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Epstein - The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 26 December 2025; Hits: 472

2025-12-26

Is Christmas still a good time to bury bad news?

If the latest news from the FBI is anything to go by, then maybe so!

Although their inability to redact some of this stuff properly might be seen by some to pile conspiracy theory upon "conspiracy theory" ...

Certainly blaming "government incompetence" seems to be a favoured ploy in the UK, so why not elsewhere?

What two purposes might that indicate?

The Darkness Before the Dawn

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 25 December 2025; Hits: 489

2025-12-25

I'm not qualified to comment on this, as I didn't have to contend with such evil in my childhood.

But I trust Cyntha's viewpoint.

But I do have a short homily to put forward for consideration ... which I hope may be helpful.

I think that to be OK with others we must first be OK with our as-yet-imperfect selves, and realise that (quite contrary to the teachings of the so-called Christian Churches that hold that we are all dreadful sinners and have to earn forgiveness of "God" - or perhaps actually of the Church on the Church's terms - sale of "indulgences" anyone? - "By their fruits shall ye know them" ... How do we know if "God" has forgiven us anyway? We need some clarity here).

Back to the point - we must first be OK with our as-yet-imperfect selves, and we likewise have to be OK with others and their imperfections. We are all where we are, but at different stages on life's journey. We should consider and treat everyone the same as we treat ourselves.

Then we can move forward on a common basis without the undue guilt (so beloved of the Churches) and work on our imperfections as best we can - even if only one at a time. What's done is done - unless reparation is practical, just recognise the fact, correct the attitude that led to it, and move on. Jacob Marley we should not become - if we do, it is by our own choice! Learn to let go.

But wouldn't that be to forgive ourselves?! Shock Horror! But unless we are little children, we are adults. We should discard the notions of "sin" and "guilt" with which the Churches trick us into the helplessness that comes from the implied demand for perfection.

Instant perfection is not given to us - but our direction of travel is within our own gift.

"Judge not that thou be not judged" - (NB: "Judge not others ... " is clearly implied here!) but do be aware of your own imperfections and work on them, one at a time as necessary. If only everyone took this to heart, the world would be a better place.

(But what about people who are unfit to be let out? I'll leave that as an exercise for my readers)

So "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" thus applies to one's own evils, as well the evils of others! Come to terms with them, not as sins to be punished, but as attitudes to be corrected.

To those that say that I am in conflict with Christian teachings and must be mistaken (or worse!), I say that my homily is consistent with Christ's (reported) teachings, and the Creator gave every one of us a magnificent organ between our ears that it would be the height of discourtesy not to use to the fullest extent.

What other defence do we have against the dark powers?

Trust your own judgement.

Perfection is probably not something that we humans can achieve in this world. But the direction of travel is achievable.

Rule of Law Over - Rule by Arbitrary "Authority" Firmly in Place?

Details: Category: Legal; Published: 24 December 2025; Hits: 76

2025-12-24

The question mark at the end of the title is wearing rather thin nowadays.

Martin Geddes in his quest to establish the lawfulness of the Single Justice Procedure has been trying to get some confirmations from the High Court that the court naming conventions (if that's what they can be called) are often unlawful.

All this arose from his "conviction" by the Single Justice Procedure for a "parking offence" which he disputed.

With his background in IT (computers are nothing if not logical, so IT people who work with computers must work entirely with evidence and logic if they wish to solve IT problems).

Unfortunately the Justice System in the UK apparently hasn't kept up with the times in this regard ... even though it does make use of IT for administrative purposes.

So he recently submitted two legal requests to the High Court (after exhausting other channels), one for Judicial Review to confirm the law (still outstanding but if precedent has any relevance it will probably be rejected unheard) and one to stay the sentencing for his disputed conviction pending the outcome of the other.

" ... the system no longer requires coercive acts of the state to flow from personally attributable judicial acts with demonstrable authority ... "

" ... authority is assumed systemically, inferred from abstract frameworks rather than evidenced by traceable decisions ... "

In other words, not founded in actual law.

The verdict is not in as the Court has refused a hearing.

So we remain for now in no-mans-land, where the Justice system offers no redress against judgements by unqualified courts. Perhaps any quasi-authoritative charlatan (a local authority for example?) could therefore take advantage, set up an entirely bogus "court" "prosecute" and "convict" people or produce "court orders" on wholly specious grounds?

If we cannot trust the Courts to comply with the law, then whom can we trust?

Are Russian Assets Fair Game for the EU-UK Coalition?

Details: Category: Defence; Published: 24 December 2025; Hits: 435

2025-12-24

Some say yes, but what do the lawyers say?

Does it matter what the lawyers say?

"Many readers will now argue that this is unfair and unworkable, but in this thought experiment, we are merely applying the same standards that the EU, Switzerland, and the US have applied to Russia"

Quite so.

Iran, According to an Iranian

Details: Category: Free Citizen; Published: 22 December 2025; Hits: 73

2025-12-22

Seyed Mohammad Marandi puts forward his view of his home nation's treatment by western media.

Well, it makes a change from being invited on everyone else's talk shows to talk about the perpetual war with Israel.

"In the first episode of Demystifying Iran, we break apart the dominant myths that shape the world’s understanding of the Islamic Republic"

Part one of several then ... let's hope that in future episodes he will centre on providing an overview of the reality of life in Iran in all its variety, both because of, and in spite of, external "influences".

(23 minutes)

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