It's the strangest thing, all over the UK patriots are putting up flags.
It's the strangest thing, all over the UK patriots are putting up flags.
This isn't a Frenchy blog; we're not Francophiles here at the Compound. On the contrary, we enjoy pre-lunch drinks in the Waterloo Room of the East India Club, that's us. But perhaps Marine LePen has a point and a good one?
⚡🇨🇵 Marine Le Pen:
— Adam Moczar (@AdamMoczar) August 13, 2025
"France will take all necessary steps.
Radical mosques will be closed, hate preachers will be expelled.
Salafism and the Muslim Brotherhood will be liquidated." pic.twitter.com/01CDPk3CdN
Could it possibly be that Leftist suicidal empathy is meeting it's match? In France? Well it better had do or there won't be anything left but a Caliphate and Hijabs all 'round.
Who knows, will Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians and Roman Catholics wake up in defense of the Faith and its very current threat, or will they kowtow to Islam like the rainbow apostate Marxists they are.
Your Call,
LSP
Today's the great Feast of the Assumption, which is typically ignored or hated by protestants because they think it idolatry. Here at the Compound we think it a singular devotion appropriate to the Mother of God, Mary Most Holy, the House of Gold. Here:
Deus, qui virginálem aulam beátæ Maríæ, in qua habitáres, elígere dignátus es: da, quǽsumus; ut, sua nos defensióne munitos, jucúndos fácias suæ intéresse festivitáti: Qui vivis et regnas, cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum."
Roughly translated by AI:
O God, Who chose the virginal dwelling of the blessed Mary to be Your abode, grant, we beseech You, that, defended by her protection, You may make us joyful to participate in her festival. Who lives and reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
In other news, it's VJ Day and a friend went to the Cenotaph in London to mark it. Well done him, but he was one of a small handful to honor our forgotten army. Bad show, quondam Great Britain.
Best,
LSP
Yes, at last, it rained. What. Bliss. Of course if you lived in Ireland or, say, Aberystwth, it wouldn't be such a big deal but here in Texas it is. The heavens opened, lightning cracked down, thunder rolled and all was good on the porch of the Compound.
In related news, Texas Democrats are being redistricted out of existence. Could this gentle rain be their liberal tears, flowing from the rainbow heavens? Such sweet tears.
Your Gun Rights Pal,
LSP
Everything's just fine in the Sceptered Isle, which is why this Coinbase ad was banned from the UK's national networks. Almost as though they think the country's serf-peasant class weren't able to watch it on the internet. Here, have a look:
🚨 TV ADVERT DEPICTING THE STATE OF BRITAIN HAS BEEN BANNED!!!
— James Freeman (@james_freeman__) August 10, 2025
Coinbase CEO tweeted “Our ad which got banned in the UK by the TV networks has sparked quite a reaction. If you can't say it, then there must be a kernel of truth in it,” pic.twitter.com/gRIsJIWhEd
Sometimes, dear friends, it's better in song. On topic, do you remember a time when we used to accuse the Soviets, rightly, of banning free speech and dissent?
Cheers,
LSP
Just another day at the Compound. Go downstairs and there's a dog sleeping on the sofa, another dog's waiting on the landing, and lo and behold, there's an adorable puppy on your front porch. What to do? Abandon the pup as he starts to cry by your corner ferns? Allow the poor little creature to be gerrymandered outta existence like a Democrat fraud?
No, take the pup in, heal its wounds, clean out its fleas, watch it mewl and nip in its adorable way and then pass it on to animal services in Hillsboro Texas. "Dam, that's a pretty puppy. Here's what they do, throw 'em off on the corner of your yard."
Yeah they do, and that's too bad. The other option's this: throw out your unwanted dog in the country and drive off. Watch, or don't watch, as that dog packs up and starts to attack lambs, calves and all of that. Then behold the farmers who shoot that dog.
I did that once. A gang of Chows had packed up east of I35, threatening livestock and human beings. "LSP, you got a rifle? Gotta shoot some Chows." So we sallied forth, rifles in hand, against the Chow menace. Result? No Chows, someone had shot them the day before.
Point being, DO NOT drop your dog off as though it were some kind of trash. Not acceptable. Here at the Compound we do rescues but can only take so many in. Take note. We're also armed to the teeth.
Just some inspirational music.
Here's the thing, energy's really important to us but do we have enough for an ever expanding economy? Good question. No, we do not. Finite resource meets infinite demand, problem. Solution? Build nuclear power plants ON THE MOON.
Yep, that's what we're talkin' about. Get that fission off planet and beam it back to earth, and we'd better get there before Russia or China win the regolith award. Here's CNBC:
The U.S. should deploy a small nuclear power plant to the surface of the moon before China and Russia are able to do so, the interim head of NASA has told the space agency’s staff.
NASA should be ready to launch a reactor to the lunar surface by the first quarter of fiscal year 2030, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is serving as the space agency’s acting administrator, said in a directive to NASA dated July 31. This would work out to late 2029.
China and Russia are aiming to deploy a reactor to the moon by the mid-2030s to power a joint base, officials in Moscow and Beijing have said. The first country to deploy a reactor on the moon “could potentially declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States from establishing a planned Artemis presence if not there first,” Duffy warned NASA. The Artemis mission is NASA’s lunar exploration program, which was first announced in 2017.
NASA should issue a request for proposals to industry within 60 days, according to Duffy’s directive. The reactor should be able to generate 100 kilowatts of electricity at a minimum, according to the directive. It would be transported aboard a heavy class lander with a payload of 15 metric tons.
A reactor without a 100-kilowatt output could power about 80 U.S. homes. By contrast, the average nuclear reactor in the U.S. fleet can power more than 700,000 homes.
The NASA program, called Fission Surface Power, will rely on microreactor technology, according to Duffy’s directive. But no microreactor has been licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, let alone built in the U.S. President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders in May that aim to expedite the commercialization of small nuclear reactors.
Duffy’s ambitious directive comes as the Trump administration has proposed steep cuts to NASA’s budget. The space agency also remains without a Senate-confirmed leader. Trump named Duffy as acting administrator after pulling his original nominee in May amid a feud with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Politico first reported Duffy’s plans to launch a nuclear reactor to the moon.
Hey, why not? Imagine a Fukishima disaster in CONUS or France or Russia, awful. But what happens if all that nuke power is ON THE MOON. Safe, right? How we get the power back to Terra is another matter again, space elevators, massive nano wires, Graphene Oxide, MRNA shots? But whatever, off shore power to Luna and we'll all be rich and the environment saved.
Do you think, dear friends, that lunar power will be free?
Ad Astra,
LSP
Hubbard Texas is great in many ways, it has an attack helicopter for a war memorial, respect, an orthodox Anglican church where the sacrament's reserved and the door's unlocked, it even has Malone's old railway station which serves a parish hall. Good work, crew. And it has a pool.
We went there today. What a great little community pool, lying there cool and blue under a hot Texan sun. It was pretty empty too, with a few kids carrying on mas gusto to lift the spirits, but here's the thing - they were VERY well behaved. Like no kidding, I was pleasantly taken aback, as in there's hope for us yet. Yessir.
The lifeguard girl announced that she was "going to college" in September and I asked her where. Texas A&M. To do what? Engineering. Congrats kid, and well done that girl, and what a lot of fun to hang out by the water in this rural Texan haven. Why, the world asks, can't the COUNTY SEAT have such a thing?
A community pool, dear friends, is apparently beyond the imagination of our local overlords. Something, someone once sang, better change. And perhaps it will, now that fleeing, cowardly, hypocritical, malfeasant, brazen, criminal, deceitful Democrat politicians have warrants out for their arrest.What can we say? Haul 'em in, lock 'em up and throw away the key. I'm not holding my breath, but still, it's a nice gesture.
Your Old Pal,
LSP
Ignore and scorn Crowley, just chillax, consult your tailor and listen to the tune. See you on the Terrace.
Cheers,
LSP