(0931) Brightening up out there. Lord T has a post up at 1131. (0954)
15. Persian lass explains why
14. They do need to be found and named at a minimum
13. They really are poisoning us
… from Gab:
12. Israeli death ray
11. The reason Donny had to strike
… beyond reasons stated and counterclaimed so far:
(0602) Morning, chaps and chapesses. Colder today here. (0824)
10. Moo corner
9. Some sanity restored
8. Two of the latest atrocities by the dross
7. Melania chairs a UN security council meeting … er … yes
6. Eco Taliban in Spain
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5. A hill too far
4. Steve at 1310
3. Things being bombed and missiled over there
Naturally, the remains of the Iranian regime say the Israelis did it. Then this:
2. DAD at 1310
a) The Paris public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into whether the banned far-left movement La Jeune Garde has been reformed.
b) Following a search at Béziers prison, more than 50 cell phones were found in cells. One of the prison’s unions raised the alarm on Monday, March 2nd.
c) Already definitively convicted in Switzerland for rape, Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan is on trial in Paris for the rapes of three women.
d) In its toxic cocktail of war mania and pathological hatred of Orbán, the EU is betraying its very purpose—and obliterating trust in itself.
e) Villiers-le-Bel (95): He wants to convert to Islam, so he goes to the mosque, takes off his shoes and has them stolen.
1. Over at OoL
(1545) Nearing evening.
26. Last for now, chaps and chapesses
25. Wonder where Isabel Oakeshott is – Qatar?
24. Steve’s three Xs in comments
JH: Bit of confusion over these shots of an F-15 pilot parachuting when his plane was hit. I saw a report earlier that it was Iran firing and they were refusing to collect him once landed. Just shows how footage is misused.
Eric Daugherty though says:
“Footage shows an American F-15 fighter pilot who was accidentally shot down by Kuwaiti forces ALIVE and RECOVERING What appears to be a group of local Kuwaitis stopped and let him lay in the back of a vehicle until he could receive proper treatment.”
OSINTdefender says:
“Both the Pilot and Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) onboard the U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle that crashed this morning over Kuwait due to a “friendly fire” incident, appear to have survived, being found by locals and transferred to local authorities in Kuwait.”
Just saw a report that it was a command failure … did not inform Kuwaitis who were using Patriots. Centcom condfirms crew safe.
A different report: Qatar just SHOT DOWN two Iranian jets that entered their airspace.
23. Flurry of comments from Steve and IYE
The important thing is not me reprinting all that but rather bookmarking the post so you can go back and read comments. To answer that question:
22. Getting the idea they don’t like anyone
21. Adorable language
20. Oh dear, what a shame
19. Moo corner
18. Move over, I want your seat
17. Love thy neighbour
16. West better change its perceptions soon
With special subtitles for the hard of hearing:
“If what you want from a thriller is in-yer-face mugging, special effects, noise, a booming soundtrack, gore, nudity and flashy editing, this one is not for you.
However if you are a more discerning moviegoer who values a great script, exquisite understated acting, wit, humour and intelligence, and you are willing to overlook the technically rough bits (come on, this was 1935, you cannot measure it by 2005 standards !!) – then enjoy, because you are in for a treat.
Robert Donat is one of the most charming heroes that ever graced the screen, and but for his frail health and loathing of the Hollywood pzazz (he later refused some great movie parts offered to him, which eventually went to the likes of Erroll Flynn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr) he might have become one of the greatest. Watch the dinner scene with the crofters, in which he manages to convey his plight to the wife entirely without words. Great acting. Also the wickedly funny bravura piece at the political rally.
Madeleine Carroll must be among the coolest and feistiest of Hitchcock’s favoured blondes, not as insipid or irrelevant as many of the others were. She is a veritable icicle and it takes a long time for her to thaw, but then watch the sparks fly.
I feel a little sad for the people who cannot be bothered to check out this movie because of the tinny sound or the b&w photography. Forget about those superficialities and concentrate on the real values – the script, the acting, the lighting, photography and camera work -, just allow yourself to get carried away with the fast paced action, and you’ll love it.”
The quotes:
The utterers or writers:
Bonus points:
(1128) Mid elevenses, still no brunch here. Was looking up Persia, Zarathustra etc. (1137)
15. Moo corner
14. It drags on and on and on
I see that the cow Murkowski flatly refuses the SAVE Act.
13. Closed tips and flytipping
12. Money matters in Iceland
Some time back, we ran the Bergerac opener, where we met the delectable Francine. There are only two episodes available this way and this is the other, which some reviews say is one of the best. I’m off for brunch, back to politics later.
(0815) Moosh will be in the next post. This one is to try to bring us up to date, as of 0800, with issues arising from Persia. (0834)
11. Just a few more
Wendy:
Am I partial to Persians? The real ones, the Farsi speakers … yes. A bit partial to Orla too.
Bleedin’ Tice … truly an M25 bubble idiot … he’ll allow in “good” refugees, not bad. Those two have not a bleedin’ clue … they’re charlatans.
Richard Donaldson:
“Only hope this post is taken as it is meant, as the last thing I ever want to do is frighten people. However, I made an oath to my followers when I first started that I would always be open and honest with you all. WE MUST BE VIGILANT! In the coming hours and days, we could likely see attacks on our own soil. We currently have circa 30,000–40,000 Islamist “sleeper cells” here in the UK (confirmed by the Home Office and MI5). Almost all of them have loyalties to Iran. With the recent attack on RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus and Keir Starmer’s response to enhance our military efforts in the Middle East and join America and Israel, we could likely see terrorist attacks here in the UK. It is incredibly important to remain vigilant at all times. Our current threat level in the UK is: “SUBSTANTIAL: an attack is likely”. I have been told by two separate sources within the military that this is due to be upgraded to “SEVERE: an attack is highly likely”. The only reason it hasn’t already is because MI5 are being instructed by the government to “wait until the last minute” so as not to “cause panic”. Keep your wits about you, look out for one another and, if you see anything suspicious, report it.”
10. More on Persia and Persians
Truth is though … they are honeys, that race.
Is this thing ethnic or religious? Just cultural? Cultlike? Well, in the sense that even gnosis, Wicca etc. are cults, I’d use “religious” as a description. Shiva, Kali, Buddha, Confucius. Call it just a philosophy … maybe. But it completely rearranges thinking.
If there’s a devil, then what would he want? Primarily for people to imagine themselves in control of their own lives, given to academic philosophical observations and theories, from Aristotle to Nietsche, even existential … it all denies the devil exists, which he’s delighted about. Thus we get pompous, godless Royal Societies, Smithsonians etc.
The key is human ego, man as his own god, self-entitlement, a sense of victimhood, plus viciousness in the sense of Douglas Adams’s Krikkit. In other words, the devil delights in splits and strife.
Toodles notes that the Persian delight at the excrescence which has now all but gone does not look further ahead as to what, exactly … cough … replaces it? What fills that void? Something worse? The next stage of the snuffing out of humanity?
Esp. If Donny is a baddy, not a goody. Not saying he is, just sayin’, just tabling it like.
9. The eschatological overtones
First, this lady:
Even within Christian eschatology, there are myriad splits. For a start, pretribbers (mainly US) saying the faithful will be spirited away in the rapture before any personal unpleasantness, midtribbers and endtribbers who say we’ll suffer all right but then H will come.
Arnold Murray (now deceased) said that the new kingdom is on earth, not up in the sky. The earth is cleansed, that’s all. Throughout the bible, there are references to this … even Noah’s flood was that, plus Sodom and Gomorrah.
The antiChrist has many references as to who … Donny made an interesting comment about fearing Barron far more than him. In my long book, I have it being Wills, mainly because of the accident when young, plus the solstice, plus the overall demeanour. Yet the aC is meant to have no regard for women, whereas Donny most certainly is enamoured of them.
One major factor is that he’s meant to not actually be the aC until just before his “anointing” … so I include that in my book in his hospital bed, with shadowy ancients at the bedside. In other words, he’s not aware of his destiny till just before it happens.
The seven year tribulation is major. In the middle, the third temple rebuilt, the aC goes into the inner holy of holies in Jerusalem and does dirt on it … the abomination of desolation. That’s when the champion of Israel, of the Jews, is revealed, though his army defeated the ten northern nations, presumably the mussies.
Somehow, China comes into it with 200 million troops along the Silk Road, crossing the Tigris and Euphrates.
Some maintain it all ended in AD68-70 snyway.
Stepping outside Christian eschatology for a moment, there is pretty universal agreement in the non-Asian world, that the final massed battles are in the ME, specifically around Jerusalem. Nothing under the Temple Mount? Tell the Jews that, the mussies, the Christians, plus the Templars. Mesopotamia plays a big part, the mystery religions.