Tuesday [12 to 15]

(0958) This will be an extended drops post until the first of IYE’s new/old TV series … as and when things come in. (1247)

 

15. Two more about bird choppers

DAD from comments:



14. The satire of AKH

https://akhaart.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-bunglerati.html

13. Another bringing together of two separate items


… and this:

The BlackRock connection and a nightmare for farmers

That’s one topic … now, digressing, looking at Kathy … she’s showing signs of Kate:

https://www.smalldeadanimals.com

… in that the lady bloggers are relying on the mainly men writers to carry the site, which is why I archived Kate to the Honour Roll. Now, to be fair, I also heavily rely on our patron droppers, as is obvious, but it does not mean I can rest on my laurels, go off on trips etc. … I’m essentially saying that I must still do a fair bit of the downrabbitholing, the basic investigative journo work … you lot would not wear it otherwise.

In a similar way, MMUTR has been in some pretty exalted places out in the real world but he still prefers the nitty gritty tech thing to the organisational side … thank goodness for us, say I. Now, I love Kathy’s site, I did love Kate’s … but … but … but … one must stay true to roots imho … same goes for musical groups.

12. Concerning archives

You may have noticed archives have been added to all WP sites, Jstack already having that … IYE:

“Something I’ve noticed on substack … if you go to header bar there’s “Archive”. That lists all the posts in order and there’s a further choice to see “Discussions” which is probably the next best thing to the comments thingy in the sidebar of ONO.”

Right, I’ve just been experimenting … I recalled that when ONO was stolen, IYE dropped some archives under that month in 2024. Seemed to me that if I posted an archives widget in the sidebar, that made things easier.

Also, I’ve tried a few ways to increase the number of comments displayed in the sidebar widget to 12 from 5 … no luck at the two WPdotcoms … but it worked at HQ.

Tuesday [7 to 11]

(0816) Looks grey and bleah out there but no matter. (0900)

 

11. DAD adds to the earlier solar panel destruction item

My daughter, lives on Anglesey, reports…..

“We got the red alerts. It was the worst weather I can recall – and we’re used to lots of wind here. We lost a few facia boards and electricity for a day and a half, but otherwise ok. A family I know had their neighbours roof come off and crash into the front of their house!”


10. Intelligence and competence


9. TDS


8. Memories of my nine hours on a trolley (gurney)

… following my Friday afternoon heart attack some years back:

The promise was to have a private room, which did allow me to see the dawn in there before I was booted out to the women’s ward … only to be relegated to the terminal cases ward … how did he get that then? Well, someone took a shine, obviously … thought it was my new friend, an orderly, Spanish girl, but think it might have been someone higher. That gal was a real friend during many of those hours … Spanish gals are go!

7. Perfect example of a weasel article

… plus other things to moan about after that.


This saved millions? It bloodywell did not … these frankenseeds are one season only, yielding globopsycho billions in funds as seeds need rebuying from Svalbad among other places. We went into all that in the stolen blog … the topic was Codex Alimentarius:

This inserting of innocuous looking lies in both heading and text is unconscionable. For a start, they’ve waited until memories have forgotten the real controversy, then in a sort of National Geographic about the wonders of the world (Atlas Obscura), they create a “controversy” over a lesser matter or else dismiss the original issue as coming to nothing.

Tuesday [4 to 6]

(0602) Morning all, up and attem. At NOWP, next post will have a song attached … any idea which? (0639)

 

6. This one’s doing the rounds


5. Roundup of snippets sitting in the queue here


4. DAD at 904

a) Now try to come to terms with the fact that the person who posted this on X is Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission ….

b) Little by little the EV dies. South Korean companies are reconsidering their $54 billion investment blitz……

c) What is that quotation by George Orwell about telling the truth will become a revolutionary act? Pierre Manent causes hundreds of knickers to go into a twist……

Tuesday [1 to 3]

(0232) Actually been up gathering and collating for an hour, here goes for Tuesday. (0348) Last shot at shut eye, folks, see you the other side (hopefully). (0351)

 

3. Tide is turning on these “vaxxes”


So much coming out now. Digressing … the pain for me in that item, as redactor/admin, was that I could not show the self-scrolling list as it would not embed in the blog with that topic (imho), thus the screenshot route at least gave the general idea.

2. Steve at 903

Four: Obama corruption, Colorado corruption on Tina Peters … also be careful on the Orange Country claim. More.

Three: Cabinet pics, Hegseth, Mayor Adams, Lara Trump, more.

Two: The Ukraine, Syria, Russia from Syria, much more.

One: Turning on vaxxes, ICC, AI, surveillance lists, more.

1. Information exchange

Last evening, I saw an item on X where some big MSM funder was apoplectic over Elon’s comment about us now being “the media” … at least the MSM being untrusted legacy media … useful for snippets but ignore their analysis like the plague.

In lieu of the MSM’s now rejected view on almost anything, what we’re left with is diffuse … there are some very good amateur pundits and then a continuum down to trash&troll. Trouble is … who’s whom … which is which?

Going back to first principles, we might start with a catalyst, a clip or snippet one of us saw:

It certainly did … they lost control of many of our minds … an increasing number of such minds, though we’re still a minority, the anti-globo-psycho, anti-Wokerati, anti-Karen, which underpins our politics.

My suggestion is that, when you meet any news snippet at all, immediately ask yourself:

  • Who is this person, who funds this person, cui bono, whom is he/she part of, what are the hidden connections etc. etc.?

And to answer that, you need to delve … yes, ggl and bing are highly biased left, they almost all are … it’s today’s paradigm, zeitgeist, default position … and yet they can be “got around” by technique:

  • Always seek the dirt first … enter some outrageous slur in search, see what comes up … you’re not going to take it onboard but it gives you other lines of enquiry.
  • Always go to their About section, where they operate from, to whom they answer, with whom affiliated, how long they’ve been operating, who funds them?

Remember, chaps and chapesses … we’re only as good as our sources. I’m about to quote two iffy ones … one is The Slog where I’m still not sure where he’s at, politically … plus Atlas Obscura, quite Woke left, so beware of that. But as Andy pointed out, there are still stories there, pointers to explore.

Our model as an information exchange is the old journo one of always seeking the truth, the nitty gritty, what the bottom line is:

  • Knowing it’s always constrained by Them’s interference and censorship ruses, plus our own safety … there are things we’re simply not going to put into the public domain about ourselves, unless it impinges on or colours our comment … we need to disclose that, e.g. who funds us?
  • We’re not godlike … beware the narcissistic pundit who speaks of his/her “followers” … your reputation is only as good as the quality of your input today, measured against your previous.
  • We go the way of all things, eventually, we’re a candle or beam from a lighthouse for now … for now, folks … then you must look elsewhere … same painstaking evaluation.
  • Don’t rely on one source, e.g. us … have a range, a bloground or soc-med round … hut every single one needs delving into … what is his bias? Why? What’s his “thang”? Never take information exchange at face value.

I’m going to run this at OoL as well.

Ladies at lunchtime

 

DAD opens proceedings today with “two lovely lasses”. (JH: The description below the video is from her introductory video … this here is her going on vacation):

“Hi, I’m Taylor. I work on a dairy farm in central Maine. We have about 70 cows. It’s hard work, often for long hours, but I love it. I hope, eventually, to have my own farm. There is just Brent, my boss, and me who work here. I also make videos about life on a dairy farm.”

https://youtube.com/@tayfarms?si=3Y-kXGk65foAgmPv

“Plus our Marion”:


JH: I’ll conclude with two ladies in red:

Monday [6 to 8]

(0850) Morning all … nondescript outside. A bit frenetic this morning, not sure when I can blog … piecemeal I’m afraid. (0858)

 

8. IYE at 903

First on Syria, then:

“Thank goodness they had a security conference this weekend to get all the Experts together to weigh in and advertise the ‘proper course of action.’

Totally coincidentally, Russia, Iran, and Turkey got together this weekend to discuss Syria.

Also coincidentally, the Munich Security Conference was ….”

7. DAD at 903

United Nations “Own the Science”, in cooperation with Google and Wiki. 

UN Under-Secretary General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming speaking about the ‘science’ of climate change at WEF event October 2022.

6. Wall Street Apes

Democrat Rep Adam Schiff just resigned from Congress to run for Senate in California Adam Schiff would only resign if Democrats knew his Senate seat was guaranteed, and it is Last election Adam Schiff’s opponents votes DISAPPEARED and Schiff claimed victory Steve Garvey was leading Adam Schiff with 1.8 million votes.

And just like that, it was cut in half. This is called the Glitch Switch. Adam Schiff got more votes in the end by a razor-thin margin.

Almost statistically impossible:

Adam Schiff- 1,247,723-33.2%
Steve Garvey- 1,220,683- 32.5%