UPDATE
Minutes after I posted this article, the ludicrous Jess Phillips published an article in the Guardian which could not have been better designed to prove my thesis. A number of people have posted comments on the Guardian article pointing this out, and they have all been immediately deleted by the Guardian. I just tried it myself and was also deleted. I should be grateful if readers could now also try posting comments there, in order to make a point about censorship on the Guardian.
Catching up on a fortnight’s news, I have spent five hours searching in vain for criticism of Simon Danczuk from prominent or even just declared feminists. The Guardian was the obvious place to start, but while they had two articles by feminist writers condemning Chris Gayle’s clumsy attempt to chat up a presenter, their legion of feminist columnists were entirely silent on Danczuk. The only opinion piece was strongly defending him.
This is very peculiar. The allegation against Danczuk which is under police investigation – of initiating sex with a sleeping woman – is identical to the worst interpretation of the worst accusation against Julian Assange. The Assange allegation brought literally hundreds, probably thousands of condemnatory articles from feminist writers across the entire range of the mainstream media. I have dug up 57 in the Guardian alone with a simple and far from exhaustive search. In the case of Danczuk I can find nothing, zilch, nada. Not a single feminist peep.
The Assange case is not isolated. Tommy Sheridan has been pursuing a lone legal battle against the Murdoch empire for a decade, some of it in prison when the judicial system decided his “perjury” was imprisonable but Andy Coulson’s admitted perjury on the Murdoch side in the same case was not. I personally witnessed in court in Edinburgh last month Tommy Sheridan, with no lawyer (he has no money) arguing against a seven man Murdoch legal team including three QCs, that a letter from the husband of Jackie Bird of BBC Scotland should be admitted in evidence. Bird was working for Murdoch and suggested in his letter that a witness should be “got out of the country” to avoid giving evidence. The bias exhibited by the leading judge I found astonishing beyond belief. I was the only media in the court.
Yet even though the Murdoch allegations against Sheridan were of consensual sexual conduct, Sheridan’s fight against Murdoch has been undermined from the start by the massive and concerted attack he has faced from the forces of feminism. Just as the vital messages WikiLeaks and Assange have put out about war crimes, corruption and the relentless state attack on civil liberties have been undermined by the concerted feminist campaign promoting the self-evidently ludicrous claims of sexual offence against Assange.
As soon as the radical left pose the slightest threat to the neo-con establishment, an army of feminists can be relied upon to run a concerted campaign to undermine any progress the left wing might make. The attack on Jeremy Corbyn over the makeup of his shadow cabinet was a classic example. It is the first ever gender equal shadow cabinet, but the entire media for a 96 hour period last September ran headline news that the lack of women in the “top” posts was anti-feminist. Every feminist commentator in the UK piled in.
Among the obvious dishonesties of this campaign was the fact that Defence, Chancellor, Foreign Affairs and Home Secretary have always been considered the “great offices of State” and the argument only could be made by simply ignoring Defence. The other great irony was the “feminist” attack was led by Blairites like Harman and Cooper, and failed to address the fact that Blair had NO women in any of these posts for a full ten years as Prime Minister.
But facts did not matter in deploying the organised feminist lobby against Corbyn.
Which is why it is an important test to see what the feminists, both inside and outside the Labour Party, would do when the leading anti-Corbyn rent-a-gob, Simon Danczuk, was alleged to have some attitudes to women that seem very dubious indeed, including forcing an ex-wife into non-consensual s&m and that rape allegation.
And the answer is …nothing. Feminists who criticised Assange, Sheridan and Corbyn in droves were utterly silent on the subject of Danczuk. Because the purpose of established and paid feminism is to undermine the left in the service of the neo-cons, not to attack neo-cons like Danczuk.
Identity politics has been used to shatter any attempt to campaign for broader social justice for everybody. Instead it becomes about the rights of particular groups, and that is soon morphed into the neo-con language of opportunity. What is needed, modern feminism argues, is not a reduction of the vast gap between rich and poor, but a chance for some women to become Michelle Mone or Ann Gloag. It is not about good conditions for all, but the removal of glass ceilings for high paid feminist journalists or political hacks.
Feminism has become the main attack tool in the neo-con ideological arsenal. I am sceptical the concept can be redeemed from this.
He also won’t criticize the U.S. government.
“They would have to be putting boots on the ground and lots of them if they were to create a safe zone in Syria. That’s called an invasion.”
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You know Fred I often wonder if you act the c*nt intentionally or are genuinely naive.
The latter would explain a lot the former however would explain even more. I say that due to your comment, “that’s called an invasion”
Well Fred, the USA and her purple little haemorrhoids states that dangle freely from the warmongers sphincter have illegally invaded Syria just not officially. They have no mandate but that hasn’t stopped them from arming proxy armies to try and overthrow yet again another countries government albeit a dictatorship.
And before the bleeding hearts start swinging from their crystal chandeliers shouting Assad and barrel bombs. They should scour their infantile minds and recall how great Gaddafi and Saddam were when they complied to Western wishes.
As soon as they realised that the US and her kowtowing zombie led states were nothing but global gangsters, who needed to be shown the door, the West and her sycophantic propaganda machine kicked in an denounced both of them as mad evil murdering dictators.
The rest as they say is history, and the history books written by the victors will indeed show Gaddafi and Saddam as murderous dictators.
Whilst the same history books will show Obama and Cameron as compassionate leaders of the free world.
“Three SNP MPs signed that motion including Angus Robertson.”
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Of course Fred, I see now, how stupid of me the insane slaughter of the Yemeni people is entirely the fault of the SNP.
Proof enough that Haw Haw Habbakuk and Anon1 are trolls in the eagerness with which they press Craig to close comments. Their objection is to public debate and discussion. They are quite happy to swallow the occasional dissident blog provided that it doesn’t become a focus for other independently inclined minds.
As to the possibility that closing comments would put an end to the stream of shekels (or full bodied Cabernets- with accents of genocide and a bouquet redolent of Nuremberg imported from Palestine) that Hasbara provides-, well, there are websites popping up everywhere on which decent people around the world record their disgust at Israel’s crimes and their own governments’ craven complaisance.
In the meantime take this sample- a well fed middle aged bourgeois living far from any warzone and inclined to support any bombing campaign the west comes up with, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Syria, most recently- of the soul of fascist:
“Mind you, they’ll probably be allowed to say on “human rights” grounds.
You know : “my life is here”, “I’m going to get married next year”, “my cats would miss me” ; etc…..”
Jeering at refugees that his callous and vicious political leaders have driven from their homes, forcing them to risk their lives in flight from the bombs and bullets, the fires and suicide bombers, the throat cutters and death squads Haw Haw et al have wished upon them.
“My cat would miss me” indeed-may you and those like you rot in hell!
You are asking me the preferences of the cleaners and scrubbers, I am afraid I cannot speak for them John, they have their own imperatives and speculation about their choices will detract from the issues.
The fact is, censorship and inattention to certain events are nothing new, and are a routine and mundane affair.
“You know Fred I often wonder if you act the c*nt intentionally or are genuinely naive.”
I just tell it how it is in the real world.
Fedup
30/01/2016 9:00pm
I appreciate that you can’t speak for others. I’m interested in this matter precisely because I have read reports of the existence of this photograph, a number of them, but yours is the first report I have read that the photograph is circulating around the Internet.
Have you seen the photograph yourself, and if so, where did you see it?
Kind regards,
John
“I just tell it how it is in the real world.”
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At least you’ve not lost your sense of humour.
“Of course Fred, I see now, how stupid of me the insane slaughter of the Yemeni people is entirely the fault of the SNP.”
Click on the link and read the list of signatories. They are the ones responsible for British made weapons being used in Yemen. Who else would it be?
Yeah I have seen the said photograph as I described it to you. I am sorry to say I can’t recollect the site, but I am sure it can be found by others too.
I am sure you are aware of the Kincora boys home too? There is quite a bit about the activities of the SIS and various dignitaries whom had been filmed by the SIS in that place engaging in various depraved acts with the resident boys. In fact Ken Livingston in his book, as well as in this interview goes on record about it
I f I recollect it the site I will let you know, but try and search and you will find along with many other shocking facts that are going unpublicised and unnoticed.
Bevin at 8.59 pm. I think you’re onto something as to the reason Habbab and echoes want to see the blog closed down while Craig is on Sabbatical is because they are opposed to free speech. They may also feel a bit lonely since Craig thinks Putin is as bad as western leaders and they are not getting that support when they spawn their ‘Blame Putin’ for everything meme.
Fedup
30/01/16 9:28pm
Thank you, Fedup. Yes, I am aware of Kincora.
I am quite sure that the intelligence services love to have evidence of depraved and illegal actions by politicians and others, and there seems to be no doubt that investigations and prosecutions have been aborted at very high levels. Janner and Cyril Smith are excellent examples. It’s astonishing, and highly suspicious, that these shocking omissions are not being pursued by the media with enormous vigour.
Kind regards,
John
fred 30 Jan, 2016 – 4:05 pm : There are no safe places to make safe zones, they are having civil wars.
definition of civil war :
“a war between groups of people in the same country” — Merriam-Webster
“a war between organized groups within the same state or country” — Wikipedia
“a war between factions or regions of the same country” — the free dictionary
“a war between citizens of the same country” — oxford dicytionaries
“armed conflict between a government and another group from within the same country.” — business dictionary
“a war fought by different groups of people living in the same country” — cambridge dictionary
“Click on the link and read the list of signatories. They are the ones responsible for British made weapons being used in Yemen. Who else would it be?”
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According to your link Fred the motion was tabled in 2012.
The Yemeni civil war didn’t begin until 2015, according to Wiki.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(2015–present)
“The Yemeni civil war didn’t begin until 2015, according to Wiki.”
Then why did the MPs table a motion to supply the government with arms in 2012?
John what else can you expect from the oligarch owned media, or state propaganda apparatus? These are designed to pen the public opinion through leading stories and carefully selected news items. If you notice the immigration, refugees, and Muslims are at the top of the news bulletins, does it mean there were no other stories these could have concentrated on?
Fact that the government is increasingly ruling a more and more divided population apparently is not of any concern for any of the “luminaries” and the relevant
biased stoogesthink tanks.“definition of civil war :”
Thank you but I think we already knew what a civil war is.
There is a certain strength, a potency, a prominence, even a knowing, with the eminences; orchestrated and unified from the energy of Craig Murray.
The trouble is we are winning the information war, we are culling truth wherever it is masked, wherever it is buried.
I mean, promoted confusion, renditioning torture, dealing seduction, devising masquerades, perfidy, treachery and infidelity, wiretapping and espionage, infanticide, plunder, violation and murder, all are known to us in great detail, every word, every action, every prayer, every thought, every deed.
We have morphed to portentous, threatening the same old same old, disturbing the status quo.
Regrettably we are rational, pragmatic and yet puerile; paper tigers in peerless propensity and only fitter in unity.
Today Zbigniew Brzezinski knows it is infinitely easier to kill a million people than to control them. That is true. We hold that blame. Our acquittal. our absolution must be to shift the strings of time to symmetry, to equivalence; a better humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO2U9jJoWsM
Fred Thank you but I think we already knew what a civil war is.
So which of those refugee-creating conflicts are you claiming is a civil war?
The one in Syria? ….. Libya? ….. Iraq? ….. Afghanistan? ….. Yemen? …..
Never forget… Cass Sunstein and his “Cognitive infiltration”
This is the guy who infamously coined the term “cognitive infiltration” in regards to neutralizing online discussions on media fakery and conspiracies – though the concept itself has been part of public relations for a century.
“the best response consists in cognitive infiltration of extremist groups”, where they suggest, among other tactics, “Government agents (and their allies) might enter chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine percolating conspiracy theories by raising doubts about their factual premises, causal logic or implications for political action.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Sunstein#.22Conspiracy_Theories.22_and_government_infiltration
One here for the planet-watchers, Squonk, Clark, Brian Fujisan.
http://nsnbc.me/2016/01/30/russias-kamchatka-region-rattled-by-magnitude-7-2-earthquake/
Interesting. I did a Google search for images of Leon Brittan – you should see some of the pictures that came up, some prominent people really seriously whacked with the ugly stick. Anyway. there was a message at the bottom:
“In response to a legal request submitted to Google, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read more about the request at LumenDatabase.org.”
So I went and had a look at this message. It is from one Derek Laud, a person I imagine many people on here will know by repute. Just out of interest I repost it here.
“British Citizen Requests Removal of Allegedly Defamatory Links
recipient
Google, Inc.
[Private]
Mountain View, CA, 94043, US
Received on May 20, 2014
Re: Unknown
Sent via: Unknown
Notice Type:DMCA
Body
This isn’t the first time I have complained and I am not getting a
satisfactory outcome to my complaints from Google. If necessary I will
refer this matter to the information and the law. I am pasting here some
typical articles on your search engine. Google must know by now (with
international co-operation) which Websites are credible and which are not.
For the record. I have [redacted]
ALL references to the SCALLWAG article must be taken down. It is completely
untrue. NO such thing ever happened. There is reference to a driving
incident in the States which happened 15 years ago. The EU recent ruling
supports my view that this is no longer relevant. The allegations are
materially wrong in any event.
Here are some of the offending pages:
[redacted]
thecolemanexperience.wordpress.com/…/the-curious-case-of-nick-clegg-
[redacted]
[redacted]
aangirfan.blogspot.com/2012/10/mysterious-*derek*-*laud*.html
[redacted]
chrisspivey.org/*derek*-*laud*-outed-notorious-predatory-paedophile-good-…
[redacted]
[redacted]
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=60135
[redacted]
theduckshoot.com/tag/*derek*-*laud*/
[redacted]
[redacted]
http://www.whale.to/b/*derek*_*laud*.html
[redacted]
*…*
http://www.davidicke.com/…/75444-the-original-scallywag-magazine-allegatio...
[redacted]
Scallywag Magazine article on Lord McAlpine and *Derek
Laud*
scallywagmagazine.blogspot.com/…/scallywag-magazine-article-on-lord….
[redacted]
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/noframes/read/259200
[redacted]
theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/…/has-*derek*-*laud*-been-unfriende…
[redacted]
theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/…/has-*derek*-*laud*-been-unfriende…
[redacted]
entitycube.research.microsoft.com/view.aspx?id=186860
[redacted]
[redacted]
[redacted]
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Derek Laud wrote:
[redacted]
Hope this finds you well and in less need of help than me!
Here in the UK a detestable and very nasty blogger or website(which is a
well known [redacted]engine) has posted untruths against
me, [redacted], [redacted] and others. It alleges we are *all *
[redacted].
This is untrue. In fact, I would have been 10 years old at the time, when
these abuses are alleged to have taken place. I would like to give Google
the chance to remove these highly defamatory and deeply distasteful remarks
from its search engine and to ensure that such claims are NOT uploaded onto
your site. I could go to law and I am happy to apply to the High court for
an injunction against Google, but clearly, would like to give you the
chance of doing what you to help, before acting legally. I have today
consulted with lawyers and this is the advice I have received.
I am a partner in a wealth management company with more than �7, billion
under management, as well as holding various other directorships. The
damage these untruths may cause is immense, so the speediest action would
be appreciated. If you cannot help, I should like to know that too, and
why.
Sorry to land this on your plate, but as you might imagine, I am not at all
happy.
[redacted]
Derek”
Kind regards,
John
“So which of those refugee-creating conflicts are you claiming is a civil war?
The one in Syria? ….. Libya? ….. Iraq? ….. Afghanistan? ….. Yemen? …..”
I don’t know, what of them?
^ Oh Golly gee K.R. John please don’t start off with another bit between your teeth.
What makes you think anyone is interested in this garbage?
@Fred
RoS said, in reference to 39 migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea : “In my opinion every single one of those deaths could’ve been avoided if the UN had set up safe zones in their countries.”
You replied : “There are no safe places to make safe zones, they are having civil wars.”
Which countries are you referring to, Fred? WHO are having civil wars?
“Which countries are you referring to, Fred? WHO are having civil wars?”
The migrants who died were probably from Syria given that they left from Turkey but you gave a list of countries having civil wars take your pick.
Fred : The migrants who died were probably from Syria ….
Are you saying that Syria is engaged in a civil war?
“Are you saying that Syria is engaged in a civil war?”
Yes.
Laud says, regarding some unnamed detestable and nasty blogger:
“This is untrue. In fact, I would have been 10 years old at the time, when these abuses are alleged to have taken place.”
Without seeing when this blogger alleged these abuses were, it is impossible to comment. However, the now notorious Scallywag allegations against Laud appear to date from 1982 at the earliest, more likely 1985 onwards. Apparently Laud was born in 1964, making him late teens and early twenties for the Scallywag allegations.
Laud also appears to have been a remarkably precocious politician, a member of the Monday Club and writing papers for it at age 20, and a Conservative researcher and special adviser a year or two later. Speechwriter for the Prime Minister in his mid-twenties. (My source is Wikipedia).
Kind regards,
John
Fred Yes
So when you said “Thank you but I think we already knew what a civil war is”, you didn’t.
Or you did but rather than admit you’d used the term wrongly you thought you would brass it out.
As usual.
Whatever.
Goodnight.