The Tony Blair House Journal (editor Alan Rusbridger) reports on Kanye West’s disgusting private performance for the Kazakh dictator and his family, and takes a sideswipe at David Cameron for visiting that country.
But peculiarly they fail to mention that Tony Blair receives US $4 million a year as a consultant to the worker murdering Kazakh dictator, and that Alistair Campbell and Jonathon Powell as well as Blair visit to give this support – which has included a behind the scenes campaign to help Nazarbaev win the Nobel Peace Prize, fortunately with no result to date.
“As Carlos Santana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
George Santayana on the other hand played a mean guitar.
My analysis of why the west wants war with Syria and what members of the public can do about it.
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2013/09/12/uk-vote-on-syria-democracy-can-win/
Russian neocons. Oh dear me. Do you mean the carpetbaggers who were handed huge chunks of the state by boozy old Boris?
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia’s main problem has been preserving its territorial integrity — not foreign intervention.
Do most of my posts on this blog imply that the US, and by extension Western, foreign policy has been to erode Russia’s status as an independent power? Yes.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/washingtons-civil-society-and-cia-financing-of-chechen-and-other-caucasus-regional-terrorists/5333359
Did the West seek to do the same to Yugoslavia in the early 1990s by the immediate recognition of the Slovenian declaration of sovereignty? Yes.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/16/world/europe-backing-germans-accepts-yugoslav-breakup.html
Did the West finance and arm the Kosovo Liberation Army to erode the Serbian sphere of influence in order to create a conduit through which Afghan heroin and Caspian oil reaches Europe? Yes.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/kosovo-s-mafia-state-and-camp-bondsteel-towards-a-permanent-us-military-presence-in-southeast-europe/30262
Go back to Iran, 1953, and then start totting up the number of deaths, police actions and civil wars the United States is responsible for; the number of dictators it has propped up and democratically elected Governments it has sought to remove because it didn’t like the result.
“One of the great attractions of patriotism — it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.”
Aldous Huxley
They say don’t feed the trolls. This is their one and only meal.
@ MJ: By George, your right. I knew it was one of those two.
Macky, receiving criticism on this blog from the likes of you and your intellectually ‘challenged’ friends who honk on about what great people they are for all their “feeeeeeeliiiiiinnnngggsss” is an honour. Thank you.
As others have already observed, you and your pals are not very balanced in your criticism of regimes nor in your expressions of grief for victims of crime and misfortune. I have written about a couple of instances with not a even scintilla of sympathy for the victims being expressed by your hug-buddies.
I wasn’t aware of Jon’s remark that you quoted, which I presume was posted on the thread where every Donny Dimwit climbed on board to piss on me for having offended their delicate egos with a bit of truth-telling. But, to be honest, I don’t care about Jon’s opinion of me any more than he cares about mine of him. And you don’t lend any credibility to your own comments by quoting him. With references to “Habbacunt” and “Villagcunt” passing through without even a perfunctory objection these days, you might see how I take moderation commentary with a grain of salt.
One Week In Heaven:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9791:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-05-11-september-2013-&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183
Yom Kippur starts tonight. Otherwise known as the Day of Atonement. One day a year’s a start, I guess.
Habbabkuk 4 Feb, 2013 – 3:29 pm
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2013/01/amelia-hill-is-a-dirty-liar/comment-page-3/#comment-392022
A palpable catch, Node.
In the same thread:
3/. Re Belgian colonialism, I probably knew a lot about that when you were still doing it into your diapers.
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2013/01/amelia-hill-is-a-dirty-liar/comment-page-3/#comment-392057
@Jemand, So nothing to say about my charge of hypocrisy regarding your comments to Fedup ? Funny that, but not at all surprising.
Re “anti-West” etc, I would suggest that it’s you & your “intellectually ‘challenged’ friends” that cannot understand why we Westerners would concentrate mostly on the crimes of our Governments, which happen to not only dwarf the crimes of all the others put together, but also happen often to be behind the actions of those very other countries that you do want us to focus on; perhaps you should look up Chomsky on this very question, or if that’s too challenging, then there’s this from one of our own posters here to chew on;
“No, I genuinely don’t believe in the existence of the ‘anti-West narrative’ that you frequently inveigh against. I do think most posters on this thread are united by disgust and anger for much of what the West does, but that is not the same thing. As for the examples you cite – mistreatment of women in India, for example – I think the reason people don’t post on such issues is simply that these things are universally condemned and hardly worth the effort of pointing out on a forum where it can be tacitly assumed most people are on the same page. What gets people’s goat here, I submit without a trace of faux-naivety, is those instances where there is a chasm between the cruel things the west does and the way they are laundered and perfumed by such organs as the BBC.”
Re Jon comment, I wasn’t pointing it out to you, but to others who in your recent absence, may have missed or forgotten how vile & abusive your posts normally are, the point also being that even laid-back Jon “of the light touch” Mod, was even moved to use quite uncharacteristic stern language.
Following on from my previous comment regarding a Mediterranean energy transport corridor.
When we look at North Africa, we see a few countries that have made the headlines over the last few years – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Morocco is not an issue because of its already well established close ties to the US.
But these other countries represent potential security threats to the development of an energy transport corridor between the US East coast and Syria. Perhaps that is why Egypt went the way it did. All of these countries will be required to have Western friendly regimes that will not interfere with energy transport nor play host to energy rivals (eg China) who might. France’s enthusiasm for Syrian intervention might be part of a deal with the US, maybe one that includes a future role in securing Algeria if required. The payoff is, of course, guaranteed energy supplies.
Macky, I don’t really care what clever insults you and others have for me. You aren’t that important. Now you’ve made me waste more ink on replying to your post.
I have to say that this rightwing outlet, WND, is possibly the least likely one I can think of to promulgate the idea that the rebels done it….but it does:
http://www.wnd.com/2013/09/u-s-military-confirms-rebels-had-sarin/
IF the story is true, that would account for Obama’s hasty reverse ferret. And fits with my earlier idea that the gas was impure or degraded. Still, time will tell.
Habbabkuk 30 Jan, 2013 – 6:06 pm
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2013/01/amelia-hill-is-a-dirty-liar/#comment-391282
The 2022 World Cup has been awarded to Qatar: Shiekdom of inequality, slavery and abuse. Of course Qatar is a good friend of NATO.
Jemand: “Macky, I don’t really care”
Of course you don’t as all you care about is being free to insult or smear others, without having even having to offer pretexts.
Rather surprising given your expertise in abuse, that you also class my pulling you up on your hypocrisy as an insult.
Perhaps you’re really not as astute or clever as you obviously like to think yourself as.
Qatar gets right up my nose!
@ Jemand
Your last couple of posts were particularly interesting. If that is really the game plan, it sounds a little like a win-win for everyone concerned.
This assumes of course that you consider the objective of energy security to be a reasonable, rational, understandable and legitimate one, which I imagine you do as you are not one of this blog’s crazies, nor one of its West-haters. After all, we can’t all be expected to get on our bicycles like John Goss and industrial life won’t get by on wind and wave power.
Keep up the good work, always a pleasure to read you.
This assumes of course that you consider the objective of energy security to be a reasonable, rational, understandable and legitimate one,
Certainly is. Extract and burn every last drop of hydrocarbon as quickly as possible before China gets it, with the objective of raising global temperatures to the point where Southern Europe (at least) joins the Hadhramaut in the global extended beach resort stakes, and London becomes the scuba destination of the world. That’s the way to do it. How else are one-to-a-car commuters expected to live 100 miles from their daily workplace?
Just sayin’.
Habbabkuk,
It’s just a theory. Not even a well researched one at that. I was hoping that someone with more interest might find it reasonable and look for corroborating evidence to give it substance.
But it makes sense to me. The US will not willingly surrender its superpower status which is dependent on a powerful economy which is still dependent on fossil fuels. Even with peak oil and gas, with slower extraction and a few new technological tricks, securing exclusive access to these resources will give the US a strong advantage. Yes, seeking energy security is rational etc but internecine wars over energy are not.
But, There Will Be Blood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Be_Blood
What I like about you, Jemand, is that you don’t have a standard-issue set of views.
Good on yer.
This morning, reading through the posts leaves anyone with an impression that some of those posting here have long ceased to be human, and any reason for excusing their mean spirited conduct that could have been attributing their antics as to a “political stand”, or a “taken position” on any given argument. These no longer can be thought as such, and there could be only one conclusion; these entities have no souls.
The calamity of joblessness befalling anyone, has a profound effect on their lives, their livelihood, and their families, and dependants. However to find some here are revelling/enjoying/scoring points/or using this calamity as yet another lever in their perceived crusade against others, is a cold and calculated move that shines a light into the abyss of darkness that these individuals represent, seeing as there is no reflection, and only darkness apparent, and hatred evident, that is on display.
The responses to Fedup’s unemployment situation have come in three folds;
1- those using the new jobless status of Fedup to take aim at him by using his misfortune as yet another weapon.
2- Those whom have chosen to ignore, and not to mention (they either don’t know Fedup or are in the don’t care category)
3- Those whom have acknowledged his misfortune and are actively sympathising or offering advice, and or leaving messages of support and empathy.
It is heart warming to witness the humanity of these latter group and feel the palpable concern in their messages, despite the fact that some of these may not have been friends of Fedup before the latest revelations about his plight of joblessness. I should like to add my voice and wish Fedup a speedy return to work, and extend my support and tell him to keep up the good work and keep sending the CVs.
However as Macky has pointed out;
The misinterpretation of having a soul, and being a human, has devolved these benighted entities into a descend to the levels of animals and below this group of living creatures.
These are the entities who will unsurprisingly support murder, and destruction of others, or condone torture, and confinement of those they feel threatened by, or simply put; they would enjoy watching others misfortune, if only to validates their miserable existence and puerile whimsy.
Fact is those human beings who are just pseudonyms on this blog. But have proved they are representing a beating heart, and a soul. These have reinforced my belief in triumph of humanity over evil, and antipathy and I am joyous that we are not in the same frames of; mendacity, ill will, and malice that has been so plainly portrayed towards someone much more closer to us all than the distant and anonymous victims of aggression and policies of murder and destruction that is being wreaked across the distant lands ever since the turn of the new century.
“Rising global temperatures to the point where Southern Europe (at least) joins the Hadhramaut in the global extended beach resort stakes, and London becomes the scuba destination of the world.”
Komrade, this is outstanding propaganda. I am awarding you the University of East Anglia (formerly Norwich Polytechnic) “Hide the Decline” Award for Climate Alarmism.
You win a week’s stay at Al Gore’s $9 million ocean-view beach villa, if you can get there before it’s too late!
Well, I thought Jemand’s original comment was rather funny, based on blog posts, and in the real world I sympathise with Fedup & wish him the best of luck. Shot – shot, shot – by both sides, for those who know the chune. Fedup, don’t give up, hey. Happens to all the best people.
Jemand: “It’s just a theory. Not even a well researched one at that”
Sorry to rain on your parade, but your very own “ground breaking” theory has, er, been long well researched by others, certainly more qualified & insighful than yourself;
https://www.google.com/search?q=Mediterranean+energy+transport+corridor&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-UK:official&client=firefox-a&gws_rd=cr&ei=rQQzUqOZNYfK0wXf9YGwCA
“This assumes of course that you consider the objective of energy security to be a reasonable, rational, understandable and legitimate one” – and solar, wind and geothermal are infinitely more secure than the infinite pollution and territorial terrors of the oil industry. So I assume, once you’ve done some research, you’ll be supporting those options.
“a win win solution” – not for the people shot, tortured and driven off their lands, which are then devastated by said pollution; not for marine life; not for those caught up in territorial battles: again, I assume that once you factor these in, you’ll be reassessing your cheery conclusions.
Technicolour: “Well, I thought Jemand’s original comment was rather funny”
No, it was a particulary venomous & hurtful mocking invective, as it was designed to be, which is why Fedup reacted the way he did.
With due respect Technicolour, you don’t come across as the most astute of people;
Fedup: “I did not post that, it was someone else and there was a note for you to that effect posted too!”
You see?
Yea, keep yer chin up, Fedup. And don’t ever call your boss a ziofuckwit!
You win a week’s stay at Al Gore’s $9 million ocean-view beach villa, if you can get there before it’s too late!
I do hope well-known and highly-qualified climate expert “Lord” Lawson is paying, Anon. I might even get to see his data. Or is that still in Exxon’s safe?
@Komodo – thank you. I don’t belong to any camp or tribe.
@Passerby – So now I’m a soulless entity that supports murder?
@Macky – I never claimed sole authorship of this theory and wasn’t even aware of “energy corridor” as an existing term. Those were the words that sprung to mind. Now would you like to explain your hostility directed at me in relation to this issue? It just seems a little abusive since you were giving us a nice lecture on the topic of unfriendly posts.
Re The Loveable Fedup’s job woes – In a world of nearly 7 billion people with many hundreds of millions living in terrible conditions, would anyone like to nominate which minute of my life I should devote exclusively to agonising over Fedup’s personal problems?
Perspective – Every minute 18 people die of starvation in the world
http://factcheckinginjusticefacts.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/asmaa-al-hameli/