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Returning to a New Normal

 Well things are kind of quiet on both sides of the pond. Maybe a quiet before a storm?  

The new king has settled into his role as has Camilla.  

The new Prince of Wales has adjusted to his new role while his family has to a new home, new school, new friends.  There doesn't appear that much planned until maybe Moonshot New York in early December now that Remembrance Day has passed (but I could be wrong about that).   

And people seem to be used to saying King instead of Queen or remembering that Prince of Wales now refers to Prince William.  (although it still takes me a while when someone writes "PC" that they mean Princess Charlotte I must admit)

We've had a chance to see the first State Dinner after (lovely).  What I don't remember reading was if she would have have had enough time in to be allowed to go to it if they had stayed.  I suspect not as I remember that it took Harry a long time before he was put on the guest list.  (A lot of arguments averted before you get into what would she been allowed access to if true)


And in Montecito, there seems to be a fairly steady stream of stories about what might or might not be happening with (insert one of the deals here) and an occasional new release from Spotify.  Or of another award banquet somewhere.  It is a little early for the holiday card to be released.  Same-o-same-o/rien de nouveau.

Or in some news article of yet another story about how the brothers should or will reunite.  We haven't seen one of those in the last couple of days.  Or was it weeks?  They were everywhere like unwanted glitter for a while.  But really, how serious could such an article be before the release of that new book anyway given the number of stories about how the BRF are hiding behind the sofa out of fear?  Maybe that would work only if you were thinking of the proximity of the two award galas in NYC, holiday spirit or start a new year in peace and you didn't know of the alleged stories of how bad this will be for the BRF.  

Rinse and repeat.  Rinse and repeat.  AKA just treading water.







Comments

snarkyatherbest said…
Also heard Joe Biden is suppose to now attend EarthShot prize. The mrs (as in Mrs Biden) wants an invite to the coronation I would guess. She likes the royalty thing
Stephanie_123 said…
Here’s a fun link re: the bubble-wrapped photos…

https://twitter.com/hrrysgreysuit/status/1597779361209675777?s=61&t=H6mXp0PlX1dj2DQTGqVdzg

SwampWoman said…
Whatever. I halfway expected that, had TW aka THOT remained in England, she would have eventually had to undergo rectal surgery so that surgeons could retrieve the Princess Royal's favorite boot.
SwampWoman said…
Humor Me said...
Newsflash: dateline Indianapolis. * gave out frames photo of her and H. Complete with bubble wrap. From Twitter. The local news print/ tv is radio silent. News courtesy of attendees from local tech college with satellite campuses in the suburbs around Indy.
One post on social media.


Somebody should have arrived early to distribute voodoo dolls with pins so that every time she said "me" and "I", the voodoo doll gets pierced. "Pin a Tiara on the Duchess!" Then, at the end of the sh*tshow when she is safely on her broom to return to California, the person(s) that has/have the correct amount of pins in the doll get have their complimentary photo mounted to a dartboard PLUS a bottle of liquor of their choice to dull the pain in their brain for having listened far too closely to meaningless drivel.
xxxxx said…
@snarky

Biden and Mrs will be in Boston on Friday doing some Democrat fundraising.
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President Biden to Visit Boston Friday, When British Royals Will Be in Town
Story by Matt Fortin • 11h ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-biden-to-visit-boston-friday-when-british-royals-will-be-in-town/ar-AA14Gvob
Maneki Neko said…
@Rebecca

Loved Hilary Rose’s commentaries on the douche-arse's podcasts. Very humorous. I'm sure we're all much wiser having read about *'s profound musings.

@Stephanie_123

Good photo seen through bubble wrap. H looks like he's wearing rounds glasses à la John Lennon !
Sandie said…
@Fifi LaRue
Obvious, but your post was an eye opener. She definitely has a huge influence on his speeches and I suspect that they have become more incomprehensible and ridiculous.

Sandie said…
@Rebecca
Thanks for the article by Hilary Rose ... perhaps the best she has written about TBW. How TBW got a degree from university I do not know. Perhaps a lot of the exams were multiple choice?
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A framed photo in bubble wrap? I find it bizarre in so many ways. Even when the royals hand over a framed photograph at the first official meet and greet of a tour I find it bizarre.
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Joe Biden at the Earthshot Prize award ceremony is equally bizarre. It is not a state occasion and neither of the Bidens have a track record in environmentalism.
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Tarot readers and other psychics (well, some of them) have predicted that Catherine is going to come under attack during this visit and this will cause a problem. TBW is behind it.
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11484799/Meghan-Markle-leaves-hotel-guest-speaker-power-women-charity-event.html

Her leaving the event.
Sandie said…
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/z8kyt3/so_it_really_wasnt_an_evening_with_meghan_but/

The last pic in this post is of her sitting on stage ... talking. It is odd because her hair was in a messy bun when she left the event.
Sandie said…
Private jet, in and out:

"Her private flight is already headed back to Santa Barbara, having departed at 8:45 PM. 8:45!! Not much of “an evening with Meghan,” considering she didn’t even land in Indy until close to 5:00 PM."

https://www.reddit.com/r/SaintMeghanMarkle/comments/z8jthz/how_long_did_she_actually_spend_at_the_indiana/
Sandie said…
https://twitter.com/harris_duchess/status/1597770101893500933?t=nJLbhjFXOYi-_6PwLVyqpA&s=09

Archie ... looks more like a Markle than a Ragland, Windsor-Mountbatten or Spencer.

Quick, before the post is taken down.
Sandie said…
I am confused ... someone online claims that it was the SS who were handing out a framed photo in bubble wrap!
Sandie said…
https://the-cat-with-the-emerald-tiara-1.tumblr.com/post/702302622980423680/because-i-already-know-i-have-that-seat-in-hell

The SS bought a table at the event and the framed photos in bubble wrap were gifts for the table.
Maneki Neko said…
I don't know what happened to *'s event in Indianapolis yesterday - did any local Nutties hear about it? It seems to have petered out. I read that Michelle Obama drew a crowd of more than 12,000 people in 2018 and that the Indianapolis Marriott has a maximum capacity of 2,500... Another roaring success. Meanwhile, William and Catherine are flying to Boston today 😁
Sandie said…
Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
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6h
Replying to
@NaomiSky_15
mulled for a while - one of The Firms tactics - to appeal to H&M's lust for exposure (or whatever) - whilst offering THEM reigns to break it off w titles & LoS.

They'll most certainly be invited as much loved family;
& likely not ready to break up just yet.
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Am not sure what to make of the above. If he is to be taken out of line of succession, Parliament would have to do that, and I do not see that happening. Even if the children's legitimacy to be in the line of succession is under question, I doubt that Parliament would want to expend energy on that major fight. As for titles being removed, I have never thought that would happen. The titles are a joke and are only taken seriously by those who are ignorant. Any deference shown to them in the UK in the past has to do with line of succession, and being representatives of the Late Queen as working royals, and not titles. I suspect that to her, the title is her 'proof' that she is linked to the royal family. I suspect she would much prefer to be Princess Meghan, but she has no right to that and her first name is Rachel anyway (she would only be entitled to Princess Henry of Sussex as the Wales has been taken away now).
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Theresa Longo Fans
@BarkJack_
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6h
Replying to
@BarkJack_
and
@NaomiSky_15
However even if they are not ready to take the reins and gracefully bow out. That's ok for now.

There are currently TWO investigations ongoing which will likely force their hand years LATER.
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My speculation: the children and financial mismanagement. I think the royal machine has the patience and resources to work the long game, which the duo, with their short attention span, are not capable of doing.
Have I got this right, the despicable pair are giving photos of themselves away at the gala?!🫣If so, how pretentious is that, it’s vomit inducing! 😂🫣😳
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11485207/Black-charity-founder-accuses-Buckingham-Palace-aide-asking-Africa-from.html

Excuse me for being irreverent, but I think this is hilarious. To be fair to Lady Hussey, the woman in question (an ardent supporter of the duo as being 'survivors of abuse'), is dressed as a 'tribal African' but it is difficult to pinpoint which tribe as it is made up rather than authentic traditional dress.
snarkyatherbest said…
so today we have a racist kerfuffle at the Palace with PRONCR WILLIAMS 82 year old godmother named a the perpetrator, and Invictus video with our duo (btw he looks more natural than her in this one) and a possible Archie zoom sighting. it’s gonna be a crazy few days. hope i’m ready. i got work to do and christmas decorating but my eyes will be on these festivities!!! i signed up for twitter just to keep up with all of this.
Sandie said…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CllQNoWDDPj/

Not only is it in black and white, but she makes an appearance in a cutesy 'so in love' interaction (cosplaying the sporty conpetitiveness between the Prince and Princess of Wales).
Sandie said…
@RR
No, the SS had a table and one of them gave the framed photos, in bubble wrap, to everyone at the table.
snarkyatherbest said…
oh and we have body language guy on a video of our kind Duchass going off at an assistant after her big speech in Indy. well at least we know she showed up 😉
Sandie said…
PS my comment about Lady Hussey may sound odd, until you read the actual exchange reported by the 'victim'. Lady Hussey just did not get it and persisted, way beyond reason, in trying to find out where in Africa the woman was from.

A few years ago, I met a new neighbour and she kept asking where I was from. My background crosses quite a few borders but I usually name the most recent place. She was not satisfied and finally said, no but where are you from as you do not have a South African accent. I was floored by that! Might not be a common South African accent, but it never occurred to me that people might consider me to be 'foreign'! I suppose I would have to be classified as/identified as 'black' to deserve high level outrage! It is hilarious if you can look at these exchanges through the lens of humour.
Humor Me said…
Good morning Nutties -
dateline Indiana and there is Nothing - zero, zip, nada in the Indianapolis Star about * visit. I even searched the newspaper. Everything I found was on the DM, and they borrowed from Twitter.

Meanwhile, the press competition begins - the Metro threat and the lady in waiting are Early Christmas presents and cannot be counted. But ping pong photos - c'mon.
Fifi LaRue said…
@Snarky: 10:14 pm. Thanks. Hmmm, borrowing against stock. Pretty stupid, and short sighted.
Humor Me said…
My two cents about Lady Hussey and the woman questioned:
Lady Hussey was inappropriate, period. While asking someone where they are from is a usual ice breaker in s conversation, IF she did persist, it was wrong. She has apologized and stepped down from her "office". There is not much else anyone can do.
The woman questioned - going to the press over an elderly woman making a fool of herself was in poor taste, and reflects badly on you also. You could have walked away, you could have written a private letter to QCC, but you made an explosion that will be remembered long after the event that highlighted domestic abuse.
snarkyatherbest said…
sandie i was curious if the woman had an accident like a caribbean one hence the questions. social media is already exposing the woman as a sugar and race baiter. it’s unfortunate that staff can’t do a cursory twitter/google search before someone is invited and attends. they have to get better trained in media combat. social media is the new battlefield. brf dropped the ball on this one rumor was the woman was miked too. how can they keep falling for this. and timing is perfect for Earthshot. someone is laughing her arse off in montecito.

btw HumerMe there are now a few twitter feeds showing pics of the event. someone sitting down but you can tell the bra doesn’t fit. guess the mrs wanted to control the pics and the narrative for today and not last night. hmmmm just a coincidence that the Wales arrive in Boston today? and not last night?
snarkyatherbest said…
here’s the link

https://twitter.com/ledbettercarly/status/1597969241424396288?s=46&t=Zvle-uBmfjP3K-HYGvxG9g
Excuse me while I throw up...

...that's better

Yes, she has been changing her looks.See articles re new advert for Invictus:

`Meghan and Harry have just appeared in a new advert together - and everyone's saying the same thing'

I haven't given the link because it doesn't go to the the article but to a Tesco site about the Trussell Trust and supporting Food Banks - I don't get it but it's strangely one-in-the-eye for the HarKles.

I await your comments about the pics - it's all unspeakably creepy. Three cheers for the brace soul at Tesco for hijacking their URL
@Sandie,

Many thanks for the clarification and that awful photo! 😂


@HumorMe,

Agree, if Lady Hussey was indeed that persistent, she should’ve dropped it, and changed the subject. I don’t think she should’ve resigned though. 🫤

I don’t agree with Ngozi Fulani repeatedly calling it a violation. She’s a Maggot backer so…🥴 Most importantly we’re only hearing her side and what was allegedly said, so it could be overly biased and/or blown out of proportion. 🫤
Sandie said…
By the way, this woman said in a tweet that Meghan is a survivor of domestic violence from her in-laws (exact words). No one was outraged by that; no one had to be disgraced or shamed or step down from anything ... just saying!
Weird...
New ad for Invictus games, available from several tabloid reports but in the version I found on the `video' page, which I've played several times, a coloured shot of the harkles appeared at the start, so fast as to be almost subliminal
Correction - in post at 6.51pm, please read `brave' for `brace'.
Wow! Merriam Webster's `Word of the Year' is `gaslighting'!

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/gaslighting-relationships-where-did-term-164354116.html

The Evening Standard gives 3 excellent definitions:

What is gaslighting?
Gaslighting is a form of psychological and emotional abuse, and manipulation in which the perpetrator makes his or her partner doubt their own sanity, memories and judgement.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term as “the action or process of manipulating a person by psychological means into questioning his or her own sanity”.

Similarly, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary explains it as “psychological manipulation of a person usually over an extended period of time that causes the victim to question the validity of their own thoughts, perception of reality, or memories and typically leads to confusion, loss of confidence and self-esteem, uncertainty about one’s emotional or mental stability, and a dependency on the perpetrator”.


This happy news indeed. Perhaps we Markle-sceptics have helped in some small way to bring this about.

To parphrase an earlier comment from a Nutty (apologies I can't recall who said it') `Perhaps this is what * was put on this earth for'.
ieschew said…
Agree about Lady H, Sandie and Humor Me. Whatever the story about the woman who reported it and the manner in which she did so, she was being feted at the event. She was a guest.

The first question was inappropriate but recoverable IMO. But then for Lady H to so doggedly pursue an answer to it is absolutely unacceptable. Does not matter if it was some kind of a setup. The behavior is plain wrong, but it is also horrifically ill advised given circumstances. It is like a gift to the woke brigade and the horrible Sussexes at the worst possible time. This gives * actual credibility. What was Lady H thinking as she dug in those heels?!!! I am so sorry to say it, but I think BP has worse problems than I realized.

I feel absolutely sick about it for the Waleses. Another trip has a pall cast on it.
Why can't people say, when asked the taboo `where are you from' question', just answer in a straightforward way without making an issue out of it? Something like, `Well, I was born in London, like my parents, but if you mean `where did my ancestors live?' the answer's Ghana'. Insert appropriate place names.

Lady Susan Hussey is 83 and I believe older people should be cut a bit of slack. After all, we doesn't know whether the dreaded dementia has struck already and, in any case, none of us have had the benefit (ahem) of modern PSE lessons (ie Personal and Social Education) at school. Lady S may have jumped in with both feet but there was nothing to stop the person of colour replying politely or graciously, apart of course her own attitude. She could have `gone high'.
Humor Me said…
@sandie - I just read that same article in the DM and I am appalled! That is libel.
Everyone knows what was stated by the couple in the Oprah interview. If the couple do not refute that statement, then beware the consequence.
Humor Me said…
@raspberry Ruffle - agree with your point. There were other ways that the woman could have handled the situation. She/they chose the one that brought attention. While they may be thinking that they have scored "points", did they win in the long run?
SwampWoman said…

Blogger Sandie said...
By the way, this woman said in a tweet that Meghan is a survivor of domestic violence from her in-laws (exact words). No one was outraged by that; no one had to be disgraced or shamed or step down from anything ... just saying!


Shit stirrer, no doubt. I wonder if the woman doing the questioning found the accent a bit puzzling and was just trying to find out why. (I get that a lot because of all the places that I've lived.)
Sandie said…
Royal Tea
@UKRoyalTea
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Nov 29
The contrast of these two events with H&M’s event next week is a stark comparison. They are still very much the “guests” and the celeb names used to sell tickets. Yes, they are in the mix and talking to many of these people, but they lack the power to drive an event on their own.

https://mobile.twitter.com/UKRoyalTea

The two events referred to are Earthshot Prize and the event at the Palace.
Sandie said…
@WBBM
That is weird! Just my opinion, but I think the duo are batsh1t crazy and so nothing surprises me.

I usually look forward to a big royal trip, but I am feeling very uneasy about this one.
Sandie said…
PDina was at the event! She posted a photo of herself there and a message that she will be uploading a video soon. I'll post the link as soon as she puts the video up. This is her channel:

https://youtube.com/@PDina
@HumorMe,

The whole debacle has me feeling rather queasy! A tiny part of me thinks it could’ve been a set-up, like you state, the situation could’ve been dealt with differently, Ngozi Fulani could’ve privately said something seeing she was a guest, and not tuned it into a public spectacle. Overall, I feel points were scored, the timing was perfect for the despicable duo and a point for the Woke mob. Truly horrid timing for the Cambridge’s. 😟I just hope the Boston visit goes well.

If Lady Hussey was that relentless she was wrong to be so. I can’t help thinking that Lady Hussey incorrectly assumed Ngozi Fulani was from somewhere else by her outfit, and was completely thrown off when told Hackney! It’s just better not to assume! 🫤
Poignant Anecdote on problems of identifying an accent:

Years ago, my husband moved with No1 wife & 2 youngsters (5 & 7) from just outside Glasgow to Hampshire, near Portsmouth. After their first day in the new school, the wains (Scots - little children) came home sobbing, in desperate need of consolation.

`Daddy,' they wept.`We're not French, are we? The other children said we were...'

I'd heard a similar tale from the Middle Ages about a Northumbrian coming south and being thought French but this is first modern example.
Rebecca said…
I don’t believe the Lady Hussey controversy will damage the Waleses in the long term. Lady Hussey represents a different time, and a world that no longer exists. I do agree that in the short term, the woke media and the Sussexes will milk the unfortunate episode for all it is worth. That is regrettable. The pressure is on to hit a home run in Boston.
My guess is that the way Ngozi Fulani was dressed suggested, wrongly of course, that she was in a form of tribal costume which suggested a very different geographical origin from London E1.

`Have you come far?' may have been laughed at but at least it's safe.
Maneki Neko said…
@Wild Boar

I couldn't agree more with your post re Lady (Baroness) Hussey. Yes, the exchange was awkward but Lady Hussey was just being curious, I think,and what's wrong with that? Nothing unless you're a certain colour. As for Ngozi Fulani, she could have stated very briefly where her family/grandparents were from and change the subject. No need to make a mountain out of a molehill. I suppose she had to prove a point and * will be delighted to hear the news. William's spokesman condemned 'unacceptable' comments by his own godmother. I believe he had no choice in the present climate. Remember that ladies-in-waiting are not paid a salary so frankly, Lady Hussey is well out of it.
Stephanie_123 said…
M is doing a full-court press: the Indiana event, dragging out a miserable-looking Archie for the video with D, and helping to broadcast the incident at Camilla’s event (that could have been handled multiple ways but was handled in probably the loudest way possible).

Doing everything she can to garner attention and rain down mud on William and Kate.

So, where is H in all of this?
Maneki Neko said…
Further to my previous post, I feel very strongly that Ngozi Fulani knew what she was doing and just trapped Lady Hussey. She knew exactly what the questions meant but pretending she didn't. Had she answered succinctly about her parents/grandparents that would have been the end of the matter.

@Sandie

If that 'woman said in a tweet that Meghan is a survivor of domestic violence from her in-laws (exact words)' then she's as bad as *. Does she even know * personally?
Maneki Neko said…
What is Megsy doing on the Invictus games promotional video? She appears at the end for a few seconds but that's a few seconds too many. It's got nothing to do with her.
Hikari said…
River's latest is all about the furore with Lady Hussey. Including the entire transcript of the interaction. All I can say is, if Ms. Fulani has recall that perfect, she is prodigious. She may very well have had a recording device secreted around her person and then intentionally baited an elderly lady by dressing in heritage attire and then refusing to answer a simple question. Was the question tone-deaf? Perhaps--especially if one is bound and determined to take offense no matter what. It wouldn't take a tarot reader to divine that this person has a large chip on her shoulder about posh white people and whoever encountered her would likely have been in the crosshairs.

I gather HMTQ's go-to question in receiving lines was "Have you come far?" IMAGINE if Ms. Fulani had met the Queen instead--would she have created a racist narrative from that innocuous question that served HM well for 7 decades?

I'm having a hard time imagining that one of the Queen's very close, most trusted and long-serving ladies-in-waiting (since 1960, according to River) would actually "paw" a guest and touch her hair. I would think ladies trained by HM would sooner cut off their own hand than to give that offense. Lady S. is 83 and there may be a loosening of inhibitions/decorum if she's got some early stages of dementia. The exchange as it has been presented by the victim seems strenuously out of character for a courtier who has been impeccable for 62 years and who is Prince William's godmother. What a tawdry world we live in now. The Zeitgeist can be a real b*tch. Harry's wife certainly does pick her moments.

River was incensed and thinks that BP should 'grow a pair' and reinstate Lady Hussey and damn the torpedoes. I think it was correct for Lady Hussey to resign (her job was volunteer and unpaid, I understand, but prestigious as one of the closest intimate aides of her late Majesty. I guess Camilla inherited the Queen's ladies--the ones who are still alive. I suppose this decision was taken after a discussion with their Majesties. It's truly unfortunate, but I think KCIII is playing chess now and he's been forced into sacrificing a pawn for a greater objective. By acting swiftly to remove the person who allegedly gave offense, the Palace shuts down any more fuel opportunities for the Narc and her flying monkeys. William's Earthshot prize cannot be overshadowed by this lingering.

To the mattresses, Your Majesty. Better lay in the tea and biscuits with a shot of something stronger. This will be what the rest of your reign is going to be like, I fear. This is only the opening salvo before the Netflix show and Spare.

May God give everyone strength. (not the toxic duo--they serve another master.)
Hikari said…
Wild Boar,

`Have you come far?' may have been laughed at but at least it's safe.

Ha! I mentioned that very thing just now too.

I have concluded unfortunately that I wouldn't count on the Queen's go-to small talk being safe in this climate any more.

I can envision it now:

Ms. Fulani sweeps in like a tribal princess of Nigeria via Barbados.

HM: Good evening. Have you come far?
NF: Come far? Lady, whatever do you mean? Do you mean what Tube station did I use to get here from Hackney, or are you suggesting that I came her on a boat full of your colonial enslaved? How dare you!

Yeah . . no deference from that one for elderly posh white ladies no matter who they are. Lady Hussey was a bit of low-hanging fruit but discrediting a mere staff member was disappointing. Imagine if she'd been able to bait someone more senior. That would have been truly devastating.
@Maneki

Thanks - I'd add that NF doesn't seem to have conducted herself in a sisterly way; I see her charity is only for women of African origin.

I wonder if the costume is intended to provoke something she can make a fuss about?
Hikari said…
Wild Boar,

I'd add that NF doesn't seem to have conducted herself in a sisterly way; I see her charity is only for women of African origin.

Africa! But she's from Hackney!

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What a hypocrite. I just read an essay by a young woman who attended Mount Holyoke, one of the 'Seven Sisters' colleges of the US--Barnard, Smith, Vassar, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Radcliffe (sister college to Harvard) and Agnes Scott College (never heard of it til now but it's in Decatur Indiana . .wonder if some of its alumnae were in Mugsy's audience). These colleges were founded as elite all-female institutions to give women an Ivy League education since the Ivies did not admit women. Since the 1990s, the Sisters are all co-ed now to. And the Sisters schools have become indoctrination camps for a militant lesbian anti-patriarchy agenda. She resisted the pressure to get the 'MoHo Chop' and basically shave her head to throw off the patriarchy but says it's taken years to recover. She's 29 now.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/26/mount-holyoke-grad-deprogrammed-from-women-only-woke-culture/
Hikari said…
Wild Boar,

I'd add that NF doesn't seem to have conducted herself in a sisterly way; I see her charity is only for women of African origin.

Africa! But she's from Hackney!

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What a hypocrite. I just read an essay by a young woman who attended Mount Holyoke, one of the 'Seven Sisters' colleges of the US--Barnard, Smith, Vassar, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, Radcliffe (sister college to Harvard) and Agnes Scott College (never heard of it til now but it's in Decatur Indiana . .wonder if some of its alumnae were in Mugsy's audience). These colleges were founded as elite all-female institutions to give women an Ivy League education since the Ivies did not admit women. Since the 1990s, the Sisters are all co-ed now to. And the Sisters schools have become indoctrination camps for a militant lesbian anti-patriarchy agenda. She resisted the pressure to get the 'MoHo Chop' and basically shave her head to throw off the patriarchy but says it's taken years to recover. She's 29 now.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/26/mount-holyoke-grad-deprogrammed-from-women-only-woke-culture/
Portcitylass said…
I have two things to say.

Events were so predictable.

TBRF are so naive.

snarkyatherbest said…
NF. the sad thing is she deals with victims of real domestic violence and she lets a slight grow out of proportion and claims the duchass was a victim of domestic violence. is she so gone tone deaf to the people she pretends to care for and support. there are people in the world that wish the worse thing asked of them was where are you from? no originally?

it’s ironic this came up. my daughter’s coworkers were trying to figure out her accent. one said mid atlantic another england from childhood another oh she’s pure south side chicago. and it became a guessing game of all the places she has spent extended amounts of time. glad she wasn’t offended by the whole thing 😉

finally. saw the the duchass was wearing green last night. signature color or trying to show her support for Boston and Earthshot and yeah what am i saying 😉

so a friend works in downtown Boston. she said it’s crazy there. traffic worse than usual and tons of people outside to see the Wales Like a typical Bostonian she doesn’t understand the fuss. so there you have it
Rebecca said…
@Wild Boar Battle Maid
@Maneki

I'd add that NF doesn't seem to have conducted herself in a sisterly way; I see her charity is only for women of African origin.

I wonder if the costume is intended to provoke something she can make a fuss about?
_________________

My sentiments exactly!
DeerAngels said…
Just curious. I noted an article that stated some Americans traveled up to four hours away to see the Prince and Princess of Wales. Can anybody remember if Americans or anybody willing to travel that far away to see the Mud Hogs of CA?
Rebecca said…
From the DM:
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and Secretary John Kerry were both scheduled to attend the Earthshot event, only to -no-show at the last minute.

Kerry, the presidential envoy for climate, informed the Prince and Princess earlier today that he would 'sadly no longer be able to attend,' but did not clarify why.

Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy who is currently serving as the US Ambassador to Australia, said she experienced 'disrupted travel plans' due to the harsh weather lashing the east coast.

That weather, however, appeared to have led to very few cancellations at airports in Boston and in New York, according to FlightAware.
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I wonder what the reason was for Kerry and Kennedy canceling. I hope it wasn’t because of the racism brouhaha.
snarkyatherbest said…
i thought someone posted that Caroline Kennedy was sitting with KP staff at the Celtics Game.

my friend in Boston said it was like a monsoon this afternoon and flooding in the streets on the north end. so weather may have been an issue. As for John Kerry. if he couldn’t get in first class on the Boston shuttle he won’t fly (that’s me being snarky because saw him twice in the shuttle only in first class). President Biden is going to Boston on Friday and is trying to schedule with the Wales (jill wants an invite to the coronation 😉).

there were some royal reporters mentioning about booing at the Celtics game but as several people pointed out that’s sports fans in the US in general and Boston fans in particular. they don’t want anyone to feel special but their team
ieschew said…
@Hikari,
Just to keep us accurate: Agnes Scott College is in Decatur, Georgia—far from Indianapolis—and remains a women’s college.
It is not one of the Seven Sisters. The Seven Sisters schools also remain women’s colleges, with the exception of Radcliffe, which is no more (it’s part of Harvard), and Vassar, which has gone coed.

The news about Caroline Kennedy and John Kerry missing the Earthshot kickoff event is really unfortunate. I wonder: Will Caroline make it tomorrow or Friday, when she is supposed to give a tour of the JFK library? If they demured because of Lady H, shame on them! KC3 needs to get on top of this…and fast.

I am disheartened by all of today’s news and very sad for the Waleses.
Mel said…
I wonder what the reason was for Kerry and Kennedy canceling. 
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Kerry has Covid.
Kennedy was weather/traffic related. She made it to the Celts game with the Waleses.
SwampWoman said…
I'm really worried about the PPoW being here. There are extraordinary undercurrents going on and it really is not safe, particularly in a city.
xxxxx said…
Ngozi Fulani is an obvious fake artist. Her charity should be looked into, to see how top heavy it is with her relatives and cronies. See how much money filters down to African and Caribbean woman in distress. Her folks came from Barbados as part of the Windrush generation.

Her bio>>>
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11487925/DAVID-WILKES-profiles-domestic-violence-campaigner-backed-Meghan-Markle-Palace-race-row.html
A comment at CDAN claims that NF is associated with the black photographer Harriman that has worked for the Montecito wrecking balls.
Sandie said…
Ngozi: Nigerian in origin and means 'blessing'
Fulani: 'a member of a people living in a region of West Africa from Senegal to northern Nigeria and Cameroon. They are traditionally nomadic cattle herders of Muslim faith'

She does not look like Fulani people at all (tall, thin, fairer skin, much straighter nose). She is probably of mixed heritage. Strangely, Fulani is very frequently used as a surname. The way she does her hair and the way she is dressed does not match any ethnic group in Africa but appears to be something she has adopted as it makes her 'feel' African. It is not the way Fulani people dress and do their hair.
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@Rebecca
That last-minute cancellation is very worrisome. People are so afraid of racism allegations nowadays!
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@WBBM
Hilarious! French indeed! I am sure I have done it some time in my life and misidentified someone because of their accent, but it is bizarre when it happens to you.
Sandie said…
Update:

Royal Tea
@UKRoyalTea
·
5h
Caroline Kennedy just snuck past us into the
@celtics
game and is sitting with all of the KP staff! #RoyalVisitBoston

https://twitter.com/UKRoyalTea/status/1598136891790196738?s=20&t=aipcCpFsGRihxzFougFJMA
Maneki Neko said…
@Rebecca

I'd add that NF doesn't seem to have conducted herself in a sisterly way; I see her charity is only for women of African origin.

I wonder if the costume is intended to provoke something she can make a fuss about?
_________________

My sentiments exactly!


Snap! Oh yes, it certainly did cross my mind so why the pretend offense when asked where she was from?
……………
And now, 'the Reverend Mariama White-Hammond was one of several speakers at the launch, where she made a speech that included comments on the impact of racism on climate change'. You read correctly, impact of racism on climate change. So this implies that there is racism in climate change, we just don't know the impact. Is she related to Ngozi Fulani?
Sandie said…
I am astonished ... they arrived on a commercial flight but managed to change their clothes into something smart for the arrival! Maybe first class is far more luxurious than I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing!

The crowd that came out in the rain, the huge security entourage, the sheer number of people (security and officials) bustling around them ... The Montecito duo made a mistake because this all shows up how inconsequential they are in comparison. On top of that, the royal couple are giving awards, rewarding ingenuity with huge grants ... all positive. The other couple are accepting an award based on untruthful and nasty allegations ... all negative.
Maneki Neko said…
To add to the NF controversy, I saw this comment in the DM:

Check out her Tweets. She's been waiting for this opportunity for a while. She knew it would come. And she was there to report and milk it.

That's exactly what it sounds like. Speaking on Radio 4 (BBC), she said:
"It was like an interrogation. That's the only way I can explain it." . . .

"You're trying to make me unwelcome in my own space."

"I have to really question how this can happen in a space that's supposed to protect women against all kinds of violence.

"Although it's not physical violence - it is an abuse."

A bit of an exaggeration. She sounds very touchy. She could have handled the situation so much better and used humour, for instance, to defuse a potentially awkward encounter and then perhaps make a discreet complaint behind the scenes. She definitely had an agenda.
Hikari

That's v. interesting about Mount Holyoke.

My own alma mater has a similar origin. It `featured' in an episode of a TV serial a little while ago, set at a time just before I went there, 10+ years before anyone burnt her bra.

The script, however, was a gross misrepresentation of what attitudes were like then - `woke' was `written back' into the dialogue of 65 years ago. The Principal was played as grotesque radical feminist. We were certainly aware of anti-female attitudes in some quarters of the university, and that we were only there on sufferance, but such vehemence as shown by the `Principal' was unknown, as was her right-on vocabulary.

As I recall, our chief concern focussed on the practical aspects of sex, (as in not getting `caught’ in any sense!) as the college took its role of being in loco parentis very seriously. It had to be seen to be punishing any form of impropriety, lest it be used against the college. (This was when one was a minor until the age of 21).

The sequence set on college premises was a shocking example of rewriting history - I can only hope that the TV company paid handsomely for the privilege of filming there.
Magatha Mistie said…

Hackneyed

Have you come far
(not far enough)
A simple question twisted
excuse to cut up rough
Next we’ll be told
don’t mention the weather
For fear of being thought as
inclement, whatever…

Sandie said…
Just my opinion: climate change will affect developing countries more than developed countries, although the latter will make a big fuss about any loss of standard of living they have to endure. Racism (the genuine kind) did play a part in exploitation and the building of wealth of 'white' developed countries. But, a long view of history will show that Britain was once a colony of the Roman empire and was invaded by marauding Vikings, etc. Neither the Vikings nor the Romans nor even the Germans after two world wars paid any kind of reparations. Holding out the begging bowl and crying racism as a guilt trip, from which to extract privilege and vasts amount of money, does not develop the natural talents and resilience of developing coutries. Rather ask for investments and trade deals than endless guilt payments. It is a bit like private prosecutions in America - as a victim who has been wronged, I can sue for a huge amount of money. I fully support public prosecution for people who have behaved unlawfully and have willfully hurt others unlawfully (such as denying them job opportunities or promotion, which is legal to do to white people in my country by the way, if such discrimination is unlawful).
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@Golden Retriever
Yes, there is a link between the duo's photographer and the woman who is causing all the trouble.
There are photos online of Ms Fulani in other `statement' outfits with green, yellow and red. I think these are the Rastafarian colours, which originated in Jamaica. I thought at first she had repurposed a couple of South African and Jamaican flags... Are the Barbadian colours too subtle for her?

Now I see she is cribbing about BP `not reaching out' to her.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/buckingham-palace-not-reached-over-105643432.html from the Independent, of course.
Two comments from DM at
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11487925/DAVID-WILKES-profiles-domestic-violence-campaigner-backed-Meghan-Markle-Palace-race-row.html:

1)Yes you did, A very strange place, United Kingdom, 13 hours ago:

Aaaaaand suddenly the penny drops why she went to a national newspaper on the same day of the event, to be the news on the day Kate and William went to the U.S.

and
2)Kent Graham, Kent, United Kingdom, 13 hours ago

How bad is it to ask a woman dressed in African clothes of African descent with an African name about her African heritage?
From
https://www.voice-online.co.uk/news/community/2021/01/28/sistah-space-the-domestic-violence-charity-for-black-women-say-theyre-still-fighting-for-a-safe-space/

`Sistah Space is a black woman led grassroots charity, and it is needed now more than ever, according to Ngozi.

“We offer specialist support in an authentic setting for African heritage women affected by domestic or sexual abuse,” she tells me.

“We bring first-hand knowledge of the historical backdrop to their situation, by understanding the issues they face in an inherently racist system.”
.


Apparently it was the murder of Valerie Forde by her ex-partner which prompted the formation of the charity. See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36562028, with photo of perpetrator.

It's easy to blame `racist' police when you don't realise just how bloody useless they can be when dealing with assaults on women of any colour - race doesn't come into it. It's raw sexism, as is daily emerging in our news.
snarkyatherbest said…
oh it gets worse folks. Netflix just dropped the promo clip to the love story cough cough. promo clips sho no kids in case you were wondering.
It has been argued that climate change has a disproportionate effect on places which are inhabited by poor brown and black people -eg Bangladesh - therefore it's a racial matter.

snarkyatherbest said…
here’s the link.

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1598287753774477312?s=46&t=gNJ4RIp79JCK3yC7OWDEKw

of course big swaths in black and white. she loves that stuff.

i predict christmas pic of the kids on Friday

she having her own little Pr christmas in Montecito right now. so what comes after December
abbyh said…
About to write up a new post on the trailer.

Please give me a couple of minutes.

This will be interesting.
Thanks
Sandie said…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11490339/Harry-Meghan-drop-trailer-bombshell-Netflix.html

Black and White: predictable.

Timing: deliberate.

Things are going to get very ugly ...
abbyh said…
We are up on the new post!
abbyh said…
We are up on the new post!

Thanks for holding off.
Sandie said…
By the way, narcs do cry and have melt downs when they don't get their own way or lose control of a situation. They can behave just like toddlers.

I saw the photo of her supposedly crying in the trailer. She has her head in her hands, there is no indication where she is but she has the same decor no matter where it is, and a professional photographer was there to take a pic. Or if it was her husband, instead of comforting her, he grabs the camera,checks for focus and depth and so on, and takes a photograph? Besides, real distraught crying is a lot messier than that photo shows.
SwampWoman said…
Twitter is getting absolutely spammed with the Sussex love story folderol. It looks like the prequel to a sex tape which I absolutely do not want to see.
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