(0741) Morning all, very, very long sleep, which can be good or not so good. Sickness in our neck of the woods but so far not me. Atmosphere poisonous, temp low, people with heaters on. A prayer for those dead and injured in Texas (flood). (0818)
4. The 7/7 terrorist bombings
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London’s public transport during the morning rush hour. (Wiki)

More on this and the other strocities mentioned today a bit later in other posts.
3. DAD at 1098 today
a) On the night of Saturday, July 5 to Sunday, July 6, 2025, before the start of the second stage of the Tour de France, the northern team Cofidis suffered the theft of eleven machines, resulting in damages exceeding €100,000. The riders were still able to start.
b) Fance’s moderate Left has distanced itself from radical firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon as it lays the groundwork for a unified front in the 2027 presidential election.
c) “That’s a fine mess that you’ve got us into”. Paris Marie allows swimming in the river Seine.
d) Child grooming is more prevalent in London than in any other part of Britain, a leading child safeguarding campaigner has claimed.
2. Steve’s 1098 from last evening
- Sec. Kristi Noem Applauds Coast Guard Hero Scott Ruskin After He Saves 165 Lives on First Mission in Texas Flood Disaster *
- Fifteen Democrats, Including Several Officials, a Local Judge, a Former Rep. Candidate and Two Former Mayors, Indicted in Frio County Texas Vote Harvesting Scandal **
- After Nearly 62 Years, CIA Finally Admits a Psychological Warfare Agent from the Agency “Came into Contact” with Lee Harvey Oswald before JFK’s Assassination
- H-1B Party: South African Elon Musk Launches ‘America Party’ with Indian Treasurer ***
- One Big Beautiful Bill Delivers Historic Middle-Class Tax Relief
- NATO Rutte imagines war with China/Russia. UK missiles fail to hit Kerch bridge. Musk party strategy – Alex Christoforou
- Migrants will not stop molesting and assaulting children at swimming pools in the best and most democratic Germany of all time
- France: Left-wing MPs introduce amendment to ‘reduce’ coverage of migrant crime stories ****
- Amazon nears tipping point as robots rival human workforce in warehouses
- Much more
JH: The starred items will be addressed in separate post-items this morning.
1. DAD’s last item first from 1098
JH: I for one am quite out of touch with sport just now … vague idea LFC won the League, England had some fightback in cricket, rugby, Wimbledon is on and someone on X said the after match commentary adds nothing to the game. Can’t comment as not watching.
DAD mentions Le Tour in his main post today.
Djokovic … interesting character … still desperately going for popularity. He started as the Joker years ago, with Sharapova, Ivanova etc., did impersonations … but character to steely and resentful, while Federer was the normies’ darling.
Speaking personally, I’d put him at the top of my tennis faves on the strength of how Oz treated him during the Covid scam, though a consistently top player can’t be all that nice a guy to stay up at the top.