Wed Mat too
Wednesday [11 to 15]
(1059) Almost elevenses, folks. Cunning plan is that this takes us through elevenses (next polit-post being around 1700) … my visitor will arrive (through till about 1700), film will go up just past noon, then an item on a very strange car, then a break until 1700, a mini-hiatus. (1059)
15. Lord Toby’s Daily Sceptic
It’s possible this was run yesterday or the day before, no time to check now. My beef is this ridiculous “paywall” thing for blogs.
14. Cost of immunity from prosecution?
13. Just as the woke Establishment, the Globopsycho
… take every opportunity to exploit division, say, between Reform and Restore, siding with Reform to castigate Restore for “splitting the vote” … and just as it’s a non argument because the gang at the top of Reform are woke Establishment, whilst many supporters are soft right, not understanding the extent of the situation … so it is in the nominally Christian world.
One of the key dividers is denominations, where believers split according to their preferred priesthood, from sunworshipping and Mary worshipping in Rome to the falling about hysterically, egged on by a priest … the young Scot went into that. The C of E has become a joke.
So no, I do not wish to “split” the Christian world or scream, “Blasphemy!” like John Cleese in Life of Brian but at the same time … Rainbow churches? Running drug raves in cathedrals? And even were I to say that that’s all just deviation from the Word, the Bulls of Bashan surround a person saying “no denominations” but that’s only part of it.
Another is “gilding the lily” such as is done by the Meteorological Office, putting recording equipment at the end of runways etc. to “prove” warble gloaming”. If a Christian can point to the Word and be sceptical of ML (framed as AI), be sceptical of grok and all the others, which admittedly I’ve used twice in the food items below, then this below does not help at all:
No, “proof” has most certainly NOT been shown, not conclusively.
The issue is that another post ran the text of thus WSA man’s post (where he paraphrases what was said by these AI places) and the platforms were NOT speaking so simplistically. Stay with me a mo on this. Yes, WSA was right, imho, that platforms are biased, certainly antiChristian, soft on Malsi … there’s evidence of that … but not in the specific blurbs by those companies.
My gripe is that in his enthusiasm to outrage the reader, he is vulnerable on a charge of inaccuracy … a pedant can easily just quote the text of Gemini for example … then claim Wall Street Apes is debunked. My gripe is that, in gilding the lily, in interpreting Gemini indtead of quoting it … and our “droppers at Unherdables do drop receipts, links etc. … the WSA, far from winning an argument, has effectively undercut that argument.
Or was that the intention all along? It’s a scholastic gripe, this.
12. Allie Beth Stuckey
11. Food for thought in comments at Jstack
Wed Mat one
40s to 60s films and other episodes were about making the star the central sun, around which all the others satellited. The most egregious example, to my mind, was Jack Lord in Hawaii Five O … many a tale about him. For some reason, Bogey was less contentious, those playing Marlow and earlier the Thin Man and so on.
Lloyd Bridges, again to my mind, did not quite have what it took to be an uber-star or maybe it was the writing in Sea Hunt, maybe the milieu. I’ll run this one below today but using, say, Peter Gunn as a benchmark … well, it pales a bit. You might differ and if so, I’d obviously run more.
Wednesday [6 to 10]
(0920)(0928)
10. Heavily capitalised Moo corner
9. Afflicted by invaders, wokeleft women, beta yet violent “men”
… plus the evil muvvas controlling them…
8. Beef jerky
7. These are steamed dim sims below
… or as Australians mangle the language … dimmies. They were a staple chippy delicacy, along with chiko rolls…
What is a Chiko Roll?
- The Design: Invented by Frank McEncroe in 1951, it was made to be eaten easily with one hand at outdoor events like football matches without needing a plate or cutlery. [1, 2, 3]
- The Name: It was first sold as the “Chicken Roll”, even though it has never actually contained chicken.[1]
- The Ingredients: The thick, crunchy, egg-and-flour pastry tube is filled with a savoury mixture of cabbage, barley, carrot, celery, onion, and beef or mutton. [1]
- Popularity: It is traditionally deep-fried and bought from fish and chip shops or local canteens, often served with tomato sauce.
The issue which chiko rolls had(have) is that they’re junk food and how … whereas dim sims can be half-wholesome, depending on the meat inside…
A dim sim is a popular Australian snack food inspired by traditional Cantonese dim sum and shumaidumplings. What Is a Dim Sim?
Origin: Popularized in Melbourne during the 1940s, they are a staple of Australian takeaway shops, footy matches, and fish-and-chip stores.
Size and Shape: Unlike smaller traditional Chinese dumplings, an Australian dim sim is much larger, heavier, and typically has a thicker, chewy wrapper. [1, 2, 3]
Ingredients: The filling usually combines minced pork or chicken with finely chopped cabbage, onion, and seasonings like soy sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper. [1, 2, 3]
Dim sims were usually on offer either fried or steamed, as in the mini-dimmies in the pic above. I prefer the minis and making my own. Were I to do that, I’d ditch the pork and chicken, necessitating soy sauce, and look for a good piece of steak, either rump or sirloin, bring out the ancient meat grinder, screw it to the table top and make some good mince.
Then I’d have sheets of thin pastry … was thinking filo but I’m out of pastry practice … need to see what is sold these days … but ultra-thin sheets. The making of is not arduous from that point, maybe using onion chutney in a beaker to add when served. But then it’s no longer a dimmie … it’s more like pelmeni or ravioli.
Another Oz “delicacy” was the pie floater. Bowl of pea soup, have a small meat pie floating in the soup. ☺️
6. A few words on tuna
Wednesday
We’ve had this before, I’m thinking. Here tis again:
Wednesday [2 to 5]
(0756) Morning all … poisonous wall to wall, low cloud seeping in. (0816)
5. UK and the Ukraine
4. The return of Steve at 1485
- Clancy Defense Attorney Calls on President Trump to Pardon Child Killer Lindsay Clancy After Mistrial
- Trump Admin. Responds After City Council in Connecticut Overwhelmingly Votes to Allow Illegal Aliens to Serve as Police Officers
- Families Plead for Mamdani to Stay Away from 9/11 Memorial After He Says He’ll Attend Event Despite Their Wishes: “He’s Serving Himself”
- Jaguar To Slash 10% of Workforce as Company Attempts a Turnaround After Ridiculous Attempt at a Woke ‘Rebrand’
- Pentagon Wants To Pull Forces Out [post war] From Middle East Due To Iranian Strikes
- French Opposition Intensifies Criticism Of [The] Ukraine
- Covid-19: Engineering dangerous pathogens that never existed on Earth – without inserting a kill switch
- What Is The Significance Of The Mecca Pact?
- Our Kakistocracy
- Much more.
3. When can a soldier speak out?
2. DAD at 1485
a) UN warns Britain over accepting too many fake Asylum seekers.
Britain’s asylum system is under fire after UNHCR warned that weak interviewing creates a real risk of granting asylum to applicants who are not entitled to it. The findings resurfaced alongside a Home Office whistleblower’s claim that only ‘one in 100’ applications are genuine, prompting outrage and ridicule from both politicians and ordinary citizens.
(JH: Ah, extracting the micturation, the evil muvvas)
b) UK. RNLI boats carrying 120 migrants denied entry to two ports.
Crews threatened with criminal prosecution if they approached Southampton and Portsmouth harbours
c) France. Police search for two thieves who stole Renoir paintings worth millions from French museum.
d) German police widen hunt for grid saboteur as more devices found at coal plant
A fresh letter claiming responsibility has been recovered near the Weisweiler power station, while the number of devices defused in Saxony has risen to 21.
e) [Lawfare in Germany?] German state premier Wüst breaks CDU ranks over AfD ban
Critics warn that the push could amount to an attempt to suppress a political rival that the CDU has failed to defeat at the ballot box.
Wednesday [1]
(0741) Late up … second part of the two below. Also, visitor for the afternoon, so must schedule posts now. (0754)
The school which shall remain nameless
There may well be a third part to this diptych but not a tetralogy I’m thinking at this point.
Tuesday [7 till close of play]
(1710) Just one of those days … weather does not know if it wants to shine or rain, there are strong winds. Evening all. Too many items to post all now, shall try to select carefully. Have a good evening.
20. Still taking the killer jabs?
19. Moo revisited
18. Law against political opponents
17. New rules for Congress
16. The line least joined
15. Supermarket pay claims … uh huh
14. From a bit earlier
13. List of bad people
12. To all our fellow “thugs”
11. Lying bstds
10. Moo corner
9. Are the pro-Hamas lot “thugs” too?
8. Rolf at his substack
At 1484 from DAD first!
7. DAD at 1484
Tue Mat too
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Express
Based on a story by Clifford Grey, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, the film is a tale about a European express train to Rome carrying diverse characters, including thieves, adulterers, blackmail victims, and an American film star.[4] The film won the American National Board of Review award for Best Foreign Film.[4][5] Rome Express was remade as Halfway to Shanghai” 1941 and Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948).
The film is centred almost entirely on the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Litstrain the Rome Express, travelling between Paris and Rome.
Just as the train is departing from a station in Paris, Zurta and his colleague Tony just manage to board the train. They have found out that someone they want to see is on board. Another passenger, McBain, a wealthy businessman travelling with his brow-beaten secretary/valet, Mills, learns that a painting by Van Dyck, which he had previously tried to buy and which had later been stolen, has not been recovered and says he would do anything to obtain it. Also on the train are an adulterous couple, an annoyingly sociable Englishman, a French police inspector, and an American film star who is tiring of her fame, accompanied by her manager/publicist.
It transpires that the stolen painting is in the possession of a man, Poole, who conspicuously keeps his briefcase close to him at all times…..
And so on.