Food Blogging

 Well, not to be left out, I’ll contribute something. I saw these in my local Sainbury's a fortnight ago, and as I love game, particularly exotic game (Lidl's Christmas offering of frozen reindeer steaks are fondly remembered) I was tempted, except the species wasn't indicated anywhere on the packaging so I declined at first. 

When I got home I looked them up and the reason they give for not being more specific is that the meat comes fron commercial culls so it could be any one of a dozen species, and presumaly no guarentee the two pre-cooked indivudually packaged steaks come from the same animal.

So this weekend, I took the plunge, and bought one. The packaging gives you instructions from frozen, but these were found in the meat aisle unfrozen - and as they are precooked, all you are really doing is reheating, so take them out of the fridge an hour before to come up to room temperature, and away you go!

My verdict? 100% would buy again; delicious and trouble-free lean wild meat, goes paticularly well with redcurrant sauce and a nice glass of red wine! 

And posting will be light for the next few days as I,m taking some time off to play 'Planet Zoo 2' which releases today, and maybe get back into 'World of Warcraft', although I may have to start again from the beginning as the little authenticator I used to login is dead and it's proving hard to remove it *sigh*...

More Legislation, Or The Police Doing Their Job Properly?

A woman has begun a campaign to change the law after her dog was killed by a "bully hybrid". Karen Hawthornwaite, 55, of Darwen, began a campaign to strengthen the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 after her seven-year-old Lhasa Apso, Benji, was attacked by an off-lead unmuzzled pocket bulldog in 2025 - and had to be euthanised. Despite capturing the attack on CCTV, Karen said it did not meet the criteria for prosecution.

Why not? Beceause the police are lazy and the CPS complacent, of course. And there are few consequences for them of not doing their job. 

Lancashire Police said it had sought expert advice but the incident "did not meet the criteria" under the Dangerous Dogs Act.Under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,external dog attacks on other animals may amount to an offence, but it is for the individual police force and Crown Prosecution Service, to decide whether this is appropriate, on a case-by-case basis.

The dog in question was a pocket bulldog - a cross-breed that is technically not on the dangerous dogs list. But Karen argues that mixed breeds of dogs such as pocket bulldogs fall under a "grey area", allowing dangerous dogs to "evade the full force of the law".

Thr full force of the law is so easy to evade that it may as well not exist at all. 

The spokesperson added: "However to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident happening again, the owner of the pocket bulldog was given an Acceptable Behaviour Contract under the Anti Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, 2014 with specific conditions which include ensuring their dog is on a lead at all times in residential areas."

Conditiond that no-one will ever check are being complied with are a waste of time. 

"We're all fed up of hearing about these incidents," Trevor Cooper, solicitor and dog law specialist, said. "There are victims who deserve better and the law that we have is a complete mess. "It is high time the Dangerous Dogs Act was perhaps thrown away and let's start again with something that is fit for purpose."

It's high time we realised tha the police and CPS are not fit for purpose, and tinkering with legislation won't fix that. 

Does ‘Care In The Community' Lead To This...

A man has died after being attacked by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure at a zoo in Yorkshire, police have said. Emergency services were contacted shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday when the man entered the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, and was set upon by the tiger. He was pronounced dead at the scene, South Yorkshire police said, adding his family had been informed.

It remains to be establised whether this was a person known to the authorities as someone who was mentally ill, but anyone at the zoo that day must be thanking their lucky stars that this time, an innocent child wasn't harmed.  

If it's revealed that this was a mental case, questions will no doubt be asked as to the wisdom of letting the severely mentally deficient attend zoos. Of course, we’ve had the usual idiots on Twitter opining all weekend;

‘Why didn’t staff shoot/tranquillise the tiger sooner?’ From people who seem to have no idea that zoos must have firearms in case of escapes as a condition of their licence, but they have to be stored in safes, unloaded, and that safe may be the other side of the zoo, or the person licensed to use the firearm could be on the other side of the zoo. And no tranquilliser known to man is instantly effective to stop the cat killing him.

‘How awful it is that people are hoping that the tiger is ok and not the person!’ This from people who want to drive engagement or virtue signal, completely oblivious to the fact we have very few tigers and a seemingly overwhelming number of mentally deficient people. 

But nothing sums up the sheer lack of education in society as much as this:

Hey, ‘journalists’, Google is your friend!

That’s GB news interviewing a man from the ‘British Big Cat Society’ not realising that he’s not a qualified zoologist but a lunatic who thinks big cats are roaming the UK…

A police spokesperson said the tiger attacked the man and inflicted “serious injury”.The force urged people not to share “distressing” video footage of the attack, circulating on social media.

Too late, far, far too late. 

But Who's The Real Tit Now?

Nice one Matt, but the voters had the last laugh...

Sunday Funnies...

 I'll name that tune in 3....

Well, She'll Fit Right In Here

A controversial proponent of natural remedies who has been banned from providing any health services in Australia is due to embark on a series of events in the UK and Ireland despite criticism from scientists, health charities and academic bodies.

Must be the first time in history that Australia has shown better judgement than the UK! 

O’Neill, who describes herself as a naturopath and nutritionist, lectures internationally on “natural self-healing”. She has previously claimed that cancer is a fungus that can be treated with bicarbonate soda, that vaccines have caused an epidemic of conditions including autism and cot death, and that pregnant women with Strep B do not have to take antibiotics.

She sounds like the sort of nutter who'd fit rght it over here - at a Green Party Conference. 

Now experts in the UK have raised concerns in a letter to venues across UK and Ireland where O’Neill, 73, is scheduled to speak.

The letter – which was organised by Dr David Robert Grimes, a science communicator and expert in Biostatistics at Trinity College Dublin – describes O’Neill as “a leading vector of medical misinformation”, adding that she repeatedly made “misguided medical assertions”, gave “unqualified advice” and promoted “abject demonisation of conventional medical treatment.”

Wow, a 'leading vector of medical information', eh? I wonder, does the NHS and the UK Media know they've been toppled? 

The letter notes that O’Neill charges thousands of dollars for retreats and telephone consultations, and raises concerns about the events due to be held at the venues. “At the event, she will spread dangerous health fictions to a susceptible audience, leeching off an illusion of legitimacy afforded to her by the surrounds of your respectable establishment,” it said.

Ah, so it's jealousy, and not concern for scientific accuracy that's driving the perveyors of 'Men van be women and vice versa!' and 'folic acid for everyone!' to speak out... 

Grimes, who has authored a book on medical misinformation, told the Guardian that O’Neill presented as a kindly grandmother dispensing natural wisdom. “Medical misinformation kills, and we wrote the letter because we have seen first-hand the profound and tragic harms that health fictions inflict on vulnerable patients … We hope making people aware of this reality mitigates her ability to inflict harm elsewhere,” he said.

The latest string of engagements includes a five-day retreat at the Cranage Estate in Cheshire in early October. Titled A Taste of Misty Mountain, the event includes lectures by O’Neill with titles such as What Really Does Cause Disease, The Science of Breath and The Immune System, as well as talks by Michael, including one titled Barbara Under Attack. A ticket for the event, which includes a dinner dance, costs £700.

I have better things to spend my money on... 

What Finally Gave The Game Away?

A Wisconsin woman who lives with Bipolar disorder allegedly impersonated a substitute teacher before spewing racist and inappropriate remarks to children. Amy L Jones, 23, is now facing charges of impersonating a public employee and five counts of exposing children to harmful descriptions in her September 24 arrest. Jones allegedly managed to con her way into Rufus King International High School in Milwaukee, a school she previously attended, and struck gold because substitute teachers were working that day to cover absent full-time teachers.

Was it that she seemed more stable than their other teachers? 

Students became suspicious of Jones when she allegedly organized students by race and gender.

Jones also allegedly bragged about having felonies and said she was okay with going to jail, according to police.

Jones was accused of playing rap music extremely loud and then making fun of the children for their weight, looks, race, and finances. She allegedly called one student ‘fatty’ before allegedly asking students for marijuana and vapes.

She should just ask to be hired, she’d fit right in.

And of course, there’s video evidence: 

Videos recorded by students showed Jones cursing and telling a one pupil to ‘shut the f**k up,’ and describing explicit sexual acts to male students. According to documents, a student reported Jones for making racist statements toward white classmates, specifically calling them ‘white as s**t’ and using the phrase ‘white motherf***ers.’

So of course, even a US defence lawyer is going to have his hands full with this one! 

Police arrested Jones and took her to Milwaukee County Jail. Jones seemed proud when cops interviewed her about the incident a few days later.She remains in custody at the Milwaukee County Jail awaiting her scheduled October 20 court date.

Should make it 31st October, frankly. 

Guys, It's Not A Contest!

Canada: 'Let's euhanise the mentally ill!That'll show we are the most deranged and woke nation on Earth' 

Australia: 'Hold my beer, mate, and watch this!'

A long-serving and highly decorated ambulance volunteer has been stood down over allegations of misconduct, including claims he failed to provide a vegan meal option for a visiting staff member, sparking community outrage.

What the hell happened to you, Australia? Well, there’s hope: 

Pinnaroo locals in the Murray Mallee region have rallied around station captain Robert Berlin, 70, after he was ordered to hand in his South Australian Ambulance Service uniform following almost five decades of service. Claims circulating on social media allege the Ambulance Service Medal recipient was stood down last week over a series of alleged incidents, including failing to provide a vegan meal option for a visiting staff member.

Good for them. He’s obviously pissed off some utter snowflake, because the allegations are ridiculous. 

Other allegations include frightening staff by knocking loudly on the roller door at Pinnaroo ambulance station, 'speaking aggressively to another emergency team during a critical patient incident', and inappropriately using SAAS facilities.

And his colleagues - all people who give their own free time to this - have rallied round: 

The entire SAAS crew at Pinnaroo has since walked off the job in protest over Mr Berlin's dismissal.

But I fear they might be claiming victory too soon. 

SAAS volunteers vowed to return to their duties once authorities launch an external investigation.

Schoolboy error - wait until the results are known! 

How Should I Know, I'm Just The Guy In Charge?

Alex Norris has been unable to say how many prisoners freed early from jail this week have been tagged, despite previous reassurances from the justice department.

Does anyone really think the civil service, an organisation that loves paperwork and tickboxes like middle-class white women like a bit of virtue signalling, don’t know? Or would be unable to tell him if he was to ask?

In an interview on Sunday, the justice secretary said it was “too soon” to say how many of the roughly 700 male prisoners let out on Thursday had been fitted with monitoring devices.

He means ‘It’s too embarrassing!’, no doubt. 

The government has introduced a “presumption of electronic tagging” for offenders released early from prisons in England and Wales to help manage severe overcrowding.

In other words, the government have lied through their teeth and not a single tv news or major newspaper saw fit to call them on it until it was too late. 

The first wave of releases began on Thursday, with nearly 5,000 prisoners due to be freed in stages over the next year as the Sentencing Act 2026 comes into force. Asked how many of those released so far had been tagged, Norris told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I don’t have that figure today, it only happened on Thursday. You know, there can be a bit of a lag. 

“We don’t have that number. But you know, we’re very candid about who’s leaving prison and when they do.”

And you’ll be equally candid about the number that reoffend, will you? 

Asked if he knew if released domestic abusers have been tagged or not, he said: “It would be too soon to know that, as it was only on Thursday. We’ve been talking to every victim to offer them the chance to say what controls they’d like to see over that individual.

And now it’s too late, some journalists have decided to do some proper reporting, and go to the source: 

Several prisoners released last week told the Guardian that they had not been tagged.

I know, Reader, I’m sure you are shocked too… 

Michael Bogle, a former bus driver who left HMP Wandsworth on Thursday having served 78 days in prison after breaching a 32-week suspended sentence for shoplifting, said he had no idea when he was going to be tagged. “I have an appointment with probation officers on Thursday, but as far I know it could take months before I actually get given a tag,” he said. Bogle, who is taking anti-psychotic drugs and has more than 100 convictions including for common assault and drug possession, was told in prison that he would be housed in a bail hostel and had been promised a place in south-east London. However, he said he had instead been housed in a bed and breakfast facility in north-west London. “I am running out of money, and if I have to shoplift a sandwich to stop being hungry, I will just have to do it,” he said. “I won’t have a choice. But I really do not want to go back to prison – it is a pigeon-infested, rat-infested place and people are dying in the conditions there.”

Clearly not as often, or we wouldn’t have a space issue! 

Prisoners thanked the prime minister as they celebrated walking free from jail on Thursday. One told the press as he left HMP Durham: “Justice system, what justice system? Thank you, Andy Burnham.” A prisoner released from HMP Cardiff after being jailed for burglary said he would “probably be back in the next month or two”.

Who knows, by the time he goes back in, we might have a different PM…? 

Traitors To Their Country

Protesters clashed with police and flares were set off as cross-Channel migrants arrived in Hampshire on RNLI boats. Police made 12 arrests for a range of offences including assaulting an officer following a protest in Gosport on Sunday night.

Demonstrators had gathered in the town amid reports that authorities were preparing for the arrival of a boat. The dinghy was being shadowed by French rescue vessels until it was met by the RNLI boats in English waters, according to ship tracking data.

Given the government knows exactly what they are importing it's hard to see why they treat the demonstrators like this.

A Government spokesperson said: “The Border Security Command works around the clock to protect our border. We have established contingency plans to make sure we can securely disembark, check and process all small boat arrivals.

Strange interpretation of ‘protecting the border’, that!

“Migrants will be transported to short term holding facilities in Kent where they will be processed as normal and undergo stringent health, security and biometric checks.”

Given they routinely discard all ID just what are you checking them against? And true migrants come on planes with visas - call a spade a spade, these are illegal immigrants!

On Sunday, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said it had deployed officers to Gosport to “support our partners in the event of an emergency at sea”.

Who are 'yout partners'? It's not the general public, is it? The emergency is on land!