I have that same flower ( can’t remember the name) in my front bed with echinacea and poppies and lavender and in the back perennial garden as well which I never seem to get to. It’s hot
And I guess the moral of the story is, when you send an unarmed petite women up against bigger men, a punch in the face is lucky compared to what else they could have done.
My fingers are firmly crossed that those boys will get convicted as they appear to have been out of control. I have no idea about what happened on the flight from Dubai where their mother took offence at the man they assaulted in Starbucks, but headbutting him wasn't the way to handle it. He didn't want to press charges but it was on CCTV and that was what led the police to make the arrest and the brothers to behave badly and then accuse the police of overreach. Also should they be convicted, if they do have previous or not.
I just watched the Clarkson's Farm episode where he makes a mess of wilding part of his land. I am glad (and not surprised) that your efforts have been successful.
That was a very impressive shot by your husband! 🤣 Enjoy your cricket watching.
I had not realized there was talk of America Olympics? for the 250th. Perhaps if they use real amateurs or high schoolers, it will be fun. But, I've lived in four states and really only support Detroit teams. This seems like an odd choice.
Try 20/20 aka the pyjama game because they are not wearing the cricketing whites. It is 20 overs each way. (An over is 6 balls legitimately bowled) Occasionally a bowler bowls a wide or oversteps the mark.
The Indian audience for cricket is really what drives the sport these days.
Test matches are 5 days long and sort of for the purist.
I suspect you can find some cricket on YouTube. The thing is that they are making runs and things are happening.
I've never been a fan of all the latter day social phobia labeling. But if you are a citizen of the West and you don't have some wariness of Islam, and thus Muslims, you are a fool. I think it was Douglass Murray who described Islam as a 7th Century Necrophilic Death Cult. He'd be correct. Everywhere Muslims start appearing in numbers ends up with clearly anti-Western problems. Islam as an ideology is utterly at odds with the foundations of Western culture. My own sense is that the Islam we see metastasizing in the West is not the sort of religious thinking that the American Founders had in mind with religious freedom when the 1st Amendment (it was the Church of England which was being addressed) was adopted. I haven problems with Burqua banning, etc. I'd ban public prayers, especially when the Muzzies try to take over streets. Or public calls to prayer.
It is a huge question of -- when does a philosophical belief become incompatible with Western tolerance and democracy? I have no problem with describing Islam in general as a religion or a set of philosophical beliefs which provide a method for living. It gives some sort of comfort to 2 billion people globally and sometimes it is whatever gets you through the night (but please don't expect me to believe in it as I don't) sort of thing.
However, I have a huge problem with political Islamism which seeks to convert (by force if necessary) and subjugate. In order to exist in the West, those particular beliefs must be rejected and something more like the Sufi notion of the divine creed (which also preach religious toleration) adopted. It was a reaction to the notion of the Divine Creed in the 17th century which started the hadiths against Jews, Christians etc which the political Islamists seem to love.
The problem with banning the burqa is that it then becomes a symbol of resistance and defiance -- see Türkiye circa 2008/9 when they lifted the general public ban as it had become unenforceable. We were visiting Istanbul just before the ban was lifted and there were a number of women wearing the burka, daring the police to arrest them. <huge eyeroll>. It is education and the mosques need to be forceful in their denunciation of political Islamism as the toleration of the unacceptable starts there.
I have that same flower ( can’t remember the name) in my front bed with echinacea and poppies and lavender and in the back perennial garden as well which I never seem to get to. It’s hot
And I guess the moral of the story is, when you send an unarmed petite women up against bigger men, a punch in the face is lucky compared to what else they could have done.
Scabious. It is a brilliant wildflower.
My fingers are firmly crossed that those boys will get convicted as they appear to have been out of control. I have no idea about what happened on the flight from Dubai where their mother took offence at the man they assaulted in Starbucks, but headbutting him wasn't the way to handle it. He didn't want to press charges but it was on CCTV and that was what led the police to make the arrest and the brothers to behave badly and then accuse the police of overreach. Also should they be convicted, if they do have previous or not.
Chain them in the tower.
Hello Northumberland! Good to see You again. Another fine roundup.
I don't think much of CfMM. But I really admire Lord Young and his efforts. I surely hope Gareth Peirce loses her case in favor of PA.
Norman Tebbit sounds like quite a character.
Beautiful pics of the comma butterfly and Paddy. Good luck on the writing.
TY, Michelle, yet once again.
Always a pleasure to see you JT.
No I don't think much of CfMM but was surprised at how much influence they have. Toby Young is really working hard on all fronts.
I was so pleased to see the comma as they remain quite rare in Northumberland.
I just watched the Clarkson's Farm episode where he makes a mess of wilding part of his land. I am glad (and not surprised) that your efforts have been successful.
That was a very impressive shot by your husband! 🤣 Enjoy your cricket watching.
I had not realized there was talk of America Olympics? for the 250th. Perhaps if they use real amateurs or high schoolers, it will be fun. But, I've lived in four states and really only support Detroit teams. This seems like an odd choice.
I find it hard to watch a baseball game on TV so I haven’t tried cricket 😂
I used to work with a lot of IT types from India. Those guys were cricket fanatics in the truest sense of the word!
Thanks as always Michelle!
Try 20/20 aka the pyjama game because they are not wearing the cricketing whites. It is 20 overs each way. (An over is 6 balls legitimately bowled) Occasionally a bowler bowls a wide or oversteps the mark.
The Indian audience for cricket is really what drives the sport these days.
Test matches are 5 days long and sort of for the purist.
I suspect you can find some cricket on YouTube. The thing is that they are making runs and things are happening.
Great reading as usual - listening to the cricket as I type.
The match is poised. Fingers massively crossed but India are excellent.
I've never been a fan of all the latter day social phobia labeling. But if you are a citizen of the West and you don't have some wariness of Islam, and thus Muslims, you are a fool. I think it was Douglass Murray who described Islam as a 7th Century Necrophilic Death Cult. He'd be correct. Everywhere Muslims start appearing in numbers ends up with clearly anti-Western problems. Islam as an ideology is utterly at odds with the foundations of Western culture. My own sense is that the Islam we see metastasizing in the West is not the sort of religious thinking that the American Founders had in mind with religious freedom when the 1st Amendment (it was the Church of England which was being addressed) was adopted. I haven problems with Burqua banning, etc. I'd ban public prayers, especially when the Muzzies try to take over streets. Or public calls to prayer.
It is a huge question of -- when does a philosophical belief become incompatible with Western tolerance and democracy? I have no problem with describing Islam in general as a religion or a set of philosophical beliefs which provide a method for living. It gives some sort of comfort to 2 billion people globally and sometimes it is whatever gets you through the night (but please don't expect me to believe in it as I don't) sort of thing.
However, I have a huge problem with political Islamism which seeks to convert (by force if necessary) and subjugate. In order to exist in the West, those particular beliefs must be rejected and something more like the Sufi notion of the divine creed (which also preach religious toleration) adopted. It was a reaction to the notion of the Divine Creed in the 17th century which started the hadiths against Jews, Christians etc which the political Islamists seem to love.
The problem with banning the burqa is that it then becomes a symbol of resistance and defiance -- see Türkiye circa 2008/9 when they lifted the general public ban as it had become unenforceable. We were visiting Istanbul just before the ban was lifted and there were a number of women wearing the burka, daring the police to arrest them. <huge eyeroll>. It is education and the mosques need to be forceful in their denunciation of political Islamism as the toleration of the unacceptable starts there.