A “Lib Dem” minister just told Sky News he was approving new nuclear power stations to promote green jobs. If anybody ever votes for these lying bastards again I shall be disconsolate.
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Villager
If a bank is stuffed full of funds from offshore depositors – looking for a high return on their deposits – and you have to pay the staff to service the deposit base and launder the money so that it can be passed on elsewhere – perhaps they would need to generate a bit of revenue – hence the investment in high yield, high risk bonds. You cannot separate the asset and liabilities sides of the Cypriot banks balance sheet as you do.
@ Villager :
“REPEAT: Cyprus has been screwed as a result of investing heavily in Greek bonds NOT because “Putin and Berovsky have been stealing from ordinary Russians from many years – and how Cyprus was the conduit for much of their funds””
I think that most informed commentators would agree that both of these elements contributed to the Cyprus banking crisis. But Cyprus will recover in due course.
BTW – Mary has still not replied to my questions on whether she is in favour of bank runs.
Thanks to those who revealed that Obama’s wife stood up for religious and moral debate in the context of the church, and that IRC is a plank of the neo-colonial barge, and that just in time gas has been delivered to the UK by ship, and that IDS has been trounced. What that says to me is that Obama has the right tools to defeat his hasbara overlords given time, and that the UK is still being governed even if the occasional lunatic like IDS throw themselves overboard.
In other words there is a glimmer of hope from reading Craig’s contributors that if the US can produce a presidential forum for intelligent debate then the UK can do the same, stiff upper lip notwithstanding. For myself I can honestly say that without this blog to vent my ideas, and with the vast majority of this country from top to bottom occupying the troll ideology, then I would have long ago gone completely insane. Again.
Fred…
Fred do you mind – thinking? How much electricity do you think wind turbines will produce on average throughout the year? How much of that electricity do you think will be wasted because it is stuck in shetland or no one wants to use it or whatever? Can you offer any figures which we might try to check, or do you just want to grumble?
I havent looked but i’ll wager that at least 5% of the UKs electrical demand was met by wind turbines in the previous year. What do you expect the figure to be? You keep saying nothing but that must be just an expression. 1%? 2%? what do you actualy think Fred – in reality checkable numbers.
Those accusing Habba, CE and I of resorting to nazi propaganda techniques perhaps need to go back to their history books and have a look at what some of those techniques included:
Didn’t they for example include:
– Arguing that a small group of people acted as a conspiracy so as to control everything
– A simplified world view where all the wrongs could be attributed to an axis that was wittingly or unwittingly under the control by said group
– The assumption of guilt merely by association with said group
– The use of imagery to make such associations
– Resorting to name calling, threats and worse rather than seeking to engage in argument with those who they disagreed.
Strike any bells I wonder?
Thanks for clarifications Arbed.
It seems like AA is pressing ahead with her claim, and who knows perhaps has remembered something new!
Did you know that we have an ‘independent reviewer of terrorism legislation’? I did not. He has been giving evidence to the JCHR on the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Regime. (TPIMs) on the Parliament channel.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/human-rights-committee/news/evidence-session-on-tpims-190313/
Orwell lives.
http://terrorismlegislationreviewer.independent.gov.uk/about-me/
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Happy Easter to all who celebrate it. Before I leave for a long weekend break, I thought I should give this link to DesRes who seems to be quite boned up on the BDS campaign.
Ben and Jerry’s are part of Unilever.
Vermonters Call on Ben & Jerry’s To End Complicity with Israel’s Occupation and Settlements
March 26, 2013 by VTJP
Most everybody knows that Ben & Jerry’s makes premium ice cream and champions “Peace” and “Love.” What they don’t know is that this socially responsible business and strong supporter of Occupy Wall Street is making ice cream in Israel and selling it in illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine.
http://www.bdsmovement.net/2013/vermonters-call-on-ben-jerrys-to-end-complicity-with-israels-occupation-and-settlements-10793
The trolls can talk to their hands or to each other as far as I am concerned.
So long and hope the weather improves.
If you see Spring tell her were sorry Mary!
Thanks for that from the SMH, Crab and Arbed, what strikes me about AA’s complaint over Borgstroems lack of communication is that she herself has been in purdah, unavailable and in hiding for fear of being questioned about tweets condoms and happy crayfish dinners.
I expect that Assange’s political opponents in the race for senator will try their best to get the judge, dispatched to fuel fervour, to say something really detrimental to his campaign.
Do EAW, not serviced in an appropriate time frame, indeed in dead limbo by the looks of it, expire after a certain time?
Can we now say that European justice has been commanded for the aims and objectives of the White House?
Enjoy your Easter egg break, Mary.
Crab, 11.42am and Nevermind, 12.37am
One of the things that annoys me most I think – and I’m speaking as a woman here – is that it is considered beyond the pale to name these accusers (cf Craig’s treatment on Newsnight), or question the validity of their testimony, or criticise their actions in any way but on the other hand they are:
Given a platform in a documentary with worldwide distribution to repeat their allegations before the subject of them has even had his side of the story heard properly by police:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUjA_hcYzzI&feature=youtu.be
(Note that the lie she tells here of “I didn’t want it to get into the papers” has been swiftly debunked as someone has dug out the interview she gave Aftonbladet a few hours after having handed in her DNA-free condom ‘evidence’ on 21 August 2010)
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article12435432.ab
And then given a complete pass when they take to twitter to smear Assange as the equivalent of Mugabe, Gaddafi and that “racist peadophile” Gandhi:
http://archive.is/j5oAE
This BBC report from 1st September 2010 makes interesting reading in the light of today’s news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11151277
Where is the case now? The two people who are solely responsible for its existence – Claus Borgstrom and Marianne Ny – are gone.
Of course, Ny had to go once it had become common knowledge in Sweden that Ecuador’s hand-delivered offer to facilitate questioning in the embassy had never even reached her. Sweden’s Foreign Office copied it to their American section though, and passed it to the Ministry of Justice (for them to ignore also). So much for the idea that Assange’s case is “purely a matter for the prosecutor and the courts”. No, no, nothing at all to do with the Swedish government – my arse! Marianne Ny’s position became completely untenable once that news got out (took a while – Ecuador delivered its note on 25 July 2012 but the info was only recently released under FOI requests) – how can she decide on prosecution in a case where she is clearly not running it herself?
With freedom and conspired/inspired democracy comes visionary ideas of he future;
Yes or no.
If yes, what are they?
If no, why no.
Most of us do not care for the future those that do have no power to do so, those that can and do are a closed book.
How the majority of us are represented is propitious and far from the common sense most here could conspire to enjoy.
So what we conspire to achieve and the 147 are obviously miles apart and have nothing to do with 4 and 20.
Oak’s to us.
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/03/the-global-elite-are-very-clearly.html
“What that means is that when the chips are down, they are going to come after YOUR money. So why should anyone put a large amount of money in the bank at this point? Perhaps you can make one or two percent on your money if you shop around for a really good deal, but there is also a chance that 40 percent (or more) of your money will be confiscated if the bank fails. And considering the fact that there are vast numbers of banks all over the United States and Europe that are teetering on the verge of insolvency, why would anyone want to take such a risk?
What the global elite have done is that they have messed around with the fundamental trust that people have in the banking system. In order for any financial system to work, people must have faith in the safety and security of that financial system. People put their money in the bank because they think that it will be safe there. If you take away that feeling of safety, you jeopardize the entire system.”
Sadly, they know the attention-span and short-term memory of the Public, and are not a bit worried. Right now, the Wall Street Dow is bouncing back, because, you know, WS has learned their lessons and are now fully reformed.
Hello, any visiters from Flashback around? I wonder if I could ask a favour?
It would be a great boon to English-speaking supporters of Assange to have these pages of Claus Borgstrom’s $17,000+ bill to the Swedish Prosecution Authority translated line-by-line:
http://bayimg.com/iAlCGaAeB
http://bayimg.com/IaLCHaAeb
http://bayimg.com/iaLckaAeb
http://bayimg.com/IalCMaAEB
I’m particularly intrigued by the reference to “USA” at the bottom of the third page. Also, these line items:
110427
110718
110725
110815
So far, as far as I can work out:
a) it seems true that Claus Borgstrom has NEVER represented Sophie Wilen at all. She’s not mentioned once in Borgstrom’s account of his work.
b) Ardin tried to get an “amicable settlement” with Assange after she was questioned by police on 27 April 2011. Then she gets questioned AGAIN on 15 August 2011. However, I understand civil settlements of this nature are not possible in Sweden in cases where the nature of the allegations makes them a matter for the public prosecutors, ie criminal cases.
Do you think it’s likely that AA being questioned by police three or four times is to do with the faked condom evidence?
“Did you know that we have an ‘independent reviewer of terrorism legislation’? I did not..”
You must have taken your eye off the ball again, that function has existed for years.
Learning that Mary is off on a long weekend break – and will, therefore, presumably be suspending her daily service to readers – is enough to make even the most convinced heathen think seriously of converting. 🙂
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A blessed and happy Easter to all of you!
Contrast the deferential, ‘Oh so sad your leaving us’, kid gloves treatment of the departing Millipede with that of the right royal kicking in the bushes that BoJo got from the BBC in the same week. At least the Telegraph article made up for some of this fawning retching sycophancy.
Millipede has obviously seen the writing on the wall for his career, the future of the Labour party and the dire health of the flagging UK economy with one of the worse balance of trade deficit performances during 2012. He’s off with family to pastures new and who could blame him, just like lunatic car drivers who leave death and destruction on the road behind them, without a care in the world.
By and large the New Labour project is done and dusted, job done, so next time round new players, new spin, new objectives, new game.
Just to mention the case of trans-gender teacher Lucy Meadows who was hounded by a certain Mr. littlejohn of the Daily Mail, a spitefull disgusting fear inducing piece after which Lucy took her life. He is responsible for inducing the witch hunt and stalking by journalists, dare I say her death. RIP Lucy
Whilst parents at the school had no problems with Lucy’s personal changes, Mr. littlebrain thought it a good prospect to pounce upon with his diatribe.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/26/lucy-meadows-death-not-in-vain
Littlejohn should be sacked, imho. he is not giving anything positive to the education of our children except, Lucy meadows did and I’m sure that her class of children missed her dearly.
This from wiki on the two spirited American Indian tribes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Spirit
It’s perhaps worth remembering (or perhaps not, who knows)that David Milliband’s wife is American and that this might have played a part in his decision to take up a job in the US.
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La vita è bella, life is good! (Ockham’s razor)
War propagandists continue to use victims of Taliban violence.
“Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban in October, has signed a book deal worth about $3m (£2m).”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21968034
Victims of Western violence however remain anonymous and without any help.
Yeah. Happy Easter to all. I know what Passover is, but can someone tell me what the Easter Bunny and colored eggs have to do with jesus arising from his tomb?
“War propagandists continue to use victims of Taliban violence.
“Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban in October, has signed a book deal worth about $3m (£2m).””
Could this be a non-sequitur from the world’s greatest expert on non-sequiturs?
Just asking!
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La vita è bella, life is good!
Habbabkuk (La vita è bella)
27 Mar, 2013 – 10:36 pm
“- today, Mary went to the toilet
– today, Jives ate some food
– today, the world turned on its axis
– today, there were jet planes in the sky
– today, criminal acts were carried out somewhere
– today, Nevermind had a sane thought.”
He missed out:
Habbabkuk masturbated while singing this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkqfa-kaRFM
Clark
28 Mar, 2013 – 12:17 am
“This is why Mary’s comments about who knows who are relevant to the understanding of politics and power, and far more than mere gossip or “guilt by association.”
Very true Clark; it’s who you know not what you know that matters.
Habbabkuk (La vita è bella)
28 Mar, 2013 – 11:20 am
“Mary has still not replied to my questions on whether she is in favour of bank runs.”
I had the runs the other day Habbabkuk; must’ve been something I ate.
Doug, since you’re around, perhaps you could tell me if you’ve had the time yet to follow up on the posts I pointed out to you at your urgent request (you know, the posts that claimed President Chavez had been murdered)?
Habbabkuk (La vita è bella)
28 Mar, 2013 – 7:47 pm
Habbabkuk, you obviously don’t know what a non- sequitur is so please stop pretending that you do.
Another abbreviated post, Dougie?
You’ve been caught out doing that before, you young rascal!
Dougie :
now you’ve got that off your chest, what about the President Chavez posts?
Read them yet? Man enough to admit I was right?
Habbabkuk (La vita è bella)
28 Mar, 2013 – 8:54 pm
“Doug, since you’re around, perhaps you could tell me if you’ve had the time yet to follow up on the posts I pointed out to you at your urgent request (you know, the posts that claimed President Chavez had been murdered)?”
To be quite honest Habbabkuk I can’t be arsed.
If a poster here claimed President Chavez had been murdered, rather than repeating news reports, name and shame the person as a conspiracy theorist and give them the chance to defend their views.
(La depressione, la solitudine e la masturbazione sono clinicamente collegati).