FlyTheNest

13.23 Rory Stewart -- first of all you had the GFC destroying faith in the system/politicians, then that disastrous war ...

There's a nice bit in this FT free read on one of the er stars of the GFC --

Last October JPMorgan Chase completed their new $3BN 60 storey HQ " some have said as a monument ...

Quote from Rory Stewart just before WATO 'news' , as the Afghan War and the Retreat from Kabul destroyed peoples' view of politicians --

" They have no idea what they're doing ! "
( Door opens for Rupert ? )

That is the lead item, playing now --

A little more info --

The levels of self-harm, violence and drugs are so out of control that a new approach is needed. It is not simply to introduce “Scandi” wings. It is to do what we used to do before the pandemic was used as an excuse to shut everything down. To focus on purposeful activity ...

Daughter confessed that she walked some of the half-marathon, being out if training, but she was only 'a bit stiff' yesterday !

Same late-surfacing again today, those spurts of exercise splitting barrowing and stacking firewood must be good for me :-)

How to make friends and influence people , and get customers --

https://bsky.app/profile/stoatwobbler.bsky.social/post/3mslllvawek26

And on the consequences of creating a ...

This is gold. How did he not realise he was still going to be in trouble even if he won?

To be fair, he has gotten away with it for years and it's only know that the Press have decided to start noticing things.

The cartoons down that thread are excellent too .

I missed the morning cool as ...

In the dock -- " But everyone else was doing it "

Good thing I drove to the garage before doing anything else ! I parked in front and then needed a jump start to get inside . VERY first time I've had a sudden death- battery, a bit slow starting yesterday, dead today .

Money and politics, the Michigan primary result in the states leads to thought ...

refitman wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 6:31 am Good luck to your daughter Frog.

She had the same air temperature, but the water was warmer
1.9km swim over, now well into the 90km cycling and the half-marathon ...

Now to check if my car battery is dead or just not charging , the cheapo Chinese clamp ammeter not used for many years !

8° just now and sporting daughter is set for a 8AM triathlon, postponed from end of June because of the heat wave ...

The reservoir which supplies parts of San Juan city is very low,
'Rationing begins tomorrow' .
Yesterday little sister was getting ready --
Went to Econo to buy drinking water and two additional buckets to store water. They say it will be 48 hours without water, then one day with water, etc
Went ...

Morning !

My memory for names is not what it was, and sometimes too there is perhaps some deliberate erasure ? So I had to look up the name of the Tory culprit for the failed 70% privatisation of the Probation Service between 2014 and 2021.
One consequence --
At March 2025, there were 5,636 ...

Looking over the Ocean, I do wonder if any of the Labour parliamentary Faithful ever wonder if they've been weak in caving to the UK Israel lobby ?

Desperately unwise .

I see the BoD and the CST (Community Security Trust IIRC) have been proudly announcing how many antisemitic attacks they have ...

In total, fundraising committees known as super PACs spent almost $70m in a bid to prevent El-Sayed from winning. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) spent $30m, with the remainder of the money representing interests including oil, tobacco and private healthcare firms, according to ...

Refit wins the First Lol of the Day with that Farage tweet !

There's also this -



For Zia Yusuf who envisions the biggest naval event since WW2 ....

does he know how many ships took part on the 6th of June 1944 ?

No rain in the end, but unforecastedly HOT, so I skived

Good one on Ceuta --



As usual the youtube thumbnail is rubbish !

gilsey wrote: Tue Aug 04, 2026 9:33 am]Not for long.[/b]

I finished one small wood-shelter, now filling it up with the driest logs from the terrace .

It's going to rain any minute so off to do a final barrowload before it does !

Environmentally sustainable assistance for ICE --

One detail which must have been thought through --

How many people commute into London from outside?
Around 722,000 people travelled from outside London into London to work with over 350,000 of these travelling into Central London. Over 1.5 million people commuted to Central London altogether ...

" Quick, hide the means of production ! "

I wasn't aware of this --

Poland’s example was especially compelling. When its government sought greater control over the judiciary, Polish judges put on their robes and marched through Warsaw. Judges from across Europe joined them in what became the March of 1,000 Robes.

Then they left their ...

Went outside to do a very little hacking of small clumps of thick and deeply - rooted grass with a mattock.

Gave up further work after a successful few minutes, breathless ...
well it is 31 in the shade, AGAIN 🙂

I'm tidying up some ramshackle constructions close to the cottage to take this ...

So it is possible to tell That Lobby to FO a "short" --

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/THuQFjMWc04

Another short one , a great contradictory oerformance by Trump's UN Ambassador --

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A6GHvUcenGs

Too thick to realise that he's just said he should be in prison ...