NBA: Memphis Grizzlies Progress to Western Conference Semi-finals

The Memphis Grizzlies have defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs 4-2. The sixth and final score was 114-106, with the Grizzlies putting in a stunning effort in the final quarter. They'd been behind all game, but made the shots count when it really mattered.

All right, now Grizzlies fans can start dreaming. They've never won an NBA title, but this year could be it. Up next are the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors are not at their best, so the series is winnable. 

Silent No More

A movement in New Zealand began on March 29th. 

https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/silent-no-more-the-story-that-must-be-told-about-the-covid-vaccine-in-nz/

"The people of New Zealand MUST know the truth about what has really happened in this country since the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine began in mid 2021."

Elon Musk Buys Twitter

Heads are exploding over Elon Musk getting the green light to buy Twitter.

 

EV's lock you up

In the embedded video, the woman speaking makes my argument exactly. EV's are being promoted to lock people up. Consider women with an abusive partner. If you cannot travel far and your partner controls access to energy, you're trapped. Think about it.

Movie: The Personal History of David Copperfield

I tried watching The Personal History of David Copperfield on the TV the other night, but gave up. It wasn't the actors that annoyed me, but the way they'd butchered the plot. The filmmakers jarringly departed from the Charles Dickens novel. I stopped watching rather early, when David ventures to find his great-aunt and she takes him in. In the movie he is shown to be a young man, while in the book he is just a young boy who loses everything on the journey, even having to sell his outer clothing to buy food.

There are glaring omissions. Here's a list (just off the top of my head):

No Barkis, so no famous statement; Barkis is Willin'.

No badly run Salem House school David is sent to by his stepfather, so how does David meet Steerforth and little Tommy Traddles?

Did they have David's mother giving birth to a son by his stepfather?

When mother and baby die, David is sent to work at a wine merchants. He meets Mr Micawber at that point but when Mr Micawber ends up in debtors prison, David runs away while still very young. Yet the movie shows David to be quite mature and he learns of his mother's death while working at the wine merchants.

David's great-aunt, Betsy Trotwood lives in Dover, in a house located not at all as shown in the movie. 

I stopped watching. No Barkis, no Steerforth nor Tommy Traddles. I imagine the good school David's great-aunt sends him to, Dr Strong's will be where David meets Steerforth and Tommy Traddles for the first time. Was this good school shown to be like the badly run Salem House? I can only speculate.

Have these philistine filmmakers no respect for literature?

Russian Army Sense of Humour

In the wake of letters such as Z and V being banned, the Russians developed a cunning plan, use the whole English alphabet. Heh.

Get Woke, Go Broke - Disney

A real political leader, Ron DeSantis

 

UK Government lied about how many have had the Jab

Oh dear - busted:

https://dailyexpose.uk/2022/04/18/19milllion-unvaccinated-31million-not-boosted-england/

For months the British public have been deceived with tales that there are just 5 million people in the United Kingdom who have refused to take up the offer of a Covid-19 vaccine. But this is a complete fabrication that has no doubt been used to make those who have refused the jab feel as if they are part of a minority. 

Because an official UK Government report proves that in England alone there are at least 19.2 million people who have not had a single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, 21.8 million people who have not had two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, and 31 million who have not had 3 doses of a Covid-19 Vaccine, meaning nearly half of England’s population has become wise to the propaganda and lies spouted by the Government and mainstream media over the past two years.

CF Industries Announces Fertiliser Delays

Farmers in the US are facing delays or non-delivery of critical fertiliser supplies just as the planting season begins. This could lead to serious food shortages in a few months when harvesting begins and crop yields fall.

See this link from CF Industries: https://www.cfindustries.com/newsroom/2022/union-pacific-shipping-restrictions

Then, we have the restriction of exports from China due to the Shanghai lockdowns, and war in the Ukraine leading to no crops being planted at all.

For New Zealand, it gets worse too. The closure of its one oil refinery means: if the supply chain cannot deliver finished fuels, farmers cannot produce as they need diesel to run their tractors. We are sitting on the precipice and are about to fall off the cliff.

Boris Johnson to stay because of Ukraine?

A good opinion piece on why, exactly, Boris Johnson must go:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/15/boris-johnson-ukraine-war-prime-minister

Start with the first of the explanations offered as to why the criminal sanction imposed by the police on Johnson this week – making him the first prime minister ever found to have broken the law in office – should not see his immediate removal from Downing Street: that the lockdown birthday party that prompted a fixed-penalty notice was brief, lasting “less than 10 minutes.”

Pure EV's No Good - For Now

 Here's a different way of looking at electric vehicles but he comes to the same conclusions I do:

Elon Musk offers to buy all of Twitter

Elon Musk is reported to have made a takeover offer for all the stock he doesn't already own in Twitter. The offer price is $54.20, compared to the current price of $45.85, an 18% premium. This level of offer makes it hard for the board to turn down. Interesting times ahead, the Twitter board looks as if it will have to recommend Musk's takeover.

Russell Westbrook - Liability

I have avoided talking about the NBA all season mainly because they're a joke woke league. But I have to mention the Los Angeles Lakers failing to make the playoffs. I put this down to them having ball hog Russell Westbrook on their roster. He's paid $44 million for what exactly? He doesn't add value, all he does is add to his personal stats.

Meanwhile, Steven Adams who used to be a teammate of Westbrook's at the Thunder, is about to finish his season with the Memphis Grizzlies in second place overall in the league. Adams personally is the NBA's 2021/2022 12th highest in rebounds. Just saying.

Does The West Respect Private Property?

If you respect private property rights then you may find the following story concerning. But first, to be clear, I'm basing my comments on what I found in this video. I probably don't have all the facts, so some caution is advised.

That said, it appears the superyacht Dilbar is currently sitting while seized/detained/arrested in a German shipyard. It is believed to be owned by a Russian oligarch who is subject to sanctions imposed following the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

But it turns out not to be owned by this oligarch. Instead it is owned by his sister, someone who was not even on any sanctions list. But when they discovered this, she was promptly added to the list.

Do you see a problem with any of this? I certainly do. This arbitrary seizure of private property, all of which appears to have been legally acquired and properly owned, can only undermine private property rights across the board. That means you, me, everyone. Russia, China and India will have noticed, and they're likely to respond. Any time you, your country or any friendly country acts in a way disapproved of, they may take what's yours. 'They' in this context means Russia or China acting in reprisal, but farther along, it may mean your own government taking what's yours. We are on a very slippery slope.

In the capitalist system, a system I tend to think once worked fine, owning something is not a crime. That's how communists think. With communism, property is theft. We've slipped so far as a society, we no longer see private property as a linchpin.

Yanis Varoufakis: It's mad to think Ukraine can win

We are being constantly fed information about the conflict in Ukraine which simply isn't realistic. Yanis Varoufakis points out what is going on:

Daylight Saving May Become Permanent?

I hate daylight saving, I hated it even more when it was extended and now the government of New Zealand want the torture to never end.

Some argument can be made for daylight saving during summer. But during winter, no way. We'd be getting out of bed when it is still dark. People will say we get all that extra daylight at the end of the day. Well, I don't need it, I rather like the sun going down when it is meant to, I can get ready for bed and my body clock readies me for sleep. I don't want 'all that extra daylight.'

This is all a distraction from the government trying to kill us. The evidence mounts on a daily basis and now they're playing games. Don't lose focus, we need to hold these murderers to account.

Ken Horlor: Dana Point - Free Kindle Read

My science fiction novel Dana Point is available as a free promotion right now. Grab your free read here:

www.amazon.com/Dana-Point-Ken-Horlor-ebook/dp/B07FP5DLJ1