24 October 2011. WWBD?!

“What the hell is WWBD?”

Thank you for asking. It means What Would Baba Do? Would Baba put up with this secretiveness and skulduggery? Would Dede put up with it? For that matter, would Uncle Milosh and Aunt Helen put up with it?

NO!

In my mind’s eye, I can see Baba chasing out Lyonyo, Bobby, Velencia, Jillions, Dreher, Freddie M-G, Mattingly, and all the rest. She’d be whacking ‘em over the head with her broom… “Get out of God’s House (WHACK!)… get out NOW (WHACK!)”. Baba would be kicking ass and takin’ names. Dede would be sitting with Uncle Milosh on the steps of the Parish Hall with a tall cold one. “I told them not to get her riled… they ‘knew better’… they know better NOW (Dede takes a long meditative pull on his pivo, whilst Uncle Milosh nods a vigorous approval). Aunt Helen’s standing to the side… she knows that Baba has things totally under control.

Lyonyo and his pals had best watch out. This wouldn’t be the first time that the “clever” Lyonyo outsmarted himself whilst trying to outwit and outmanoeuvre everyone else (remember how he muffed his attempt to succeed Hubiak?). Bobby outsmarted him the last time… I’ll bet that lightning’s gonna strike twice in the same place (Lyonyo’s one of those dense overeducated sorts who learn nothing from their pratfalls). I don’t think it’s going to be Bobby… but someone’s going to snooker him… just you see.

Never forget… Baba NEVER loses in the end… NEVER. As for me, my money’s on Baba… as for Lyonyo… the less said, the better…

Barbara-Marie Drezhlo

Monday 24 October 2011

Albany NY

Sergei Yolkin’s World: Winter Tyres for Your Favourite Car

Winter Tyres for Your Favourite Car

Sergei Yolkin

2011

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If you look at the licence plate under the grill, it says, “No, no”. That must mean that they fit “just right”.

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In anticipation of the first snowfall of the year, which is expected on Saturday, Moscow motorists are beginning to change the summer tyres on their vehicles, but our RIA-Novosti correspondent found out that not that many were in the auto repair shops. Earlier, experts at the Phobos Weather Centre told RIA-Novosti that the first snow of the season’s expected in Moscow on Saturday, and the first below-freezing temperature will come on Sunday night, the mercury will fall to -2 Celsius (28.5 degrees Fahrenheit). In turn, the State Automobile Inspectorate (GAI) urged drivers to change over to winter tyres before the snow falls, for safety reasons. According to the UGIBDD (Directorate of the State Inspectorate of Road Traffic Safety) statistics, the onset of cold weather, which causes ice to form on the roads, significantly increases the number of road accidents, most of which can be traced to drivers neglecting to change over to winter tyres fast enough. After the first snowfall, the number of those going into the shop to change their tyres will increase significantly.

13 October 2011

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20111013/458052204.html

Sergei Yolkin’s World: New Ranks… New Gobbledegook

New Ranks… New Gobbledegook

Sergei Yolkin

2011

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To make sense of this, let Tyotya Vara explain it all for you. On the left, you’ll see three officers, starting with “Nachshtab”… “Chief of Staff”. In the centre, is “Kombat”… “Battalion Commander”. On the right, is “Starlei”… “Senior Lieutenant”. The poor sod on the extreme right is saying, “I guess that makes me a ‘Glavser’ (Chief Sergeant)”.

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Here’s a song by Lyube… KomBat (Battalion Commander)… they dedicated it to the VOV vets

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Nikolai Pankov, the State Secretary and Deputy Defence Minister, told reporters that the rank of Chief Sergeant will be instituted in the Russian forces. A similar position exists in the US forces, where senior NCOs coordinate and monitor junior NCOs, as well as advising senior officers, all the way up to the Secretary of Defence and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pankov pointed up, “This isn’t going to be put in place today or tomorrow. We know that we have to introduce such a position, but we have to thoroughly check out all our options first”.

7 October 2011

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20111007/451655931.html

Editor’s Note:

Just shows to go ya that Kilroy lives… in the Russian forces as much as in ours. Lighten up… they’re not supermen; they’re not bunglers. They’re ordinary sorts doing a job… just like our boys. I’d think that “Joe Bloggs” and “Ivan Ivanovich” would get on just fine with a pivo or two…

BMD

Sergei Yolkin’s World: Our Real Enemy… “Financial Terrorism” in the USA

Our Real Enemy… “Financial Terrorism” in the USA

Sergei Yolkin

2011

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Protests against the actions of major financial institutions erupted in New York and other cities in the United States. On Sunday, American cops in Washington detained a protester at one of the demonstrations. There are conflicting stories on what offence the demonstrator committed, if anything. US Secret Service agents asserted that they arrested the man for violence towards a policeman; allegedly, he threw a shoe at the cop. According to the other people present, he tried to throw a shoe over the White House fence, but missed.

10 October 2011

Sergei Yolkin

RIA-Novosti

http://ria.ru/caricature/20111010/454482105.html

24 October 2011. The Grapevine Speaks…

Well, well, well… it’s interesting what you hear when you put out a “shout”. Velencia’s lawyer, Howard Needle, is 76-years-old, he’s practised law since 1959; he works out of a tiny house in Pikesville MD. He doesn’t have a real office, no website… I’m told that one of the most recent cases he handled was defending two teens who shot someone… he lost. SHAZAM! I’m supposed to be scared. Be careful, Mr Needle… your client is the sort who publicised private e-mails when he thought it convenient. That’s why he was in trouble with John Law in the first place. Watch your back, Mr Needle, he could do that to YOU…

BMD

24 October 2011. Jillion’s “Institute” Came Up a Step in the World After He Left It… What Does THAT Tell You?

Jillions’ decrepit little institute rents space in this building… Wesley House in Cambridge, which is NOT part of Cambridge University. As per usual, the Renovationist reality is far from the supposed puffery. Do have a care when reading press releases on oca.org.

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It appears that Jillions’ famed little “institute” came up in the world after he and his wife left the scene. They now rent space in Wesley House, the Methodist training college (a Victorian “Arts & Crafts” brick building with remnants of the Morris/pseudo-mediaeval detailing usual in its day) built around a pretty garden quad in Jesus Lane. Jesus Lane is as good a Cambridge address as there is without being King’s or Magdalene. However, Wesley House is NOT considered a part of Cambridge University… it’s a separate establishment, unlike Jesus College or Sidney Sussex College on the same street, which are legit parts of Cambridge. The chapel’s hideously Protestant and the walls swim in portraits of bewigged Wesleyans. In short, this isn’t a legit “stand-alone” INSTITUTE. This is one of those fraudulent little “institutes” scattered throughout any college town of repute. It has SCANT relation with the main institution in town, but it’s in the right “location”. These guys can claim that they’re in “Cambridge”. Indeed, they’re in the town of Cambridge… but they’re not part of the university proper. This is another Renovationist will o’ the wisp. It’s still just rented space on the fringes of legit academe. They don’t have their own building, nor do they have an independent “presence”. Sad, ain’t it? What does this tell us? Hmm… this forlorn little “institute” recovered after Jillions left… what does that tell us about the OCA?

I say that it’s imprudent to speak until the Sobor. Then, the fat lady will sing… or, is it the ”fat bishop” will sing? In any case, if the Sobor doesn’t play out according to Lyonyo’s script… anything’s possible… and I mean that LITERALLY. Jillions will only be Chancellor if Lyonyo’s party wins… and that’s not a foregone conclusion. The world hasn’t stopped being crank, yet… pass me the jug…

Barbara-Marie Drezhlo

Monday 24 October 2011

Albany NY

Editor’s Postscript:

I heard some more “whispers in the loggia” concerning this Sad Sack Institute. They’re going to have to find new digs. The Methodists are closing down, not enough trainee ministers to justify a large chunk of prime Cambridge real estate. Unless they find a Daddy Warbucks sugar-daddy, they’re going to have to “come down” in the world. Who said that there wasn’t a God in Heaven and that He doesn’t have a WICKED (and fitting) sense of humour?

BMD