Proportionate And Just..?

Vincent Reynouard, 53, was arrested in Anstruther, Fife on Thursday on a Trade and Co-operation Agreement warrant issued in France.

The French press claimed he had been working as a private tutor while living under a false identity while in the UK. The 53-year-old had been on the run since November 2020​...

For armed robbery? Murder? 

...after he posted a Holocaust denial video on YouTube and was handed a four-month jail term and a further six months in January 2021.

*sighs* 

He was jailed previously in 1991, 2005 and 2015 for numerous separate offences including distributing leaflets and writing a brochure denying the Holocaust. In France, Holocaust denial has been a crime since 1990.

He's clearly a serial denier, so what's the point in wasting time on him? He's not going to change his views, and probably sees the legal problems as more 'evidence' of persecution. It could even be said that the authorities are fuelling his delusions.  

So, what would be the best thing to do with people like this? 

Finish Your Dinner Before You Start On Dessert...

Taking pictures down women's tops and creating 'deepfake' pornographic images without consent are to be made illegal. An amendment to the Online Safety Bill announced yesterday will give police and prosecutors more power to bring the abusers to justice.

Gosh, more crimes, eh? It must be great to have done such a great job on all the existing ones that you can.... 

Oh, wait....

"“They say these dogs are great around kids, but dogs that attack kids are great around them until they attack them. Then it’s too late.”"

“We dashed back and, when I got out, there were two people holding the dog back. As I looked around, I had chicken feathers everywhere. The guy said: ‘You're gonna have to get a vet out. It’s attacked one of your sheep.' When I looked, the sheep had one of its legs ripped off.”

Not another XL Bully, this time an Alaskan Malamute. Same useless type of owner, though... 

He said he plans to get a shotgun licence in case he needs to protect his children in future.

Better to get it and not need it, than need it and not have it. 

I Have Questions....

...no, not about foodbank use. That's the usual local newspaper story that doesn't hold up when you read beyond the panic headline. 

Did they make the only black guy in the picture sit on a child's chair, or something?!?

So, If Someone Needs To Visit A Loved One In Hospital...

Would you: 

a) Help them find it? By, maybe, giving them the postcode? or 

b) Take the opportunity to lecture them about sustainability?

*sighs* Envy of the world?

H/T: CJ Nerd via email

It's Deja Vu Again...Again!

A councillor has spoken of the harrowing moment her fingernails were ripped off in a dog attack...

Fingernails? Off, it's it usually leg or arm injuries? 

...as she posted a flyer, leaving her needing emergency surgery.

Ah.  

Cllr Carnac says she usually uses a posting peg when leafleting - a plastic gadget used to push post through a letterbox while avoiding any contact with unruly dogs.

She hopes her experience will serve as a “timely reminder” for dog owners to be responsible, and anyone who delivers door-to-door to be careful.

That's the thing about reminders - you have to remember them! 

A police spokesman said: "Kent Police has received a report that a woman was bitten by a dog at a property in Chestnut Drive, Sturry at around 11am on Saturday 5 November 2022.

"Enquiries into the incident are ongoing."

I doubt they are rushing... 

Hors de combat!

Not me, thankfully, but my PC. 

Started Friday morning, unable to connect to the monitor so - since I had the day off to run my mum to an appointment - it was a quick trip to the IT repair shop, where of course it performed perfectly. Chap said it could have been a dodgy cable or the monitor itself, so try it back home and see. Back come, cabled up....worked perfectly. Whew! Shut it down and got on with things (ok, played the new Pokemon game, actually!).

Got up Saturday...guess what? Screen gets as far as the logo then quits. So going to try a new HDMI cable and if that doesn't solve it, it could be the monitor.

So until I can sort it, posts will be light here, nonexistant at 'Orphans..'.

Update: 

Well, wasn't the cable! new cable, same thing. So back it'll go to the repair shop (along with the monitor this time) as soon as I've got time to take it. 

It's Not Just The 'Mail', Then...

Though this one will stay anonymous, to spare their blushes...

H/T: Stephen Brown via email

Fearne Cotton's Really Let Herself Go...

...she looks more like Johnny Wilkinson to me!

H/T: Ian J via email

Sunday Funnies...

They don't mess about in Marrakesh, do they..?