Bloody hell. Read this. Brilliant.
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“The ‘White Book’ document was issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in April 2014, it has nothing to do with voltairenet.”
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God knows there’s little amusing in Tony M’s usual screeds (I think that’s the right word), but the above was a splendid exception.
Just in case someone casts doubt on Voltairenet’s objectivity and attachment to the truth, Tony M says the White Book actually came from Russian official sources!
Which makes it highly convincing, doesn’t it.
Not.
Over 500 rabbis from Israel, Britain, the US and Canada have called on the Israeli prime minister to stop demolishing Palestinian homes. Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) say Benjamin Netanyahu’s stance is against “international law and Jewish tradition.”
RHR’s open letter came after the Israeli PM announced the destruction of over 400 Palestinian homes in the Israel-controlled part of the West Bank, the territory known as Area C.
“Thousands have been forced to build without permits, and great human suffering is caused when hundreds of homes are demolished each year in Area C alone,” RHR stated in their letter, adding that Israeli planning and zoning laws “severely restrict the ability of Palestinians to build homes, even on the lands that the State recognizes as belonging to them.”
According to the rabbis, there has been “no representation or true ability for Palestinians to determine how to properly plan for their communities since local and district planning committees were abolished in 1971. The army plans for them.”
In late January, the United Nations accused Israel of illegally demolishing the homes of 77 Palestinians, including many children, in East Jerusalem and the districts of Ramallah, Jericho and Hebron.
http://rt.com/news/230339-rabbis-demolition-palestinian-homes/
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I must get my eyesight checked, at first I thought it said 500 rabbits.
Anyway this is a new take on an old problem, it could be a propaganda exercise, or the Rabbi’s (not rabbits) are aware, that Israel’s global standing, is in a steep nose dive, when it comes to public opinion.
Before flying out to pay his last respects to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the last time Prince Charles jetted out to the Kingdom was on Tuesday, 18th November, 2014 to bring a ceremonial end to a long running business saga by literally dancing to the tune of the Saudi-Wahhabi clan.
The first in line to the British crown, dressed in the traditional military regalia of the Saudi nepotistic despots, helped to seal yet another military deal which will burnish the bottom line of Europe’s largest arms manufacturer, BAE Systems. The price for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets was finally agreed to by the Saudi clan.
The deal, aptly and Orwellianly named “Salam” (i.e. Peace), is worth £4.5 billion (equivalent to roughly $7.1 billion) and according to a report in the Times of London, is part of the notorious and corrupt £40 billion “Yamamah” (i.e. Dove) deal.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/MyMPN/prince-charles-ceremonial-pimp-british-saudi-venality-hypocrisy/
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Take a look at the picture, of that inbred buffoon, Prince Nobby aka Charles, dressed up, as Sheikh rattle and roll.
The heir to the free lunch, I mean throne, cuts a pathetic sight as he kowtows to the Wahhabi clan.
If the royals, ever had any credibility (debatable) they’ve certainly, shed that grace, eons ago.
“Oh, I left one out. Mornin’ Habbabkuk, how are your investments doing? I doubt you’ll find it this much fun after the war, though.”
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Enough of the levity, Clark! What’s going on in Ukraine is a serious affair and shouldn’t be the subject of jokes.
But since you asked : I was never in roubles so I’m not complaining.
BTW – what do you think of the extension of the govt’s “pensioner bond” scheme? Are you of the opinion that it is a cynical pre-election ploy which will have to be paid for (unnecessarily) by future generations?
🙂
I have just come back home. A lovely sunny day now.
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What are your symptoms?
Posted by The Editors on February 9, 2015, 2:52 pm
The shakes? Nervous facial twitching? Empty biscuit packets littering the floor?
Anyway, it’s over now – the message board is back!
Eds
“most Germans loved Hitler at the beginning (and well past the beginning, come to think about it)”
I think you’ll find the bankers loved him too:
“In January 1939, Norman went to Berlin to attend the christening of Schacht’s grandson, named Norman in his honour. Ahmed writes that Norman admired “Schacht, and during the early years of Nazi rule, even the achievements of Hitler – he is said to have told a Morgan partner that ‘Hitler and Schacht are the bulwarks of civilisation in Germany’.” ”
“Suspicions about Norman’s political leanings would be reinforced by his behaviour after the press got hold of the Czech gold scandal. By May 1939, it had become a major political issue and on May 26, the Chancellor of the time Sir John Simon, asked Norman if the Bank still had the Czech gold. Norman obfuscated.”
” More controversially still, on June 1, amid the political outcry, Norman conducted a further gold transaction on behalf of the Reichsbank worth £860,000 – without official clearance. “This time, before acting, the Bank referred the matter to the Chancellor, who said that he would like the opinion of the law officers of the Crown,” the record says.
“On the BIS enquiring, however, what was causing the delay and saying that inconvenience would be caused because of payments the next day, the Bank acted on the instructions without referring to the law officers.” Norman defended his actions by claiming the law officers later supported the decision.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10214541/Was-Montagu-Norman-a-Nazi-sympathiser.html
Nevermind
“You want to read some of the comments when a new cycle path is opened anywhere, its appalling, the hatred is palpable and totally unnecessary.”
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Have you ever walked – inadvertently, of course, along a cycle path? If so, you will perhaps have noticed that, just as some motorists behave like Nazis towards cyclists, so some cyclists behave like Nazis towards your humble pedestrian.
Do we agree?
Thanks for messages Clark and Macky.
“Putin’s new deal with Egypt in Roubles could be the turning point.”
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I agree with Mr Goss. It will be a game changer for sure.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has survived a challenge against his leadership after his ruling Liberal Party voted down an attempt to remove him from power following weeks of infighting.
The leadership challenge was defeated by 61 votes to 39 in a secret party room ballot early on Monday.
In order to succeed, the “spill motion” (confidence vote) needed to receive a simple majority of 52 of the 102 senators and members of the Liberal Party.
However, the fact that 39 members of the party passed a no-confidence vote against Abbott shows many in the party are skeptical the prime minister will survive in the long run.
The challenge was triggered on Friday by Western Australian MP Luke Simpkins after rising criticism against Abbott’s leadership.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/02/09/396775/Aussie-PM-survives-leadership-vote
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What on earth is going on in Australia, the Mad Abbot, a take on the Mad Monk, should have lost in the vote of no confidence, but then again like Mad Abbot, the Peoples House, or to give it its official term, the House of Representatives, is full of egotistical politicians.
Remember this is the man who gave Prince Philip, a knighthood a few weeks back, talk about sucking up.
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“What’s going on in Ukraine is a serious affair and shouldn’t be the subject of jokes.”
Absolutely.
Turns out there are about 8,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Debaltsevo.
On foot of which Western leaders are running all over the world trying to cobble together a deal.
Hope they’re not hiding any banned weapons in there.
http://fortruss.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/what-is-debaltsevo-cauldron-hiding.html
Herbie
““most Germans loved Hitler at the beginning (and well past the beginning, come to think about it)”
I think you’ll find the bankers loved him too”
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I’m sure you’re right, Herbie. But what is the relevance of that observation to my reply to Mr Goss (or whoever it was), who said that the Russians love rasPutin?
But I guess you’re not contesting the point I was making, are you.
Yes, since you’ve posted that Stopfake link 4 times I guessed it must be important to you so I checked it out. Here are the staff:
http://www.stopfake.org/en/about-us/
Note: at least four of them have had Fulbright scholarship grants. This is clearly a US CIA-funded misinformation site. I have not had a look at it other than this page because I like to know who’s behind it. Now I know I have no interest in reading further. It’s one of the big problems. The US offers these Fulbright scholarships and recruits (this time from Ukraine). I think, if my memory serves, Anna Ardin, the Swedish agent who trapped julian Assange benefited from a Fulbright.
Perhaps others would like to view these findings on Professor’s Blog. Circumspection is advised. But whether it was redirected and flight-path data changed I cannot say but it was shot down by Voloshin and the other Ukrainian Air-Force pilot. So why is the Inquiry not interviewing Voloshin?
http://professorsblogg.com/2014/08/05/analysing-the-evidence-concluding-that-the-malaysian-airlines-mh17-was-shot-by-ukraine-su-25-fighter-jets/
You didn’t have a point.
Perhaps you were trying to say that political fortunes go up and down, or that all political careers end in tragedy.
But you didn’t.
Herbie
“You didn’t have a point.
Perhaps you were trying to say that political fortunes go up and down, or that all political careers end in tragedy.
But you didn’t.”
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That’s a little transparent even from you, Herbie.
This was the point, spelled out in full (I had assumed you wouldn’t need a primary school-type explanation, but there you go..).
1/. In his defence of, and praise for, rasPutin, Mr Goss said that the “Russians love Putin”
2/. I pointed out that the Germans “loved” Hitler as well at the beginning – and indeed for quite a while after the beginning.
3/. The point was, therefore, that statements like Mr Goss’s – even if true – are meaningless and certainly cannot be used to validate any leader’s behaviour.
All clear now?
Political fortunes go up and down. All political careers end in tragedy.
That’s much better, and much more in keeping with Clark’s request for civility.
Mr Goss
“Yes, since you’ve posted that Stopfake link 4 times I guessed it must be important to you so I checked it out. Here are the staff:
http://www.stopfake.org/en/about-us/
Note: at least four of them have had Fulbright scholarship grants. This is clearly a US CIA-funded misinformation site. I have not had a look at it other than this page because I like to know who’s behind it. Now I know I have no interest in reading further. It’s one of the big problems. The US offers these Fulbright scholarships and recruits.. etc”
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You still haven’t learned how to dig yourself out of a hole, have you?
I’ll ask you just two questions at this stage so as to give you as little scope as possible for diversion and/or introducing irrelevancies.
Firstly: I have revisited the link you provided. I find a list of names but no references to Fulbright scholarships either per se or in respect of “four” of those names.
Can you please indicate which are the four people listed who have benefited from Fulbright scholarships? And perhaps also indicate the source for your claim.
Secondly: even if four of the people listed have benefited from Fulbright scholarships, how do you arrive at the conclusion that http://www.stopfake.org is a “CIA-funded misinformation site”? Are you attempting to say that a Ukrainian cannot throw light on the truth of what is happening in Eastern Ukraine because he or she might have studied for a time in the US?
Thanks for a speedy and to-the-point answer. No references to Enid Blyton, no irrelevancies, no attempts at diversion of you can manage that.
@ Glenn
Don’t know if you’re around at the moment, but if so, would you mind using your technical expertise (as you did once before wrt another frequent poster) to tell me when the handle “Tony M” popped up for the first time on this blog?
Many thanks if you can.
Herbie
“Political fortunes go up and down. All political careers end in tragedy.”
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That – which may well be true – is your point, I’m afraid and not mine.
My point was that Mr Goss was making meaningless claims.
And now stop buggering around. 🙂
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Oh dear.
“Foreign mercenaries are blocked in the cauldron of Debaltsevo (eastern Ukraine) alongside the Ukrainian military, said representatives of the self-declared republic of Donetsk on Monday.”
“Four foreign languages in radio communications intercepted, “English, Polish, French and probably the Flemish.””
http://fr.sputniknews.com/international/20150209/1014494238.html
@Habby: yes, too right, it is serious. Why do the US want to provoke the Russians into a war, anyway?
However, joy of joys, the BBC has written a fairly balanced article on Putins view of the subject:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31289051
And now one about Merkel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31279621
However, I hear that Obama is still being as equivocal as ever. Not good.
Vive la France! After Sarkozy supporting the Russian case for Crimea, out comes Marie Le Pen (who’s nothing like as extreme as her father).
It reminds me of Chirac and the rumpus about French/freedom fries.
Oh yes, and Cyprus are thinking of giving the Russians a base. Not sure whether its the Turkish or Greek side. Suspect it might be the Greeks.
In case anyone wonders… I get my information from the same place as everyone else… an-expat Russian living in Florida called “The Saker”. He seems to have quite a following. I say this to show my appreciation of “the land of the free”, and concern that it is becoming less so.
Gosh, I’m being moderated…
It was meant as a joke… obviously misunderstood.
I’ll rephrase… good for you for pointing this out, Herbie. 🙂
Peacewisher
“out comes Marie Le Pen (who’s nothing like as extreme as her father).”
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It’s Marine Le Pen and it is true she’s moved the focus away from anti-semitism to anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim-ism; whether that’s being less extreme is open to debate.
@Habby: Thanks for the correction. I never thought I’d support anything a Le Pen said, but its a strange world, and it does seem like the plates are shifting (again!)
Thanks for the earlier heads up about Ba’al btw…
Ba’al, the M20B1 is a lightweight bazooka, now I’m really laughing, you thought it be an ol fakey beemer, thats funny.
btw. I’m looking for exactly that, a 650 BMW pre tax 1972, let me know if you hear/see anything.
A friend bought a Dnjpr new, took it all to pieces, replaced most parts with genuine BMW bits were possible and re-engineered the ones that didn’t fit, it did the trick, they just used crap metals and the machining was awful, but they can be made to work.
I’d love an R500 with parallel forks.
Merkel’s been to report to Obummer and now he just wants to send ‘lethal defensive weapons’. I’m sure between Mark ba’al and myself we could probably rattle off 100 types of weapons which have defensive lethal purposes, as most weapons have dual use, defensive as well as offensive, these are just words.
Obama has been promised some yacht and an island near Hawaii, me thinks, he’s turned into a closet hawkish Republican and he wants to please the arms dealers after their latest bird, the F35B, was an utter flop, why the RAF bought that heavy piece of over electronic junk, which is a danger to pilots because of a blind spot to the back of the aircraft, I will never know.
I know that a lot of people read this blog, and I would really like some first time posters here (as I’m sure Craig would).
Don’t worry about me (I’m harmless). You’re safe here, though, sort of, and I would be really interested in hearing from lurkers who don’t usually post.
What do you think of us arseholes who do post?
RobG
“I know that a lot of people read this blog, and I would really like some first time posters here (as I’m sure Craig would).”
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I recall that a lot of apparently new people came onto this blog to comment around Scottish referendum time – although that was probably theme-related.
But we have had a few apparently new all-subject posters, have we not? Republicofscotland, Lysias (yes, ITMA!), (?) Tony M…..apologies to those I’ve missed out.
Against that, some of the old lags seem to have withdrawn to a greater or lesser extent: Mr Scorgie, Macky, Fedup…
So it’s swingabouts and rounds really, isn’t it.
@Habbabkuk (la vita è bella)
9 Feb, 2015 – 7:20 pm
Not really, Habba, because although I’m a newcomer in these parts (with regard to this blog, not politics) I’m not sure how you can deny the many vibrant voices on here.
To put it in terms of left and right is comic book stuff.
It’s just about humanity, and whether you care about it.