Saturday [15 till close of play]

(1530) Updated 1846: no musical thing this evening after the fall of London, plus it’s Orthodox Resurrection time from about now until this time tomorrow … the bright spot in the weekend … plus some commemorations (plural) of my own … lighting a candle about 2030 later.

There will be blogging though, the beacon will be lit.

24.  Interesting, not surprising

23.  Stormy Daniels

Nothing new, just with some time to go back and explore an IYE pointer. I can't vouch for bona fides nor diss them ... this is what it is:

I spoke with Michael Avenatti who at one time had an office in the same building as one of my businesses in Newport Beach, CA (in November 2018, a few days after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, Avenatti's law firm was evicted from those same offices in Newport Beach after skipping $213,000 worth of rent payments.) Avenatti was working a long con against Tully’s Coffee and actor Patrick Dempsey. Avenatti Global Baristas, the parent company of the Tully's coffee chain that was founded by Michael Avenatti, had agreed to never again use the Tully's name, but Avenatti was lying. He wanted to use my trademark attorney Rod Underhill to take control of the Tully’s Coffee name and trademarks. I learned later it was yet another attempt to extort money from Keurig Green Mountain. In any case, Avenatti shared details of his client Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, case and the fact that her and Michael Cohen were actually having an affair since 2006. The whole hush money scheme was cooked up by Michael Cohen to extort the Trump Organization before the 2016 election. Avenatti seemed pleased at how deviant Michael Cohen was.

22.  Peter Whittle

“Many good people genuinely ask how a mayor with this record could get elected. Even taxi drivers who usually have their ear to the ground have asked me over the past month - ‘surely he can’t get in again?’ To which I would say: you’ve got to wise up. His victory was never in doubt because people vote along cultural lines now. Issues such as knife crime, police behaviour and Ulez ultimately don’t matter ; they’re voting for him because of what he represents. London is now a majority minority city. At the last census it was down to 37% white British, and that is a transformation which has happened in 25 years. Extraordinary and unprecedented. Khan will have had the vote of ethnic minorities as well as the young ,liberal white woke who set the cultural agenda of the city. In other words, exactly like New York. That’s the reality.”

21.  Solar twas always to be like this

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ive-been-totally-ghosted-after-install-solar-panels-become-maintenance-nightmare

“The green new deal and switch to "alternative' energy looks like it's going exactly as planned: costing the taxpayer trillions of dollars and generally pissing everybody off.

That was the case with a number of solar panel owners who are now finding it difficult to get their panels serviced, according to WBAL TV.”

20.  Also this 👇🏻

19.  This 👇🏻

18.  Steve

War Room snippets...

a.  Paul Ingrassia On Lawfare: "No One Has Seen Anything Like This Before" | https://rumble.com/v4t3ciz-paul-ingrassia-on-lawfare-no-one-has-seen-anything-like-this-before.html

b.  Declan Hurley Details The Sharia Supremacy Madness At The University Of Chicago | https://rumble.com/v4t3edn-declan-hurley-details-the-sharia-supremacy-madness-at-the-university-of-chi.html

c.  Erik Prince: "There's Layers Of Fat Upon Layers Of Fat Surrounding The Pentagon" | https://rumble.com/v4t2cni-erik-prince-theres-layers-of-fat-upon-layers-of-fat-surrounding-the-pentago.html

d.  Ben Harnwell: The Great "America First" Movement — MAGA — Is Authentically Bipartisan | https://rumble.com/v4t2bl6-harnwell-the-great-america-first-movement-maga-is-authentically-bipartisan.html

17.  London has fallen

This statement is as good as any I’ve seen:

16.  DAD

Racism in the Scottish Parliament. From 4m56 onwards   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUCFDzzZLKI   

Also from the Leader of the Labour Party.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDxSxHTmuXM

15.  Richard Beckinsale (1947-79)

By James Long, Financial Officer, on Quora:

He was a star in the 70s on UK television and was in the process of hitting the big time.

He made his first tv appearance in 1969 playing a junior policeman in Northern English working-class soap opera, Coronation Street.

During the 70s, he was a very busy man with a lot of work coming his way.

His most famous role was in the comedy Porridge (1974–77) playing Lenny Godber, the cell-mate of the lead character (Norman Stanley) Fletcher or “Fletch” played by the legendary Ronnie Barker (1929–2005). He would reprise the role for the spin-off “Going Straight” (1978) where both Fletcher and Godber were out of prison and attempting to stay within the law.

Memorably, he had to perform in a different regional English accent to his own but it was still pretty good.

On “the other side” (ITV) during the same period as Porridge, he played medical student Alan Moore in Rising Damp.

He had also appeared in some small movies.

In November 1977, he was the subject of This is your life (UK) at just 30 years old. His daughter Kate made her entertainment debut appearing as a guest at just four years old

Late 1978 and early 1979 saw worries on his part regarding his health. A check-up for health insurance for a film in early 1979 found no issues and he was insured.

In March 1979, whilst his wife was in hospital for a routine operation and his daughter Kate was looked after by friends, he reported feeling unwell after attending two parties on a Saturday night (non-alcohol related) and a first-read for an episode of a show he was in on the Sunday. According to colleagues, he bought up the subject of fearing death which was unusual behaviour on his part.

On Monday 19th March 1979, when he hadn’t turned up to rehearsals for his show, the producers called his house. The friends looking after Kate were back at the house and answered the phone and found he hadn’t woken up and must have overslept. Upon entering his room, they found he was unresponsive in his bed. They called a doctor and soon after arrival, Beckinsale was pronounced dead. He was 31 years old. He’d had a massive heart-attack.

Although he had been a fit man before, he noticed his cholesterol wasn’t right and had been trying to improve it.

Much of the entertainment business in Britain, as well as the public, was stunned by his premature death. A lot of his showbiz friends were older than him and many were not careful with their health.

There has been many memorials, plaques, dedications in the 45 years since his death and Porridge is frequently repeated on television.

He was a British star, dearly loved but cruelly robbed before he truly hit the big time.

His elder daughter Samantha from his first marriage (and who looked like him) was also an actress but mostly in the UK.

Kate is frequently interviewed about him (he has been noticed in the US significantly in recent years) but sadly has to state the sad fact she was only five when he died. Since his death, many former colleagues said/still say how much they adored him and the memories of working with him. Kate does like to watch the old shows he was in to see for herself his fame before/after she was born.