Afternoon music
It seems to be an even-money chance as to whether Havana will fall down by reason of lack of maintenance first (or be bombed by Trump, then invaded).
I assessed that waste of space, Steve Hilton, years ago on the blog:
See also:
Demographic replacement of Brits by non-whites, and the Brits even have to pay for it. Or do they? In a few years, we shall see.
Late tweets
[“It’s important to understand that the “Israel lobby” though important is a comparatively minor element of the power projection of the Zionist movement – a Jewish supremacist global social movement.
As we see here (below) the Zionists “success in developing a range of artificial-intelligence-enabled military technologies is underpinned by tie-ups with commercial entities, from Israeli start-ups to Palantir and big-tech corporations including Amazon, Google and Microsoft.”
But that in itself – the ability to genocide the Levant – is only one element of the power projection afforded. The AI/Tech nexus is referred to by Netanyahu as Pax Silica, meaning an emergent global power. The role that the weaponisation of AI/Tech plays in surveillance in scores of countries is also a key element of this.
That power is leveraged also by
*the international work of the Mossad,
*Unit 8200,
*the Jewish (supremacist) billionaire class (and their Shabbos Goy enablers – Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel and many more),
*the radicalisation into genocidal Jewish supremacy produced by the Zionist movement; and
*the widespread infiltration of key posts in the economic, political, legal, media and national security architecture of Western countries by Jewish supremacists.
The other day (in his famous six-fingered speech) Netanyahu referred to the Zionist entity as becoming a “superpower”. He was not joking.“]
The whole lot has to go. Alles vernichtet.
Late music
Ian Robert Millard 
A moment of beautiful culture.
Laurence Olivier – Shakespeare Sonnet 116 – ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds’
https://youtu.be/ukKxDIzJFrM?si=9gLzBT6p5bXG8TqJ
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand’ring bark,
Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.
Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out ev’n to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov’d,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d.
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Is this true? If it is, the Iranians now have a good reason to consider the UK as an enemy.
RAF shoots down Iranian drones over Middle Eastern countries to protect British allies, interests
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Claudius:
“British allies“, meaning the useless wastes of space called Gulf Arabs.
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You have a way with words… “the useless wastes of space called Gulf Arabs.” HAHAHAHAHA
Still, the question remains, will the Iranians consider this British “intervention” an act of war? I assume those British fighters took off from bases in the UAE.
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Claudius:
Thank you.
I imagine that the Iranians will prefer not to officially consider the British military actions as “acts of war”, but of course are well aware that the Gulf Arabs are tied-in with Anglo-American interests.
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Yes, I think the same. However, this proves what an idiot Starmer-stein is. One day he is against Trump and the next day he is licking his boots. Really shameful. What a despicable man!
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Claudius:
For me, the remarkable thing about Starmer-stein is that he is both dishonest and clueless…
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Yes, I have to say that I cannot believe how a thicko like him managed to become a successful barrister; the only explanation I can find is that his professional progress was due to political intrigue and back-stabbing. I cannot imagine him making a brilliant speech and winning a difficult case, as we see in some films.
I noticed that, “After being called to the Bar, Starmer worked predominantly in criminal defence, specialising in human rights.” (Wikipedia) That would explain his rise, defending asylum seekers and riff-raff like that.
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Claudius:
There is a question of definition here, of course but, speaking generally, a “successful barrister” is, firstly, one in busy and successful chambers. A barrister in poor chambers, no matter his own merits, is rather like an aircraft on a broken-down airfield with little fuel and a damaged runway.
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Thank you very much for providing the right context. I have looked into a website for a definition of chambers within the British legal system and I found this one:
In the UK, chambers refer to the private offices of barristers, judges, or judicial officers. While barristers typically share chambers, they remain self-employed sole practitioners and do not form partnerships as solicitors do.
Are the British solicitors´ partnerships the equivalent of the American “law firm”? In Argentina, such parternship is called “a studio” and, like in the USA, it is known by the surnames of its members.
Another question. How does a barrister become a member of a “busy and successful” chamber? Is it a matter of family background or contacts, or a matter of talent and efficiency?
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Claudius:
Yes, the solicitors’ partnerships are somewhat similar to those American law firms; in fact the term is used in the UK too.
As to how to get into good chambers, there is no one answer. Some people are just obviously going to progress fast, and shine, and have the right academic or family background, right manner or demeanour, are of right age (ie under 25-30) etc. Others may just be lucky or “have a fortunate karma” or whatever. Others yet may just know an existing member of those chambers and so get in via that connection.
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Thank you very much. It is as I supposed it to be. A combination of factors, to which we must add the invisible hand of “Lady Luck”. Good or bad…
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