After the Time piece, what do you do for an encore?
Not much appears to be going on. Living Legends came and went without fanfare ... what's the next event? Super Bowl - Sunday February 11th? Oscar's - March 10th? In the mean time, some things are still rolling along in various starts and stops like Samantha's law suit. Or tax season is about to begin in the US. The IRS just never goes away. Nor do bills (utility, cable, mortgage, food, cars, security, landscape people, cleaning people, koi person and so on). There's always another one. Elsewhere others just continue to glide forward without a real hint of being disrupted by some news out of California. That would be the new King and Queen or the Prince/Princess of Wales. Yes there are health risks which seemed to come out of nowhere. But. The difference is that these people are calmly living their lives with minimal drama.
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Read the article you daft cow, I was quoting it.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
Thomas now claimed that reporter Dylan Howard and photographer Jeff Reiner were part of the “plan to ruin the wedding” he was brought in.
Channel 7 apologized and removed all versions of the interview as the clip aired.
Is the UK being signalled to about H? In the reporting of the Prince Philip tribute programme, H seems to be singled out above all the other descendants - they get a mention almost an an afterthought.
Now it's Philip's comment to H about `coming back alive 'from Afghanistan that's being flagged up first - eg on Radio 4 8am News this morning. I expect many of us are thinking, `Well, despite what H says, he certainly took good care to keep out of the line of fire - hmmm'.
Is this code for `We want him back alive from the US as well? That is, alone? Get used to it'.
BTW Hikari - comparing/contrasting St A's with Ox & Cam is `Apples and pears' - it's a very different student experience.
St A's is tiny, the other 2 are huge. Also, I don't know if St A's has been put under the sort of pressure from the Left that O & C have been. That is, pressure to `sell' themselves in areas where few youngsters ever had Higher Education. They are expected to make allowances for social background. Also, Scottish Highers exam results may be a better indicator of future success than today's A-levels are. O & C colleges are thinking of introducing their own entrance exams once more.
Then again, Highers are more general and are done a year earlier than A levels, so Scottish undergraduate courses last 4 years not 3.
The cities themselves are very different - I'm familiar with them all. O & C were always bustling places and the city centres would be packed on a Saturday - but the last time we were in C one could hardly move for tourists as well. Not at all pleasant.
Finally, and probably most important, Scottish undergraduates have a very good chance of getting public financial support for their fees, a courtesy not expended to undergraduates from England studying north of the Border. Down here, we have the lousy `Student Loan' system.
Of course, Scottish undergraduates are happier!
What a charming name. It really suits you!
I DID read the article - and it's written in gobbledygook!!!
YOU go and watch the video... and HEAR what they actually say...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eyOBjukp9I
The meme was one of the best so far! 😄
Also, thank you for the article from The National Review. We need more like this.
Thank you for the link 🤣https://twitter.com/Murky__Meg/status/1439244416959619075
Very funny and so apt! If only someone could show H.
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It was the moving eyebrows that did it for me! 😅
I'm sure the Harkles scour the internet, so the chances of H seeing it are pretty high I would suspect! 😁
Yes, the eyebrows, definitely, and also the mouth moving in sync with the words, which are so apt. In fact, I just wish TBW would see it, not just H. She'd go absolutely ballistic 😆
https://mobile.twitter.com/Benioff/status/1439326484624134145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1439349240938049541%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=
Their major PR boost for September has kind of backfired, hasn't it? But September is not over yet, so maybe there will be more entertainment from them!
Oh gosh, yes! 😄
Apart from the stream of expletives... crockery and whatever else she could get her claws on would be flying right, left and centre!
I also wonder if she'd have any hair extensions left? I would imagine she'd pull them all out in rage! 😅
As for Harry - he'd be hiding in the basement at this point! 😆
Even the owner of Time is joining everyone in mocking the Sussexes.
Crikey! 😲 What a kick in the teeth for them! *sniggers*
From The Crowns Of Britain blog. Yes, she is back!
https://thecrownsofbritain.com/blog-posts/
https://mobile.twitter.com/CajunRoyalFan/status/1439349240938049541/photo/1
Thanks for the latest from The Crowns Of Britain blog. That's got to be one of the funniest yet... she's on fire! 😂😅😂
Thus giving her the sponge bob look. And making it physically uncomfortable to close her legs.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Markled321/status/1439354625484787713
If so, I'm sure it'll be properly announced with no subterfuge and no murky BW photos . . .
The owner of Time Magazine also owns Saleforce which heavily invested in BetterUp. My guess is that the Time cover was part of the deal for Harry’s association with BetterUp.
https://dishonestduchess.tumblr.com/
You may remember that H joined BetterUp as their 'Chief Impact Officer'.
'As a member of the BetterUp executive team, Prince Harry will expand on the work he’s been doing for years, as he educates and inspires our community and champions the importance of focusing on preventative mental fitness and human potential worldwide.' (Alexi Robichaux, CEO)
You're on top form today! The latest meme with H in a hairdressing salon is hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣
I think she has an issue with closing her legs, but it's not physical. It's from force of habit. They are stuck in that position.
I'm thinking that he's not a good match for this commission.
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The Aspen Institute’s six-month commission will study and deliver recommendations on
how to combat the misinformation crisis.
Prince Harry will be one of 15 commissioners leading a study of misinformation at the Aspen Institute’s new Commission on Information Disorder
“There is a human cost to this relentless propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious,”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/03/24/prince-harry-joins-aspen-institute-misinformation-commission-following-media-struggles-with-meghan/?sh=4c7e20be51cc
For her, it would be like she's listening to a kindergartener sound out his letters.
I can't fathom what he would have to say to Katie Couric that she would find of interest. Can you see the look on her face as he spouts his nonsense?
I read the suggestion somewhere that the cover is a pic of the lookalikes they've used before. Perhaps that's why I thought H was wearing blue lenses - his eyes were too bright to be natural...
THERESA LONGO FANS
@BarkJack
Call it "tunnel vision". Here's the thing, #MeghanMarkle is well aware of her low popularity. She does not care. Some who have worked with her say she's deluded in a world that revolves around one common subject: herself.
To clarify: There have certainly been times where Markle is "spitting, screaming, crying, fuming mad" over what is written about her online, indeed.
While the outbursts may suggest she does care, she moves fast. By all means "cares" are cast aside in a constant quest for infamy
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EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry was NOT keen to do the #TIME100Talks deal. He wanted “nothing to do with” filming \ #Time100, but was pressured to put on a united front by #MeghanMarkle.
We’re investigating WHY he didn’t want to do #TIME100Talks but can’t pinpoint that part yet. What we have got is evidence of what could be described as a tantrum, thanks to our close source.
The account is not excusively devoted to the Harkles, but if you scroll through there are some interesting posts about them.
At one time, we'd have assumed that wide-apart legs were a result of having spent a long time on horseback. In her case, though...
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Ha! I had the same thought. The gravity from being on her back as well. Lol.
Hairy has no concept of work, so it will be like his other "jobs," show up at first, then go on extended leave. I don't think he's capable of work, too much weed needs to be smoked.
Remember his phone conversation with "Greta Thunberg?" Yeah, he's a hamburger short of a Happy Meal.
"Ticking Clock" by Ira Rosen talks about the newscasters on "60 Minutes." Apparently Katie Couric was a complete lightweight when it came to interviews, and focused on inane subjects while interviewing world leaders. Hairy and Katie might find themselves compatible.
What can he possibly say that is of interest?
I have never had the impression that Couric was a “hard-hitting journalist. I have never been very impressed with her on TV. Too silly and vapid for my taste. I agree she and 6 might get along well!
shes always seemed slightly bow-leeged to me, but maybe she just has wide hips.
her (chicken) legs are extremely thin, i’ve read she thinks her ‘long, slim’ legs are one of her best features. yes and no, in some poses she has long slim legs, in other everyday shots, it’s 2 toothpicks holding up a sponge-bob body.
i think she has the wide stance because she wears the 5”-6” skinny f**k-me heels and needs it to stabilize & balance the sponge-body.
Agree with your analysis on the super high heels and TBW’s wide leg stance. I have also thought that’s why she clings to 6’s hand. She needs him to be able to walk in those stripper heels. Not to mention her possessive nature. “He’s mine!”
Yes, they are both hazbeens! She always appears to be a very false persona to me. Since the PH persona as we thought we knew him was as a PR creation (a la Edward Lane Fox), 6 is a false persona, too. They will probably get along well.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 just advertising
Hopefully this link works!
Someone did a graphic that summarizes all the causes the Harkles have supported and how much they have atually donated.
In the world of philanthrophists, and whatever else they want to call themselves, they look like amateurs because that is what they are. Nothing wrong with that. But the image they keep pushing just does not match the reality.
Whatever psychological issues/disorders they have, they do seem to be each others' worst enemies.
Such bad timing for the Harkles. They could not have known about the virus when they headed for- Hollywood stardom by any means, but they certainly did not stay around long enough or establish a real long-term connection to portray themselves as royal in a positive way for most folks. Meghan never got her tiara moment (it was a bandeau at her wedding, not a tiara like the other senior royals wear), and Harry never got to knight anyone.
Mary Beard said something interesting about Julius Caesar last night on TV - wtte that assassination may have destroyed the man - but didn't get rid of him. He is `still with us' in so many ways. I'd add that that applies to Diana's death and its after-effects (which I believe was an easily-avoidable accident. I was going to say `stupid' accident but, as an A&E* nurse once said to me, `no accident is ever sensible'!)
* US `Emergency room'
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1493816/Princess-Beatrice-birth-daughter-statement-latest-Edoardo-Mapelli-Mozzi-Chelsea-hospital
Miggy, I saw that!
Congratulations to the newest member of the family.
My best wishes for a swift recuperation for your husband and thoughts and prayers for all of your family. I really hope you are over this difficult period very quickly.
Did Beatrice, in the times of the virus, start a new trend?
@MsDeb52
I do want to sound positive but in truth I am horrified that your husband has to go through such an ordeal. A few people at my clinic have an amputated leg. Two get around in a wheelchair but the third gets around astonishingly well with a pair of crutches. (None wear a prothesis.)
I do hope the operation and recovery go well, and that you have lots of practical support at home.
Interesting how much male energy he exudes, eh?
Unlike another male who is quite effeminate.
"I can't believe that Kensington Palace village idiot Harry has wound up with a typical Hollywood z-list basic bitch - the most cliched basic bitch who ever basic bitched - and a vicious, psychotic one at that.
There's so little to recommend her - she can't even look put together when she's given over 1 million dollars cash a year to spend on clothes. Can you imagine what Wallis would have been able to do with that?
This whole thing is completely unbelievable."
Sending you and Bob prayers and good wishes during this very stressful time.
A very sweet pic of James Middleton and his new bride kissing on a balcony after their wedding.
https://mobile.twitter.com/cambridgeroyall/status/1439815434455375874/photo/2
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10008395/Cedric-Entertainer-mocks-Harry-Meghan-hosting-duties-Emmys.html
Best wishes for a safe operation and good recovery for Bob and for much strength for you at this difficult time. Take care x
Ongoing prayers for Bob and for you. Please know we are all here for you.
Your both in my prayers as it's difficult just to deal with this added burden. I am so glad to know he's in a private room. Hugs to you both. The support nutties give to others is what makes this blog so special. And provide good laughs when it's the only laughs for your day.
"Harry tries to bury the hatchet by joining in BBC tribute for Prince Philip as he reveals he 'misses the duke’s cheekiness' and praises his 'adorable' relationship with the Queen"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10009291/Prince-William-says-Duke-used-lots-trouble-Queen.html
* Harry was always going to be included in this tribute as a grandson.
* Harry was alone when filming this, and had no need to have any kind of interaction with his family at all.
* Is Harry trying to say that the antics of him and TBW are just a bit of fun, just like his grandfather? If so, he seems to know nor understand little about his grandparents. Phillip played a supporting role because his wife is queen. Phillip acted rather than give pompous self-satisfied speeches, had little tolerance for BS, and knew that it was never about him. Phillip had intelligence, devoted his life to duty and honour, was loyal, was highly accomplished in everything he did, built and supported major initiatives and organisations. Harry's little speech exposes his own shallowness and barren life, which is the huge tragedy of this as he was on track for a very different life ...
Trying to find their names is like a game of Find Wally!
Britney Spears far outshines them for being famous for nefarious reasons!
@MsDebs52
Hugs and prayers for you and Bob,
and your family X
I’m watching Jack Whitehall
and his dad, hahaha!
Listening to “Duchess” podcasts
loving it.
A much needed mouthwash
from the fiendish foe.
Humor is a funny thing and often what makes it funny is context. Being around people who know the people it references might bring down the house. Being by oneself, no audience interaction may make a light hearted moment fall flat.
I suspect this is the kind of thing he is or was well known for saying privately. How it would be received within or outside the family - don't know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm4cYdQafYE
31:26 in length Well worth your time to watch
The 6s have three years to complete three films as per their contract. One year is up with nothing to show.
They were given a signing bonus of $5-10 million closer to the $5 million. Netflix thought they were a good risk and were hoping for access to the RF. All of this was coordinated with Oprah interview, James Cordon interview and Harry’s continued links to the Monarchy. Cracks started showing, of course, with the Oprah interview criticisms and lies revealed, the lack of movement on harkles part and now the booing at the Emmys. This initiates a lot of questions as to why Oprah was invited to the wedding, timing of their talks and Oprah coordinating deals with Netflix, Spotify, etc.
Someone in the comments thought Netflix was hoping they don’t come up with anything, break their contract and can get their $$$$ returned. Ha, ha. BTW, NETFLIX IS IN DEBT.
@MsDeb52. You and your husband are in my thoughts and prayer.
What happened? Yes, I know not only were they criticised for being on the list, but the covers, especially the one, was mocked worldwide and the memes and parodies spread like wildfire.
Surely they were included in the TV broadcast? Were they cut or did they ask to be cut? Or maybe it is a rumour and they have not been cut and we can look forward to more humour at the expense of the dastardly duo.
Do you think the penny has dropped in Montecito?
Rumours that they are featuring in the Disney birthday celebrations. She has always compared herself with Disney princesses so the connection for her is clear. Putting out wishes again? Something planned and will go ahead? Something planned but will be cancelled to 'protect the children'?
Thanks for sharing the tea. Very interesting.
On another note - i seem to remember some time back there were rumors that she was already moving on to someone else (I think there was speculation about someone at Netflix) and I think at some point there was also speculation about Mark benioff. Do we think that could be true? could explain the Time thing and the ButterUp for sure. The retweet of hairy the hair dresser video (we all said the photo made him look like the support act) certainly doesnt put Hairy in a good light but also could be a deflection from something going on. Just speculation of course
Lil Meg Hiding Blood
In or out, was always the doubt
All wondering the length of her stay
They didn’t think she’d make it
She’s good at faux, fake it
But known as a dame,
pay for play…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10012813/amp/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-demand-world-leaders-share-vaccine-New-York.html?__twitter_impression=true
This platform they use for publicity is very misleading, and shows just how shallow and stupid they are.
Context: I am in Africa, but what Westerners do not understand is that there are many parts of Africa that are prosperous and live in First World conditions. However, worldwide distribution of the vaccine requires a whole lot of things to be in place, and climbing onto stage and preaching to adoring crowds makes no difference whatsoever. These are some of the problems:
* Refrigeration. One needs a safe refrigerated storage space and transport for the vaccine. Much of Africa is rural. Not impossible, but difficult to distribute the vaccine to deep rural areas.
* Trained personnel to administer the vaccine. Public health systems are overloaded and clinics and hospitals are crowded and overworked.
* Really good admin systems to keep track of who gets the vaccine and booster shots, and to take care of distribution.
* Vaccine hesitancy. Yes, we have the Internet and poor people are not stupid. There are a lot of ant-vaccine people in Third World countries (I have a couple in my family). In one of the two areas in Cape Town where vaccine rate is very low, people are using Ivermectin as a preventative. (I wonder where they get it?)
* Budget and mutations. As I said, poor people are not stupid. But, the virus mutates so there is no point in ordering millions of doses of the vaccine without making sure it is effective. (South Africa passed on the first batch it ordered because the virus had mutated in the country but not in the rest of Africa - there is a continental committee that is co-ordinating the purchase and distribution of the vaccine in Africa.)
* Millions of doses of the vaccine have been donated to Third World countries. America has recently donated millions of doses to South Africa alone.
* Economics. Yes, First World countries are way ahead in vaccinating, but the reality is that First World economies must get back to firing on all cylinders like yesterday otherwise the whole world suffers. (A Scandanavian country did not lock down but its economy took a bashing anyway because we are all part of a global system.)
What exactly are the Harkles asking world leaders to do? Who are these world leaders? Give me the specifics please.
All this preaching and pontificating from two people who could not hold a p*** up in a brewery without making a complete mess of things.
'Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to make their first public trip since moving to California to broadcast from Central Park for Global Citizen Live event.
• Prince Harry, 37, and Meghan Markle, 40, set to make guest appearance at event
• Will attend Global Citizen Live on Saturday to campaign for vaccine equity
• Duke and Duchess will join the 24 global broadcast event live from New York'
. . .
'And according to the organisation's website, the couple will attend the event in New York on Saturday where they will 'continue their urgent work with world leaders in the pursuit of global vaccine equity to end the COVID-19 pandemic for everyone, everywhere.'
At least it's MM and not the DoS. Will they fly by private jet? I didn't realise they were doing 'urgent work with world leaders'. What a joke!More word salad and it's just to try and be relevant. It'll probably backfire as usual.
Vomid gave a hint that she was trying to get linked to the UN earlier in August when he said they were going to be more "visible".
And why would world leaders be meeting with the Harkles anyway?
She's enough to make a saint swear.
Yes, who are these world leaders?
@Girl With A Hat
So that is why they are heading to New York.
Please let them try and gate crash a photo op with a 'world leader' or claim meetings that didn't happen and then be called out. All for their own good because sometimes you really have to hit rock bottom in the worst way possible in order to surrender to the help you need!
Maybe they are going to stage a protest and hold up placards at the entrance as these world leaders arrive?
I am now bowing out
Thank you for
your kind thoughts.
Why are you leaving? Love reading your brilliant play with words.
Oh no! What happened? I hope you're ok and only leaving because you're fed up/bored with the 6s. You'll be sorely missed. You are one of the reasons I've managed to stay on this blog.
All the best and take care x
Thanks @Natalier@Maneki
I’m finding lockdown hard!
Your always on point literary contribution about the Hapless duo will be sorely missed. Your talent is exceptional.
I worked in book publishing for many years. In the hands of the right publisher (format, design), your poems about the duo would make a very valuable volume, and would stand the test of time as a collectors' item.
I could certainly see Charles and Camilla with a volume in their library!
Thank you Sandie,
Just so pissed off with riots going
on, not here, but!
don't go. You always make me laugh.
These past two years have really taken a toll and I'm not subjected to the lockdown you are.
But this is our way of escaping if you will, and your poems and contributions are a large part of it. You've certainly been here for all of us- remember we are here for you too.
Lockdown is hard and I know you can't travel to Old Blighty to see your mum. You'll be leaving a big void but perhaps we might see you again when things are better down under. Look after yourself x
I shall sorely miss you, m'dear. You've made such an important contribution to our deliberations and speculations over the time we've been doing our loyal duty to Queen and Country. We're probably all feeling a bit frayed around the edges from the battles of the last few years, wanting to pull our duvets over heads and stay in bed.
Your situation in Oz is particularly difficult, we know, I feel for you. (I couldn't help smiling at the report from NZ about a chap being arrested for trying to smuggle a consignment of KFC food into Auckland, in defiance of lockdown.) I know it's not the same, though.
In the UK we're now having to think about a very grim winter, with gas and food supply problems, thanks to our gas supply from elsewhere (no names, no pack drill!) being subjected to extortionate prices rises, which in turn affects the supply of industrial CO2 needed for all sorts of things such as `protective atmosphere' in food packaging and the humane slaughter of livestock.
It's heavily ironic that there's also trouble from protesters who want instant action to cut CO2 emissions. (Lack of central heating will at least reduce that problem).
That's in addition to the pandemic and the Harkles.
We'll desperately need something to laugh at so if you do find it in you to make the occasional quip online here, I'd be thrilled and delighted to know you are still in the land of the living and seeing the (very black) humour of the situation.
Shades of the char, Mona `Can I do you now, sir?' Lott from ITMA, saying morbidly, `It's being so cheerful as keeps me going.'
I looked for her on video but apart from one clip there was only this, perhaps the connecting idea was `keeping going when things are hard' :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo910HFpjxc
It's a poem by Matthew Arnold - don't be put off by the title. I wonder if it's the BVM speaking?
KBO. Let's hope it's the end of the beginning, even if it's not the beginning of the en, of our problems.
Website of Global Citizen, if you want to find out what it is about.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Citizen_(organization)
Better summary at Wikipedia!
It has the sort of goals I can support and think it is impressive. Here is my but ... I really do not like privileged entitled twats like the Harkles using it as a plaform and I hate the idea of celebrity concerts. It/they will change nothing and make no difference whatsoever. Nor will throwing a lot of money at the problem.
Free energy for all, sufficient nutritious food for all, adequate shelter for all is entirely possible but needs a fundamental mind shift and a revolution. That must come from the bottom, not from the elite.
Well, Soldier, you're a valiant Comrade in Arms and I hope that you'll return to the Front Line again, after suitable R&R.
You and all other struggling Nutties (that is, all of us!) are in my prayers.
The first time I went to a restaurant after some of the rules were lifted, I caught covid. I'm pretty sure that's when I caught it.
I’m hearing that lockdown in Oz is pretty grim. 😞 Nothing wrong from taking a break from the blog, but we really don’t want you to leave! 😯 You always bring laughs and lightness to the blog. 😍
Think of us in Blighty we could be looking at a cold and possibly dark with some food shortages…a pretty meagre winter! We don’t even have blue sunny skies to cheer us up. ☹️
Have a break, but please come back. ☺️
I showed up as unknown because for some reason my g mail account was switched to a different one of mine but that's me at 6:57PM! I think I have it straightened out now.
https://mg.co.za/article/2018-07-20-00-global-citizen-global-force-or-global-farce/
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/you-cant-fight-poverty-with-a-concert/
https://www.commentary.org/articles/bruce-bawer/the-global-citizen-fraud/
I also came across a lot of academic papers questioning the whole idea of 'global citizen'. And people who have worked for the organization criticise it for being very white and having too many 'chiefs' having too many meetings and not being very effective.
Thanks for the global citizen articles.
@Magatha
I will miss your wit and hilarious contributions to this blog. Please take care and I hope you come back! You will be sorely missed. I also second @Sandies idea of a published volume of your poems. They are so clever and witty.
@MsDeb52
Wishing the very best outcome for Bob and you. Take care.
I have to say that I think that the Australian lockdowns are not helpful. The virus is not going to go away. People can't be locked down forever. Where is the money coming from to maintain people in a non-working captive status for an undetermined period of time, maybe forever?
BUT we have even worse crap going on with our Federal government. I don't think it will be fixed peacefully.
For the next few weeks, I'm going to be very busy, and not looking quite so often, but I'l keep in touch with y'all (if you'll forgive a Limey for using the term), especially if anything mega happens.
Keep the faith.
God Save the Queen.
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Total Revenue: $5,488,969
Expenses:
Salaries, compensation & employee benefits: $3,042,126
Other Expenses: $1,575,415
Fellowship program (the "charitable" spending bit): $1,105,942 (of which $624,593 is "Fellow travel & accommodations" and only $481,349 is "Fellow training and stipends")
Total Expenses: $5,723,483
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Comment from LSA:
So... $481,349 spent on Fellowship program training and stipends out of total revenue of $5,488,969. That is pathetic.
A writer for Showbiz411 writes regular columns exposing Global Citizen.
Global Citizen DOES NOT give money to poor or hungry people. I don’t know why no one gets this. They spend money to PERSUADE governments or corporations to give money to those people. If the governments or corporations were helping poor or hungry people anyway, Global Citizen takes the credit.
Over the weekend, Global Citizen was involved with yet another idiotic concert to raise awareness, this time for vaccines. “VaxLive” starring JLo taped, hosted by Selena Gomez, featuring HER, J Balvin, Eddie Vedder, and Foo Fighters will air all over the place this Saturday.
But folks still don’t get it.
What Global Citizen doesn’t do is raise money for actual people. They spend all their money on the concerts, and their own salaries. Meanwhile, the people of the world continue to live in global poverty.
Maybe that’s why the group changed its name from Global Poverty. They had no intention of curing it.
Ex Prince Harry and Meghan rightly see Global Citizen as a grand PR opportunity. I mean, who doesn’t? Global Citizen is one of the great cons of all time, lip service written large.
They are indeed a "great con". And a perfect partner for the Harkles.
The first was an idea borrowed from China (who released the menace on the world). It made sense as we were not prepared and knew nothing about spread, mutations, treatment.
Now, in my opinion, facism is running rampant.
Herd immunity is not possible with this virus. Vaccines do give some protection against serious illness and death for a limited period for those who want it. Wearing a mask and using sanitizer and avoiding crowded places and enclosed places for too long all help (I have not had a bad cold since this virus emerged). We know lots about effective treatment, and are learning more about who is at risk of serious long-term effects (including death!).
We can live with this virus. We have to. So, let's get on with it. Please stay strong everyone.
Pap walking in New York for the Harkles?
Her on stage with him, pretending the lies she told in the Oprah interview never happened, her birthday initiative did not bomb, they did not make themselves a global joke with those Time covers ...?
Him sprouting rabble rousing rubbish on stage and getting a dig in for the critics?
How low can they go? How bad can their behaviour be? How tone deaf can they be?
You're right though. Lockdowns and vaccines aren't working. They have to look into treatments and there are some that are effective but are banned *I am speaking from experience on this one. I had to take horse medication (which worked, by the way)*
Vaccines do help to reduce hospitalisation and death, and a vaccinated person is generally less infectious for a shorter period of time than an unvaccinated person. Vaccines just help to control the virus in the hope that as the virus mutates it will become less deadly. More effective treatments and the vaccine should bring it under control.
AIDS and TB (both infectious) have a higher death rate than the virus in my country, but we have been put on the red list for travel by countries like the UK.
In the meanwhile, the virus is a useful platform for the dastardly duo. Any Americans here who can predict how New Yorkers will react to them? She was pretty much ignored for the baby shower and could have stayed under the radar if she hadn't alerted the paps.
Not sure which part of Australia you are from but my sis in Sydney is going absolutely bonkers - I think this is the 3rd month of lockdown. Her son in Melbourne is also feeling frustrated not only with the lockdown but the antivax demo as well. Adding on the earthquake yesterday, it feels quite unbearable. I hope that you will be back soon.
For me in Singapore, we are kind of freaking out because the govt has decided that to treat covid as endemic. Singapore has one of the most dense population in the world; approx 22,000 people per sq miles. Number of positive cases have gone up exponentially and we are supposed to recover and quarantine at home Everyone is freaking out. Now we are just preparing to be infected because there is no escaping it in the dense environment we live in.
So, reading about Maggot and Handbag takes my mind off the covid situation for a while.
Hoping that all goes well with Bob's operation today and that he has a good recovery.
You are in my prayers and thoughts. x
This blog won't be the same without you. 😡
Your hilariously witty poems always make me smile when I log in and see them.
Who's going to give me my morning chuckle now?
Please reconsider... or simply take a break. (god knows, we all need one at times)
Whatever the problem is... please take good care of yourself. x
Aww, not you as well. 😡
I love it when the Harkles are having one of their rare 'quiet' times and you delight us with tales of your grandchildren and all the fun they get up to with you!
Hope to see you back soon.
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Global Poverty Project DBA Global Citizen -- Form 990
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Expenses:
Salaries, compensation & employee benefits: $10,543,254
Other expenses: $25,841,489
Grants and similar amounts paid: $1,178,976
Total expenses: $37,563,719
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Remember when Harry got pranked with the fake Greta call and he said they had decided against having a foundation and something about there is a lot of money out there to be had? Well, it seems as if they have found the right fit for them in hitching their 'platform for self promotion' to the Global Citizen organization.
For now, I don't think Global Citizen is paying them, but their trip to New York (which will be expensive) may well be funded by them. Free publicity on a global stage for them, but when will all this free publicity get them the real financial wealth they are seeking?
You gave this space character and depth, not only in your commentary on the Harkles, but in the glimpses of your lives that you shared.
Please check in. The Harkles will surpass themselves in doing something stupid, and we will look forward to your sharp wit and on point comments when that happens, sooner or later.
Sending prayers and good vibes to you,Bob and family. Hope everything goes well for Bob this afternoon.XXXX
Since you have close up and personal experience with a narc, your thoughts would be useful (but any on fire newbies or wise oldies want to share thoughts ...)
* Why do narcs keep repeating toxic behaviour? Rumour has it that they still have a revolving door for staff because of her behaviour.
* If embarrassment is a major problem for narcs, why put themselves in a situation where humiliation is guaranteed? Rumour has it that she is still trying to get a leading role in a Marvel movie, but the director says not only does she need acting lessons but would have to compete with very successful A-listers for the role.
* I suspect that H's bad behaviour in the past (the Palace could never quite kill the gossip) and his lack of intellectual accomplishments made him an easy mark for her. But doesn't a narc have a compulsive desire to devalue their intimate partner (his carefully crafted public image has crashed and burned since he partnered with her) and wouldn't making him look stupid make her look stupid?
* What is the difference between a partner captured for life (I suspect H may be one) and a partner that gets out and far away from the narc, no matter what it takes (as you did)? Could his family save him, even if he consciously does not want to be saved?
* I suspect she wants to do the pap walks in NY, with kids and an entourage, but he will prevent that from happening. Their life experiences of being famous are so very different. Why does she le him win on this score when she so easily influences him on everything else that she thinks is important?
That's 3 of us then, rallied around the flag, so to speak!
It must be so hard for you, just waiting - I'm holding you and Bob in my prayers.
Husband has just call me to watch a couple of spiders on a web outside the kitchem window. There's a very large female sitting there, doubtlessly signalling `Come and get me,Boy - if you dare ...'
He is tiny, graceful even, compared with the bulk of her swollen `abdomen' and makes tentative forays towards her, signalling his sexual intentions. Sometimes, he just signals by twanging the web or dances forwards waving his front legs.
So far, she's having none of it and lunges at him, whereupon he dashes back, or throws himself off the web, only to climb up his own thread and have another go.
Will he be successful or will she eat him first? I shall call them Meghan and Harry.
At least our biggest spiders are still much smaller than those elsewhere.
Please keep us posted on the spider seduction. Perfect mames..
for me things are getting boring and slowing down. even the nyc thing. unless we get some good pap pics it will be a nothing burger. but maybe that is the point. irrelevance. personally i am looking forward for the Bond premier hope it’s glittery and hope there is a gruesome twosome response. otherwise i have to think about other things like the economy, covid etc. i don’t need that stress 😉
World leaders: what's that noise?
Shrug. Continue on with what they were doing.
Harkles: stamp little feet. Go back home to invisible children.
Meanwhile back at the ranch-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10016821/Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-bring-Archie-Lilibet-UK-Christmas.html
BRF: Wonder what they want?
RE: DM article
Reads like typical PR from SS. Testing the waters?
The source of the story of Maggot and Mole heading to U.K. for Chrimbo is none other than sycophant and brown noser Katie Nichcoll. It seems like another PR fluff piece by SS attempting to make them look like they still care about or matter to the RF etc. It’s all total hogwash! 🙄
Yah, I know the drill by now. It's PR but I am speculating this will be the response in the event they do try...
Thanks for the replies.
i'm still here.
I'm here, too.
Do you think so many people are leaving the blog due to burn-out?
A while ago--months, years--people on this blog said they were looking forward to some action being taken against the 6s such as removal of titles, release of information, revelation of bullying specifics, something, anything!
All of the activity seems to be locked in a state of stasis. I miss so many of the people who have left.
MsDeb52 Best wishes for a favorable outcome today. Sending positive thoughts.
I missed the end of the spider courtship but the chances are it ended badly for the male - unless he was able to sneak up from behind, tie her up in his own his silken thread, do the deed and then scarper fast. Spiders are among the few animals that can commit rape.
There's a message there for H - don't be so driven that you allow your mate to kill you and suck the marrow out of your bones. Run, Harry run!
I'll watch the tribute to Prince Philip this evening and report back on it.
We've been hoping they'll go out with a bang but it'll probably be a whimper.
As for coming back to the UK - can they really not see the extent to which they have fouled the best nest they were ever likely to get?
sometimes I think that narcissism is completely genetic. Doria seems to have set up Thomas to take the fall for the criminal offenses she committed. So maybe for TBW, it's just a case of following her genetic roadmap behaviour-wise.
Yankee Wally has shown quite good evidence that Doria did go to prison and that she set up Thomas to take the fall for her by not paying the taxes on the business he set up for her after they separated. Allegedly, he did this because Doria restricted access to their child unless he gave her money after they separated. Thomas had just won the lottery.
Yet, even after all of this, Thomas seems to be on speaking terms with Doria. If that had been me, I would take a restraining order out on that woman.
I think that Thomas is therefore the opposite of a narc, because he seems to be rather forgiving, to the point where people take advantage of him.
In this case, narcs like TBW would see him as a pathetic person to be used, and she doesn't really need an excuse to discard him. Just the fact that he is too nice means that he disgusts her. She only respects ruthless people like herself. All narcs do.
I hope everything is/went well for Bob. All the best to you both.
@SwampWoman
I hope you'll stay on the blog. I do enjoy your stories of animals and family.
@Design Doctor and @Wild Boar
I'm still here - for now. I'm not sure people are leaving due to burn out. At the risk of sounding controversial, I think that the Harkles have become rather predictable and boring (cause and effect?) but also some Nutties might have become disaffected as Nutty hasn't been present for months (she may well be busy elsewhere) and I feel the blog has become rudderless. It has no direction and it's sad, there used to be lovely discussions. This is not a criticism but simply an observation and my personal outlook.
Heartfelt love expressed most movingly by all, with one notable exception whose words were hollow.
Harry didn't get much airtime. It was impossible to to believe what he said in view of the way he and TBW treated Granny and Grandpa in the days leading up to the Duke's death. He tried to make much of Philip's `authenticness'.
Oblivious to his own behaviour. No insight, no understanding, no love.
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I do, think there is some burn out, by now we all hoped something happened to reveal to everyone who she really is, but I’m still rooting for the end game!
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She couldn't even be bothered to give a decent curtsy at her wedding. It seems like she's always so busy trying to demean the queen, to make her just seem like one of the ordinary people. Just Harry's granny that's all. Nobody important.
Even when mm was working on the job, she refused to give the Queen any respect.
Can you imagine going to a work event with your CEO, and acting like she's a nobody? And you rank equal or better??
Fast way to get fired.
@magatha, “baby please don’t go.” [see Rolling Stones and Muddy Waters for this song on YouTube. It’s perfect.]. Please stay @ Magatha. I look forward to your posts.
I agree that the blog was more interesting and fun when Nutty was around. I miss her.
I am so tired of COVID, but I miss my friends— actually being in a room with them. I’m eligible for a booster shot and that was announced by the FDA this week. I really can’t complain because we’ve been able to see our kids snd grandkids regularly throughout the pandemic. And no one close to us has died or been made really ill. Super thankful, but super bored
I’m also finding the Harkles so predictable that they are boring.
Take care, all.
Anyway, I’ll keep lurking. @MsDeb, hope all went well for your husband today and that he has a wuick recovery.
The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle
Romance novel is not the problem. The romance is mainly the local schoolteacher and the RPO for Prince Edward (Queen Beatrix, of the UK, is his mother, Prince Albert is the father).
Edward is the second son, who recently married MRed, a very successful black American musical artist who had made assorted videos which wound up in the awful UK tabs as "slut shaming" the now Duchess of Fairfax). The couple had recently taken a sabbatical and wind up on an island in British Columbia. They have to find a house where they can find privacy as she is pregnant. Glowing talk of her beauty and how stunning he is in real life compared to the older brother, Prince Daniel who is described as a womanizer.
The author does do a lot of romances and several have royal in the title. To her credit, she does weave in mental illness (something one doesn't see in the pretty perfect world of romances).
All I can say about that book is `Yuk!' So obvious - as a roman á clef, it's pathetic.
Would it be unreasonable to assume that the real author is someone well known to us and the Ms Halle has just hired out her name?
Whoever it is doesn't realise we'd never have `Fairfax' as a ducal title - the original notable of that name was a Parliamentarian general in the 17thC. It's like using the name of a 19thC American general who wore blue for one who wore grey, or vice versa, and linking the character to the other side.
Or perhaps she does - deliberate subversion?.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10020499/Princes-eco-travel-firm-Travalyst-joins-forces-Google.html
For some reason I have the Muppets theme tune on the brain - were I an IT whizz, I'd amend footage of them the that music and dub Harry with Kermit's voice and TBW with Miss Piggy's. As it is, I'll offer the idea for free to anyone who can use it.
The evolution of TBW:
Girly sex kitten - a role she has been playing most of her life, and probably the first persona he met.
Fashion icon - still struggling with that one but since she hooked up with the prince, has had a lot of money to throw at the problem.
Smart and driven activist - out there since the age of ten, and still climbing onto bandwagons (look for opportunities to toss the salad), but still not globally acknowkedged outside her own mind.
Very famous person relentlessly pursued by the paps - worked hard at this one and really put herself out there everywhere, and then almost achieved her goal overnight by bedding a prince and making sure the world knew (but still has to darn well call the paps).
Princess Victim - moving into a cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace sparked the flame of this one, and, inspired by Disney, she finds a storyline in anything and everything.
Have I missed anything?
Nurturing mother - did a couple of photo shoots to get photos to sell this one, and even did story time with that unco-operative kid and forced kids to hug her at public engagements, but consider this a big fail.
Well now you've done it! The earworm has invaded my head! 😅
I think your suggestion is brilliant and how I wish someone would actually do it.
A few points:
- did anyone ask them to get involved?
- who do they represent? As far as I know, no one. They are nobodies who do not have a proper role, so who will listen to them?
- a live broadcast: either H is learning his lines now or else TBW will speak for both of them as H couldn't do it, not unless he was reading a prepares statement.
- will this initiative benefit anyone? Will we be told about the benefits, if any?
They try to have a finger in every pie and would do better to concentrate on one or two matters.
A moment ago I could hear someone shouting in the background. Would love to know what all that was about. lol
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10020855/Harry-Meghan-visit-1WTC-Observatory-meeting-NY-Gov-Cathy-Hochul-Bill-Blasio.html
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Why, royals, of course. Here they are, touring NYC in their all black outfits, clutching each other for dear life.
She with her serene look and her too long trousers, him with his hair having fallen out again. But at least he managed to find some black shoes. I wonder if he had lifts in these shoes.
At least they're free from that racist institution, the BRF. But it's weird that they are so hell-bent on emulating them, eh?
For the Sussexes, publicity that they control (note all the security) in a context that makes them look very important.
For the governor and mayor? Supposedly they are both clients of Sunshine Sachs.
It is entertaining though. She is dressed for the height of winter on a warm Spring day. Holding hands is the default mode. His huge bald patch has mysteriously reappeared. Her hair is pulled back into a tight 'take me seriously' bun. Look how they wave graciously at the few rabid stans screaming 'We love you Meghan'. (I assume the exact time and place of arrival was advertised?) She is still wearing the diamond pinky ring, owning it even though theoretically that diamond belongs to the Crown.
Lots of stupid people in the world ... Lots of people threw millions at Elizabeth Holmes. Lots will give a platform to the Harkles and sign mega-million deals with them. One day, it will all come crashing down, but they will have a fortune tucked away somewhere and will live lavishly on the hoard they grifted from the rich and the poor.
What I can't work out is if she actually wants a position of power or wants to project the illusion of power. Look what happened when she got a position of power in the BRF ... She got herself into deep water very quickly.
So far, the Harkles have not disappointed in providing entertainment with their New York visit!
PS The Cambridges are not trying to be popular or get attention and praise for themselves. But watch the tabloids spin a story of how threatened they are by the power and popularity of the Sussexes! I know who I would prefer to have as a patron.
I've just looked at the pix out of curiosity. Yes, she's dressed like in winter, turtle neck jumper + coat. I checked the temperature, it's 25°C (about 77F). The look is very severe, as is the hair. Is this to confer gravitas?? And the trousers are too long as usual.
This is what I found on their website:
'Making travel more sustainable isn’t something we can do alone, which is why we’re also joining the global Travalyst coalition. As part of this group, we’ll help develop a standardized way to calculate carbon emissions for air travel. This free, open impact model will provide an industry framework to estimate emissions for a given flight and share that information with potential travelers. We’ll also contribute to the coalition’s sustainability standards for accommodations and work to align our new hotel features with these broader efforts.'
All that hair condensed to that little tiny bun. Hmmm.
Noticed she wore the pinky ring.
I think she's cosplaying Michelle Obama and Kamala Harris. Here's her somber look, along with somber outfit. As usual, she doesn't get it right with the all black look. She would have been better off with somber fall colors.
I've just looked at the pix out of curiosity. Yes, she's dressed like in winter, turtle neck jumper + coat. I checked the temperature, it's 25°C (about 77F). The look is very severe, as is the hair. Is this to confer gravitas?? And the trousers are too long as usual.
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She's the poor man's Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos). Both megalomaniacs. Holmes even adopted a deep voice to mimic Steve Jobs and of course the classic fashion statement (Halston, Audrey Hepburn), the black turtleneck.
TBW cannot conceive of an original idea to save her life.
Where are the crowds? Bring in the Crowds...@Magatha where are you when we need you? Please come home.
Lots of stupid people in the world ... Lots of people threw millions at Elizabeth Holmes. Lots will give a platform to the Harkles and sign mega-million deals with them. One day, it will all come crashing down, but they will have a fortune tucked away somewhere and will live lavishly on the hoard they grifted from the rich and the poor.
I'm not convinced of this. I don't think they're capable of holding onto a dime. They only know how to spend, spend, spend.
Where she does not see how she is dressed out of season. I think she bought her new outfit and was determine to wear it hell or high water. Like a teen who has a new fall outfit bought for the first day of school and wears it whether it is 80 degrees or not.
Lots of stupid people in the world ... Lots of people threw millions at Elizabeth Holmes.
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I mentioned Theranos and E. Holmes like two weeks ago. I gave a comparative look at Holmes and TBW. No one else had mentioned the obvious, so I did.
It's a interesting comparison.
I agree. They go through money like drunk sailors on leave.
I think she bought her new outfit and was determine to wear it hell or high water. Like a teen who has a new fall outfit bought for the first day of school and wears it whether it is 80 degrees or not.
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Perfect comment! Yes.
She should have worn a very light blend black, 1/4 sleeve turleneck with sleek cropped black silk pants, low wedge black leather sling backs with killer plain silver jewelry. Geez, even I know that. And left the coat at home in storage. But as one Nutty said, (I can go back and find who) she's merching the H out of that outfit for some reason...
DesignDoctor - LOL at your comment on buying a back to school outfit and wearing it no matter what the temperature is!
I have a friend who many years ago was engaged to be married in December. She ended up calling off the wedding right before the invitations were sent out. She had take the wedding dress because she couldn't get a refund. It was a heavy silk material with a high neckline and long sleeves.
Two years later she got engaged to a different man and the wedding was scheduled for Memorial Day weekend (late May). She wore the dress (bad move) and the temperature was in the mid '80's. Thank God the church and reception were air-conditioned, but they took photos outside and it was absolutely sweltering!
She really does think she's the Queen.
Why do these people fall for it?
Were the adoring fans supplied by Rent-a-mob?
Your proposed outfit for the. NYC trip sounds stunning!
You should be her stylist! LOL Although I doubt you would want that position. Can you imagine the clothes thrown downall over along with her hurling shoes at the stylist instead of hot tea?
The song I can’t get out of my mind is from the Time 100 cover meme of H singing “I want to be free!!!!”
@Svelana
LOL on the bronzer supply comment!
A little off topic ... Holmes' defence seems to be 'I did not know' and 'I believed' and the like. Is that a valid defence? Is delusion while having a position of power and making claims in lots of interviews an insanity plea?
I just find it bizarre. Are the lies from TBW still lies if she belives it to be her truth, and is she accountable for the damages caused by her lies? Surely that would only be the case if she is certified as mentally ill to the extent of needing to be certified insane?
LOL. I am still laughing at two self-important grifters with no actual official position nor accomplishments nor significant organization getting away with a public engagement with the mayor and governor, getting protection from Secret Service and NY police department, and arriving after the mayor and governor as if they are royalty, then posing for photos for the press!
By the way, it seems to me that Google is going to do the work for Travalyst in terms of grading and setting up the system. Travalyst then adds their name to booking agencies and travel agencies and takes a cut. Google gets to tick the environmental box and gets advertising revenue.
And segwaying into the Harkles - the mrs is wearing an Elizabeth Holmes turtleneck trying to harken to Steve Jobs. 6s wife always fails - hair too severe. Outfit doesnt nothing for her figure. She tries to dress like Kate and always misses. She looks bored, bronzer is melting. So sorry to see hairy lost his hair - maybe she tore it out in the last fight. She has the kahunas to wear the pinky ring. Maybe she is afraid archie would pawn it for an xbox. Whose minding lilabuck$