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UK: Gypsy News – the Battle of Friendless Lane! (9.4.2026)

. Another issue stemmed around the difference between ethnic Gypsies and those people from the settled community who simply declared themselves a “Traveller”. This was followed by an influx of Irish Gypsies and Gypsies from Europe, and so on. A few years ago, when I was in regular contact with the Gypsy Council, and had just publish an article about Gypsies who served in the Soviet Red Army – I was attacked by an Irish youth from a nearby Traveller community that had took-over a park. I say “attacked” – but as a trained martial artist and a law abiding citizen, I simply “moved out the way” of this short kids punches – which made his friends laugh and pull him away. Obviously, I did not grass, but I suspect the entire encounter is on the Sainsbury car-park CCTV. It is a sad state of affairs all round. Some of these people are violent and obnoxious because of the things that have been done to them in the past – this must be understood – but the prejudice aimed at Travellers is breath-taking! No other disadvantaged group wants anything to do with them. You will not see BLM or Palestine Solidarity turning-up to protest their treatment or demand their rights. Physical violence does not bother me – it is an occupational hazard – but for many others the shock of it far too much to take, and around it goes.

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Brixham Down Wind Mill Road!

Brixham: A Photographic Strole Down “Windmill Hill”! (3.4.2026)

Gee had to park the car at the top of Wind Mill Hill – as that was the only place a parking-space was available not patrolled by militant locals who still seem to think WWII is ongoing. I jest – but one or two were a little bit prickly – commenting about “Townies” and “City-Dwellers” with “their big cars”! And so on. Still, at the end of the day, we are the visitors and we will be gone tomorrow. After carrying-out my duty – and visiting my various family relatives – I thought it would be a good idea to make a record of the journey down the hill from the parking-spot to the rented house. The view was quite beautiful and I hope I have captured our journey on foot down a steep Brixham hill – although we could not actually find a “Wind Mill”! Come to think of it – we are supposed to be near the Brixham Army Cadet Centre – but we never found this place either!

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Conveyance Title - 71 Mount Pleasant Road, Brixhan

Brixham: Framed 1920 Conveyance Deed – Kai-Lin Helped Me Read It! (3.4.2026)

Today, such people are “preserved” as a “right” – as their presence helps us understand our own human history (the Celts – my ethnicity – used to strip naked, get drunk, and cover themselves in shit before a battle). But I digress. In the bedroom our two daughters are occupying – the above legal document has been “framed” and hung on the wall for all to see and admire. Indeed, until, this morning, none of us had actually noticed it. In 2026, this second-floor building (“71a” is beneath us) is termed “Rock Hopper” – and this is the name used in all the advertising literature. The back yard is a narrow strip of land – but I suspect that “71” and “71a” were originally one and the same dwelling. The steep rock-face at the end of the garden turns-out to be the edges of an old quarry – whatever that was used for – probably prior to these houses being built on a steep and narrow hill (incline).

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US Senator Tim Sheehy Breaks Hand of Former Marine Brian McGuinness for Protesting Against Military Campaign in Iran

US: Veteran US Marine – Sgt Brian McGuinness – Assaulted By Trump-Supporting Senator [Tim Sheehy] for Exercising Freedom of Speech! (5.3.2026)

I bet Sgt Brian McGuinness (a name of Irish descent) thought that when he joined-up he was defending the very “freedom of speech” he was so brutally deprived yesterday by a thuggish-Senator (yet another Vet) and members of the Capitol (Americans cannot spell) police force. Let’s recap this police force – shall we? When Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 (motivated by the lie that Trump had won the election) – video footage shows Capital police officers laughing and joking with protestors, sharing food, drink, and cigarettes, and even removing barricades to allow protestors through – wishing them luck as they went on their way. Officers on duty within the building turned their backs, left their posts, and unlocked security doors to enable the storming. What a difference a few years make – and a change of government. Sgt Brian McGuinness, whilst in uniform, committed no act of aggression or violence – but simply exercised his freedom of speech. The way he was treated demonstrates just how far the US has descended down the path of fascism!

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Spiritual Light of Iran is Extinguished!

Iran: Latest US-Israeli War Crime – the Light of “Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei” – is No More! (1.3.2026)

Out of respect, I am adding my contribution “below” the main story. It is interesting that within early Buddhist iconography – the Buddha (following his death) is never portrayed in his living form (that was a much later development) – but rather as some form of “empty space”. Indeed, for around 500-years following his Pari-Nirvana (Great Extinguishing) I believe it may have been a taboo to attempt to limit the Buddha to his (passing) physical manifestation (it seems that the Greek habit of making statues of their philosophers [in Gandhara-Afghanistan] that may have influenced the eventual development of Buddha-statues – either sitting [like the Jains] or standing [like Socrates]). One of the early depictions involve an “empty throne” (suggesting a king who has physically departed – but has left his authority in-place). Others involve two footprints, a flower, a tree, and a wheel, etc. The Buddha taught that although the material world “exists” – it is “empty” of any “permanent” or “lasting” entity – when viewed from the perspective of conscious awareness and a finite physical existence. Of course, Buddhism is not Islam – but I believe the Islamic Revolutionary State is hinting that the temporal authority Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei held due to his spiritual attainment – lives on in the face of the pure evil that Trump and Netanyahu both represent – even though his body has been destroyed by the agents of the devil.

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Mark Hehir, 62, was driving the 206 bus between Wembley and Maida Vale in north-west London in June 2024 when the incident unfolded.

UK: The Mark Hehir Story – How the BBC Manipulates the News Toward Right-Wing Popularism – By Suppressing Narrative-Altering Details! (3.2.3026)

Onething that we can gleam from the operation of Judeo-Christian societies is that “lying” to the masses has its rules (just look at Israel to prove this). Below is three examples of exactly the same story involving a “have a go” bus-driver in London who knocked-out a thief during one of his shifts. This story is legally and regulatory complex – and he was suspended – and then sacked following his loss at two tribunals. As the story gained traction in the mainstream and right-wing press, this “White” bus-driver became something of a celebrity to the far-right (although he is careful not to virtue-signal any personal connection with it himself). Furthermore, as the mainstream media communicates in “code” (whilst attempting not to racially inflame issues) – there is no mention of the ethnicity of the thief – which usually implies he may not be White (hitting a non-White suspect might have influenced the decision to sack the driver). The BBC narrative presented first is the latest version containing much less details (presenting the driver as a misundestood hero) – whilst the second BBC narrative is around five-days old and contains far-more details (explaning that although the self-defence aspect was lawful [just] and legal [within a very narrow context] – the many other contributory aspects definitely were not). This process of “removing” details inverts the usual trajectory of gaining ever-more details and correctly reporting a story in greater detail. The third narrative is from a different news outlet and contains the “full” story from an impartial (non-BBC) news source.

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