After such an extended break from blogging, you will be deeply disappointed that I restart with something as mundane and trivial as Jeremy Clarkson. I have defended the man in the past, because I much enjoy Top Gear and consider that much of what he has been criticised for in the past had been an amusing winding-up of the po-faced of the kind I employ myself. But nasty, indeed vicious bullying of a subordinate should always be a sacking offence.
That did not ought to be the question, though. He hit someone and they had to go to hospital. Where are the police? They are incredibly fond of sweeping up scores of teenagers for thought crime, but here we have an actual violent assault that spills blood, and it seems completely out of the question the perpetrator is brought to account. Why is that? I had a personal experience a couple of years ago when I was very mildly hurt – less than young Oisin – in an assault, and the police insisted on arresting the perpetrator despite my repeated requests to them not to do so. They told me rather firmly that the idea that it is the victim who has a say in pressing charges, is a myth. Why was Clarkson not arrested?
I cannot in my mind dissociate this from the non-arrest of Jimmy Savile for his crimes, despite their being well-known and reported at the time. That seems to link in to the wider paedophilia scandal, and the question of why no action was taken even in the most blatant of cases when there was compelling evidence, such as that of the extremely nasty Greville Janner MP.
But then I think still more widely as to why, for example, Jack Straw has not been charged with the crime of misfeasance in public office after boasting of using his position to obtain “under the radar” changes in regulations to benefit commercial clients, in exchange for cash. I wonder why a large number of people did not go to jail for the HSBC tax avoidance schemes or the LIBOR rigging scandal, which involved long term dishonest manipulation by hundreds of very highly paid bankers.
At the top of the tree is of course the question of why Blair has not been charged for the crime of waging illegal war. The Chilcot Inquiry heard evidence that every single one of the FCO’s elite team of Legal Advisers believed that the invasion of Iraq was an illegal war of aggression. Yet now the media disparage as nutters those who say Blair should be charged.
Then I think of all the poor and desperate people who get jailed for stealing comparatively miniscule amounts in benefit fraud, or the boy who was jailed for stealing a bottle of water in the London riots.
The conclusion is that we do not have a system of justice in this country at all. We have a system where the wealthy and governing classes and those associated with them enjoy almost absolute impunity, broken in only the rarest of cases. At the same time those at the bottom of the pile are kicked hard to keep them there. There is no more chance of justice against those in power in the UK than there is of the killers of Nemtsov being brought to book in Russia.
But what has really scared me is this thought. This situation has been like this my entire life: and I have reached the age of 56 before I realised it. A very great many people have still not realised it at all.
What does not scare me is this. I realise that if the system of justice is completely corrupted, then there is no obligation on me to follow the laws of the state. In fact it would be wrong of me to do so. I must seek my ethical compass elsewhere than in the corrupt power structure which weighs so hard upon the people.
Habba, you will probably be fired sometime soon from whatever lunatic, totally out of control arm of the British government that employs you (all on tax payer’s money).
But don’t worry, as well as facing being unemployed in Britain in the 21st century, you will also have to face the wrath of the citizens.
It’s great being a shill, ain’t it…
Says the man who posts the most on this forum.
Lysias, Korchynsky seems a very nice man reminding me somewhat of certain commenters on this blog. A very nice man.
“I don’t want to divide people based on religions,” he says, “Because what we have in front of us is a much worse enemy — the Russian Federation. We should strike Russia together with our allies.”
The only way continued bloodshed can be averted is for Russia to offer protection to the people of the Donbas in the same way they did in Crimea. They should do what NATO has done in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Estonia and elsehwere – build bases there to protect the people because Yatsenyuk and Poroshenko are licking the collective wound in preparation for some more. Should Russia intervene, and I see no sensible alternative, the rest of Ukraine might one day look on Novorossiya and wish it was as prosperous. But war is not the answer whatever one’s ideology and those new crusaders, the Scientologist Yatsenyuk, Rosicrucians, and Knights Templar who profess to fight in the name of a peace-loving son of man should be opposed with all the vigour at our disposal.
“Doesn’t make any difference to me whether Murdoch is Jewish or not, but I have not seen it asserted before that he is. Are you sure?”
I don’t think it matters about him being Jewish but his Grandfather was a Free Church Minister for God’s sake. Now that is frightening.
I seem to remember at least one commenter on here – I believe it was Mary – wetting her knickers about some small-scale NATO manoeuvres in Eastern Europe.
Any comments on the large-scale military manoeuvres currently underway across the entire Russian Federation?
A most curious silence reigns on here; perhaps our cultural imperialist could help with a well-chosen, irrelevant quotation from his latest reading material? 🙂
For those wanting an antidote to Mr Goss and also an explanation of where his anti fascist rhetoric aimed at Ukrainians comes from. Also very good with regard to the origins of the Maidan
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117692/fascism-returns-ukraine
Should also note that Mr Goss’s imperialist friends appear to upping their breaches of the ceasefire – there are unconfirmed reports that a civilian bus in Mariupol has been shelled by the rebels.
Well, there’s a lot of disinformation and ignorance to counter, isn’t there, a lot of shammery, hypocrisy and plumb craziness to expose.
That said, I do believe that quality will always carry the day over quantity.
“Should Russia intervene, and I see no sensible alternative,”
Please remember the next time Mr Goss claims to be in favour of peace – that he advocated this breach of the ceasefire. I am reading this as the signal that the push for a land bridge to the Crimea is about to start.
The book I just finished is Der Drahtzieher: Vernon Walters — Ein Geheimdienstgeneral des Kalten Krieges [The String-Puller: Vernon Walters, an Intelligence General of the Cold War]. The book I have now begun reading is Krieg in der Ukraine: Die Chronik einer geplanted Katastrophe [War in the Ukraine; Chronicle of a Planned Catastrophe].
Even though a certain poster is urging me to post something from them, I shall not do so. They are in German, after all. If I did quote from them, he would then complain that I am just being pretentious, and boasting.
Even though it should be obvious just from their titles that they are very relevant to what we have been discussing on this thread.
Damn typos: einer geplanten Katastrophe. Oh, for an edit function.
“Rosicrucians, and Knights Templar” preceded by an earlier reference to a Rothchild’s central bank – usually a sign that Freemasonry, the Protocols of Zion and other anti-Semitic shit is not too far away I’m afraid.
Here’s some very on topic domestic news;
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-31964255
Cyril Smith was arrested in the 1980’s after a load of child porn was found in his car; he’s allowed to make a phone call to a contact in Special Branch, and the local police are overruled & ordered to release him.
To quote Bob Dylan;
“Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.”
Habba, you never provide qualified links to anything you say.
You are a total artist in the bovine department.
You spout Establishment propaganda here endlessly, hoping that it will stick.
Remember that I’m from Rentakill.
I have little tolerance of vermin.
Resident Dissident, from the article,
”People who criticize only the Ukrainian right often fail to notice two very important things. The first is that the revolution in Ukraine came from the left. ”
Not true. There was not one national strike in support of Maiden. The EU trade association agreement was not backed by the left. It was anti-labour. The EU/IMF austerity plan was not backed by the left.
No left supported revolution would ever be backed by John MaCain or Nuland or the EU, it’s just ridiculous.
The Neo-Nazi Right Sector were the street fighters throwing petrol bombs.
Nobody on the left would have stood on the barricades with those thugs.
The Neo-Nazi Right Sector leader at 6pm ordered Yanukovich to resign by 10pm on 21 Feb. An hour earlier Yanukovich’s security had been withdrawn.
The next morning Right Sector had control of Kiev and parliament.
I think Snyder lost the plot with that article.
Fred
19/03/15 10:34 pm
“I don’t think it matters about him being Jewish but his Grandfather was a Free Church Minister for God’s sake. Now that is frightening.”
Lol is it? I don’t know much about them, but I hear they are a pretty Puritanical bunch.
Kind regards,
John
Habbabkuk; “Why are people trying to divert this thread – as previous ones – onto Ukraine and Putin’s Russia?”
It was started by Craig’s out of place dig at Russia in his Post; he just can’t seem to be able to resist it sometimes, and has to squeeze in a bit of anti-Russian sentiment wherever he can.
Anyhow, I made a post quite early on about the Uk’s (In)Justice system;
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/03/impunity/#comment-514163
Care to use any of your self-acclaimed “intellectual firepower” to address my remarks in the first paragraph ?
Andy; “I think Snyder lost the plot with that article.”
Thar’s putting it mildly, and in fact highlights the problem with virtually everything that RD’s links to, as they all tend to fall apart on close inspection; take his post @ 9.01 where he provides a link to squash that “old canard about the US having spent £5bn to inspire the “coup” in the Ukraine”, treat yourself to a good giggle by having a read of that PolitiFact article, and then have a read of this;
http://www.sott.net/article/292842-Euromaidan-Anatomy-of-a-Washington-backed-coup-d-etat
Which one do you find more convincing about the role that these US NGOs play ?
Jemand
19 Mar, 2015 – 4:50 pm:
“Historically, it seems that only cataclysms of biblical proportions are able to shake a people so violently that it brings about enduring change. So perhaps its time for the UK to have another war, on its own soil. Many already see one coming.”
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Apart from the obvious racism here, and all the usual boiled-up hatred from people who are very pathetic, it shows a meme that is sadly very current today.
Jemand claims to be an officer in the Australian military. I can guarantee you, Jermand, that no one in Australia, or anywhere else, wants the kind of society that you wish to foister on them.
I can also guarantee that Jemand has never fought in a real war zone.
“Which one do you find more convincing about the role that these US NGOs play ?”
No competition there Macky. What RD never even mentioned was the former funding of potential overthrows. The US is not going to be happy if its investments, like the son of Joe Biden having a chunk of investment in fracking the green acres, if it goes belly-up. Not everybody knows but Hunter Biden was discharged from the US Navy for drugs abuse.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/revealed-joe-bidens-cocaine-using-navy-busted-son-now-working-huge-ukraine-company/
Silence from the GCHQ trolls (who, again, are all funded by tax payers).
Come on Jemand, show me your tags.
If you know what I’m talking about you’ll also know that it’s the only way you can prove your credibility.
So we are left with a bunch of corrupt tossers (all on tax payer’s money) covering up the sexual abuse and murder of children.
What fecking planet do you lot live on?!
Macky said, “Here’s some very on topic domestic news;…
Macky said, “Here’s some very on topic domestic news;…
You might be interested in this:
http://majority.fm/2015/03/11/311-nico-hines-how-margaret-thatcher-covered-up-a-pedophile-ring-protecting-public-education-from-andrew-cuomo/
A long-form interview of the type one rarely finds, particularly in America, on the consistently brilliant Majority Report.
Thanks Glenn, will have a read tomorrow, as I’m just posting this before logging off;
“a private ‘operational’ matter” = weasel words from the Cover-up British Establishment;
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2015/03/19/uk-iraq-abuse-inquiry-refuses-consider-cia-torture-report
“Conduct and character”
On topic if any ones interested. This shit has proceeded further shit and we have only the wizened for keeping this shit available!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v8ZeyVOE6pI
Doku Umarov has proved elusive. An iniquitous intelligence asset who delivered the rather amusing communication following the murder of Boris Nemtsov ‘..this is how close to the Kremlin we can get’.
With thanks.
The CIA Just Declassified the Document That Supposedly Justified the Iraq Invasion
https://news.vice.com/article/the-cia-just-declassified-the-document-that-supposedly-justified-the-iraq-invasion
I think ‘Jeremy Clarkson’ is a brilliant comic character almost on a level with Chaplin’s creation of the little tramp. It’s a modern version of John Bull, a cartoon figure, like so much else in public life and the media. Clarkson manages to appeal to huge swathes of conservative opion and at the same time provokes an equal number on the the left, all of which turns the Clarkson brand into pure gold for him.
It’s a comedy show with cars as props. Guys love their cars because they literally make them bigger and more powerful physically than they really are. People take on a kind of exo-skeleton like a giant insect and can do stuff that would be impossible otherwise.
The show is mostly pure comedy. Grown men playing with brum-brums on a vast, colourful, carpet, and laughing all the way to the bank. Good for them.
There’s also a kind of nostaligia involved. They’ve created a gay parody of a bourgeois family. With Clarkson as daft, knob-head, Dad, who’s bark is worse than his bite, but he brings home the bacon. May is the long-suffering Mumsy figure, shaking her head in disbelief at Dads antics and the boorish things he says. Then there’s the Dwarf, the teenage son who desparately wants Dad’s approval to the extent that he risks his life and almost gets himself killed doing it! Not quite as daft as Dad, but getting there. What a wonderful nuclear family.
Lysias heissen Dank fuer den Buchvorschlag, es ist erstaunlich was unser residierende Gauleiter sich vorstellt. Das gesammelte Erlebnis eines zwei-zeller.
Europe’s Citizens, although well manipulated by their various organs, a corrupted media and self serving politicians who act as lobby fodder, voters are not supporting America’s war in Europe.
NATO’s legitimacy has been perverted by vested interests, imho.,despite the fact that not one country, bar Germany, has any experience of fighting wars with Russia in modern times. NATO’s bellicose burping, as in Georgia, some years back, as well as western undermining of a corruptible Yanukovich, the moment he got re-elected, points to a systematic plan which essentially goes against the decisions taken at the end of the cold war. NATO is a defensive Alliance, there are no reasons to extend its interest sphere.
It should have been abolished in the early 1990’s, it should be abolished now!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanity
To socialise humanity with compassion is a act of ending crimes against humanity.
See link above.
Macky
19 Mar, 2015 – 11:38 pm
Can’t access your link.
Here is something from the US embassy in Kiev.
A good break down of ‘aid’ is given.
”Since 2009 when President Obama took office, the U.S. Government has provided over $184 million in Governing Justly and Democratically (GJD) assistance to Ukraine. This includes democracy programs managed by USAID and the State Department, and exchange programs managed by the State Department and the Open World Leadership Center.”
http://ukraine.usembassy.gov/statements/melia-testimony-ukraine.html
If Russia had spent the equivalent per head of population from 2009 to 2013 promoting Scottish independence that would work out at $5m a year.