Russia got itself a warm water port

Hail, snow and rain, one after the other in a loop all driven by gale force winds. Lovely day in Manchester. Still got shorts on, though. Standards must be maintained...

Apparently the National Lottery doesn't want my money today. "Something went wrong" consistently for the last half hour plus.

Love it!

Gosh. New reading glasses. I can see again! Same strength as the old ones, but unscratched lenses make so much difference. Got a packet of 3 pairs, so I'm covered for future issues.

My tolerance today for professional victims, conspiracy nutjobs and religious fanatics of any flavour is exactly zero. Anyone got any cat pictures?

Stewart joked that under Trump, “Our airports are collapsing all by themselves.”

See that JimJoBillyBob Mullin has got his confirmation. The Trump Mediocracy continues, undiluted by intelligence or maturity.

Mutton dressed as mutton...

The sheer tonnage of morons in the world was never a problem. They'd shout at their sports teams, be crap at their jobs and have disappointing sex with each other. All was well. Then Trump and Farage and Le Pen organised them and suddenly they realised they were powerful. And all hell broke loose.

Some of you may know that my son plays Geoffrey in Call The Midwife. One of his earlier roles was as a really nasty character called Nathan in Coronation Street. As a result of his character's grooming story line, Chris became involved in several charities that support grooming survivors. <cont.>

Oh my, Blacklock City, that was good!

If you get Badenoch and Farage in the same room, is it badenage? *Yes, I know it's not spelled that way!

Looks like my short-term muting of the word "Starmer" has expired. <sigh>

"Rope is thicker But string is quicker." Spike Milligan.

Dear @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social - respectful submission for "Tree of the Day". Up on a hill the Olympic Park, proving that trees can provide comfort and shelter to young couples and visiting aliens alike...

Beautiful day for a rare wander around London's Olympic Park, which is nicely busy with happy family groups.

The Book of Moron.

Every day, Donald Trump breaks most of the Ten Commandments before lunch.

Denying people the right to make their own decisions when they are in physical and mental pain is pretty much the ultimate in selfish cruelty. You dont want assisted suicide, don't do assisted suicide. It's that simple. But you do not get to make that decision for other people. They do.

Feels good to get that off my chest at 6am on a Friday.

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Rochdale Canal walk, home to Imperial War Museum North in Trafford.

Lovely Manchester morning! Perfect for a canal walk right through the middle of the city.

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"Trump still breathing"

Incoming Trump explosion imminent. Well done, Norm. Great job.

There is something about ham, egg, chips and beans for lunch that is satisfying on a very primal level... <burp!>

One of my favourite memories from when I was part of the volunteer team at the country's largest covid vaccination centre in the Excel exhibition centre in London. Suddenly being surrounded by hundreds of coppers, many armed and in riot gear, was a strange experience. They were lovely, though!

Today's the day when Ireland's rich and varied cultural heritage is celebrated worldwide by donning massive green foam hats, fake ginger hair and drinking for eighteen hours solid followed by a bout of restorative projectile vomiting in the street. They must be so grateful.

The Syphilitic Simpleton thinks that anything that pops into his vacuous head is, by definition, true. At least the first Caligula had just the one horse in his Senate, this one has a whole herd of them, which makes everything much worse.

Nobody wants to help Trump's Washington. Obama's Washington, yes. Biden's Washington, yes. Buttigieg's Washington, yes. But no, not Trump's Washington. Trump's Washington is unfit for purpose and just screws around aimlessly and fraudulently. We don't want to be associated with that amateurism.

The modern day equivalent to the empty boast that, "I'm getting a lot of support in email"...

Spot on #PresidentFelon #EpsteinFiles

Meanwhile a petition calling for bills which have been backed by MPs to always be given enough time to clear the Lords has almost reached 100k signatures, ensuring a debate in parliament on the issue. Assisted dying is sparking a constitutional debate. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

So, the Oscars are finally over, marking the end of the extended 2026 Hollywood Masturbation Season. All the luvvies can now get back to running around in front of green screens pretending that the mainstream crap they're churning out is actually high culture or at least vaguely relevant.

Meetings at work would have been a little shorter and much more fun if they'd allowed me to take in my emotional support flamethrower.

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Donald lies about everything—even the Oscars. Michael Jackson's This Is It earned over $267 million. Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 made over $200 million. In contrast, the flop Melania grossed only $15.4 million, failing to recoup its $75 million in costs.

He's so far in the closet he's in Narnia.

In Trump's dementia-addled brain, time is very short-term. Today's consequences of his own actions yesterday are always a shock to him. The 25th Amendment is in urgent need of some use.

... as Irish hearts break everywhere. Sorry guys, they genuinely did their best.

The amusing thing is, they're all too stupid to just buy a pair in the right size and not tell Trump. They're not exactly expensive shoes, are they?

You really haven't heard a national anthem sung properly until hearing the Welsh sing theirs in a rugby stadium in Cardiff. Stirring stuff. The Italian one, by contrast... Dingly-dingly-dingly-ding then everyone races each other to the finish like some desperate knee-trembler in a Rome backstreet.

My ghod, that was a hell of a game of rugby. Superb playing by both sides but absolute class from Ireland. What a brilliant season this year's Men's Six Nation has been. Rooting for Italy in this next game.

24 books read so far this year, too. Currently reading "Entitled" about the Yorks, and a history of the BBC. Russ Jones' latest book is next in the queue.

Good gym session this morning - pushed a bit harder on the legs and belly. They'll ache tomorrow. Followed up by popping into Morrison's for ham and rolls (£7 total) and walking out laden down and £55 poorer! Ah well... it's a lovely morning for it:

Is it too much to hope for that Israel and Iran could wipe each other out? That would certainly make the Middle East a lot quieter and might finally give the region a chance to grow up a bit.