Swish, Bam! Swash, Bop! Swish, WHACK! Cue original Batman theme.

What?!

Ditto. Else we would hover around mum in the kitchen asking if we could lick the cake mix spoon and then use teaspoons to 'clean' the mixing bowl! Go play outside. Dad chose a large house in the centre of a large surround garden next to a large forest. We had bicycles and local friends so it was a fantastic life. And then I built my first computer (ZX-81) followed by Spectrum and we were then given gaming rules. A balanced lifestyle. We grew up healthy and level headed.

Agreed

Here in the UK, we have been under total surveillance for a while, and let me tell you this, it does NOTHING to deter crime. Nothing. But it is used to entrap the public for minor motoring offences, and track you if you are politically active. Americans may have read about the murder of the amazing Ann Widdecombe, highly respected woman of 78, and national treasure. CCTV did nothing to stop the criminal. Likewise, violent drugged up thugs do not care about being on camera, they relish it. Flock should be taken down, you have no idea where this is going to lead, but if you want a clue, Minority Report. Strict parenting, discipline and no nonsense old fashioned policing will reduce crime, NOT surveillance.

EU needs up back down. It's stopping one of the safest vehicles ever made, the Cybertruck, whose FSD and Autopilot makes it very hard to hit someone.

Here in the UK, as you will know, the state, lead by Starmer, whose father was an ultra Communist, has abused its power, cosied up with the enemy (Islam), and you can be assured, that if he does not resign tomorrow, he will use Ai and the cameras already installed all over the UK to have his minions monitor anyone who is a threat to his hegemony. And likewise, if Trump was to lose the plot or someone else in authority was to abuse their power, this is going to be misused. I argue the case for a trust based society that starts at the home, and with cops on the beet. Reject dystopia. Technology should be opt in, and for our convenience only. Yes, CCTV to record goings on in case of crime, but not real time monitoring. That is for profit law, and encourages companies to pay corrupt politicians and cops to go easy on crime, release criminals, so that the public then demand said surveillance. What future do you want? Demolition Man, or Star Trek? I'll take the latter.

Love his older movies, Close Encounters being the best by far, but I wish actors and movie producers would stop expressing their opinions on politics and science. Because, well, they have spent their entire lives in a career that exists around make believe. I spent my youth obsessing about UFOs, The Bermuda Triangle, Peruvian alien runways and so on. It was all explained by science. Yes, it's possible intelligent life visited us in the past, but not in the last 1000 years or so. Not a single viable iota of evidence, other than from somewhat questionable 'witnesses'. Area 51 was and is a research facility. Next gen fighter aircraft that the public have never seen would class as a UFO, but not extra terrestrial.

Right wing? Here in the UK, it is us on the right who OPPOSE all the surveillance! Am I to assume in the US, it's the reverse? Either way, here in UK, I'm opposed to surveillance, it indicates a zero trust society and profits made from fear. Saddens me that small town America has become a Chinese style dystopia. Someone in power will be profiting from it, like the bent British cops who retire and start or work for CCTV camera companies.

Here in the UK, I saw the Mach-E in person years ago at Goodwood Festival of Speed and I think Everything Electric show in Farnborough. The front 'grille' is horrible! Why they used the Mustang brand name in a frumpy SUV is anyone's guess, and the stuck on volume knob was a UX fail. Not a bad idea to have a tactile dial, but the execution was poor. The Lightning got everything right, except the range, as Cybertruck has proven too. Trucks need range because - tow! I am amazed Ford could not tell what they needed to do. On the contrary, Renault have had fantastic success with the Renault 5 EV here in the UK. Looks great, affordable and the range is not too bad for a compact vehicle. Ford should have electrified the Focus and waited for larger batteries to electrify THE Mustang, without changing the body style. Grilles are everything! As many have predicted, China., Kia and Tesla are going to bankrupt legacy auto whose arrogance and lack of imagination is off the scale. Only BMW have done it right. Controversial design, but great range and funky interiors. (i3 and iX3)

... What are they talking about? "Gladis, look out, there's a Japanese whaling ship heading in your direction!" "Where's a transparent aluminum tank in a Klingon warbird when you need one!?"

I went to see Project Hail My Beloved Mary Oh Saviour of the Sun at the Brighton Odeon the other day, Having pre booked, I intentionally waited outside in the foyer cafe until the last moment for this very reason. Most ads in the UK are woke anyway, 90% black characters, white males relegated to dimwits and so on, which makes me swear out loud in the theatre. Anyway, even this didn't work, the trailers were played at the last moment, but at least I missed the woke ads. I won't comment on the movie, but it was woke too, and I almost walked out. Great concept and the music was superb, but FFS, be done with the in your face minorities in 90% of scientific positions and hugs with aliens, I want science and realism, not fantasy to meet DEI and diversity tick boxes! Anyway, Sony boss is right.

And as I knew when buying it, (saw a close-up of Brad Pitts helmeted face on a Bravia 8ii in a Currys store because they were showing clips from the F1 movie on it, the realism and detail where outstanding), the Bravia 8 ii is probably the best TV ever made by anyone ever. And I've been into AV since the 1970s. But the software on Sony Android and Google TVs has always been sluggish & gets worse over time. So when I suffered this with my previous TV, a Sony 49", I bought a 3rd gen 4k Apple TV. A game changer! Fast as heck, great UX and excellent image quality too. It's time more high end TV manufacturers (Panasonic, Samsung, LG, TCL/Sony etc) started to treat TVs like monitors and just let us plug a box into the TV and choose our own 'TV OS'. Will probably reduce the cost and increase reliability too. I only use my TV for streaming, Playstation 5/XBOX and good DVDs/BluRays. I never watch off air TV. It's terrible here in UK now, and I don't want to pay the woke BBC for a licence. Off air is dead anyway.

If sales of ICE drop in Europe, then that affects brands sold in the US. Prices will rise for cars, parts and servicing. Be like selling VCRs, 5 years into the streaming revolution. Honda's cancelling of their innovative cool looking EVs is a massive mistake, that Toyota will relish. They are only a year or so away from going full on with EVs, with solid state technology and 500+ mile range. Imagine a fully electric new style Prius, be a massive hit. Trump is doing good with his no nonsense sort it our foreign policy, but making a big mistake encouraging a move back dirty energy. You cannot undo change when it's better than the old way.

Predicts all this.