Magdeburg

So, the media are telling us a Saudi Arabian, AfD supporting far right medical doctor who is against Islamism, drove his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing many and injuring far more.

Do they think we are all gullible? 

2025

Well, that's about it for 2024. It was my year of action, I got more done in 2024 than I have got done in the twenty years prior.

What a year overall, culminating in a US Presidential election victory that was simply too overwhelming to rig. Who'd of thunk.

But, we are not out of the woods yet. We have that weirdo Keir Starmer in Britain being a treacherous and rather loathsome individual, and not being forthcoming about his private life, and basically when he's not being forthcoming, he's being an authoritarian prick and servant of the WEF. Then, Justin Trudeau in Canada, another weasel. But let's not forget Macron in France and that Ursula Lyin Bitch, or whatever her name is. 

This year, I've been about 50/50 on my predictions, so what about 2025 ahead? Well, there will be many rigged elections, rigged professional sporting encounters (I'm looking at you NBA), and scamdemics, which are epidemics that are just the flu rebranded. 

The whole make everyone a prisoner in their own towns and cities will continue to be rolled out, possibly linked to an app on your smart phone that is constantly listening to you. That app will track your social credit score and measure your carbon footprint. Exceed that carbon score, and you'll not be able to buy meat via your credit card in what will become a cashless economy. Say hurty words online and your travel will be curtailed, no visiting grandma in hospital because you called someone an arse licking dickhead, even if the statement was true. 

Farmers may even become a proscribed occupation and enemy of the people. We can see this plan being rolled out even as I write this. Wake up farmers, ya dickheads (see what I did there?).

A lot to look forward to then; clear blue skies and lots of carbon everywhere, including you and I, carbon life forms all, maybe we are the carbon 'they' want to reduce..hmm?

Kemi Badenoch Faces Relentless Criticism

I've noticed a concerted effort from political commentators in Britain, dragging down the Leader of the Opposition, the Conservatives leader, Kemi Badenoch. Many of these commentators exalt Nigel Farage to the highest. Does this reflect the opinion of Britons as a whole, or is this a campaign to elevate Farage?

Looking into this, I checked recent polling results as tabulated on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election

Since Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives leader, the party has shown steady recovery. Badenoch herself, has shown a low disapproval rating. On the 4th of December, the Conservatives polled first.

Studying leadership approval, and looking at the latest poll result, the results in order from most negative to least negative are:

Keir Starmer -36

Nigel Farage -11

Kemi Badenoch -9

Ed Davey -8

In all cases, these leaders have a negative response from voters, but if you listened to the pundits, you'd think Nigel Farage could walk on water. Out of the last four polls, only Davey and Badenoch have had a positive result. 

Something I have noticed about Farage, he's sounding a little more Tory every day. The effort appears to be to force a reverse takeover of the Conservatives, thus installing Farage as leader. To me, this sounds like wishful thinking as Reform only have five MP's, well short of predictions prior to this year's election.

It'll be interesting to see how this evolves, but it does look as if Reform UK will implode at some point as they simply lack the numbers in the House of Commons.

Drones Over New Jersey

Why right now? Yeah...I'm sceptical. You'd think the US would be able to shoot them down.

Syria - Deals Were Done

The best explanation I've seen of recent events in Syria, is it was about the natural gas resources of the Persian Gulf. There were two proposals for pipelines to Europe; one was to take gas from Iran, through Iraq, then Syria, and then under the sea to Greece. The other was to establish a pipeline from Qatar, through Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, and then to Bulgaria. 

Assad favoured the Iranian pipeline, while his adversaries backed that from Qatar. Clearly, Assad chose the wrong option. From a business standpoint, both proposals lower the cost of gas in Europe as they avoid using tankers, and cut out Russia as a source of supply. 

Meanwhile, Russia has won in Ukraine, so they give up Syria and take a large chunk of the former. Zelensky will be fuming. Russia has been working on building up in Libya, and so they'll presumably move their presence in the Med to that country, and gain a better location, being able to effectively cut the sea in half, rather the way Britain did when it controlled Malta. 

I have noticed the propaganda news pieces coming out of Syria, they are laughable; al Jazeera are particularly bad, anyone would think the new regime in Syria were choir boys and everything is sweetness and light.

Well, Well, Well

How about we drop the word theory from following the word conspiracy...turns out we were right, banned from Giggle, life banned from Twigger, censored, ridiculed. 

LeBron James Personal Reasons

I wonder what is up with LeBron James? Reports are saying he's in a slump, but in reality his numbers in the NBA are still pretty good. 

There's a lot of speculation doing the rounds as to why he's taking a break for personal reasons. Hmm...

GB News Problematic

Should the UK's GB News be shut down? I read a recent report that claimed GB News mentioned Muslims in a predominantly negative light: https://nz.news.yahoo.com/gb-news-broadcasts-half-uk-172108931.html

Watching GB News, I have noticed this slant, and it is concerning that it lacks balance. 

They appear to act as a mouthpiece for the minor UK political party, Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage was, and perhaps still is, a presenter on GB News. So biased is this channel, a casual observer may be mistaken for thinking Nigel Farage is the Leader of the Opposition, and his deputy, Richard Tice an almost equal heavyweight. In fact, Reform UK have five seats in the House of Commons, that's all. They are the fifth equal largest political party in the Commons, alongside the DUP and the Independent Alliance (Muslims). How come the latter doesn't get as much time as Reform does on GB News?

Kemi Badenoch of the Conservatives is the Leader of the Opposition, and performing quite outstandingly. In the Commons she recently eviscerated the Labour government and demolished its leader, Keir Starmer. Watching GB News, you'd have missed this if you blinked. 

My question is this: does GB News have it in for Kemi Badenoch and the Conservatives?

When we look at Nigel Farage, we need to be as objective as possible. He was a central figure behind Brexit and the UK's leaving the EU. He had made it his life's endeavour. But, without Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and the Vote Leave crew, he would have lost in the referendum. Then, under the Reform UK banner, he was touted to win a dozen or more seats in the House of Commons, but Reform came up a long way short with a disappointing five MP's. On election night, that looked to be only four, with the last MP being James McMurdock. I got the impression Nigel Farage didn't even know his name, it was a surprise result. 

Polling does show Reform in a close race between Labour and the Conservatives. FindOutNow have Reform consistently in second place, with either the Conservatives or Labour in first. The next General Election is five years away, and both of Reform's rivals have hundreds of seats and party infrastructure built up over a very long time. If placing a bet, what kind of odds would a bookie give on Reform being able to beat either party? The odds would be long, no matter how much money gets tipped into the campaign. 

Perhaps Nigel Farage knows this and is trying to force a merger with the Conservatives, with himself being catapulted into the leadership of the merged entity. I've noticed a gradual shift in Nigel Farage's position, every day now he sounds a little more Tory, and less the rebel. Why don't GB News go to the actual Leader of the Conservatives for comment, seeing as Nigel Farage is simply Tory Lite, eh what? And just to note, he gets things badly wrong at times, back when Russia invaded Ukraine he was talking about how much Russia was going to lose. Now it is obvious they've won, he's gone silent. 

I can see why people call for GB News to be shut down. They're mostly a negative channel and offer little by way of intelligent debate. The only exception to this is the lovely Bev Turner, but she is someone they don't appear to appreciate. If GB News disappears, they won't be missed.

M.I.A

I'm a fan, rapper M.I.A has had a real battle and now we are finding out just how much of a battle that was:

Trump Actions Predicted

A brief checklist of the type of actions Donald Trump may order:

• Two trillion dollars cut from government spending, including the closure of several departments. The FBI may be shut down, and the CIA too.
• Pentagon restructured
• Tariffs on all countries not playing by the rules as defined by the US
• Mass deportations of illegal immigrants
• Prince Harry sent back to the UK
• All NATO countries brought up to 2% of GDP spent on defense
• UK Prime Minister steps down as Trump sacks him (I know, Trump isn't his boss, but do you think that will matter to Trump?)
• War in Ukraine ends
• The FDA, NIH, etc overhauled
• Arrests 
• Zelensky granted asylum
• Electoral process cleaned up
• RINO's identified and primaried out of a job

Collapse of the Western World

 Has the collapse started, and will Australia be the next Argentina?

Syria

It does look as if the Assad regime has come to an end. Russia, Iran and Turkiye are having talks and this does have the appearance of organising a change of government. Assad visited Moscow recently, and it may be at that meeting he was told his reign was over. 

I also note the columns of rebels and the swift approaches to relatively undefended cities. They are sitting ducks while moving and yet Russia has not touched them.

This is interesting, change of government in the region is chaotic, unlike the West which uses rigged elections (see what I did there?). 

Trump Appointments

Is Donald Trump playing a game in nominating Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense? I read somewhere that he has Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis lined up to replace Hegseth if the latter cannot obtain Senate approval. 

This resembles the earlier example of Matt Gaetz being put forward for Attorney General, only to see him stand down and then Pam Bondi nominated in his place.

In both cases, each original nominee looks weaker than the replacement. My thoughts on this are that Trump could be identifying his enemies, to later primary those coming up for election to the Senate in two years time. Elon Musk has indicated he's prepared to fund this, so I wouldn't put it past Trump to play this kind of game. In the end, Trump gets his pick, while at the same time finding out who is opposed to him and his plans.

Since posting this, I found the following conversation which examines issues surrounding the appointment picks:

Lee Kuan Yew

The man who created modern Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew bemoaned the rise of weak men into high office. Singapore is the world's most successful modern state, making Lee the greatest man of the post war era.

One of Lee's solutions was to pay political leaders well, which acted as a disincentive to be corrupt. 

In the below video, Lee outlines the scale of the problem:

Hideous Jaguar EV

Pink and ugly: RIP Jaguar