(1221) Windy out there, must be March. (1406)
16. Sad but inevitable
Born in Ireland in July, 1919, twenty in 1939, involved in all the action, shot down four times … last of the few all right … then there were none. Bet he went for that last of the few record too.
15. We saw “our” Karoline on languages
… well our Andy adds:
“… the Americans came very close to speaking German. After the war of independence they had a vote on what language to use, English prevailed over German by one vote.”
Variations, that is, on tunes we often hear, played here by other performers.
(1006) Sort of sunny nondescript out there just now. (1024)
14. Titus Oates
He’s always seemed to me to be a bit Sidney Carton … interesting past life … redeems himself in a heroic gesture.
13. Boris the Barbarian
12. Conor the Barbarian
First day I can recall when there was absolutely nothing much of interest in the pipeline here for this “around 0800 feature slot”. I could have looked for some promised baroque music and substituted that or the alternative was to go back through archives … which I have just done, extracting this from Christy:
Now, my main reason, TBH, was to have something or someone nice to look at and listen to as a break from the usual opening two political posts. However, far from being apolitical, Christy was very much political six years ago, now just dealing with and enjoying mothering four growing children.
Interesting to me was that there were two others in the YT sidebar … one by “a historian”, seemed Woke by the haircut, plus one from a “National Library”. Didn’t view, not yet anyway. So, back to the anti-feminist Christy.
She divides the early activists into suffragists and suffragettes, the latter being socialists and wanting women’s votes over any other groups, e.g. black men. Do you think of rioters and looters when I say black men, or do you think of Thomas Sowell?
Anyway, Christy maintains that the vast majority of women did not want the responsibilities of voting in those days, given that they already had a full time coping with the home economy. Interesting, if true. The other two in the sidebar appear to support that though.
As a man, I’m thinking that, rather than go with my male instincts, it might be better to just hear Vhristy out first, minus preconceptions.
Truly clearing preconceptions needs to be teained into us, imho it does not come naturally, even to dissident thinkers. /END for now.
(0700) Morning all. (0750)
11. Two weeks to slow the spread
10. You could find details at OAN should you wish
9. A good question, possibly to do with time
8. Ron Paul, through Lew Rockwell
“To solve the Yemen problem we must understand it: Russian and Chinese ships, for example, are not being threatened because they are not enabling the Israeli demolition of Gaza.”
Ah, Gaza, those sweet Hamas bunnies who’d not hurt a fly. Everything Israel’s fault. On the other hand, we’ve seen shots of Gaza towns. Plus Israeli hostages and Hamas.
In Christian eschatology, the Jews consider that their Messiah has returned, a man, a mighty warrior. He wins conflagration over the enemies of Israel (as in ancient Israel, not Khasars), he rebuilds the temple, goes in there and does some sort of abomination … that brings on mass slaughter, until Jesus returns soon after.
And lil ole me, have I a solution? Nope. Jewish gal speaks:
7. Steve at 998
JH:
* It shirley depends if it’s Hungarian with other Caucasian does it not?
** Alex downunder asks … yeah, and how much is left in them?
6. DAD at 998
a) A South American fishing vessel was carrying more than 6 tons of cocaine. The investigation was led by American and British intelligence, who suspected the vessel.
b) Do you remember that the Gaïté Lyrique theatre is occupied by illegal immigrants; at last the Police to act. “On Monday, March 17, the Paris police prefecture ordered the evacuation by tomorrow of several hundred migrants…..
c) Former Italian Army General Roberto Vannacci humiliates Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels in 1m36s. Vannacci’s bold statements challenge von der Leyen’s authority…..
d) How to stop the ‘Trans’ bollox.
(0321). Need a tad more sleep, good reader, see you soon. (0436)
5. Hmmmmm
4. Interesting thing for a Labor pollie downunder to say
3. On Bovaer etc.
2. Also look out for who reposts whom … and why
1. Not unexpected
“The Judge has a daughter named Katherine Boasberg, who works for a 501(c)(3) organization called Partners for Justice @PFJ_USA as a “capacity building associate”. In her position, she helps coordinate and administer grant activities, ensuring compliance, and supporting the delivery of capacity-building programs to strengthen nonprofit infrastructure. Katherine Boasberg also has pronouns in her bio. She goes by SHE/HER, proving her affiliation with the Left. The Judge’s daughter focuses on criminal defense and advocacy as an employee of Partners For Justice. Partners for Justice is an organization that derives 76% of its funding from government grants.” (Loomer)
By the way, this is up at OoL:
https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-standard-online-reader-needs-to.html
(1454) Afternoon all. Film was too old (faded), too long, time ran out anyway. Sorry ’bout that.
21. Toodles
20. IYE
The drama continues.
“The “Pardons” that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them but, more importantly, he did not know anything about them! The necessary Pardoning Documents were not explained to, or approved by, Biden. He knew nothing about them, and the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, those on the Unselect Committee, who destroyed and deleted ALL evidence obtained during their two year Witch Hunt of me, and many other innocent people, should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level. The fact is, they were probably responsible for the Documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the Worst President in the History of our Country, Crooked Joe Biden!”
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114175908922736427
19. Steve
a. Things are hotting up: “About 30 officers from NATO countries were surrounded in the Kursk region, Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian Nikolaev resistance, told RIA Novosti, citing colleagues…..” (998)
b. Three things. Reform UK under Farage should be pounding the socialists every day on the absurdity of Net Zero. Second they should go 24/7 on the £6.6 billion per annum they’re making the taxpayer pay for so-called ‘refugees’. Last is the idiocy of putting a ‘coalition of the willing’ together to poke the bear with – which will only result in more death and destruction. Methinks Nigel still has hopes of one day returning to the Tory Party. That is all.
c. Dan Bongino is now Deputy Director at the FBI – starting today in fact – until lately a very successful podcaster with his own show the Bongino Report. Part of this show, Early Edition, has been taken over by Evita Duffy. Remind you of anyone, James? (998)
JH: A woman?
d. Trump Outsmarts Criminal Activist Judge (Ep.161) – 03/17/2025
18. Stay safe, Donald
17. Mr. Farage and Co.
16. What does DAD want at 998 in this moment?
https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1901407128528818479
Won’t embed, DAD, in this moment … might be a “don’t mock demrats” filter.
(1113) There is a film for later, let’s see if there’s time. This post is going to be long I’m afraid.
Just when you think things are going be all right … dot dot dot
It started with a reaction vid to The Animals’ House of the Rising Sun (1964) and as one does, one explores … in this case the band, the reviewer girl, both eras, plus YT and ggl both suggested further research and in came the young Scot with “trad wives”, but not what you’d think … there’s a twist.
Whoa … this was getting too extended and then it came back to the inevitable generations … and as I explored them, poor sods around 1920, it became obvious, as you’ll see in Lord T’s Monday 9, that they’re simply not going to give anyone a break … so we need to take one and to hell with them.
Generations
I’ve pretty well got the post-1946 era sorted in my head and just a reminder that Eric Burdon was not a Boomer, he was War generation (May 1941), as were the band … this girl reactor you’ll see (lady at lunchtime) was more difficult to pin down … I’d say early 2000s, making her a Zoomer or Gen Z but … and this is a big but … these are NOT the younger generation anymore … nope, they have ended, mateys, passed as a generation. Alpha started 2012 and are now two thirds of the way through, themselves.
Bleedin’ tempus!
Now, the only way I could make any sense of it all was to pinpoint a particular baby in a particular year and follow his/her life.
Let’s start with a boy and girl born in 1894 … add 18 years and the boy’s about to be drawn into the mangler in a huge appeal to his patriotism, whilst he’ll actually be fighting in foreign lands, just as with the ones currently being sent by Starmer. At home? Dad’s Army plus landgirls (less so in WW1).
The girl is ready to “come out” in 1912 but but but … war clouds … Them prepare nations ahead of time … oh dear, she must delay marriage and children. By the time the next boomer time arrives, around 2022-24, she’s approaching 30.
And what is she hit by? Bleedin’ feminazism of the worst suffragette kind … girls can do anything, bright young, half unclad slappers, their heroines now Louise Brooks, Clara Bow, Josephine Baker … anything BUT virtuous women … this is the jazz era, right? Boom or bust, F Scott Fitzgerald … did you ever read about their badly parented daughter? Great Gatsby … all show, all chic, life in the fast lane … we observe from now and admire the fashions, the music … whilst they were rushing headlong to the abyss of 1929-31.
Let’s now look at two of the post-WW1 boomers, maybe 1920, after the 1918 pandemic baby-bust has receded. They grow up during the flapper, jazz exciting, bathing beauty time but as toddlers, children. At 9, it all falls apart … Depression, hard times … in Germany, mothers go onto the street because hubby is out of work, even pregnant women do … nothing pretty about it at all.
And now a boy born in 1937/8. Those postponing marriage and babies come out of it around 1936, start thinking of family again. The boy is born in 1937, say, making him 88 years old today. Two years into his life, he is involved in wartime … in 1945, he’s what … 8 years old, on rationing. What prospects?
And now to the song itself
Eric Burdon was the oldest, yet smallest, Newcastle lad, Geordie, May 1941. Jump 23 years and some days to March 18th and they decide to do the song in one take:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animals_(American_album)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Rising_Sun
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Burdon
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chas_Chandler
All right, how was I going to approach the reaction, given that I’ve already run it here and most readers are not huge on the genre or even band? Well I thought … if Eric B is 23 at the point of singing it, howabout a guy or gal also 23 today but not just a fan … howabout someone involved in the game?
I reviewed well over a dozen reaction vids … some were ego trips for the reactor, some were interesting experiments … dad with 13 year old daughter … knew nothing, immature … it simply didn’t work. Plenty of black males and females … very good too were their reviews but I wanted to tighten the demographic a bit, for example:
… she loved it by the way, don’t judge by the grimace. Then I found the right gal … around 23 perhaps (looks younger but voice is older) and quite a mixed bag. Part of a garage band, Venezuelan and Italian, living in England, knows of Newcastle, likes “vintage” as she put it but also so “today” … on Twitch, TikTok, all the other kid channels with her iphone … calls anything great “sick” … as in oh wow, that’s just … sick … meaning great to her. She’s apparently a “streamer”, there to monetise and make money.
And in her right ear … what on earth is that horrible mess of metal?
Drop this reaction vid?
Nope … for one reason … it’s quite intelligent, almost mature … it’s a great take on my early era whilst I was way too young. But it reminds me of our band of 1966 … we really were discussing uniforms we might wear. Our first cover was Little Red Riding Hood (Sam the Sham) and our second Gloria … and her name is G … yeah … L … yeah etc.
This girl is reviewing this well … plus she mentions passion, authenticity, not just being formulaic. She’s a singer and bass player by the way, as you’ll see. Oh, and her main comments are after the song … and remember … “sick” to her, for some reason, means “great”.
Another thing … what’s this new idea of having two small circles shining in the middle of glasses and sunnies … some modern affectation? The girl who does Rain also does that. Not sure I’d want to be 23 today, not sure it would be as fulfilling … as she says.
I’m thoroughly delighted that so many of the young of sufficient maturity can see how the great tracks really were great … but of course, we had so much dross about too, which she does not get to see.
One more thing … that’s coming up to 61 years ago. Let that sink in … 61 bleedin’ years ago … phew. Tempus, tempus. Where did it go? Why did I not see it rush by?
The trad woman
In a way, nothing to do with the above … it was just something YT added to the recommendeds. My first thought was yeah yeah … he’s Christian, he’d want women to be trad wives …
… nope, I was wrong. He mentions a trad wife movement today but they’re not trad at all. In the really early days, the women were out there playing their part with the living they were making … they were not stuck in drawing rooms having coffee mornings for the kept women. They were not kept, they were every bit part of it all.
And I like that … that affirms the gals like nothing else. Good.
END/.
(1002) Thought it best to clear the political backlog now in order to tackle a mammoth post coming up, which started as just a musical reaction but has now expanded exponentially to bring in all sorts of issues … clearly, that will replace ladies at lunchtime, of whom I have but one today. (1046)
14. A Canadian view
13. This whole gang, lawfare, constitution thingy in the US
12. The Donald lives on
… but will he be all there?
Just ignore it … it was in the inbox from the Woke left Quora. Meanwhile, speaking of leftist Wokeri, this was a Tumblr ad to my inbox:
Oh, and this one had made it to X:
Considering there’s no such thing as AI … it’s Machine Learning, with humans or monsters feeding into it its options.
11. They were most certainly trying to kill us
10. Trending on X
… third one’s interesting:
9. Lord T
I did run it and shall run it again, just in case:
A Shattering of Trust:
“It begins with a fracture in the everyday – a moment when the familiar turns lethal, when the air grows thick with acrid sting of gunpowder and the iron tang of lives undone. In two quiet corners of Britain, separated by nine years, horror erupts: massacres so brutal that they carved themselves into the national psyche. Hungerford, 19th August 1987, and Dunblane, 13th March 1996. Each a tableau of devastation, each a hinge in a nation’s arc, each a step toward stripping a people of their means to resist, perhaps forever.
What if these were not mere outbursts of broken men, but something colder, a staged spectacle to provoke dread, to usher in a solution long coveted by those who wield power? The pattern is as old as dominion itself: a crisis unfurls, the public recoils in anguish, and the state tightens its grip, cloaking coercion as deliverance. Hungerford and Dunblane, this narrative contends, were levers, tools to disarm Britain, rendering its citizens bare before a government wary of their latent strength.”
JH: That is precisely one of the key themes of my megapost later … just getting things together when a sudden blow upends everything.