Pension Age Rises Again

 

The UK government has announced that the pension age is set to rise once more. This refers to the age a person can retire on the state pension scheme. For many decades it remained at sixty-five for men and sixty for women. Then in 1995 women were equalized with men at sixty-five. In 2007 it was decided this should rise to sixty-eight in 2046, but subsequent parliaments accelerated that process making it sixty-six by 2020. They now say it will rise to sixty-seven in 2026, just six years. At this rate it will be sixty-eight by the end of the decade, sixteen years early. The reason given is because human life expectancy in the country has risen considerably through the 20th century. The government are concerned about the financial sustainability of the scheme. The earlier people stop work the less premiums there are in the NIF- National Insurance Fund that pays for most of the state pension. The longer people live the more money is needed to support them, so it's a perfect storm. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gad-and-the-state-pension-age-review. The NIF can be subsidized from the general exchequer, but the government keep whining that they "don't have the resources!" This sounds similar to when they tell us they don't have enough resources to keep hospitals running or fixing the potholes in the roads. Why? Are they running out of cash? Is taxation somehow still too low when they keep putting it up and up and up; and an incredible forty-five percent of capital in circulation is currently forfeit to the state? (In other nations it's even higher!) What else are they spending all that money on? Well, we know some of the answers: losing foreign wars, paying off banks, MP's expenses, CCTV networks and migrant hotels. This makes me wonder, as somebody fairly young, whether I'll ever receive any state pension at all. It's like running in a race, but the finish line keeps advancing into the distance and you never reach it before you collapse with exhaustion. Therefore is it worth paying National Insurance at all? I know it's compulsory if you're earning above a certain income, but I'm talking hypothetically. Why fork out eight pounds a week for your entire working life so you can receive your first cheque when you're almost on your deathbed? Better to put the money into a private pension or savings account. Honestly, what high street insurance broker could get away with such a terrible deal: "You keep paying us and we might pay you... maybe... if we feel like it; and if we don't decide to change the conditions of the policy unilaterally."? There's also worrying signs that British life expectancy will not keep on rising forever. The causes of this are manyfold, socio-economic, cultural and psychological; and this is not to mention certain infectious diseases and their supposed prevention measures. The late great Ian R Crane used to say, in semi-jest, that in the future, photos of retired men playing golf will only be found in history books. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylsvlyntgeQ. The way I see it, at my age, is that by the time I'm old enough to worry about my pension I'll either be living in the post-Illuminati world, in which case I won't need it; or we'll be under the jackboot of the New World Order, in which case I'll be dead.

Scary Livestream

 

I've been neglecting HPANWO Voice lately because of other activities and Halloween is a good day to make a comeback. I've found a seasonal subject for it too. Asell Alm is a young man from Saudi Arabia who keeps a very active vlog which includes call-in livestreams. On one of them a woman joins. She is wearing the traditional black burka, as she would be compelled to in public in that country. To begin with, the mood is light-hearted and the two of them dance to music. She appears normal except that her skin appears to be red, that which you can see above her veil. Her eyes are bright green with heavy eyeliner. When she starts speaking you'll hear she has an unnatural hoarse voice. I can't speak Arabic and there is no subtitle function on the platform, but I can tell that the mood changes radically at that point. Asell recoils from the webcam and looks genuinely afraid. He recovers and begins playing Koran recitations and the being protests. The Islamic holy book is supposed to repulse evil forces. Eventually the call ends. Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPeKZDNjB0u. Commentators wonder if the woman could be one of the djinn, beings from Middle Eastern mythology who are said to be made from smokeless fire and inhabit a parallel world. They are sometimes equated with aliens by Muslims and people from the region. Unlike demons, the djinn can be either good or bad. This is possible. One thing the djinn can do is interact with humans via our technology. They inhabit bottles and other containers and the benevolent ones can grant us wishes. Djinn is where English got the word "genie", as in the Aladdin story. In that narrative the djinni is contained within an oil lamp. It makes sense that they would also use modern technology today, like Asell's internet connection. I'm not rejecting another possibility though, that this video is staged and Asell's caller is just a normal human being. He may have arranged this with her as a stunt. I've had a look at his Instagram and TikTok channels and they do seem to be focused on light-hearted pranks and novelty clips. If I learn more I'll let you know. I'd like to wish all Voice readers a very happy Halloween.

Ben Emlyn-Jones at the Essex UFO and Paranormal Group

 

I will be speaking at the Essex UFO and Paranormal Group on Friday the 6th of February 2026. My talk will be entitled: Exopolitics- the Path to UFO Disclosure. Exopolitics has been called the "militant wing" of UFOlogy, but perhaps it is just UFOlogists who have made up their mind. Maybe history is about to prove them right. Is Disclosure about to happen? The venue is the Balmoral Community Centre, Salisbury Ave, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0-7AU. The event starts at 7 PM and it costs £5 to £10. See here for details: https://essexufo.group/events.

Missing Stars Approved

 

See here for essential background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2025/08/stars-that-come-and-go.html.
Something has just happened that is very good, but very strange. I never would have expected it. The scientific papers Dr Beatriz Villarroel, Dr Stephen Bruehl et al have written about the missing stars on historical telescope plates have been published in two mainstream scientific journals; Nature's Scientific Reports and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's "good astronomy" journal. As I explain in the background link above, the conclusion of these papers is extraordinary. They say that there used to be objects close to the earth that are not stars or planets; and the data was collected before 1957 when Sputnik 1 was launched, so predating the human exploration of space... officially any way. I had assumed these papers would be immediately turned into editor's toilet paper and that Beatriz and her team would be pilloried as evil heretics, but no! The journals approved them. Even that famous YouTube skeptic and bane of Michael Shrimpton, Sabine Hossenfelder has been forced to concede that this study has substance, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gt-w38GeNc. The fact that the papers are out, in every university library and office, means that the most stringent skeppers on earth, making all the desperate attempts, using the methods I've explained in my skeptic posts, have failed to explain the anomalies as known phenomena. What are they instead? I don't know, but I do know that now this glass ceiling has been broken a precedent has been set with extraordinary possibilities. Talking about aliens is now no longer fringe. We will hopefully now see BBC documentaries with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Seth Shostak with embarrassed smiles trying to persuade us that they have said all along that they believed in aliens... honest, guv! As for Prof. Brian Cox, his ego will not let him apologize. He will probably retire and move to a desert island. Should I bump into him as he's rushing to the airport with sunglasses and upturned collar, I'll take delight in reminding him of all the times he called us "nobbers"!
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2025/07/interstellar-object-portal.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/08/skeptics-portal.html.

Ex Machina

 

I have come across an interesting film called Ex Machina which is thematically very similar to Her, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/06/her.html. It is the directional debut for somebody better known as a novelist and screenwriter, Alex Garland. It has an international cast and is also penned by Garland. The story is about a nerdy and solitary young man called Caleb who works as a coder for a major IT company. He wins a prize in the staff raffle which is a week staying with the company's CEO at his luxury retreat in a remote location. The place is beautiful, filmed in rural Norway. The CEO is a furtive and shifty individual, somewhat older than Caleb. He is also a functional alcoholic. He hints to Caleb that there's some big secret going on in his laboratory, but he won't reveal the secret until Caleb signs numerous non-disclosure agreements. Caleb eventually capitulates and finds out that the CEO is working on humanoid robots with artificial intelligence and wants Caleb to help him find out if these robots have consciousness. This is a subject I've delved into many times and I suspect it is impossible to know because one cannot tell the difference between real consciousness and a very good mimic of consciousness unless you are the entity being studied; in which case you will know with one hundred percent certainty. This is the central message of Her and also Ex Machina. There is a major difference in the conclusion though, along with numerous plot twists and double-twists. It explores the possibility of independent will in artificial intelligence and the ability to deceive others. It's well worth watching. At the moment it is on YouTube. This upload is seven years old so I assume it's authorized, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQF8DmC4XK8.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2023/03/should-we-welcome-our-ai-overlords.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2021/07/free-will.html.

Posie Parker in Oxford

 

I was in Oxford city centre yesterday filming a HPANWO TV comedy video, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2025/10/charlie-vitch-comes-to-oxford.html, when I happened to see "Posie Parker" aka Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull. I hadn't planned this encounter and didn't know she was coming to the city. I just happened to be there by luck. She was doing one of her textbook "let women speak" street demonstrations. As a result she inadvertently played a minor role in my video.
You can watch her own recording here.
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-FZ2ZEF7s.
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eitr3vCQZWA.
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLXZ5w0RSk.
As you can see in both our records, Kellie and her supporters were pinned up against a wall by St Ebbes Street and on the other side of Queen Street the counter-protesters gathered, which were the usual leftwing bunch; same as here: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/03/oxford-anti-racist-protest.html. The two sides traded insults and the leftists tried to shout Kellie and the other speakers down. The "adult human female" demonstrators carried on regardless. This demonstration comes at a crucial time. The Supreme Court has just ruled in their favour in Scotland and the campaign goes on to have the same definition for the whole UK, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-woman-is.html. I despise the leftist hecklers and their childish obsession with forcing people who disagree with them into silence. At the same time I feel very uncomfortable with the TERF's. Among Keen-Minshull's supporters yesterday were people flying the Union Flag, St George's Cross and other patriotic symbols. At Carfax was a gathering of "Oxfordshire Patriots", giving me a chance to incorporate them into my comedy too; however I was dismayed to see them there if, presumably, they were there to support Posie Parker. I don't think this holiday romance between dissident patriots and the TERF's is going to end well. How come so many people, most of whom should should know better, have somehow forgotten what the F stands for in TERF? I actually agree with a lot of what Keen-Minshull says, especially her points related to children; but we must never forget she is still just one shift in the political landscape away from going back to being a bitter enemy of all white males. At some point in the future this coalition of convenience is going to break down and the battle lines will return to their historical and very simple formation. I'm going to prepare for that day now, not put on an act now to score a few extra strategy points.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2021/08/political-correctness-portal.html.

Mystery Soda Machine Vanishes

 

See here for essential background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2015/08/mystery-soda-machine.html.
The famous mystery drinks dispenser has disappeared. This enigmatic landmark in Seattle, USA has been enchanting tourists and locals since the late 1990's. There were endless theories about how it got there and who keeps it going, but never an answer. Then one day in 2018 the sun rose on the Capitol Hill district to find the machine gone. This happened when there was some essential maintenance work being done with the pavement on which it stands; however the menders claim they are not responsible for its disappearance. Broadway Locksmiths told the media that the machine had to be removed "with care and on purpose" because of the work going on with the pavement; however they did not state that they themselves did it. As I explain in the background link above, the locksmith has always denied any involvement with the machine. Fans of the machine were obviously very sad and there were some claims on social media that it had reappeared elsewhere; some were humourous, showing the machine standing at a number of famous tourist spots like Las Vegas and Machu Pichu. Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/where-did-it-go-capitol-hills-mystery-soda-machine-disappears. There is a video by somebody called "Amara In Seattle" in which she finds another machine that is very similar. It is of a more modern design, but it has the same 75 cent universal price and some "?MYSTERY?" buttons. It appears to be in somebody's garden. Is it a replacement that will at some point in the future be installed at the crossroads in the same place as the old one? See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHwGA1kYsm8. There is only one clue, a sticker put on the railings behind the bare spot where the machine once stood saying: "Went for a walk". So the mystery endures even though the source of it does not. Will it return? If so why and how? If it doesn't, the same questions apply. Maybe this whole saga is indicative of changes going on in the structure of the universe, a bit like the Mandela effect. It makes me wonder, how many other changes are waiting in the wings and how extreme will they be?
See here for more information: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/05/lawn-mandela.html.
And: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2025/09/cern-portal.html.