A conversation with the great Ben Katchor.

"The thing is, wealth doesn’t corrupt you just criminally, it also corrupts your tastes. You don’t look at things, you don’t study things, you become, you know, an

Back at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning attempting to monitor a call over hearing in the case of @wikileaks publisher Julian Assange. This is the last such hearing scheduled before the extradition decision will be given on 4 January.

Thread. 1/

The goal posts for access constantly shift at this court, in a completely arbitrary manner. We are currently being told by a court official that no journalists will be allowed in (told they can access the Cloud Video Platform) and only two people can access the public gallery. 2/

At times, even under Covid measures, four journalists have been allowed into the well of this same courtroom, and five people into the public gallery. Two in total today is completely arbitrary. We’re told the access restrictions are the judge’s decision. 3/

We’re hearing that two seats in court are being held for @AusHouseLondon, so we circle back to the same issue as the “VIP” seats held in the September proceedings at the Old Bailey, when these “VIP” diplomats never took their seats, but they were held back from the public. 4/

Again, the only way for professional NGO observers to access these hearings (and do our job) is in person, as the court will not give us remote access. This is not only a barrier to open justice, but the court is creating unnecessary Covid risks as London heads towards Tier 3. 5/

Today this is unexpected thread. Believe me I am also shocked to see this.
In SSR case many people have doubt on One Bollywood hero and here I am writing some facts about Bollywood.
Salman Khan and his companies in UK ( As per this data)
Let’s start

SALMAN KHAN VENTURES UK LIMITED. Incorporated on 1st feb 2018 and now it has proposal of strike off.
There are three directors in this company

Now 2nd is SALMAN KHAN FILMS LIMITED. Incorporated on 7 November 2017 and dissolved on 16 April 2019.

Now 3rd is SALMAN'S LIMITED which is Registered in an European Economic Area (Google it). registered on same date 7 November 2017 and dissolved .

4th is NADIA ALEXANDER KHAN LAW LIMITED. Now here is something intresting comes there.

Directors are Salim Khan, Arbaz Khan, Shohel Khan and few others. I don’t know why there is lord with their name. Check the highlighted details.

The Capitol is mostly empty this morning but many remnants of yesterday remain.

Four bullet holes in the glass of the doors that lead to the House Capitol steps

And this is where the woman was shot. These are the doors to get into the “Speaker’s Lobby” off the House chamber. Three pains of glass missing. One is shattered. Shards of glass remain on the floor

And this is the entrance to Speaker Pelosi’s suit. Her wood and good placard is missing

These are the doors to the center steps. Where they first breached the Capitol.They are cast in iron from Italy and moved here in the 1860s or earlier. Double paned glass shattered

This is just outside those doors

Thread on the missing 100 Kgs gold from CBI

In an unusual order, perhaps for the first time in history, the Madras HC has ordered a state Crime Branch CID probe into 100 Kgs of gold which went missing from the custody of CBI. 1/n

State CB CID officials will now probe the role of the elite CBI agency in the missing ingots weighing more than 100 Kgs.

When the CBI probed this case, the role of several IAS & ITS (Indian Trade Service) came to light. The role of Dr. Swarna, IAS, then Joint Development Commissioner, Special Economic Zone, Chennai also came to light. 3/n

Dr. Swarna is now the Secretary to government, P&AR, Government of Tamil Nadu. When an Addl SP went to examine Dr. Swarna with regard to this case, she threw a tantrum as to how an ordinary Addl SP can examine her and rang up TN Home Secretary to suspend the Addl. SP. 4/n

All the All India Service Officers involved in this case, using their bureaucratic clout in Delhi, ensured that this case never saw the light of the day.
5/n

I am content with #HoneyBadger overseeing this over the past 48 hours.

This is what cutting off access to illicit funding looks like. Looks like the washing machine about to break.

So many cry babies not paying attention.