501 Responses to Midweek 31 May 2023

  1. Zephir says:

    “Kamala Harris branded a ‘bully’ for ‘soul destroying criticism’ on staff
    The Washington Post piece – a result of interviews with 18 people connected to the VP – also alleges that she’d fail to read briefings they’d prepared”

    https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/kamala-harris-branded-a-bully-for-soul-destroying-criticism-on-staff-121120601125_1.html

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    • MarkyMark says:

      Kamala Harris attacks Joe Biden’s record on race in Democratic debate

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  2. Zephir says:

    I think that this one has a special perfume that allows her to get to this position.

    Guess what she dabs behind her ears when she meets her powerful, influential dates ?

    Her ankles

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  3. MarkyMark says:

    Busiest channel in the world
    https://www.radar-live.com/p/ship-radar.html

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    • Zephir says:

      Our only hope, even the Romans couldn’t manage it

      North west Scotland or west Wales

      But then the bloody Vikings will be at it again

      But if you listen to the bbc they only wanted to be farmers and they produced wonderful art, the only problem was, they were given a bad press.

      Where was Spring’s great grandmother when you needed her to fact check the Anglo Saxon Chronicles as fake news.

      If Spring’s granny had access to some parchment, they were probably all autistic or had ADHD or somethng .
      and I bet she had purple hair.

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      • MarkyMark says:

        2018 … Western Isles’ first mosque proves hit with tourists as hundreds flock to Stornoway temple
        People have travelled from ‘all over the world’ to visit the place of worship since it opened its doors back in May.

        Bookmark
        SCOTLAND NOW
        ByJenny MorrisonFeature Writer/Advance Content Writer
        04:30, 30 SEP 2018

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        • Zephir says:

          2018 now.

          Our very own Doctor bloody Who, could I book a visit to the Stones in 76 and the great set from Lynrd Skyrnd as support on your next trip ?

          I’ll pay cash

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          • Docmarooned says:

            Was at that one Zephir. Blisteringly hot day and yes the Skynyrd set was the highlight even though the Stones did play for over 3 hours. Think that is still rated as their longest played.

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  4. Zephir says:

    Changed my mind, Springsteen, Hammersmith Odeon, 1975

    I’ll give you a great review on trip advisor:

    “A running commentary of Orwell’s 1984 was the highlight of a fantastic re run of his failed complaints to the bbc and the other video about science being racist or something, we cannot get enough of that, look forward to the next time”

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  5. Zephir says:

    @ MarkyMark

    Only meant in jest 🙂

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    • MarkyMark says:

      We are now living in a comedy!

      Facts = Fiction!
      2 + 2 = 5 (racist if you don’t agree)

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  6. MarkyMark says:

    “If you know how it’s made, you can trust what it says” – that’s what our audiences have told us. Trust is earned and transparency will help us earn it.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65650822

    …………..

    News at Ten
    4 May 2023

    This concerns a short update on the British-Israeli woman and her two daughters who were killed in the occupied West Bank. Lucy Dee’s family have told us she was not travelling to a Passover event, as had been reported, but travelling at Passover for a family holiday and we’re happy to set the record straight.

    22/05/2023

    we’re happy to set the record straight.
    NOT FAKE NEWS
    we’re happy to set the record straight.
    NOT FAKE NEWS

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  7. MarkyMark says:

    Phillip Schofield says homophobia has fuelled This Morning affair coverage
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65775251

    ….

    Phillip Schofield’s hands were shaking through interview
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65783331

    ….

    Prince Andrew’s Infamous BBC Interview to Be Adapted Into a Netflix Film
    https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40613767/prince-andrew-bbc-interview-scoop-movie/

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  8. Thoughtful says:

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  9. MarkyMark says:

    Speaking on Friday’s show, Hammond said he had apologised and urged people not to judge his actions too harshly.

    your opinions will be controlled … “urged people not to judge his actions too harshly.”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65785570

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  10. Eddy Booth says:

    The”Ukraine war: Teens used to report Russian propaganda”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65675102

    “Alexander Malkevich (right) has recruited underage reporters for his propaganda channels”

    They’re both 16, certainly of working age. What are weirdos at the BBC inferring..
    Don’t remember their darling Greta Thunberg getting pixelated.

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  11. MarkyMark says:

    ” extreme Islamism ”
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-65560442

    “held really extreme anti-Western views, he had an extremist Islamist mindset and he was intending to carry out a terrorist attack either here or abroad”.

    —————–

    Jeremy Corbyn isn’t anti-war. He’s just anti-West
    And his inability to state his true beliefs defines his leadership of the Labour party
    https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/jeremy-corbyn-isn-t-anti-war-he-s-just-anti-west/

    ………..

    I’m Not a Monster
    Radio 5 Live
    Seeking to separate fact from fiction, the multi award-winning series returns. Josh Baker investigates the divisive story of Shamima Begum.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p08yblkf

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  12. Up2snuff says:

    TWatO Watch #1 – I get the distinct impression that Jonny is rattling the collecting tin!

    Much excitement for part of TWatO with the news that ‘Nuclear’ Wintour or Anna of the same name is going to bring the Met Gala to London (should it not be less London-centric and somewhere like Hartlepool?) for Fashion Week. We don’t know which London Fashion Week as there are at least two in different seasons.

    But it is all ‘in aid of the Arts’ so Jude Law, previously South Bank director, and Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor are brought on to discuss how the poor artists can be helped by Anna Wintour because the heartless Conservative Government doesn’t dish out vast amounts of (taxpayer) money to the Arts (and the BBC …?) I think rich luvvies, like Jude, and pop stars and BBC presenters, like Jonny and Will, should have a special ‘Arts Tax’ levied on them as payback time.

    I received the distinct impression that there was a plea for an increased BBC Licence Fee being piggy-backed onto this item.

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  13. taffman says:

    “Asylum seekers camped on street outside hotel”
    Catch it before it disappears?
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1xvvnj1p8o

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  14. Guest Who says:

    Does Sky have a Verify unit too?

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  15. Up2snuff says:

    TWatO Watch #2 – I get the distinct impression it is personal between the BBC and Bojo

    Because of Brexit? Maybe. I think much of the media, including the BBC, hate Bojo because of Brexit. They think his slogan on the bus, plus his late conversion to Vote Leave resulted in Leave voters winning the EU Referendum in 2016 and Beeboids having to get visas to travel to their holiday homes on the ‘ol’ continong’. Seven years holding a grudge. Phew!

    Apparently, although Bojo has turned over his papers, his diaries and his current mobile phone to HMG with instructions to pass them on to the Covid Inquiry chaired by Baroness Hallett, Bojo has held on to his old cellphone that he used in 2019/2020 because that number of that ‘phone became publicly known and he doesn’t even want to turn it on. Would have thought the battery will be shot and the SIM inactive after all this time anyway.

    Jonny brings on a Prof from a Uni (sorry, forgot to record names) to say what could be done with that ‘phone of Bojo’s, eg. turning it on in a Faraday Cage, taking out any memory card to read the data on a PC, and so on. The BBC really are all out to ‘get Bojo’ and bring him down, aren’t they?

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  16. tomo says:

    Not watched here but rather easy to image the standard hatchet job MO deployed.

    BBC presumption and conniving get another airing?

    Me no Tate fan but he looks like a likely target for the InfoWar assault team at BBC Verify etc.

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  17. JohnC says:

    Phillip Schofield says homophobia has fuelled This Morning affair coverage
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65775251

    Of course it has.

    Says the BBC who have been running it as a main headline as much as anybody else and now blame homophobics. Who I presume are also sexists, racists and voted for Brexit.

    Dear BBC,

    F*ck off. Just f*ck off.

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    • digg says:

      Saw that coming a mile off. What a pathetic, squirming creep he is showing himself to be!

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      • JohnC says:

        Quite so : the entire Schofield story is pathetic from start to finish.

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        • BigBrotherCorporation says:

          I recall Schofield as a nasty little creep from Children’s BBC in my childhood – come to think about it, in the same hour and a half slot on BBC you could watch: Schofield, Saville, Harris, and Hall, probably Gary Glitter too (although he was past his prime by the mid 80s and off molesting prepubescent Vietnamese kids – allegedly).

          Scholfield used to share the ‘Broom Cupboard’ with a rat and a gopher (both sock puppets). I remember when he married – a woman – how we all chuckled to ourselves about that!

          ‘Homophobia’, or a healthy gut instinct if you’re a young lad unfortunate enough to find yourself in the vicinity of either of the Schofield brothers?

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  18. digg says:

    Reading about the last few days of Epstein’s life in jail I would take some convincing that he wasn’t murdered by the state.

    The most likely reason being that to put him in court would be a grave danger to a host of wealthy and powerful people.

    So I believe they bumped him off before he testified in court. He would have had nothing to lose by naming names, events and dates and the great and good involved decided he would never have that opportunity.

    Makes my skin creep for the future of the USA it’s progress is now built on lies and criminal actions by its justice system, it’s military, it’s law enforcement, it’s press media.

    If indeed he was “despatched” I just hope those involved have very broken nights sleep for some time to come.

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    • JohnC says:

      Not only them Digg,

      We follow like an obedient puppy because without the USA stood behind us, we are just a dog barking through the car window.

      The USA want to destroy Russia so they have a chance against China in 10 years. And we are obeying the ridiculous narrative 100%. I completely lost all faith in my country after the Nord stream pipeline blew up and our government just said ‘Russia probably did it’.

      This is EXACTLY how world war 3 and armageddon starts.

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      • digg says:

        John, I have absolutely no doubt that WW3 is close and that it will result in megadeaths.

        So many liars, so many fingers in so many pies, so many corrupt people in high places. It’s inevitable to finally sort out the pack leader with a bloody good war.

        I just hope it ends with a new Nuremberg style trial to pull all those globalists who set fire to it to a death sentence.

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        • Fedup2 says:

          Digg
          Problem is that the speed and spread of WW3 would likely be uncontrollable . However if war was limited to Europe I’m sure the US would sacrifice it in order to preserve the US – NATO treaty or not …

          The US has a long undistinguished history of self interest at the sacrifice of ‘allies ‘ ( eg 1939 – December 1941)…

          I, too, reckon we are as close to the edge as we ve ever been – makes Cuba look like a tiff ….

          … new thread time …

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  19. BigBrotherCorporation says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65778102
    “Northern Ireland potato crops being hit by changing weather”

    Mine are doing great though – ok, I don’t live in NI, but the wet March and April followed by a nice sunny May have done them wonders, looking forward to a bumper crop this year.

    Incidentally, in case anyone missed it, March and April this year weren’t just the wettest on record, but also bloomin’ cold, no ‘global warming’ this spring. Hasn’t done my parsnips any good, and my sweetcorn rotted before it sprouted… on the other hand, my peas are doing great, and the asparagus crop is looking like the best yet.

    If the Irish Potato Famine should have taught us anything, it’s that you never put all your eggs in one basket – especially when it comes to growing veg.

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    • digg says:

      The issue being that the BBC wallers who pontificate on crop success/failures have never ever grown anything more significant than a toenail.

      However they know bloody everything and don’t lose an opportunity in trying to tell everyone what is going on and what should be done…. Courtesy of a few tame green city “country specialists” like the totally fake self aggrandising Chris Packam.

      Time to shut the whole BBC know all shit show down.

      If you need to know what fake news looks like look no further than the BBC,

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