I am becoming quite fond of my little corner of Schiphol airport. I have put up my Christmas cards and a few bits of tinsel. I now have a boarding card for the 0800 to Manchester. This is the sixth boarding card I have had. It is very hard to understand why, time after time, they don’t know a flight is cancelled until some time after it was due to leave and all the passengers have queued at the gate for hours.
Of course, Manchester is a lot further from Ramsgate than Schiphol is, so even if the flight atually goes, this represents rather dubious progress.
Happy New Year everybody.
Remarkably, KLM delivered my lost luggage, including my laptop, at 9.30 pm on New Year’s Eve. At that time a pretty lively party was already in full swing,much improved by the presence of a great many beautiful young women, mostly from Latvia. I am not sure why; my life as ever consists of a bewildering succession of chance encounters with really nice people. I am in the fortunate position of being able to say that Nadira was the most lovely of all, without indulging in dutiful hyperbole.
It was an extremely happy Christmas. Having my mum, both my brothers and all my three chidren together was as great as it was rare.
We have been through the laptop in lost luggage discussion before. The problem is that my shoulders dislocate at the drop of a hat, and I travel without hand luggage to avoid an accident.
2011 is going to be a very important year for me. particularly the first quarter. A number of crucial events are going either to set me up financially for the rest of my life, or result in real distress and failure. At present I have reason to be very optimistic. I am also very absorbed in my life of Alexander Burnes, which I hope will help establish a serious academic reputation.
The Portuguese edition of Murder in Samarkand has sold unexpectedly well in Brazil. The translation of the Turkish edition has just been finished.
I hope to do a Wikileaks retrospective in the next couple of days. Just a quick thought on the case of the poor young gardener in Bristol. Of the Jill Dando case, long before Barry Bulsara’s succesful appeal I blogged that this appeared to be a miscarriage of justice in which the police had fitted up the local weirdo.
Despite not being enamoured of landlords in general, I fear the same dynamic is at work in Bristol, albeit Chris Jefferies is much more intellectually capable than Bulsara. My instinct is that the police have picked up on Jefferies for being camper than a boy scout jamboree and archer than Trajan.
Jefferies’ release on bail has me worried that there was nothing against him other than the “He’s a weird one, guv” instinct of some not very bright cop. The case needs to be closely watched as history shows that the powers of the police to make the evidence fit the suspect are considerable.
Good post. I am also going to write a blog post about this…I enjoyed reading your post and I like your take on the issue. Thanks.
thanks a lot ….
Merry Christmas! Thank you to tell us more interesting information. So nice sharing.I’m great to read it .
Good wishes to you too, CheebaCow. Glad to got home, btw! Have a super Festive Season!
“Assange is holding dirt on Israel because western newspapers didn’t want to publish it”
“In an excusive interview with Al Jazeera, Assange said only a meagre number of files related to Israel had been published so far, because the newspapers in the West that were given exclusive rights to publish the secret documents were reluctant to publish many sensitive information about Israel.”
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/12/assange-is-holding-dirt-on-israel-because-western-newspapers-didnt-want-to-publish-it.html
“The Guardian, El-Pais and Le Monde have published only two percent of the files related to Israel due to the sensitive relations between Germany, France and Israel. Even New York Times could not publish more due to the sensitivities related to the Jewish community in the US,” he added.
and more
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/136564-wikileaks-to-release-israel-documents-in-six-months.html
Tony – yes the porn shows, amateur vid shops and ‘strip joints’ – the filthy side of America.
I have been to the strip – did the ‘man’s thing’ and watched the dirty dollars being shoved down knickers – OK there – the girls were up for it – but my colleague insisted on staying on claiming a girl fancied him – he wouldn’t be told so I left and headed back to the Hilton.
Later we were told he had been badly beaten up and his money stolen. His name was Chuck.
Thanks Tony – I always find a message in your posts.
This blog is pointless and irrelevant. It is more like a chat room.
As somebody has said ‘There is no point in allowing comments on this blog as they have degenerated to such a low level of late and it would not surprise me if Craig closed it down.’
Interesting and penetrating invetsigative journalistic dissection of Wikileaks from 23rd December:
http://mindbodypolitic.com/
mindbodypolitic.com = 911 truthtards
The disturbing violence in west Africa has the potential to drag is neighbours into these election sour grapes.
I’m sure our one and only west Africa specialist Craig Murray will soon let us know whats at stake in this increasingly ugly post election.
The losing president Laurent Gbagbo, welded to his seat of power, refuses to let go of the back handers and the military is supporting him against the newly elected opponent Allasane Quattara.
Far from quoting any of the news agencies here, We should wait and see what Craig has got to say.i
It looks likely that the ex president will try a few strawman tactics and make this a tribal/religious conflict which could spread to other countries. Other west African leaders have realised this and are urging Laurent to stand down, they know what could happen.
The UN is also supporting the newly elected president, but they are stretched, as a mid African belt of violence, strife in Sudan Dafur, as well as in kenia is churning up the poor against those who are corrupt and have far too much.
That said, it looks like snow outside and I have to get the tree ready.
All ueber all auf den Tannenspitzen ,
sah Ich goldene Lichtlein blitzen,
und droben aus dem Himmelstoor,
sah mit grossen Augen Knecht Ruprecht herfor…….
Frohe Wehnacht
Suhayl, your mindbodypolitic link is interesting and has good links to follow.
I agree with Clark Suhayl – good links and Mark Basile is proliferating excellent thanks.
Happy Christmas friends – have a good’ne – I’ll drink to you and your unwavering support for Craig – Cheers!
“Manning has been subjected for many months without pause to inhumane, personality-erasing, soul-destroying, insanity-inducing conditions of isolation similar to those perfected at America’s Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado”
mindbodypolitic.com/2010/12/17/the-torture-of-bradley-manning/
HELLHOLE – The United States holds tens of thousands of inmates in long-term solitary confinement. Is this torture?
newyorker.com/reporting/2009/03/30/090330fa_fact_gawande
” Washington is distracted by the WikiLeaks release of secret documents.”
So says Ehud Barak:
mindbodypolitic.com/2010/12/09/israel-claims-us-too-distracted-by-wikileaks-to-broker-middle-east-deal/
Well of course – Israeli intelligence has used Wikileaks to their advantage – I say again – the purpose of this is to screw down the thumbscrews on Washington to deal with Iran – coveted black-mail I believe and even at low levels of our own intelligence, my understanding is the pressure is ‘humongous’ (covert communications technician) to crush Iran.
Suhayl and others – if you believe that the Jews did 911, then you’re a bunch of dumb racist fucks.
Mark Golding – would it be too much to ask of you to properly register your charity? Then the people you take money from could have some assurance that they’re not just paying your rent.
But, let’s face it, they are paying your rent. You sick fuck – making money off of the misery of others.
Thanks, Clark and Mark (!) Have a peaceful Festive Season, guys.
And a very Merry Christmas to you, too, Larry (whoever, whatever and wherever you might be). Do you get time off or will you be on triple rates? Anyway, whether you’re on self-employed annual leave or working like a Trojan across the cyberworld, I wish you all the cosmic love in the world and hope that such love will descend upon you and transfigure your soul. Don’t eat too much stuffing now, will you?
Larry (not from St Louis)
Get yr facts right mate – are you the person constantly asking to donate money?
Who’s sick?
Thanks for mindbodypoitic link, Suhayl. And Larry doesn’t like it – what better endorsement!
Happy holidays everyone. Off now to negotiate an early start on the wine.
Ahem, can you bastards help me?
I’m fucking shattered!
Panto at the Empire has to be the worst Xmas job ever!
Never again.
I’ve got callouses all over my tongue, a packet of split condoms and no-where to stay.
You guys wouldn’t leave a social derelict like me in the gutter would you?
I mean we’re all the same here aren’t we? We’ve been through so much together here guys.
dreoilin, you know I just love to crash at yours……………..
Take me in for Chrissakes, why don’t you…………….
Ahem, can you bastards help me?
I’m fucking shattered!
Panto at the Empire has to be the worst Xmas job ever!
Never again.
I’ve got callouses all over my tongue, a packet of split condoms and no-where to stay.
You guys wouldn’t leave a social derelict like me in the gutter would you?
I mean we’re all the same here aren’t we? We’ve been through so much together here guys.
dreoilin, you know I just love to crash at yours……………..
Take me in for Chrissakes, why don’t you…………….
?”Just like a sunbeam can’t separate itself from the sun, and a wave can’t separate itself from the ocean, we can’t separate ourselves from one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love, one indivisible divine mind.” ~ Marianne Williamson
dreoilin
I knew you’d come up with the goods.
I can understand you wanting me to crash downstairs by the fire tonite. What with me and my HIV status.
Anyway if I wake up with a hard-on tomorrow Santa’s gonna get one mighty big surprise when he comes down the chimney!
Love Cheba xxx
Breaking News: Israeli Occupation Forces have re-demolished a stable without a permit in Bethlehem for the 63rd time.
I Chucked One at Her a Couple of Nights ago – and said – come and watch this with me Love…
She reckoned that I reckoned she didn’t “get it”
So she Chucks One Back at Me – Come and watch this with me Love…
I mean FFS that Film is Even Darker Than Nosferatu…
It Just Made Us Cuddle Up Closer Together on Christmas Night…
You see the thing in your life that is really imporatant – is finding someone who can play Tennis even better than You when it comes to Films
And so because it Was John Hurt…
We wanted to know where The Fuck They Shot It…
We recognised some of the locations….
But the Sandy Beach With All Those Towering Rocks was Not Dorset…
She said it could have been The Needles in The Isle of Wight
Wherever it is – We want to go there together
She is a Fucking Angel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8220294/John-Hurt-interview-Whistle-and-Ill-Come-to-You-BBC-One.html
Merry Christmas – Our Daughter isn’t quite back yet sure she’s back local – but went straight to a party before coming home and saying hello Dad
I have stuffed The Turkey
Sage and Onion and Sausagemeat
Tony
Can people plese stop having a go at each other…
I mean FFS sake – there are less than 50 people in this pub…
Think about it…
When I am in my local watching a good band – I have to acknowledge shake hands, kiss and have conversations with more people than who write stuff on this Bulletib Board before I have actually got to the bog to have a piss…
And then I wash my hands and always try my hardest to dry them because there is nothing worse than shaking hands with someone who has just come back from the bog with wet hands
Why is everyone having a go at Mark?
He seems a perfectly O.K. Geezer to me
And dreoilin…
I mean FFS sake why the Fuck Doesn’t Craig Murray organise a Get Together…
Everyone can turn up with their labels on their collars….
You would be amazed….
That cunt who has been winding you up for the last couple of years – is actually totally different to the person you expected…
And once you forget about all your “political” and “emotional” positions…
You will both find something to laugh about – and quite possibly some one or some thing you can work together to help…
Tony
She Walks In The Front Door of Her Home
At 4:10 am on Christmas Day
And She Is GLOWING in Her Innocent Beauty
She hasn’t been home since September
And Says
Hello Dad
And We Just Cuddle Each Other
You See My Life Really Has Been Worth Living
She is Really Tired
And I am Elated To See My Beautiful Daughter
Tony
Merry Christmas to all. Craig, I really hope you got home, and aren’t “Still at Schiphol”!
Happy Christmas, Tony, Clark.
Still wondering if Craig made it!
Treorchy, Morriston Orpheus & Pontarddulais Male Choirs
– Deck the Halls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZeNGhPZmDI
Clark he did get home.
If the newspapers do not want to release the israeli cables, what the hell have all those people downloaded the files for, release them, never mind the papers and those greedy hangers on who want to make more milk from honey.
Israel is about to divert the news agenda with another little attack on the concentration camp that is Gaza and we are worrying whether this all was ‘leaking by numbers’.
The newspapers have shown now that they are not worth of the releases, they are stalling and partial to the deceptions we are under, infiltrated by the same lovely people the BBC is infested with.
Snowed here last night, it looks so pretty, enjoy, I shall take the sledge out today, give the grandson a spin for his cheeky smile.(;-)