the Country in Two Months After Easing of Rules for Departure of 18–22-Year-Olds
• Charles Has Stripped His Brother Andrew of His ‘Prince’ Title, and Evicted Him from His 30-Room Royal Lodge Mansion
• Grassley Reveals Jack Smith Sent 197 Subpoenas Targeting More than 400 Republicans in Arctic Frost Investigation
• Russian Army Is Few Kilometers Away From Locking Up Pokrovsk, Securing Yanchur Line
• Childhood vaccines are the most significant factor in causing autism
• Whistleblower warns hospitals replacing ‘vaccine’ with ‘biologics’ on consent forms, raising fears of hidden authorizations
• Die Zeit: ‘An Arrest Warrant for Angela Merkel?’
• Much more.

4. DAD at 1188

a) The President of the Republic’s approval rating has fallen to 11%, losing 5 points in one month, equaling François Hollande’s worst score under the Fifth Republic.

b) Montpellier (34). The presence of eight hairdressers and barbers on Avenue de Toulouse raises questions: “There are also late-night grocery stores and some ghost shops where there’s never anyone in.”

c) For the first time since its creation, the Rassemblement National (RN) has scored a legislative victory with the adoption of a bill it proposed, and not just any bill, but one that revokes the 1968 agreement between France and Algeria…

d) A little US history. All the Noose that’s fit to print.