tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270811753298569702024-03-19T12:48:48.861+00:00Ambush PredatorYou won't see me coming....JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger16406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-70121287662659940532024-03-19T10:30:00.007+00:002024-03-19T10:30:00.130+00:00This Is No Great 'Mystery' At All....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxziErDskJDP5oVOcCjLhQq40rx3t5-3ZvnhVjC4t8ab9AzMEisAaPD5NXyx1dDruhvp7l-exKFo6Da5-9SsBnuvlGlzPV6hFizu8hiKkkVgPWUCEBRNf19AayFLaJTjQxBNa-Zsv9xVdHA58H1SnaMvgcI6TLvXy525DBqa17QICdx1AnLt3agyLT_U/s1073/mail16032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1073" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxziErDskJDP5oVOcCjLhQq40rx3t5-3ZvnhVjC4t8ab9AzMEisAaPD5NXyx1dDruhvp7l-exKFo6Da5-9SsBnuvlGlzPV6hFizu8hiKkkVgPWUCEBRNf19AayFLaJTjQxBNa-Zsv9xVdHA58H1SnaMvgcI6TLvXy525DBqa17QICdx1AnLt3agyLT_U/s320/mail16032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>...there are probably pygmies in the Congo who could take a good guess at who's doing this. Why do we <a href="https://thylacosmilus.blogspot.com/2024/03/oh-spare-us-sergeant-cording.html">always pretend</a> it's some sort of puzzle?</p><blockquote>Mike Jelen, a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13203625/Poachers-bloody-taunt-villagers-Dead-animals-dumped-streets-barn-owl-kestrel-impaled-shops-door-handles-warning.html">conservation manager</a> who works on estates in the area, said: ‘This is now <b>happening twice a week</b>. </blockquote><blockquote>'It’s total anarchy and <b>the police are doing little about it</b>. By dumping the bodies like this, the poachers are <b>sticking two fingers up to farmers and rural communities.</b>’</blockquote><p>Just like the police are. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73121528773877460732024-03-19T09:00:00.015+00:002024-03-19T09:00:00.136+00:00Yet More Farcical Reporting...<blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KpPQ0NfCBkmRhs6HBRHFa-Gz7unzWfzld402ytD9r2nUCea6JU-Jrq9vzSYTan1L2xk9vUiNvWYF2xazkSjzkpQA0VHg_KIFtsjWsusHKld3qv1IfnuO0hHiYdlFLtuXYR1j7Tb8Kw0IXeCw0WTF2LLUMnjRTI2mgMYKaHYsL_gaBap7_5p5AH34VFo/s817/mail14032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="589" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-KpPQ0NfCBkmRhs6HBRHFa-Gz7unzWfzld402ytD9r2nUCea6JU-Jrq9vzSYTan1L2xk9vUiNvWYF2xazkSjzkpQA0VHg_KIFtsjWsusHKld3qv1IfnuO0hHiYdlFLtuXYR1j7Tb8Kw0IXeCw0WTF2LLUMnjRTI2mgMYKaHYsL_gaBap7_5p5AH34VFo/s320/mail14032024.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I beg your pardon?</i></div></i></blockquote><p> They always display such very unladylike behaviour, don't they?</p><blockquote>The <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13192163/Neighbour-hell-jailed-terrorising-couple-badly-wife-wants-30-years-home.html">defendant, 51</a>, of Walkergate, Newcastle, was <b>arrested</b> and <b>assaulted a police officer at the police station </b>but was then released on bail with conditions not to contact the victims.</blockquote><p>Difficult, when he's moved into the downstair apartment. </p><blockquote>The defendant, who <b>failed to attend court for the sentencing hearing</b>, pleaded guilty to harassment putting a person in fear of violence and assaulting an emergency worker and was<b> jailed for 41 weeks</b> and given a restraining order not to contact the victims.
Shada Mellor, defending, said the defendant has <b>served the equivalent of a 14 month prison sentence on remand</b> and was <b>previously detained under the Mental Health Act</b>. The court heard defendant has <b>autism </b>and <b>bipolar</b>.</blockquote><p>And <i>those </i>are correctly treated as mental illnesses, and not pandered to by society, and the media who as <a href="https://longrider.co.uk/blog/2024/03/13/its-he-not-she/">Longrider </a>points out, are only too happy to lie to their readers.. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-90786327547628671992024-03-18T10:30:00.002+00:002024-03-18T10:30:00.127+00:00If Mental Hospitals Were Zoos, They'd Be Shut Down...I often save images to use later, and, coming across these while cleaning out my photo images, I wondered what had become of the case, as the conclusion must have sneaked under my radar: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aWmUjQjULrNf3qFIsSeufCOmCy17PrKdCJ8rGBwJlVaQP-EOVpROk9xxkP_Ag2J_AxRzEgHXRTWvr9Soq-Z0mzCvbXE_mGZ1_3KHXuZUtN43mPv_xIJSkHbxE_E8fzuPqxJFWeKBNexfYIDj3riHkztpOnIE8EVovKwqys4sFM9jcWqbzHttqLb1ao8/s691/facebookarticle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="691" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aWmUjQjULrNf3qFIsSeufCOmCy17PrKdCJ8rGBwJlVaQP-EOVpROk9xxkP_Ag2J_AxRzEgHXRTWvr9Soq-Z0mzCvbXE_mGZ1_3KHXuZUtN43mPv_xIJSkHbxE_E8fzuPqxJFWeKBNexfYIDj3riHkztpOnIE8EVovKwqys4sFM9jcWqbzHttqLb1ao8/s320/facebookarticle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZoYEMOhkm5EncJ6IvFSM_kGby1OqijtZJtFMkLFndFq4dEHivkbzsGKBSOcoy6Uz8LS6U1dRF8z64Q-KZWcgI7B1p6_o4C9IQp41OAtqnExSnoDlWIJ60YxFj9fTPgu2Iz4WzLtPcJpKuEGu9nquZhiW3NmB0mcV9hb4JGilrJA5noXG-K00FlD6NEY/s689/facebookarticle2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="689" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZoYEMOhkm5EncJ6IvFSM_kGby1OqijtZJtFMkLFndFq4dEHivkbzsGKBSOcoy6Uz8LS6U1dRF8z64Q-KZWcgI7B1p6_o4C9IQp41OAtqnExSnoDlWIJ60YxFj9fTPgu2Iz4WzLtPcJpKuEGu9nquZhiW3NmB0mcV9hb4JGilrJA5noXG-K00FlD6NEY/s320/facebookarticle2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And a quick Google later:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Kj3ipunF8j0GFpH2ScFnpuRboTG0L5nQ9bYLKvgMtXHy4UY1FIhkZQ9tSX3WyjSEEL4GVdIdtJ6bxsmBMZARwii3mbpHQ6bM1Jl8WE-V4RMKpRMEwu2LFhg-t7aFeslxYo9Ibz6k3p3yd_CgEWB03h_dwYofnw3cepY22L-SZNrWk0qMtweQhIjX-1c/s826/mail13032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="826" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Kj3ipunF8j0GFpH2ScFnpuRboTG0L5nQ9bYLKvgMtXHy4UY1FIhkZQ9tSX3WyjSEEL4GVdIdtJ6bxsmBMZARwii3mbpHQ6bM1Jl8WE-V4RMKpRMEwu2LFhg-t7aFeslxYo9Ibz6k3p3yd_CgEWB03h_dwYofnw3cepY22L-SZNrWk0qMtweQhIjX-1c/s320/mail13032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><blockquote>A crazed woman stabbed to death a stranger walking his dog in a park after <b>repeatedly 'escaping' from mental health units</b>, it can be revealed.
Artist Emma Borowy, 32, was said to be <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12881023/Schizophrenic-artist-32-obsessed-witchcraft-stabbed-stranger-death-walked-dog-park-repeatedly-escaped-mental-health-units.html">a schizophrenic obsessed with witchcraft</a>. She had <b>previously been arrested for slaughtering two pet goats</b> in a form of 'sacrifice' and allegedly threatened to 'stab someone in the heart' just three weeks before <b>killing Roger Leadbeater, 74</b>.</blockquote><blockquote>The case will <b>now never go to trial as she died a week ago in a 'suspected suicide'</b> in New Hall Prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.</blockquote><p>So no justice for the family of her victim, not that there's likely to have been any if it <i>had </i>gone to trial. </p>
<blockquote><b>Passing the case on to the coroner</b>, Judge Richardson said: 'This case, taken as a whole, in almost every dimension is <b>sad beyond compare</b>.'
</blockquote><blockquote>Details of Borowy's <b>troubling previous behaviour and the fact she was regarded as a 'danger' </b>can now be revealed for the first time as legal restrictions are lifted.
Her father Karl, 64, said Borowy, who had a young son, had been admitted to mental health units in Warrington, Salford and Bolton, but <b>had frequently walked out</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>He said: 'It seems she can <b>escape any time she wants</b>. That's what she told my wife. I do think these units should be <b>more secure</b>. She must have escaped a dozen times in the past two years.'</blockquote><p>Imagine a zoo where lions, tigers and bears regularly escaped and mauled people to death. It would be unthinkable, wouldn't it? They'd never get a licence to operate. How, then, can mental health facilities get away with it?</p><blockquote>Borowy was also said to be <b>responsible for the 'ritual' slaughter of two goats</b> in October last year.
The animals belonged to a local family. They were stolen and found later with 'broken bones and cut throats.'
</blockquote><blockquote>Owner Emma McLeod, 39, said Borowy was <b>arrested but never prosecute</b>d. She said: 'We said at the time that <b>if she can kill animals then she can kill a human</b>. She terrorised another farm before us, she used to sit in the trees and pretend she was a bird. <b>But she was never charged over the goats. They just blamed her mental health.</b>'</blockquote><p>That <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Emily_Jones">gets them off the hook all the time</a>. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-37261613789762761562024-03-18T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-18T09:00:00.253+00:00Typical 'Grauniad'...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFIbL5SSf8EjX1u2D8sAlxMEOA9JeABgkhCNOUVnV-w1TvEuJOzV3RKkr9_0-ZX-Rjyc3WW3g4do6uoBl2Ngvqw8hW6X9GRnktItb88Q9O-t7lF1WCOMV1VCrLB_bWqecWO4Nksbon8wK2lCMVHb5gMbAjlutT3Awg8EflhCA-sCMXU6M8nEXntt5gLbA/s1280/guardian17032020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1280" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFIbL5SSf8EjX1u2D8sAlxMEOA9JeABgkhCNOUVnV-w1TvEuJOzV3RKkr9_0-ZX-Rjyc3WW3g4do6uoBl2Ngvqw8hW6X9GRnktItb88Q9O-t7lF1WCOMV1VCrLB_bWqecWO4Nksbon8wK2lCMVHb5gMbAjlutT3Awg8EflhCA-sCMXU6M8nEXntt5gLbA/s320/guardian17032020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>...they've spelled 'defeat' wrong.</p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-31477399652049151682024-03-17T11:00:00.013+00:002024-03-17T11:00:00.142+00:00I Hope c2c Staff Are More Knowledgable About Trains...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rh_Yy2QQe7z0lDj2veXXiAedyo7GLET9bPwSOHFnkibgXTUSpPn-NuLZfqL7-7qhwBLnN00cSkYc0JZzYY9jDlzlr0-CH7vCZN4r1ce-J5w3slOgsibqA3CK_2ia5U8o7moo2bp9WIIl1w8mQSCzX2wNZPn24B3ThhB36bK0hC21aX16-dWGVgRG8wU/s1280/c2c15032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rh_Yy2QQe7z0lDj2veXXiAedyo7GLET9bPwSOHFnkibgXTUSpPn-NuLZfqL7-7qhwBLnN00cSkYc0JZzYY9jDlzlr0-CH7vCZN4r1ce-J5w3slOgsibqA3CK_2ia5U8o7moo2bp9WIIl1w8mQSCzX2wNZPn24B3ThhB36bK0hC21aX16-dWGVgRG8wU/s320/c2c15032024.jpg" width="162" /></a></div><br /><p>...because they suck at ornithology! Pigeons don't flee 'the scent of a hawk', they don't <i>have </i>a sense of smell (were you thinking of <i>vultures</i>, spokesman?). </p><p>It's the sight and sound og the hawk that scares them away.</p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79329644678298418012024-03-17T09:30:00.002+00:002024-03-17T09:30:00.133+00:00Should Have Stuck With 'Driver'...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVAk4Qa7N5WkoXDNtE5yvPbd3gE6gn4EZ8u0yMW-QEGr_fJS7u0uIjYG2uIjS78Owdilic4Xo8ygwg0vItn5Y9Y02ELpGWB6if8Zluzd4k35Jgrml6yyYrwPVmmhafZTZUgRd7cddONlAPf448cxVXaTutXl9aQFqtV33qhf5CnN7lnkZ4jbAQe0Q3X4/s823/mail15032024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="823" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVAk4Qa7N5WkoXDNtE5yvPbd3gE6gn4EZ8u0yMW-QEGr_fJS7u0uIjYG2uIjS78Owdilic4Xo8ygwg0vItn5Y9Y02ELpGWB6if8Zluzd4k35Jgrml6yyYrwPVmmhafZTZUgRd7cddONlAPf448cxVXaTutXl9aQFqtV33qhf5CnN7lnkZ4jbAQe0Q3X4/s320/mail15032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>...it's easier to spell.</p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-2168428395561811902024-03-17T08:30:00.003+00:002024-03-17T08:30:00.142+00:00Sunday Funnies...<p>You're guaranteed to <a href="https://www.cracked.com/article_41210_5-mistakes-that-made-it-into-the-final-versions-of-famous-songs.html">listen more closely</a> now, Reader...</p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-55421000945156850602024-03-16T11:00:00.003+00:002024-03-16T11:00:00.131+00:00Oh, To Be A Fly On The Wall!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUn8DsUFCmAeVNRy4sYvbs8ru5FwHfK9DhV1-9XSWAMkm8hvY_MytDwA14CA-t3wmvhKLukxAtcOhrztN-uV3WLZAnPdcmX1B_bQAXqW_PaR73ccGDrVR2NNpYg4oImZK7oKP0VRmw9VCMX586m6UwWw4R4yFbp7pZwriVVlwtiFmm-MjE28js6CTM0g/s398/guardian11032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="335" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibUn8DsUFCmAeVNRy4sYvbs8ru5FwHfK9DhV1-9XSWAMkm8hvY_MytDwA14CA-t3wmvhKLukxAtcOhrztN-uV3WLZAnPdcmX1B_bQAXqW_PaR73ccGDrVR2NNpYg4oImZK7oKP0VRmw9VCMX586m6UwWw4R4yFbp7pZwriVVlwtiFmm-MjE28js6CTM0g/s320/guardian11032024.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Do you suppose the subject of poor parenting included pretending your son is your daughter?</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Did they come to any earth-shattering conclusions?</p><blockquote>“It was <b>a positive and respectful meeting</b>, which allowed us to initially get to know each other. Although I don’t want to go into any detail, we <b>discussed family</b> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/11/mothers-of-brianna-ghey-and-one-of-her-murderers-meet-to-discuss-parenting">the challenges of parenting</a>.”</blockquote><p>Yes, it's hard to be a parent these days; the choice between raising a confused child who doesn't know what sex it is, or one who's obsessed with serial killers. Tough call. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47738183411190436702024-03-16T09:30:00.007+00:002024-03-16T09:30:00.132+00:00It's The DEI Version Of Max Coopey!<blockquote>A <b>drug-driver jailed for 16 years</b> for <a href="https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/no-extra-jail-time-for-drug-driver-for-covering-up-evidence-303185/">killing a pregnant woman and her elderly father</a> will not spend <b>a single extra day behind bars</b> for trying to cover up his crime.
Nitesh Bissendary mounted a pavement in Leopold Street, Ramsgate, in his Alfa Romeo and f<b>atally struck Noga Sella, 37, and 81-year-old Yoram Hirshfield</b> in August 2022.</blockquote><p>I remember this when it first hit the news, and thought it had gone rather quiet.</p>
<blockquote>The 31-year-old, who had been out dealing cocaine in the two hours prior to the crash, <b>fled the scene</b>, leaving his dying victims and a seriously injured child who was among the family-of-five mown down.
But instead of <b>alerting emergency services</b>, Bissendary chose to phone his parents, <b>former Metropolitan police officer Barjunsing Bissendary, 59</b>, and Sadhana Bissendary, 56, to <b>help him remove evidence linking him to the death smash</b>.</blockquote><p>Well, well, well... </p>
<blockquote>Canterbury Crown Court heard that <b>between them they removed items from the car</b>, including drugs, as well as further drugs and paraphernalia from <b>his bedroom</b> at the family home in Highlands Glade, Manston.
They also <b>concealed Bissendary's mobile phone</b> from police and removed its SIM card.
</blockquote><blockquote><b>His stash of cocaine was actually retrieved from the wreckage while emergency workers were still tending to the injured and as Mrs Sella lay underneath the vehicle</b>.</blockquote> And what did <i>they </i>get? Well, Reader, merely a 12-month jail term suspended for 18 months.<blockquote>At the <b>parents' sentencing</b> hearing Judge Simon James said they had acted out of "<b>misguided loyalty</b>", having been confronted with a "conflicting dilemma" of <b>doing the right thing or protecting their son</b>.</blockquote><p>I can see why a <a href="https://thylacosmilus.blogspot.com/search/label/Met%20Police">Met Police employee</a> would have a hard time understanding what 'the right thing' was in <i>any </i>situation, Judge... </p>
<b>H/T</b>: <a href="https://twitter.com/_Farmergeddon">farmageddon</a> via TwitterJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33052826142849577432024-03-15T10:30:00.000+00:002024-03-15T10:30:00.137+00:00Get Ready To Be Charged For Your Bank Account...<p>And this is the man to thank:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSNyqUL9tZqY6tGKaZE4CigLRiAKqd-xhCRK-Egw6ILz5U4dZVlyN9F5u-VgRSGXV3M5HX3iQJNVG2W_tb-Su7GnjelHxfhQXs2qeD4_i9vc9-QK0Na5MqnYY5sbvAgejBjEZ8HLlov3Jrbk8uDq7_hyphenhyphenVxYN6CVTvranH_PduSZIPihKT1p1gf6_To3s/s810/mail15032024_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="810" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSNyqUL9tZqY6tGKaZE4CigLRiAKqd-xhCRK-Egw6ILz5U4dZVlyN9F5u-VgRSGXV3M5HX3iQJNVG2W_tb-Su7GnjelHxfhQXs2qeD4_i9vc9-QK0Na5MqnYY5sbvAgejBjEZ8HLlov3Jrbk8uDq7_hyphenhyphenVxYN6CVTvranH_PduSZIPihKT1p1gf6_To3s/s320/mail15032024_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote>Surely, the regulator should understand that <b>free banking for those who keep their accounts in good order </b>is <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13198993/JEFF-PRESTRIDGE-Bosses-rejoice-City-watchdog-gives-green-light-end-free-banking-risk-uprising-customers.html">woven into this country's financial fabric</a> – like good old fish and chips or bangers and mash. </blockquote><p>I'm unsure why, looking at him. you'd <i>expect </i>him to know that or care about it. Like our PM he's yet another example of how 'diversity' isn't the panacea the progressives claim it to be.</p><blockquote>It's <b>a reward for thrift</b> and <b>should not be abandoned</b>.
Most people, especially the elderly, will simply not entertain the idea. A financial uprising? Don't rule it out.
For example, <b>we had one 25 years ago</b> when some of the big banks wanted to charge non-customers for using their cash machines. <b>Consumers won that battle</b>, and I am sure they would put up an almighty fight over the loss of free-in-credit banking.</blockquote><p>Why should consumers have to gear up again because once more the Financial Conduct Authority has proven to be a watchdog with no teeth? And for those saying 'Well, just change your bank' it's not that easy. </p><blockquote>Next Wednesday, the Treasury committee will g<b>rill the bosses of Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest and Santander</b> over whether they are giving customers a fair deal – against the backdrop of a persistent cost-of-living crisis.
I trust Ms Baldwin will use the opportunity to grill them over <b>whether they intend to abandon free banking</b> for those who stay in credit. Maybe she should also ask Mr Rathi to come along.</blockquote><p>I doubt that will do any good. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77553323281060214022024-03-15T09:00:00.003+00:002024-03-15T09:00:00.136+00:00Worth A Try, I Guess...<blockquote>An <b>epileptic son</b> stabbed his <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13160283/Epileptic-killer-23-stabbed-retired-detective-stepfather-death-having-seizure-mother-tells-court.html">retired detective stepfather</a> to death <b>while 'having a seizure'</b> and <b>'out of it'</b>, his mother told a court today.
Ben Moglione, 23, killed Andrew McDiarmid, 64, who was <b>isolating in his bedroom</b> after testing positive for Covid.</blockquote><p>After all, people have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/02/if-you-kill-someone-in-your-sleep-are-you-a-murderer">tried the 'sleepwalking' excuse</a>. </p><blockquote>Her <b>usually 'calm and placid' son</b>, who was studying chemical engineering at university, came into the bathroom soon afterwards and <b>started washing blood off his hands</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>Mrs Moglione, <b>a senior civil servant</b>, told jurors he was 'out of it.'</blockquote><p>And who'd know more about being 'out of it' than a senior civil servant? </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-19512059684947851082024-03-14T10:30:00.001+00:002024-03-14T10:30:00.134+00:00Oh, Spare Us, Sergeant Cording..!<blockquote>Sergeant Cording said: 'Even after <b>over 23 years service</b>, you come across things that you <b>struggle to comprehend</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>'Like yesterday when some great fast track work from the team <b>identified a recently stolen caravan being towed by a vehicle on false plates</b>, but then to find the driver was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13174203/That-caravan-Owner-stolen-motorhome-towed-11-year-old-boy-M1-reveals-shock-seeing-driven-away-claims-suspect-removed-tracker-raid.html">only 11 years old</a>!'</blockquote><p>The world and his wife all know the likely demographic involved here. </p><blockquote>'A search of the car also revealed <b>equipment typically used by suspects to carry out thefts and a selection of vehicle registration plates</b>.'
It is thought that after travelling on the A1, the boy joined the M1 at Junction 48.
The boy was <b>arrested on suspicion of a number of offences</b> including theft, burglary, going equipped for theft, and motoring offences including dangerous driving.
He was questioned and has been released on <b>conditional police bail</b> to allow further enquiries to be carried out.</blockquote><p>Am I wrong, Reader? </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-26576665608917944262024-03-14T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-14T09:00:00.132+00:00'Titanic' Discussions At Local Council Meeting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryRdlE69cd3oP4D1dnhPf2jLgDhFldK2oN8XEBMqBWWPzFnGtcmSxBkqGQKPVyKfzledoJOCoB9TjsM-OXv6QUNLBmI2hr-3K6anhEt8sT1rTUpgbNwyYCuaIZ_wKgCj6YNU9PNyCAbn9blMtdrdsGOKFMumBdopIqZddt-46rTN1RWNBY93nROiQSfA/s968/andoveradvertiser25022024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="968" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryRdlE69cd3oP4D1dnhPf2jLgDhFldK2oN8XEBMqBWWPzFnGtcmSxBkqGQKPVyKfzledoJOCoB9TjsM-OXv6QUNLBmI2hr-3K6anhEt8sT1rTUpgbNwyYCuaIZ_wKgCj6YNU9PNyCAbn9blMtdrdsGOKFMumBdopIqZddt-46rTN1RWNBY93nROiQSfA/s320/andoveradvertiser25022024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><blockquote>After its <a href="https://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/24137005.town-councillors-agree-keeping-seating-arrangement/">meeting </a>in January descended into chaos, one councillor, who has not been named, suggested that a change to the seating arrangement would '<b>stop councillors talking to the public during the meeting</b>'.</blockquote><p>Strange - thought that was a councillors' raison de etre! </p><b> H/T:</b> Ian J via email<br /><p><br /></p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-79209602035749691082024-03-13T10:30:00.001+00:002024-03-13T10:30:00.127+00:00Well, Not Quite, Polly...<blockquote>Polly Neate, the <b>chief executive of Shelter</b>, said: “This is a <b>harrowing reminder</b> of the abusive and brutal treatment people are often faced with when <b>sleeping on the streets</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>“Sleeping rough is <b>deeply unsafe</b> with people under the constant threat of harassment and violence. Nobody <b>chooses to spend their night</b> shivering in a sleeping bag. But <b>record high rents and the government’s failure to build enough social homes</b> mean more people are <b>becoming homeless</b> and growing numbers of them are ending up on the street.”</blockquote><p>This is in response to video of a police officer - a female, remember how they were hired to provide a softer, gentler aspect to policing? - dragging a rough sleeper in a sleeping bag when they refused to move.</p><p>So, what do we have here? Someone who can no longer afford rent due to 'vicious austerity Tory'? An Army or Navy serviceman with PTSD who has lost their home due to 'Tory austerity' and failure to provide support once their career is over? </p><blockquote>The homeless man, who is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/05/greater-manchester-police-admit-footage-of-officer-dragging-homeless-man-is-unacceptable">a refugee from Sudan</a>, has <b>been in the UK for three and a half years</b> and has been <b>given the right to remain</b>.</blockquote><p>Oh. Yes, Polly, clearly the government's at fault for not providing social housing for the waifs and strays of the Third World. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47310305548744023992024-03-13T09:00:00.009+00:002024-03-13T09:00:00.141+00:00Finally!<blockquote>The <b>son of two retired Metropolitan Police officers</b> who avoided jail for killing two men in a drug-driving crash has been <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13163399/Son-retired-Met-Police-officers-avoided-jail-killing-two-men-drug-drive-crash-locked-illegally-driving-mothers-Fiat-500.html">locked up for illegally driving his mother's car</a>.</blockquote><p><a href="https://thylacosmilus.blogspot.com/search?q=max+coopey">At last</a>! </p><blockquote>Max Coopey, 22, was <b>jailed for 12 weeks</b> after he admitted driving his mother's blue Fiat 500 while disqualified.
It comes after <b>two dramatic hunts were launched for him</b> after he failed to turn up for hearings in the case, leading to him being arrested for <b>the eighth time</b> for <b>refusing to attend court</b>.</blockquote><p>And despite treating him leniently for the deaths, the court will pull out all the stops in defence of it's own will. </p><blockquote>This <b>could be the first time that he serves a full custodial sentence</b> despite having clocked up <b>at least 27 offences</b> on his record.</blockquote><p>He probably has a worse record than anyone his parents ever arrested, </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-44426818942365448932024-03-12T10:30:00.001+00:002024-03-12T10:30:00.126+00:00What More 'Awareness' Is Needed?<blockquote>Paying <b>tribute</b>, Tina told the Lancashire Post that her grandson had <b>a 'heart of gold'</b>.
She said the family have been left 'utterly devastated' by the loss of Tommie-lee,<b> who was 'bright', 'energetic' and the 'life and soul of any room'</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>Tina told the outlet: 'We <b>don't want any other children to follow TikTok or be on social media</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>'In fact, <b>we want to get TikTok taken down </b>and <b>no children to be allowed on any social media under 16 years of age</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>'This is breaking us all but <b>we want to help save other children's lives</b> and <b>give families awareness</b> to keep their children safe.'</blockquote><p>Another day, another Darwin Award, and another family member <a href="https://longrider.co.uk/blog/2024/03/03/this-is-bad-very-bad/">who thinks this entitles her to dictate terms for all</a>. </p><blockquote>The grandmother said she had <b>received many messages from other parents</b> 'thanking her' for raising awareness of the challenge.
Tina said she knew of one woman who <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13164341/Pictured-Boy-11-died-social-media-chroming-challenge-friends-sleepover-went-tragically-wrong-devastated-family-say-heart-gold.html">had 'no idea' about the harmful social media trends</a> and her children 'happily' sit on TikTok in their bedrooms.
</blockquote><blockquote>'She has now removed all social media from their devices <b>and is so grateful that we are openly talking about it</b>,' the teacher added.</blockquote><p>Did she miss all the <i>other </i>stories then? </p><blockquote>In <b>2022</b>, a distraught mother <b>revealed how her son died in front of his friends </b>while attempting a deadly challenge he saw on social media.
</blockquote><blockquote>Leon Brown, of Cumbernauld, Scotland, was just 14-years-old when he was found unresponsive in his bedroom after reportedly attempting<b> the same dangerous TikTok trend as Archie Battersbee</b>.
</blockquote><blockquote>His heartbroken mother, Lauryn Keating, issued <b>a warning to fellow parents</b> after her son's friend revealed he had wanted to replicate the choking game after seeing it online.</blockquote><p>There's at least three that made the national press. So why should this one be any different? </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-48826677800988203742024-03-12T09:00:00.009+00:002024-03-12T09:00:00.152+00:00Maybe It's Not The Quality Of The Food...<blockquote><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13159003/Greggs-17-6million-bonuses-high-street-bakery-annual-profits.html">Greggs workers</a> are set for <b>a £700 bonus each</b> after the bakery <b>beat McDonald's to become the UK's favourite breakfast spot</b>.</blockquote><blockquote>The company, which has 2,473 stores, recently overtook McDonald's as Britain's no.1 <b>breakfast on-the-go retailer</b>, which Ms Currie said <b>reflected the popularity of its hot food</b> options, including their popular sausage and bacon rolls.</blockquote><blockquote>Ms Currie told the Mirror: 'We have been number one for a number of months. We have <b>more consumers eating breakfast out of the home</b>,' referring to Greggs increasing its share of morning customers for food to 19.6 per cent. </blockquote> They are providing nice food, it's true. And a more frequent choice for breakfast for me on work days. <div><br /></div><div>But that's simply because they are <i>open earlier</i> than McDonalds. </div><div><br /></div><div>And as I write this, it appears I've tempted fate, as the Greggs at Westfield Stratford has closed for renovation yet again, despite a huge upgrade and overhaul just last summer.</div>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33496934732609456072024-03-11T10:30:00.009+00:002024-03-11T10:30:00.141+00:00Anything For An Easy Life, Eh, Met Police?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqr4r_9pEahufxCWU0_rq2jqNbJC7pYPIDLybwpuwWy_4SOYu_313keLwzOM-SOWuRh27CniXZQ6HMiD2g2uLe9OAuA2ZHtDX8nQKGBP-2kAEvxdyFdxbx3thkaEBGfdaPHP5aEOkks3W6cBPD9ycA8k0SE_xsaPMYK1SziEovh5kXkmzTcGVpAUCeUH0/s819/mail10032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="819" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqr4r_9pEahufxCWU0_rq2jqNbJC7pYPIDLybwpuwWy_4SOYu_313keLwzOM-SOWuRh27CniXZQ6HMiD2g2uLe9OAuA2ZHtDX8nQKGBP-2kAEvxdyFdxbx3thkaEBGfdaPHP5aEOkks3W6cBPD9ycA8k0SE_xsaPMYK1SziEovh5kXkmzTcGVpAUCeUH0/s320/mail10032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Good of you to <a href="https://thylacosmilus.blogspot.com/2024/03/about-only-thing-rishis-got-right.html">prove Rishi Sunak right on something</a>, though, I suppose. Poor guy's having a shocker of a 2024 so far.</p><blockquote>Police said he was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13176923/charlotte-church-pro-palestine-protesters-marching-london.html">arrested for assault</a> <b>before being de-arrested</b> after officers <b>reviewed footage</b>. Demonstrators carrying Palestine flags <b>charged towards Mr Ghorbani and attacked him</b> before police stepped in to arrest the counter-protester. Mr Ghorbani was then hauled away from the scene as pro-Palestinian marchers continued to <b>hurl abuse</b> at him, shouting 'shame on you'.</blockquote><p>If police see someone being attacked by a mob, they have to arrest the <i>victim </i>before viewing video that proves he's not? Can't they just go by the evidence of their own eyes? Do they all need to visit that well known high street branch of opticians?</p><blockquote><b>Five further arrests were made</b> at the march, including a man accused of carrying a shield and wearing a helmet, a woman said to be holding an an offensive placard, two men alleged to be chanting offensive slogans and one man for assault.</blockquote><p>And the police are backpeddaling faster than a unicyclist who has found himself heading for the Grand Canyon! </p><blockquote>'The arrest <b>was not made in relation to the placard</b>.'</blockquote><p><i>No</i> arrests were made in relation to placards. Not even the clearly illegal ones waved by the protestors. And if the arrest wasn't in relation to the placard, why did you lie to the arresstee about the reason?</p><p>The Met's PR division (currently having even more of a shocker than Sunak) were quick to <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk/status/1766541271923839046">get out a statement</a> that was as full of holes as a Swiss cheese and which was promptly ratioed to oblivion on Twitter:</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6hAXx2LKzPKGSkanWbd1kbcrgOnBQBjt3O1C-JgB4OdQc5kzjkReW_8EQhdUzAc9oH6e3hbj_zLa5F2WFex9PPtBI2ei-UXUB_mFeiGnwlRn3A6OBxBLSLLK5q7q0uBepGwcMB0-qvGgwOB3V7iwiUo4V1zqyD1GqCoxSpUkfW6kKwFjUVkVCO5Jmxw/s663/metpolicestatement.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6hAXx2LKzPKGSkanWbd1kbcrgOnBQBjt3O1C-JgB4OdQc5kzjkReW_8EQhdUzAc9oH6e3hbj_zLa5F2WFex9PPtBI2ei-UXUB_mFeiGnwlRn3A6OBxBLSLLK5q7q0uBepGwcMB0-qvGgwOB3V7iwiUo4V1zqyD1GqCoxSpUkfW6kKwFjUVkVCO5Jmxw/s320/metpolicestatement.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote>'Mr Ghorbani said that he would <b>make a complaint after today's incident</b> and that he was not given back his sign.</blockquote><blockquote>'I told the police <b>they attacked me and I want to complain and they say go to police station near your home</b>.' </blockquote><blockquote>He said that the UK is <b>in 'serious danger'</b> if police are <b>allowed to support Hamas sympathisers</b> against law-abiding protesters such as him.</blockquote><p>You're not wrong. Of course, the police strongly refute such charges on social media: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinH_Gms4DD6vwyGqh8Sry9BzCUVLvgRTlEBkDnRVoGLBK9hhyphenhyphen_KbvKbcvwrR5jNRcshEV4-OTsbbb3hUXGk_1fPCz58VORgKj8vfcnKqtT8duMUdVUowdp6WMcFy-QBZvj_cm2wZyIuK6ACY41ppaILWXOCl5fWYcOpMwH426C9CdGk4mQDJKJMQ0meP0/s833/InspGadget3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinH_Gms4DD6vwyGqh8Sry9BzCUVLvgRTlEBkDnRVoGLBK9hhyphenhyphen_KbvKbcvwrR5jNRcshEV4-OTsbbb3hUXGk_1fPCz58VORgKj8vfcnKqtT8duMUdVUowdp6WMcFy-QBZvj_cm2wZyIuK6ACY41ppaILWXOCl5fWYcOpMwH426C9CdGk4mQDJKJMQ0meP0/s320/InspGadget3.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><p>They weren't the <i>only </i>ones beclowning themself yesterday, of course:</p><blockquote><b>Welsh singer Charlotte Church</b> joined the rally through the capital weeks after sparkling a backlash by attending a co<b>ncert in aid of Gaza and </b>singing a lyric that critics claimed could be construed as anti-Semitic.
Ms Church told the crowd that the Government labelling the protests as threatening is '<b>total propaganda</b>'.</blockquote><p>Voice of an angel, mind of Jeremy Corbyn... </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-74999370590905903802024-03-11T09:00:00.001+00:002024-03-11T09:00:00.133+00:00Signs Of The Times...<blockquote>Police have <b>raided three funeral homes</b> across East Yorkshire after <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13175585/Police-raid-three-funeral-homes-Hull.html">becoming concerned about the 'care of the deceased'</a>.</blockquote><p>Now <i>there's </i>a sentence I never expected to see in the morning paper! </p><blockquote>There are currently <b>police cordons outside the three branches</b> of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, Humberside Police said.
</blockquote><blockquote>Officers received <b>a report</b> on Wednesday evening with <b>inquiries ongoing into whether any criminal offences have been committed</b>.</blockquote><p>And here comes the obligatory 'Don't speculate!' that gets rolled out every single time... </p><blockquote>Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Gawthorpe said: 'Whilst we are in the very early stages of our investigation, I completely understand this information will be of concern to a number of families and individuals who have lost loved ones and have utilised the services of this business.<b>While asking people to 'refrain from speculation' about what may have happened</b>, he continued: 'At the core of this investigation will potentially be heartbroken and devastated families and loved ones.'</blockquote><p>You know what would help with that? Being a bit clearer about exactly what sort of reports you've received and what sort of crimes you are investigating. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56460098531256268052024-03-10T11:00:00.001+00:002024-03-10T11:00:00.135+00:00And The Forecast Wasn't Accurate Either!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyawElrZBkUxLSuyqoXXuQsqNCh7EbXL72EW1Zo2F9lF2v8YPK_6BFC9pMizHaB7V4XJyi7fBIKyZzLVq8d8BKrLy9RW-0zFSq46qw8qyDdQhQ0N558GDz2QiwHO3Ew1f9NPaaKAkyD9Su9YQL5PgjynLlUwjlFeEdjJbuU5KH-mx3PoONaa5jURD7TO8/s619/basingstokegazette25022024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="619" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyawElrZBkUxLSuyqoXXuQsqNCh7EbXL72EW1Zo2F9lF2v8YPK_6BFC9pMizHaB7V4XJyi7fBIKyZzLVq8d8BKrLy9RW-0zFSq46qw8qyDdQhQ0N558GDz2QiwHO3Ew1f9NPaaKAkyD9Su9YQL5PgjynLlUwjlFeEdjJbuU5KH-mx3PoONaa5jURD7TO8/s320/basingstokegazette25022024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Perhaps the Leap Year threw them off?</p><p><b>H/T</b>: Ian J via email</p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25821939307153490162024-03-10T09:30:00.010+00:002024-03-10T09:30:00.143+00:00Throwing Stones In Your Glass House, 'Mail'..?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fHW73PZ1viVjmcNnoRCGbjzhSD9_ZzyeZBhZxUNoT3JpNEzhG6vwS7FyBIcvg32NjfNPmYc0_QoW1G9aw-jPV7OiYF_HbQsZNCpsm-UgHFvtTT33HjS2I4Pfp-qqQ6xMVx3Mxz4JgF45RnsYIlsERLe7NElvxGmMzFwuFfZ4T_D3IGbu0y2XZwjCLeo/s809/mail08032024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="809" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fHW73PZ1viVjmcNnoRCGbjzhSD9_ZzyeZBhZxUNoT3JpNEzhG6vwS7FyBIcvg32NjfNPmYc0_QoW1G9aw-jPV7OiYF_HbQsZNCpsm-UgHFvtTT33HjS2I4Pfp-qqQ6xMVx3Mxz4JgF45RnsYIlsERLe7NElvxGmMzFwuFfZ4T_D3IGbu0y2XZwjCLeo/s320/mail08032024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh dear oh dear oh dear...in the very same edition:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidvsYe1BFYKfXQs41ycvKH_GagNmJ3JswOS-i4IJUQK_JDgZI18N94_O1AxHLDL7HfrCaXsbUP4w72nqk-zHywwtH6gHhf3Pk37eBHLSrmB_0giwsWB1wyrXVNNIDmMUKTkrxMxCoeFgXDlneOjCOH3mzqYDSLmTNM4ajFZa3d-nX0FJeIqrHrEUoD-8/s799/mail08032024_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="799" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidvsYe1BFYKfXQs41ycvKH_GagNmJ3JswOS-i4IJUQK_JDgZI18N94_O1AxHLDL7HfrCaXsbUP4w72nqk-zHywwtH6gHhf3Pk37eBHLSrmB_0giwsWB1wyrXVNNIDmMUKTkrxMxCoeFgXDlneOjCOH3mzqYDSLmTNM4ajFZa3d-nX0FJeIqrHrEUoD-8/s320/mail08032024_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And that's just a <i>three </i>letter word!<br /><p><br /></p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-9880929948702954012024-03-10T08:30:00.001+00:002024-03-10T08:30:00.128+00:00Sunday Funnies...<p>Too US-centric for the 'Witches Hat' to <a href="https://www.cracked.com/article_41229_8-pieces-of-playground-equipment-that-basically-violate-the-geneva-convention.html">make a showing</a>, sadly...</p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56020557298692970602024-03-09T11:00:00.017+00:002024-03-09T11:00:00.135+00:00Should They Have Waited Until It Grew Up?<blockquote>An <a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/xl-bully-puppy-euthanised-woman-32303332?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar">XL Bully type puppy</a> was <b>put down</b> and <b>a woman charged</b> after armed cops raced to a Coatbridge house yesterday.
Police swarmed on Broughton Place in Shawhead at around 3.40pm after receiving reports of an incident involving the pup, that is <b>understood to be less than a year old</b>. Officers attended and confirmed the pet, believed to be aged just seven months, was <b>euthanised at the property by a vet</b>.</blockquote><blockquote>Meanwhile, locals reported <b>a heavy police presence</b> in the area for several hours on Thursday evening. <b>Surrounding streets were taped off</b> whilst emergency services dealt with the incident.
Neighbours told the Daily Record of their <b>shock to see the amount of police who attended</b>.</blockquote><blockquote>"There were <b>ten armed officers and dozens of police officers</b>. The vet had to be <b>escorted into the property by two armed officers</b>."</blockquote><p>Cue the usual suspects on social media wailing 'it was only a puppy!', almost drowning out those wailing about police overkill. Thankfully, the owner of this juvenile hellbeast was dim enough to wade in and explain (and also hand the CPS an open goal):</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzYgg_OdiH_WsPbqNIOeaVlxnK9Mv1qm3aK4xqSmyXN4CLrvxKBj4K40exZFegZtpJWJcqt49LNGymsm3H6K6G-Eb325kDRgLVD7u6fQv_rf0-K0tK4urnu5ZauRqM-9sykTlaJR8M5rJ8NThZ6IzbaRfLHVvUTdmLi3fKkbOq_1g_0-4B9YgAu5nZvA/s1344/facebookxlbully.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="621" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOzYgg_OdiH_WsPbqNIOeaVlxnK9Mv1qm3aK4xqSmyXN4CLrvxKBj4K40exZFegZtpJWJcqt49LNGymsm3H6K6G-Eb325kDRgLVD7u6fQv_rf0-K0tK4urnu5ZauRqM-9sykTlaJR8M5rJ8NThZ6IzbaRfLHVvUTdmLi3fKkbOq_1g_0-4B9YgAu5nZvA/s320/facebookxlbully.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br />If this response was needed for a 7 month old, who wants to wait around and see what's needed when it's older?<div> <br /> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qz5JmgLQEzs?si=8E7E00o97tboSTqd" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-60678420209663656702024-03-09T09:30:00.004+00:002024-03-09T09:30:00.136+00:00Spreading Culture....<p>But not one we'd like modern thugs to pick up again:</p><blockquote><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13128971/Manhunt-acid-attackers-corrosive-substance-victim-London-Elm-Park-Tube-station.html">British Transport Police</a> (BTP) has released images of <b>three people who they want to speak to after the incident</b> which took place at <b>Elm Park Tube station </b>on Saturday, February 24.</blockquote> The 'incident'? Acid throwing. And for once, not the usual suspects:<div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDfLM_NBbdGyoweZcwB0IYuBLy7JQJv29v7DQ_jRC-3Hn8XkgxZpzg-lDhKRQiXHCAIT8sh8qpRPkX5J1m0ALsjL4-5_W0l2m4I24uK0_cst9DCOJj0HmkQROBOXsgCGmVnUEtNuGI6hONUCqg64UsJVrp4tD3N0oPe2Amn_a4KnUedWpS3TVhPqw_OE/s798/acidthrowers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="798" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDfLM_NBbdGyoweZcwB0IYuBLy7JQJv29v7DQ_jRC-3Hn8XkgxZpzg-lDhKRQiXHCAIT8sh8qpRPkX5J1m0ALsjL4-5_W0l2m4I24uK0_cst9DCOJj0HmkQROBOXsgCGmVnUEtNuGI6hONUCqg64UsJVrp4tD3N0oPe2Amn_a4KnUedWpS3TVhPqw_OE/s320/acidthrowers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Puzzling. I've been browsing the local press and social media, and can't see anyone claiming this is gang-related. On Facebook, several people have claimed the boys were targeted at random. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>But it seems to be more common these days, everywhere. <a href="https://www.samizdata.net/2024/02/can-abdul-ezedi-beat-this/">Like it once was</a>. </div><blockquote>On February 10 a <b>52-year-old woman</b> was left with burns on her back and head after <b>having a corrosive substance thrown over her in a pub</b> in Basingstoke.The day after, a manhunt was launched after <b>a man was attacked with a 'noxious substance' in St Laurence Graveyard </b>in Ramsgate, Kent. The attacker fled the scene and the victim was rushed to hospital for treatment to burns at the back of his head.
And the same day as this <b>police officers were involved in a three-hour stand-off with an alleged 'acid attacker' who seized a London bus and threatened the driver and passengers</b> with an unknown substance in Croydon.</blockquote><p>And the 'experts' are puzzled. And have to fall back on old tropes. </p><blockquote>Prof. Gill told MailOnline earlier this month: 'With these attacks on the rise, the criminal justice system <b>must ensure that its response is informed by the perspectives of survivors</b> who have lived experience of its current responses; further, it must be able to <b>influence national police guidance and training</b> and to scrutinise them to more clearly understand <b>the underlying motivations</b> of perpetrators.
</blockquote><blockquote>'However, protecting acid victims and working to prevent <b>this form of gender-based violence</b> is not merely an issue of legal, police policies and practice; acid attacks can only be eradicated by <b>social change.</b>'</blockquote><p>Oh, Prof, 'gender based violence' went out the window. It's no longer the scorned man (if it ever was, as the Samizdata link above shows) or jealous woman, it's <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13156315/Pictured-Teenager-19-hunted-woman-ammonia-thrown-face-targeted-attack-police-issue-not-approach-warning.html">a bit more widespread</a> now. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-17764792870559647802024-03-08T10:30:00.004+00:002024-03-08T10:30:00.122+00:00'Gosh, How Unexpected' Said Nobody, Ever...<blockquote><b>Actress and TV presenter Danielle Mason...</b></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMi4CHEHH4NQrD-VjBOjy2sbm75N47E36Xprbkf50I6MGjh-MdgA-u1g-2fHzN2WF2mxo3AjU0b5pFowpgIebyp-o4qruqzmZ32bhUWm-7uA3UV4mBiyt5c7v1X44xDJsvCWsPSIRepBZs4wDArmeNP4LPY2ZI5UtU9O-YkqNbzy-TnpuEp3t8p7QI5E/s232/who.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="153" data-original-width="232" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMi4CHEHH4NQrD-VjBOjy2sbm75N47E36Xprbkf50I6MGjh-MdgA-u1g-2fHzN2WF2mxo3AjU0b5pFowpgIebyp-o4qruqzmZ32bhUWm-7uA3UV4mBiyt5c7v1X44xDJsvCWsPSIRepBZs4wDArmeNP4LPY2ZI5UtU9O-YkqNbzy-TnpuEp3t8p7QI5E/s1600/who.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sorry, Reader, no idea...</i></div></i><blockquote>...claims <b>her 12-year-old son</b>, who has <b>autism</b>, hasn't been to school for over a year due to a lack of funding for his special educational needs - and says 'he'll never go back because <b>his confidence has been knocked so much</b>'. Mason, 41, who lives in Bracknell, says her son Rudy, who should be in Year Eight, has been <b>declined a place at numerous schools</b> in Berkshire after he was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13158823/Jessie-Wallaces-sister-claims-autistic-son-school-refused.html">excluded 21 times</a> from his last school, The Brakenhale School.</blockquote><p><i>Twenty-one times</i>...! </p><blockquote>Speaking to MailOnline, the mother-of-two claims that <b>the schools 'cannot cope'</b> with her son's EHCP [Education, Health and Care Plan] due to <b>a 'lack of government funding'</b> - and that he's received homework for the first time in a year this week.
She says <b>her daughter</b> <b>Delilah</b>, who <b>also has an EHCP due to mental health problems</b>, is currently in Year Six at primary school, and has also failed to get a place at several senior schools.</blockquote><p><i>Two </i>children with mental health issues? Gosh, what are the odds? </p><blockquote>The mother claimed her son would be <b>excluded for 'silly reasons' such as coming in wearing his trainers instead of his school shoes</b>, while other days <b>he was 'triggered' when the school couldn’t handle his needs properly</b>.</blockquote><p>But sweetie, those aren't 'silly reasons', are they? </p><blockquote>Danielle revealed it has <b>become like a full-time job </b>trying to find a place for her children's educational needs.</blockquote><p>It's probably the only full-time job she's ever had. And she's failing at it miserably. </p>JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com7