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October 5, 1929: British actor Donald Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He played numerous roles in films including RAF pilot Colin Blythe in The Great Escape, the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, Telefon, THX 1138, and psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis in Halloween.



"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
― Donald Pleasence, "Telefon" (1977)



Belated farewell to the last living actor from THE RED MENACE (1949), Barbra Fuller. Hers was one of the best known voices on the airwaves. By the age of 18, Barbra Fuller (born Barbara Deane Fuller) had been featured in 25 radio serials and had by her own count portrayed more than 1000 different characters. Though having earlier aspired to become a math teacher, she went into show biz instead and made her first radio broadcast at 11 years of age. Two years later, she was playing more ingénues in Chicago soap operas than any other teenager.



Unfortunately, her first picture was a strident propaganda piece, The Red Menace (1949), very much at the height of HUAC and McCarthyism. Producers had wanted an unknown for the role and Barbra's unaffected, sincere approach to acting suited their purpose. In retrospect, it was hardly the ideal career launch pad.

Barbra Fuller, who starred as the daughter Claudia on the long-running radio soap opera One Man’s Family, all while appearing in films for Republic Pictures and such TV shows as Adventures of Superman, has died. She was 102.

On the San Francisco-set One Man’s Family, created by Carlton E. Morse, Fuller played one of the Barbour family’s five kids from 1945 until the NBC Radio drama completed its 27-year run in 1959. Her character, a twin with kids of her own, was gone from the program for a couple of years before she came aboard.

In 1949, Fuller signed with Republic and was under contract with the B-picture studio for a year, during which she was busy making 13 movies, starting with the anti-communism noir The Red Menace (1949).

She followed with such other films as Flame of Youth and Alias the Champ (featuring the wrestler Gorgeous George), both released in 1949, and The Savage Horde, Lonely Heart Bandits, Tarnished (also starring Jimmy Lydon), Women From Headquarters and Harbor of Missing Men, all those hitting theaters in 1950.

On the first-season Adventures of Superman episode “Crime Wave,” which premiered in February 1953, Fuller portrayed a woman working for “Public Enemy No. 1,” a mysterious criminal waging war against the good citizens of Metropolis.

Fuller married Lash LaRue, a star of low-budget Westerns, in February 1951 in Yuma, Arizona, but they were separated by November and divorced by the following June. She was one of his many wives.

The Hollywood Reporter

October 5, 1962: the first James Bond film premiere of "Dr. No" and  “Love Me Do” released in UK and Elton John released his seventh studio album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road on this day in 1973.

License to thrill.



The film was the 5th most popular film at the UK box office in 1962, but it was not successful in America when it was shown in May 1963. The Vatican condemned Dr. No describing it as "a dangerous mixture of violence, vulgarity, sadism and sex", and added: "Evil, presented in an alluring manner, has a very strong power of attraction on poor human nature weakened by original sin." (Newspaper clipping) whilst the Kremlin stated that Bond was the personification of capitalist evil – both controversies helped increase public awareness of the film and greater cinema attendance. It has since earned a reputation as one of the best films in the series. Notably, it introduced significant elements that became trademarks of the Bond franchise, including the distinctive gun barrel opening sequence, the stylized title sequence, and the iconic theme music.



Oct 5, 1969: The 1st episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus was broadcast on BBC1. The group were: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones. There were 45 episodes from 1969 to 1974, and only 2 episodes for German TV.





October 5, 1974: American Dave Kunst (born July 16, 1939) from Minnesota became the first person to travel around the whole world on foot. He was inspired by historical figures like Marco Polo and Magellan.

David embarked with his brother, John, eastward from Minnesota in June of 1970. They planned to walk through North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia before returning to the U.S. via the West Coast.


Unfortunately, tragedy struck in Afghanistan when John was killed by bandits in October 1972. David was also injured and paused the journey, completely devastated. However, he eventually decided to continue and was joined by his other brother, Pete, for the rest of the trip.

Kunst's trek began June 20, 1970, and ended October 5, 1974, spanning 14,450 miles across four continents and going through 21 pairs of shoes.



A stride for mankind, David Kunst, clad in unwavering spirit, encircled Earth’s vastness with mere human feet. October 1974 brought his odyssey full circle, but not without the shadow of his brother John, felled in a cruel twist of fate amidst Afghani sands. Yet, the walk endured: through continents, through sorrows, a pilgrimage forged in perseverance and soles worn thin. A journey not merely of miles but of memory and resolve, beating a path where angels and demons alike tread lightly.


One of my favorite recent Canadian stories is about to get even funnier...
Boy who cried wolf but the boy was the Canadian Military?


Ottawa Citizen

He says of the three main agencies – MI5, MI6 and GCHQ – the latter appeared to have more visibly disabled staff “and it’s often looking for people with neurodiversity”.

But adds: “MI5 always looked more diverse in terms of ethnic background and has more women in senior positions.”

Liam says he has everything he needs to do his job well and is keen to share his story. But when pressed for information about the social spaces where his colleagues might meet to share their experiences, Liam gives nothing away.

“I can neither confirm or deny whether there is an MI5 pub.”

Meet the autistic MI5 intelligence officer

Back in 2019 at a Cybertech Conference, Bibi Netanyahu boasted about the Israeli NSA Unit 8200, stating "Israel is the Second Eye of Five Eyes"
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1uiwJ3m9KM&t=593s

Unit 8200 (elite Israeli military intelligence division) founded in 1952 with funding from USGOV, recruits young Israeli's who are autistic with special talents. Another Israeli group is the Talpiot program, which is a training program that grooms chosen intellectuals into technological leadership positions.


The Israeli-American theoretical physicist at Harvard University well known in the UFO/UAP circles and the "The Galileo Project" is Avi Loeb. Avi came out of the Talpiot program.

The battle of perceptions, information and minds. The best weapons are the ones with plausible deniability. Stealth jets are less powerful than autistic foreign trolls with an internet connection and state sponsorship.


Gotta luv the armchair twitter moron (who claims to be a US Navy veteran) ...


He’s gonna need a Tomahawk to help blow his foot out of his mouth on this one. LOL. Obviously, he's never heard about the 4 former boomer subs converted to SSGN's known as the Four Horsemen of Tomahawkalypse. Four of the Ohio-class were converted in 2004-2008. 7 tubes per silo, 22 silos for a total of 154 Tomahawk missiles. USS Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia.


Joaquin Phoenix in a SPACECAMP publicity still in the days when he was billed as Leaf Phoenix. This may be better than Joker: Madness of Two.



On Batman themes the much, much better show to watch (so far with 2 episodes) is The Penguin (2024, HBO Max) Helluva a role Colin Farrell plays as Oz Cobb. Can't even recognize him with his physical makeup appearance.