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==[https://NoseyPARCA.wordpress.com NoseyPARCA] is an online newsfeed about Plantation, Fort William==
 
Nosey press releases are typically issued by [https://NoseyPARCA.wordpress.com/author/jenniferseitz/ Jennifer Seitz] and published on [[EMD]]'s (=[https://DraytonMark.wordpress.com/author/cllrmarkdrayton/ Mark Drayton]'s) eponymous '[https://draytonmark.substack.com/welcome Download]' on [https://SubStack.com SubStack] - see link (in subheading) below. Most releases are drafted, or at least pre-drafted, by Mark, andmercilessly edited by Jennifer., and Noseysubsequently housereleased styleby isher basicallyif Markshe's, andprepared otherto contributorsput areher encouragedname to adaptthem. theirs to(This hisis by no means guaranteed, withinbut we usually get there reasoneventually.)
 
===2022 Archive (NB: [https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com/p/latest-news This] is usually updated first)===
=====April/May 2022=====
<[https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/news-release-1 #1]> (11th April),
<[https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/news-release-2 #2]> (13th April),
<[https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/news-release-3 #3]> (17th April),
<[https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/news-release-4 #4]> (18th April).
<[https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/news-release-5 #5]> (10th May).
<[https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/news-release-6 #6]> (12th May).
 
=====END of archive=====
NB: Occasionally, entries are added to the above list a dayfew days or so in advance of the scheduled publication of a release.
 
===Style and process===
Nosey house style for press releases is, first, to refer to them as 'press releases' rather than 'news releases' because that's the vernacular. However, 'NEWS RELEASE' is used in the heading of the release itself because it is more accurate and genuine editors are familiar with both terms. Other than that, Nosey house style is basically Mark's own, and other contributors are encouraged to adapt theirs to his, within reason.
 
Each draft release begins with:
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======News Release #45======
 
<https://NoseyPARCA.WordPress.com> news release #45 - 18th26th April 2022
 
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NEWS RELEASE
 
Community councillor setaccuses toFITCC meetchair Toryof "eco-warriorsartorial treachery" this Friday
 
1826 APRIL 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Fort William, Inverlochy, and Torlundy Community Council chairman Mr Mark Linfield is "in serious danger of becoming a traitor to his own T-shirt collection," jokes community councillor Mark Drayton as he relaxes after another long day in front of a laptop writing emails and drafting articles for his 'Drayton Download' SubStack. Drayton, presently the only community councillor presently to live in Fort William's only high-SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) estate, Plantation, has had rather more time to write since last Tuesday evening because he now has much less to read. "As well as barring me from future meetings, FITCC have apparently decided to remove me from the email list because I haven't heard a peep out of [FITCC secretary] Tricia [Jordan] since. I consider that to be pretty foolish, because both she and Mark [Linfield] have readily acknowledged the quality of the analysis I've done on several documents this year alone, with comments like 'good spot' and 'I totally agree.' I'm giving them a few more days - maybe a little longer - to cool-off before I go through the archive and marshall the evidence. After all, as [hard-left US activist Saul] Alinsky's fifth rule rightly states, 'ridicule is man's most potent weapon.'"
A Conservative election candidate and self-described eco-warrior who reckons that her party are "so sweet to tolerate" such a "political maverick" is all set to visit Lochaber's most deprived area.
 
(TBC)
The Conservative And Unionist Party candidate for the Fort William and Ardnamurchan ward, local GP Dr Fiona Fawcett, today became the third candidate to accept a "challenge" to visit Fort William's high-SIMD (Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation) estate, Plantation - and, indeed, the second to fix a day and time to do so. The only Fort William community councillor presently to live in Plantation - Mr Mark Drayton of 6 Morven Place - issued the challenge at lunchtime on Monday 11th April but for technical reasons was unable to convey it to Dr Fawcett until noon on Friday the 15th. Welcoming Dr Fawcett's prompt acceptance, Mr Drayton said:
 
>>> > [..] I'm clear in my mind that my personal opinions on those
"I'm sincerely grateful to Dr Fawcett for agreeing to visit Plantation during her campaign to win a seat on Highland Council in May, especially as the results of last years by-election strongly suggest that she is all-but-certain to take one of the four seats contested by only five candidates, anyway - so she's unlikely to need to campaign very hard. To her great credit it took her barely four hours to agree to visit Plantation - this very week, indeed: mid-morning Friday [22nd April], eight days after our big three-skip spring-clean here, which was a great success. All credit to the revived community associaton [the 'PCA'] about that, by the way."
>>> > standing for election are personal and have nothing to do with the CC
>>> > or those we represent.
 
On 3/16/22, chair@fitcc.org <chair@fitcc.org> wrote:
Mr Drayton also took the opportunity to deride two other Ward 21 candidates, Mr Angus MacDonald and Dr Kate Willis for "flip-flopping" on pledges to visit 'The Planny', as Plantation is affectionately known by its residents. "Mr MacDonald's excuse was frankly laughable - but at least he provided one: I got crickets from the likes of Willis." Dr Willis's reason for cancelling last Friday's scheduled visit to Plantation at a day's notice remains unexplained and emails from this journalist have been ignored despite earlier emails being answered promptly. Mr MacDonald, a novelist as well as an entrepreneur, initially justfied his change of mind by explaining that Mr Drayton's habit of occasionally using very strong sexual swear-words to underline his remarks "appals" him, something Mr Drayton was quick to ridicule as almost bizarrely disproportionate: "let's get this straight, shall we? An in all likelihood lab-grown virus slaughters millions, [Mark] Zuckerberg censors the fact for months, but instead Angus is 'appalled' by the language I use to denounce him? Really?"
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[..] He confirmed that his SubStack (at <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com>) would be the "centre of operations" for this, but also that other social network platforms would be "drawn into the circle," enabling questions to be posed publically (as comments below the master copy of this very news release at <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com/p/news-release-4>, or privately by email, NextDoor message, or even SMS (to 07933 760031).
Noting that Dr Fawcett's visit happens to co-incide with 2022's 'Earth Day', Mr Drayton drew a sharp contrast between the "crazy views" of the "dogmatic" Dr Willis and the "receptive" tone adopted by Dr Fawcett, who "apparently 'can’t wait to meet folk and answer their questions, hear their stories and try to help if I can'," he said. "It's interesting, too, that Dr Fawcett thinks that 'every day frankly should be Earth Day,' something Dr Willis surely also believes but, hey kids, look who's just talking the talk and who's walking the walk (or will be on Friday)?" Mr Drayton has previously described Dr Willis as "dense" and Mr MacDonald as "hopelessly naive - totally out of his depth, frankly. He shows not the least understanding of what he's going up against. The Nessiemafiosi are just going to run rings round him. I don't know Mr [Thomas] MacLennan from Adam, actually - he was before my time - but he's got to be a far, far better bet: look at the stress his flyer puts on local spending, local decision making, accountability, on his being 'experienced and determined.' Those are the words of a guy with scars on his back. I really hope I hear from him soon: on the face of it he sounds like my kind of guy, but he's got one hell of a mountain to climb electorally, unfortunately."
 
Entirely predictably, Mr Drayton couldn't resist further adding that, ideally, residents should join the <https://NextDoor.co.uk> social-networking platform/app rather than relying on Facebook, say. "I don't trust that censorship-loving [Mark] Zuckerberg bastard any further than I could comfortably excrete him," Mr Drayton has previously explained. "Fuck that cunt."
A little earlier, Dr Fawcett had taken a moment to elaborate on her willingness to answer resident's questions, assuring Mr Drayton that "I never tell people what they want to hear, that would be against my principles, I tell them what I believe and what I know to be true and I promise to always tell you the truth." Like Dr Fawcett, Mr Drayton hopes that residents will come out in person on Friday, but allows that a great many people will be at work so will have to send him questions for him to ask her instead. He confirmed that his SubStack (at <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com>) would be the "centre of operations" for this, but also that other social network platforms would be "drawn into the circle," enabling questions to be posed publically (as comments below the master copy of this very news release at <https://DraytonMark.SubStack.com/p/news-release-4>, or privately by email, NextDoor message, or even SMS (to 07933 760031).
 
As we reported exactly a week ago, Mr Drayton's views regarding Mr Zuckerberg are all-too-well known to readers of his 'Wednesday Headway' SubStack columns, part of his so-called 'Drayton Download': on 8th & 15th September 2021 Mr Drayton re-posted a long article by British-born science journalist Nicholas Wade defending the 'lab-leak' hypothesis of Covid-19's origin; Mr Drayton's brief introduction (at <https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/wed-head-xxv-pt1>) forthrightly condemned Facebook for censoring discussion of the theory.
Entirely predictably, Mr Drayton couldn't resist further adding that,
ideally, residents should join the <https://NextDoor.co.uk> social-networking
platform/app rather than relying on Facebook, say. "I don't trust
that censorship-loving [Mark] Zuckerberg bastard any further than I
could comfortably excrete him," Mr Drayton has previously explained.
 
As we reported exactly a week ago, Mr Drayton's views regarding Mr
Zuckerberg are all-too-well known to readers of his 'Wednesday
Headway' SubStack columns, part of his so-called 'Drayton Download':
on 8th & 15th September 2021 Mr Drayton re-posted a long article by
British-born science journalist Nicholas Wade defending the 'lab-leak'
hypothesis of Covid-19's origin; Mr Drayton's brief introduction (at
<https://draytonmark.substack.com/p/wed-head-xxv-pt1>) forthrightly
condemned Facebook for censoring discussion of the theory.
 
Mr Zuckerberg remains unavailable for comment.
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| style="background:#555;" | Dark gray<br />#555
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| style="background:#55f;" | Light blue<br />#55F
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| style="color:white; background:#0a0;" | Dark green<br />#0A0
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| style="color:black; background:#5f5;" | Light green<br />#5F5
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| style="color:white; background:#0aa;" | 3
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| style="color:black; background:#f55;" | Light red<br />#F55
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| style="color:white; background:#a0a;" | 5
| style="color:white; background:#a0a;" | Dark magenta<br />#A0A
| style="color:black; background:#f5f;" | 13
| style="color:black; background:#f5f;" | Light magenta<br />#F5F
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| style="color:white; background:#a50;" | 6
| style="color:white; background:#a50;" | Brown (NOT dark yellow)<br />#A50 (NOT #AA0)
| style="color:black; background:#ff5;" | 14
| style="color:black; background:#ff5;" | Yellow (ie light yellow)<br />#FF5
|- style="color:black;"
| style="background:#aaa;" | 7
| style="background:#aaa;" | Light gray <br />#AAA
| style="background:#fff;" | 15
| style="background:#fff;" | White<br />#FFF
|-
| colspan="2" |<small>''NB: These are 12-bit RGB colours but''</small>
| colspan="2" |<small>''CGA is 4-bit RGBI (arranged as IRGB)''</small>
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