Overnight Ratings for Doctor Who Once, Upon Time - Arts

Doctor Who News: Reports " Doctor Who Once, Upon Time was watched by 3.76 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures.....The seven-day consolidated figure, which includes all those who watch the episode within one week. for the War of The Sontarans was 5.10 million.  "

Lets Get Real:

Once , Upon Time was a head funk, the Doctor was thrown in to in to time itself, it was an effort to save the Tardis Fam, BOTH Dan and Yaz has been placed in their own time streams, thus the one body shared the past, present and future, a might confusing for the average viewer without a Degree from Stark Trek Voyager, thus if you broke down the story it made a sense, the Doctor was thrown in to her own PAST time stream, the one before the 1st Doctor, and Temple Priests needed saving from the big threat this season, also the flux we discovered was in answer to the Doctor.   It would be confusing to explain, just watch the episode, ( Spoiler ) coming up, the Weeping Angels came back, via a computer game and on the mobile of Yaz, they have taken over the Tardis and thus the next adventure, it should be mentioned we had a new character, who had to deal with the Daleks and Cybermen, not sure I approve of them being kind a side issue of the story, in the day they were the MAJOR THREATS, now they are just OLD.  We all get old!!  The new character had a link with a new Doctor companion, it does make sense.  WATCH on the IPLAYER. 

Biden success on HILL - infrastructure

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports in its 2.24pm post the following, " Today Joe Biden will sign into law the $1tn infrastructure bill that the House sent to his desk earlier this month, with notable bipartisan support. New polling released this weekend show economic discontent hurting Biden’s approval rating, with voters giving him little credit and plenty of blame.  "

Lets Get Real:

This a big win for POTUS, he could do with some good news, his poll numbers are down the toilet, US voters see him as not being interested in THEIR problems.  The Democrats can  NOW, shout about the infrastructure Act and the debate on the welfare social agenda that Biden wants the US Congress to pass.  The only person stopping Biden getting a complete win is Senator Joe Manchin, the Senator has sent mixed signals, it is CLEAR that he does not like the social agenda bill, he thinks it costs to much and changes the nature of the US.   The Senator might be RIGHT, the question is does he want to hold out and can the Biden Oval persuade him to vote YES in the Senate, this is the first half of the game, the 2nd half has never been so important for Biden and the US. 

Polish/Belarus Crisis - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " The European Union will step up sanctions against Belarus and those closest to its leader in response to an escalating migrant crisis at its border with Poland, officials say.  "

Lets Get Real:

President Putin could be playing CHESS, while the EU is still on SNAP, the Kremlin might be wanting the West to be fixated on the Polish border while the Russians are ready to invade the East of Ukraine or even the whole of the Ukraine.  ONE has to remember that that Putin has a KGB Soul, or that he even has one.  The West and NATO in this case should be placing troops on the border between Belarus and on the Ukraine border between the Ukraine and Russia.   The Biden White House should make it CLEAR to Putin, that any attack on the Ukraine will see the US in play and NATO.  The Russia Bear is sneaky it is not suicidal, there have been rumours that Putin is ill with Parkinson's,  one has doubts, but just in case a old man wants to take the World with him, it has to be made clear that any action in the Ukraine could lead to a War between NATO and Russia.  These are troubling developments. 

After Afghanistan will the Polish Border be the next MAJOR CRISIS - Biden Era

Daily Mail: Reports " US says Russia will be making a 'serious mistake' as it warns it is 'looking at ways of dealing' with Lukashenko as UK sends soldiers to Poland after Putin provokes West by deploying troops in Belarus and sending bombers over North Sea "

Lets Get Real:

Since Russian invaded in the Crimea during the Obama Presidency the World has been in  a new Cold War 2 with Russia,  Putin wants to restore a Greater Russia in the mould of the OLD USSR.  The Belarus President would not be bringing refuges to the Polish border without the permission and backing of President Putin, it can be argued that the Kremlin is seeing how far it can push Europe and the President Biden of the US.  The withdrawal of the West from Afghanistan has given the impression that Biden will not stand up with Allies that are under threat.  NATO should place more troops on the border between Poland and Belarus and keep the refuges from getting in to NATO and EU countries.   The other threat as the article notes in the threat of Russian troops on the Eastern border of Ukraine, the Kremlin might think this is the time to invade, taking a bet that since the Ukraine is not in NATO, the West will not react, to prevent this mistake, NATO should draw a line and make it CLEAR, any invasion of East Ukraine will lead to NATO taking action, stop the Russian Bear NOW, before he goes to far. 

Is the UK about to fold on Article 16 - Update - After Brexit

BBC News: Reports " The EU's chief Brexit negotiator has welcomed what he says is "a changing tone of discussion" in talks about the Northern Ireland Protocol.  "

Lets Get Real:

Is the UK about to FOLD, is our feckless PM about to fold due to the pressure from the sleaze allegations, and the lack of success at the Green Summit, why would the UK tone change, is the Government trying to show that it really tried to get a deal or has the PM decide that a TRADE WAR before Christmas is not a good idea, who knows, it does seem to have been a sudden change.  One had the impression that after the Glasgow Summit the PM would invoke Article 16, it should be noted that the Unionist Parties in Northern Ireland expect reform of Northern Ireland Protocol or to suspended it, the DUP has stated that it will bring down the Provinces Government if there is no reform of the protocol, and the Polls for the Unionist Parties is not good, what could really be damaging is if the Nationalist were the largest Party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, that could lead to new trouble on the streets, so the UK PM is caught behind the 8ball, whatever he does there will be rough consequences for him on the political front and for the province of Northern Ireland. 

Inflation THREAT to the US - Biden Era

Guido Fawkes: Reports " U.S. inflation up 6.2% in October versus a year ago – the highest inflation since 1990. Inflation was up 0.9% in Oct. alone, a much higher increase than 0.4% in Sept. and 0.3% in August. "a

Lets Get Real:

As someone more intelligent than this blog said, its the Economy Stupid, this was utterance was made during the 1992 Presidential Election, after the end of the first Gulf War 1, Bush 41 look like he was on a easy path to re-election, then a mild recession hit and Bush 41 under pressure from Congress rose taxes, this was seen in the long term as benefiting the US, but at the time Bush 41 was seen to  have broken his word of NO NEW TAXES, that was the theme of the 1988 Presidential Election.   The above is to place in context the hiking of inflation to a thirty year high, also Biden Agenda will take time to get in action, there are no shovel ready projects yet, and they might start after the 2022 Mid Terms.  The infrastructure act will take time, and Biden's welfare bill will cost trillions no matter what the projected outcome, one you give people a benefit, it is very HARD to take it back, that is what the Democrats are counting on.   The question is will Senator Joe Manchin vote for the welfare package, the noises from the Senator are not good.  Thus if maybe turns in to a FIRM NO, the Biden Agenda is finished on the Hill.  Next year the House and Senate are up for election, it will be everyone man ( generic use of the word ) for himself, and like the Titanic they will not be enough lifeboats. 

Article 16 and Lord Frost - Update - After Brexit

BBC News: Reports " Suspending the Northern Ireland part of the Brexit deal will be the "only option" if UK-EU talks fail to resolve problems, Lord Frost has said.  "

Lets Get Real:

As reported on Sky News today the EU wants to play hardball if the UK invokes Article 16, in this they might have problem, what will Poland and Hungary do, also it is reported that Germany is not in favour, the pressure for tough action is coming from Ireland and France, the French reason is EASY, the President faces a election next year and wants to be seen to be tough on the British, while the Dublin Government knows that it might have to set up border posts on its side of the border for any EU threat to mean anything.  Also the consequences of invoking Article 16 will take time, do the Irish want a TRADE WAR before Christmas, and also the pressure from Brussels to place border posts up, the UK will follow the Good Friday Agreement, force the EU to cause problems in the province, that will look good for the EU, the EU has more to lose, it should cut a deal, even if the French are not happy, the French are never happy.