Scotland – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

During National Service, he became a piper in the Cameron Highlanders.

Scotland: Tribute to Working-Class Hero – Mr Andy Anderson [1938-2026] – Former Cameron Highlander Piper! (2.7.2026)

02/07/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

In his book about the battle, he wrote: “We were not, as we first thought, just opposing a government. We were in fact opposing the whole mindset, which was itself a captive of international companies who were determined to use the Skye Bridge project as an experiment.”

Andy would become a key independence campaigner in the years that followed. After the referendum loss, he helped found the Scottish Currency Group, which continues to this day.

Three years ago, he founded the grassroots campaign Respect Scottish Sovereignty, which calls for decentralised direct democracy, allowing ordinary people to stand up for their rights against government authority.

Andy and Doreen moved to Saltcoats around a decade ago, before moving to their home next to Ardrossan Cemetery three years ago.

His daughter, Theresa Derbyshire, said: “He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year ago and he survived a lot longer than anyone expected. My brother and his wife stay with them in house and the whole family looked after him.

“We are expecting a lot of people to come from all over to pay their respects at his funeral later this month. ”

Andy’s funeral service will be held at 2.30pm on July 27 at the Holmsford Bridge Crematorium in Dreghorn.

UK: Review – Battle of New Orleans (Audible]! (24.6.2026)

24/06/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Let us not forget the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders – those Kilted Celts – who advanced across the open field in New Orleans with bagpipes blaring and drums a banging! After the battle, the American rebels described how the British soldiers had died with arms, legs, and heads blown-off – whilst the wounded sat (or lay) laughing – trying to regain their their often non-existent feet – and still follow orders to advance! How difference this behaviour was to the average American soldier who often ran-away in the face of the enemy. The British had freed US slaves and intended to build a country for Native Americans – but the nefarious Americans put an end to all these utopian ideas. Not only this, but Mississipi, Louisiana, and Florida wanted to secede from the US and join “British North America” (Canada) – even if Spain re-established sovereignty over those areas.

US: The Tartan Army Marched in Boston – Remember the Highlanders Who Marched in New Orleans! (21.6.2026)

21/06/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Many Spanish, French and Native Americans wanted Florida and Louisiana to secede from the Union and become part of British Canada – and we would have been happy to have them! Arriving in Louisiana on December 23rd, 1814, the British Army was comprised of nearly 8,000 experienced soldiers – including 962 men from the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders. The battle plan to march up the Mississippi River and capture the city. The Scots knew a frontal assault was required and were completely unafraid and confident they would prevail over the ill-disciplined enemy. Although very well executed – in the end the front assault was disastrous as it came up against the American defensive earthworks at the Rodriguez Canal (Chalmette). Scotmen could be heard falling upon their deflating bagpipes – making an eery noise. Many Scots fell into the kneeling position with their bayoneted musket dug into the ground at the stock-end with jutting blade at 45 degrees – held in place by their upright dead bodies. This was a tactic taught in infantry school to scare the enemy. As a true Scotsman wears nothing under his kilt – this surprised many US soldiers (Celts used to strip naked to fight the enemy). Finally, I am Irish on my Dad’s side (the Irish wear a different type of tartan) [Kilmurray] and Scottish on my mother’s side (Gibson).

The Victim - Stephen Ogilvie - Was Referred By His Victims as "Humpty Dumpty"!

UK: Northern Ireland’s “Unluckiest Man” Targetted Twice By “Nefarious Foreigners”! (11.6.2026)

11/06/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

The government does not want to be accused of withholding data that might have criminal implications. The Up-shot of this fire-fighting approach (the immigration process must be protected at all costs) is that the existence of Mr Hadi Alodid appears to begin with him assuming the status of an “asylum-seeker” and leaving his native Sudan. He flew from France to the Republic of Ireland – and then crossed into Northern Ireland from there (I assume illegally) – where he was given permission to remain for five-years. This is ironic as the Irish border is heavily patrolled. Here is the asymmetric issue – whereas we know a considerable amount about the past of the victim – Mr Stephen Ogilvie (who nearly had his head cut-off) – we know virtually nothing about the past of Mr Hadi Alodid or his life in Sudan – the man who took a stout kitchen knife and attempted to commit a murder typical of those found within Islamic-extremism. Instead, we are told, there is “nothing terroristic” about the actions of Mr Hadi Alodid – so there you have it. His religious affiliation is ignored. We can all give-up worrying and go home pondering why it is that Mr Stephen Ogilvie is “so unlucky” in life. I am reminded of the film the “Wizard of Oz” – where the false Wizard instructs his audience to “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” – because if you do, then you will understand exactly what is going on!

The information I was given was a blue and white paddle board, which doesn't help when the sea is blue and white.

UK: Weird News from Scotland – How the RNLI Rescued a Blue Paddle-Board! (15.4.2026)

15/04/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

Mandy urged other paddle boarders to take proper precautions before going out on the water.

She said: “Obviously don’t go dressed like me, try and wear a wetsuit and a lifejacket.

“I had a swimming costume on, a T-shirt and a pair of Crocs. That’s not appropriate.”

The RNLI were called out to 13 paddleboard incidents in Scotland last year and 14 the year before.

Lifeboats in Scotland launched 1,172 times last year and 37 lives were saved. The number of callouts were 10 fewer than in 2024.

Scott said: “You really need to be prepared. Check the tides, the weather, the wind speed.

“Have wetsuits and lifejackets, tell people where you’re going, have a mobile phone.”

The crew said it had been emotional reuniting with the woman whose life they saved.

Scott said: “It was really nice to meet Mandy again, it’s something that doesn’t happen often.”

Mandy said: “I feel so special to have met the crew that saved me.

“I can’t remember what any of them looked like but their voices are very familiar now that I’ve met them.

“They do this unpaid, they are actual heroes.”

UK: In Praise of David Lindsay and his Book “A Voyage to Arcturus! (14.2.2026)

14/02/2026 Adrian (釋大道)

What was written on those 30 missing pages? No one knows because they remain missing. It is interesting to speculate as what is left reads like the music (and lyrics) from “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Considering how bizarre and sexually suggestive the remaining content is – one is left pondering as to the true scale of non-conformity. Anyway, a number of early SciFi writes used the agency of “sleep” as a means to travel long distances or indeed travel through time – I think this idea dates back to the French author “Louis-Sébastien Mercier” (1740-1814) and his 1771 masterpiece entitled “The Year 2440: A Dream If Ever There Was One” (L’An 2440, rêve s’il en fut jamais). I think HG Wells also borrowed this concept for his 1898 book entitled “When the Sleeper Wakes”. Lindsay, it must be said, did flesh it out somewhat by suggesting it was possible to “travel on light beams” in “torpedo-shaped metal space craft” (the essence of the modern “Alien” franchise?). Of course, it must be stressed that Arcturus was in fact the “sun” around which the planet Tormance orbited. The protagonists did not travel to the sun – but to the planet Tormance – which is an interesting and unexplained contradicting. Why not the title “A Voyage to Tormance” – as this planet seems far more warmer than earth (the main character Maskull required a blood transfusion just tosurvive – provided wilfully by a Tormance women (an allusion to the power of menstruation – perhaps?)

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