Needless to say, on this morning in which some looney turned the clocks back an hour, I am all over the place. Even so, I will endeavour to keep all my faithful readers supplied with the wit and wisdom of Cpl. Duff - don't say it!
Brexit - the 'clincher'! For all those who still cling to their soppy-soft love for the EU - and yes, that includes you, 'SoD'! - the tin-pot dictators of Brussels have shown the mailed fists that hide beneath their soft kid gloves. The European Court of Human Rights (no sniggering because that's probably an offence as well!) have now proclaimed that critical comments aimed at Islam and/or Islamists are verboten! An Austrian lady who gave two seminars on Islam including the information, as written in the Koran, that Mohammed married a 6-year old girl and consummated it when she was 9-years old, was fined. The ECHR has now extended that decision and it has forbidden any critical Islamic commentary whether it is true or false. You can read all about it at The National Review.
We'd be better off with Dogberry and his pals: Or, to put it another way, the Police Force should be locked up! As always, Peter Hitchens says it all so much better than I ever could:
Many of us who have had dealings of one kind or another with the modern police suspect that, if we go to them, they will probably manage to mess up the case, ably assisted by the CPS, while also giving our full personal details to the suspect.
Even if they get it right, the criminal will be ‘spared jail’ by a feeble judge. Simpler to let it go.
And by coincidence, The Mail reports today that three police officers involved in the Stephen Lawrence case of 25-years ago are to be interviewed under caution for possible misconduct in public office. It carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment but I strongly advise you not to hold your breath!
More Mohammed: Dammit, I have only just stumbled on Douglas Murray's article on the 'Cocklecarrots' who sit on the ECHR who have forbidden us all from being rude about Mohammed and his 'religion'. His final paragraph says it all and I, for one, endorse it:
For my own part I don’t care a jot for the ruling of the ECHR and will continue to say what I like when I like. I trust that across Europe many other people will respectfully reserve the right to do the same.
Ok, I surrender! Well, I have just read the latest review of Max Hastings' monumental history of the Vietnam wars - and yes, there was more than just one of them. I have resisted buying it, despite the 'rave reviews', because I am still plodding my way through The Story of England by Sir Roy Strong and I have only just reached the Georgian period, er, not that it isn't a terrific read but there's a lot of it! Anyway, I have just read the review of Hastings' book in The American Spectator by Roger Kaplan and I have decided to give it a go. I will have to buy a hard-back edition because I suspect there is will be several maps and whilst I worship my Kindle it's just not very good with maps. Of course, if my ever-lovin' son reads this perhaps he will save his dear, old Dad a few quid by buying me a copy for Christmas!
Alas and alack: I lunched not wisely but too well! A short break will be required to allow me to rise up to the seventh level of inner awareness. When I descend, I will re-join you.
We're doomed, I tell you, doomed! According to WUWT, 'The Graun' is cutting back on its global warming blog spots mainly run by Dana Nuccitelli, a West Coast nutjob prophet of 'The End is Nigh' because of AGW. 'Little Georgie Moonbat' was unavailable for comment - so not all bad then!
Sorry, had to pop over to Mexico: Thank God for my private jet that whisked me across the Atlantic to Mexico so that I could cheer (Sir) Lewis Hamilton on to his World Championship victory! (Well, dammit, a man may dream, may he not?) Jolly good show, (Sir) Lewis!
No more rumbles today
The mind fairly boggles. Fourteen hundred years Islam has been trying to enforce its totalitarian ideology and spread it across Europe. No ifs, no buts, no exclusions. You're in or your dead.
Read the bits in their so called holy books on what to do with Jews to understand their ideas on religious tolerance.
The west is fast coming to the point where it has to make up its mind whether the liberal western civilization is worth saving or not.
Just as well I don't live in Europe or I'd be in real trouble. Britain will be well off out of the clutches of the [choke] European Courts.
Posted by: AussieD | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 10:14
I read that disgraceful 'bow to Sharia' statement by that 'court'. Chilling!
"I trust that across Europe many other people will respectfully reserve the right to do the same." I have a feeling that when the weight comes down, 'respectfully' will have no part in it.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 12:01
Our being signed up to the ECHR is entirely separate from our membership of that German customs union thingie which we voted to leave. Theresa May is on record that we ought to leave the ECHR's jurisdiction regardless of the referendum result, because she stamped her little kitten heel when she found it difficult to deport some rabble-rousing Islamic types back to Crapistan when she was Home Secretary. But don't hold your breath. Our liberal elite love European legal institutions because they protect anti-British traitors and illegal immigrants, and also because they provide so much lucrative work for London "human rights" lawyers.
Posted by: Whyaxye | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 14:43
("human rights" lawyers") There are people who believe our rights must come from these lawyers.
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 15:20
try kindle on your computer. works pretty well and screen is better for maps and stuff.
Posted by: augustr | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 15:39
"We'll all be rooned", said Hanrahan.
He knew what he was talking about.
Posted by: Andra | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 19:39
Per your comment on Carpenter's site; no, David, there is no god and the SSL trap isn't impenetrable.
Posted by: Bob | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 20:50
SoD, you might be interested to know that at least one browser bookmarked D&N with the 'www' prefix and that it appears that way on several search engines. Attempts to connect ran afoul of the security certificate on both the browser and at Cloudflare. I suspect Typepad has a problem with their SSL wildcard setup. There are ways around without knowing the correct URL, but it took a while to find one that worked.
Posted by: Bob | Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 21:26