Why are the Metropolitan Police not feeling Tory Lord Sebastian Coe’s collar and trawling his hard drives? I blogged recently about his involvement in awarding the World Athletics Championships without a vote to the hometown of his long term paymasters and sponsors, Nike. Plus the £12 million his promotions company made from VIP hospitality packages for the Olympics, the VIP tickets for which were allocated by the Organising Committee of which he was the £600,000 pa chairman.
Now we have this, from the person Coe works closest with in the IAAF and who he has now promoted to head the President’s office since Coe assumed that title:
« Dear Papa,
Following our discussion earlier I have already had some thoughts and believe that we need to do the following, in the strict confidence and control within a small circle of senior IAAF staff only. This must be very secret.
(…)4. Finally, as soon as possible, and ‘unofficially’ PR campaign to ensure that we avoid international media scandals related to the Moscow Championships especially in the British press, where the worst of the articles is coming from. This will require specialist PR skills (working only with me directly) from London, but I believe that if we consider using CSM we can also benefit from Seb’s political influence in the UK. It is in his personal interest to ensure that the Moscow World Champs is a success and that people do not think that the media of his own country are trying to destroy it. We can work extremely hard in stopping any planed ‘attack’ on Russia from the British press in the coming weeks.
5. Finally, I need to be able to sit down with the Anti-doping department and understand exactly what Russian ‘skeleton’ we have still in the cupboard regarding doping. I think that the time to have unveiled the various athletes was a long time ago and that now we need to be smart. These athletes, of course, should NOT be part of any Russian team for these World Championships and Valentin should be pressurised to make sure this is the case. If the guilty ones are not competing then we might as well wait until the event is over to announce them. Or we announce one or two BUT AT THE SAME TIME as athletes from other countries. Also we can prepare a special dossier on IAAF testing which will show that one of the reasons why these Russian athletes come up positive is that they get tested a lot !!! In the same way, we can make the point that the WADA laboratory is the responsibility of WADA not IAAF and that if WADA decides there really is a problem, we have a plan B to do the tests in Lausanne instead (Gabriel confirmed this to me yesterday).
Papa, as soon as I have an idea of the price of this unofficial PR campaign I will let you know, but I will do everything in my power to protect the IAAF and the President.
All the best Nick »
So what does the Establishment now wish us to believe?
a) As long-term Vice President of the IAAF, Coe had no idea the organisation was massively corrupt and the President was taking huge bribes to cover-up doping scandals.
b) Coe had no idea his close associate and now head of his office Nick Davies was writing to the son of the President proposing that Coe’s company and Coe’s “political influence” be used to keep doping scandals out of the British media.
c) Coe’s meeting, while Vice President of the IAAF, with executives of his sponsor Nike, to discuss awarding the World Athletics Championships to Eugene, had no bearing at all on the decision of the President of IAAF to award the games to Eugene without a vote.
All that is even less convincing than Sepp Blatter’s declarations of innocence. Yet there is an utter difference in the British media’s treatment of Blatter and of “Lord” Coe.
I wonder why?
Iran, after the beheading of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqi Al-Nimr, has threatened Saudi Arabia with consequences.
Our allegiances to a human rights abusing state with a world record in beheading, our very own Human rights rapporteur in the UN, a Saudi prince squealing quietly in his office, is bnow obvious.
We should break up relations with Saudi for its despicable acts of provocation vis-a-vis its Muslim neighbours, its non stop Human rights abuses against the Shia majority in Bahrain, and for its overbearing brutal war on the Houthies in Yemen.
Trowbridge
Thanks for that – I do hope RobG will give me the rates he charges.
And enjoy your holiday in Thailand! But aren’t you just a little worried about another assassination attempt on you, perhaps taking the form of shooting down the airliner you’ll travel in with a laser from outer space or something similar?
The creepy-crawlies have come sliding back in on their bellies after my reminding them of how deplorably they had pursued Mary knowing that she was ill. No concern then about her health. Now a legal action is under consideration they suddenly think an ingratiating and no doubt insincere wish for her health will get them off the hook.
“1/. You’re not re-appearing on here (and I wish you well health-wise btw)”
“I am of course sorry to hear of your state of health and wish you a full and speedy recovery.”
Trowbridge
And don’t worry about not posting for a month, we’ll do our best to survive your absence. Enjoy!
Please scroll past these posts if you are not interested in Freemasonry.
Herbie
29/12/2015 12:12am
30/12/2015 3:06pm
01/01/2016 11:28pm
“What’s the Craft?
“What have you got to do with architects and masons?
“Why the curious gear and rituals?”
“I’m still interested in hearing your interpretation of The Craft, and what your organisation has to do with architects and stonemasons.”
“Anyway, I look forward to you telling me all about these architects and stonemasons, and their craft, and indeed why what you claim to be a “joke” outfit has such a long history, involving very prominent people in many nations.”
What’s the Craft?
This phrase is used in a general way to refer to various overarching aspects of Freemasonry, in a similar way, I suppose, to the way “the Church” is used to talk about the Anglican Communion. For example, it might be used in the following ways:
– to refer to the body of ritual and procedure that governs the conduct of all meetings for whatever purpose;
– to refer to the governance and administration of the Lodge or of all Lodges collectively;
– to refer to all Freemasons generally, in a collective way.
– to all three at once, of course.
Obviously, the phrase has its origins in the idea of a collection of workers, principally manual workers, who required a certain level of expert skill and knowledge to be regarded as part of the collective skilled body. They gained this through apprenticeship and training. A similar idea is of course expressed in the historical organization of “craft unions”, collective bodies formed to protect the interests of persons skilled in a particular branch of labour, such as carpenters.
One thing that pleases me immensely about Freemasonry (whether it is true or not, and that is of course controversial and doubtful) is that it purports to descend from the most ancient trade union, the craft of stonemasonry. Very early in my life, I read a historical novel that concerned, in part, a travelling stonemason who worked for whoever would pay him, but would refuse to work for any rate under the stonemason’s minimum set daily wage. He was confident that none of his brother masons would ever do such a thing either. I really liked that: the story had quite a profound effect upon me. I am not sure if it reflects historical truth, but I believe that it does. Gatherings of stonemasons at a particular place of work seem to have been referred to as “lodges”.
Clearly Freemasonry today does not require any such manual skill and training. If it is true that the roots of Freemasonry lie in such a craft, then at some point persons who had not received this manual training began to enter the fraternities or “lodges”. No-one seems to know exactly why. It may have been an attempt to keep the numbers up as the number of stonemasons declined. It may have been to keep the lodges properly financed. It may have been because lodges began to require administrative members who needed less manual and more record-keeping skills. Lodges which began to have numbers of “speculative” or “accepted” (i.e., untrained) masons began to be referred to as “free”.
However, Freemasons do require a form of training: a training in the rituals. It’s not particularly arduous for the common or garden Freemason, but there is enormous scope for more advanced training if one wishes to take an interest in ritual wording, gesture, regalia, etc. One can still therefore call it a “craft” in the sense that it requires formal specialization in the subject.
Kind regards,
John
Mr Goss
How go things in fascist Kiev and democratic Eastern Ukraine? What say Russia Today, Counterpunch, Globalresearch.org, Voltairenet, Paul Craig Roberts and Uncle Tom Cobbley?
John Spencer-Davis
That was an interesting exposition, thank you.
Interested to see how Herbie reacts.
Thanks, Habby.
I’m always worried, as the last two attempts occurred right in this apartment in June 2013 when James Comey was taking over the Bureau.
Hope at least they just settle for me rather than shooting down more Thais, Malays, and Chinese.
It’s nice to be in a position where you can joke about more looniness.
Now off to packing for Angkor Wat.
“A good example of a weasel post but rather transparent notwithstanding, I’m afraid.
If the words “in the region” had been omitted, a critical eye like mine might have asked RoS about the number of executions in China and whether he thinks NATO should be shelling China.
Obseesives usually fall (and fail)at the first hurdle.”
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I know Habb, you don’t like to hear it as it is, that is of course your problem and not mine.
Yes I agree China’s human rights are indeed appalling, and I have on occasion in here pointed that out.
However in this particular occasion, China, hasn’t colluded with Saudi Arabia to put a Saudi in the chair of the EU human rights council. Britain I’m sorry to say did collude with Saudi Arabia, and now our pact with barbarism is coming back to haunt us.
Nato, allowing Saudi Arabia to practice such barbarity with out any form of retribution, such as sanctions, reflects badly on Britain and its allies.
Thanks Habby.
Am always worried, as the last attempts to kill me occurred at 1:30 am in June 2013 when they rang my doorbell in a drug bust, hoping I would open the door in the dark, and they would claim that they feared I had a gun.
Then, two days later, the same hit man shined a laser targeting pistol in the window above where I was sleeping on the floor, hoping I would stand up, and be gunned down in another drug bust. Fortunately, I saw him while still on the floor and never got up.
The spooks are often, out to get me.
Now, back to packing for Angkor Wat.
P.s. this is the first post which I thought I lost
Trowbridge
Thanks for those. Just one question : how do you know it was the same hitman two days later?
RoS
“Yes I agree China’s human rights are indeed appalling, and I have on occasion in here pointed that out”
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I’m glad we agree on that, RoS. I wonder if it would be justifiable to say that China’s human rights record is worse than Saudi Arabia’s given the far greater number of people executed in China every year?
“In the meantime, I am packing up for my month in Thailand, so don’t expect anything from me for a while.”
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Trowbridge H.Ford.
Re you comment above, if indeed hitmen as you put it are trying to bump you off so too speak. Isn’t it rather foolish to announce to the world that you’re now off to Thailand for a month.
It will be very simple to trace exactly what airport in Thailand you landed at and have assets waiting to tail you until it’s appropriate to finish what they started.
Unless of course you’ve cunningly thrown Thailand into the mix, but intend to go elsewhere instead.
“Mr Goss
How go things in fascist Kiev and democratic Eastern Ukraine?”
You’re not keeping up.
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/12/coe-better-protected-than-blatter-by-corrupt-national-authorities/comment-page-12/#comment-571746
RoS
I do also agree with you, RoS, that the UN elects some pretty inappropriate and unacceptable people to chair various of its bodies.
But it’s par for the course when you consider many of the resolutions passed by the General Assembly. I suppose that’s why there’s a body of opinion that doesn’t take many of the utterances/ positions of the UN on certain matters very seriously.
Mr Goss
“How go things in fascist Kiev and democratic Eastern Ukraine?”
You’re not keeping up.
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/12/coe-better-protected-than-blatter-by-corrupt-national-authorities/comment-page-12/#comment-571746”
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No, Mr Goss, you misunderstand – I meant what’s really happening, not what your dubious links say is happening. :).
After the second attempt, I called the New Haven Police, and complained about the man with the laser pistol and shining in my window, and that he was in the same brown sedan which had visited me two nights before..
They explained it all away by saying he was just a federal official, engaged in the drug bust.
“I’m glad we agree on that, RoS. I wonder if it would be justifiable to say that China’s human rights record is worse than Saudi Arabia’s given the far greater number of people executed in China every year?”
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Firstly Habb, I see you can’t even agree with me that Britain colluded with Saudi Arabia to install a Saudi on the chair of the EU Human Rights Council. However I will take your tacit evasion as a sign of mutal admission.
As for China and its record on execution, I do believe they execute more people per year than just about any other country, however like Vietnam, China’s records of executions are classed as state secrets.
In saying that no information on executions in countries such as North Korea Malaysia and Eritrea, officially exist, other nations also provide no data on executions.
More lies and bullying from Macky and Goss – but then of course they never were the sharpest knives in the drawer. I hope they feel comfortable with their behaviour because it is their problem rather than mine. Toodlepip.
No, Mr Goss, you misunderstand – I meant what’s really happening, not what your dubious links say is happening. 🙂 .
The woman at the end of the tape says of Stepan Bandera that he is their hero, and it is their history.
Now it could be that the British Embassy does not know what it is funding. If so, show me, and I will consider a retraction.
“Resident Dissident
2 Jan, 2016 – 6:45 pm”
I love that. The whole pack are suddenly pretending to be nice people, and bright sparks. Those of us who have been here a while know them by their actions.
Is Craig O.K.?
Trowbridge H. Ford,
I don’t think anyone has ever intentionally tried to kill me. It must really piss you off. Anyhow before you head off to Angkor Wat – take a small camera with you, and a body bag, and hire a push bike. The locals are very friendly, but they may try and steal your stuff – but are very polite about it….please try and explain and analyse this…..
Or maybe Mark Golding can explain it…
“RAF bomb raids in Syria dismissed as ‘non-event’
Since MPs voted for war over Syria RAF Tornados and Typhoons have mounted only three strike missions”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/12078395/RAF-bomb-raids-in-Syria-dismissed-as-non-event.html
Happy New Year – hopefully without a Nuclear War.
Tony
You know Habb, I find it rather strange that you exude a rather robust but at times half hearted defence of Saudi Arabia.
I say that in the knowledge, of a commet you made awhile back, in which you claimed you didn’t particularly like Arabs, nor their smell.
I can only assume that, you have to defend Saudi Arabia’s stance, because it’s part of your remit, due to the Saudi’s allied position to Britain and the West.
If you feel you want to confirm my finding then by all means do so.
RoS
“I say that in the knowledge, of a commet you made awhile back, in which you claimed you didn’t particularly like Arabs, nor their smell.”
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I’m afraid I don’t remember writing anything like that but I’m sure you’ll be able to refresh my memory by supplying the link.
(I may once have said I don’t particularly like you or the distinctive smell emitting from your posts but you’re not an Arab are you?)
“I’m afraid I don’t remember writing anything like that but I’m sure you’ll be able to refresh my memory by supplying the link.
(I may once have said I don’t particularly like you or the distinctive smell emitting from your posts but you’re not an Arab are you?)”
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Once again Habb, thank you for reinforcing my suspicions. I know now you can’t quite come out and openly admit what you think, and I understand that.
Mr Goss
I’ve been meaning to tell you how much I like your latest gravatar.
I didn’t like the previous one very much – the 1970s garb and hairstyle reminded me uncomfortably of those glory days at British Leyland and the BMC when a handful of Communist or Trotskyite unofficial shop stewards were running riot and doing their best to bring British car-building to its knees. BTW, you never did tell me whether you were personally acquainted with Red Robbo, did you? (now would be your chance).
Anyway, your latest is very good – you look grave, far-sighted, learned and wise, an impression heightened by that background of bookshelf and serious-looking works. In fact, it reminds me of that newsreel of Stalin I once saw, the one where he suddenly lifts his gaze to look into the future, his keen regard piercing the mists that obscure the vision of ordinary mortals and indicating the way ahead to the promised land.
Don’t you dare ever change it again, John.
Mr Goss – little more work on the tash is needed.
Please scroll past these posts if you are not interested in Freemasonry.
Herbie
29/12/2015 12:12am
30/12/2015 3:06pm
01/01/2016 11:28pm
“What’s the Craft?
“What have you got to do with architects and masons?
“Why the curious gear and rituals?”
“I’m still interested in hearing your interpretation of The Craft, and what your organisation has to do with architects and stonemasons.”
“Anyway, I look forward to you telling me all about these architects and stonemasons, and their craft, and indeed why what you claim to be a “joke” outfit has such a long history, involving very prominent people in many nations.”
What have you got to do with architects and masons?
I think I have answered the second part of the question sufficiently in my previous posting.
To give a clear explanation of the connection with architecture is more difficult. The connection of Freemasonry with both architecture and stonemasonry is symbolical and ceremonial. Within the ritual and procedure of Freemasonry, architecture and stonemasonry are not clearly distinguished, but are more like a continuity. Freemasonic ritual uses architecture and stonemasonry as a dramatic allegory of the journey through life, in part based upon a kind of story, the story of the building of King Solomon’s Temple and of its chief architect, Hiram Abiff. The customs and tools of stonemasonry are used to illustrate particular moral points and lessons. I should make it clear that the ritual is presented as allegory and not history. The emergence of the fully fledged ritual, or rituals, because there is considerable variation even today, seems to have occurred from different but presumably related sources during the eighteenth century.
Kind regards,
John
Thanks for the compliment Habbabkuk. Are you on something? 😀
Here is another link to the British Embassy funding fascism in Kiev.
http://novorossia.today/british-embassy-in-kiev-funds-a-school-honoring-ukrainian-nazi-collaborator-stepan-bandera-video/
I do hope this is a pack of Russian lies. Don’t you?
^ How easily flattered!
LOL Habby re the tash….a lot more work is needed! Some botox may also help.