tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120498212011-08-17T04:10:10.436+01:00How This Old Brit Sees It ...Well, I say old, but not THAT old. Everything's relative isn't it? I mean .. in Methuzala's league .. I'm definitely NOT!Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.comBlogger11311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-11945361811803291132009-08-28T10:45:00.000+01:002009-08-28T10:47:16.941+01:00Your Moment of Zen: parrot hunting edition(cross posted at appletree)gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-44402270301682609202009-08-02T19:34:00.018+01:002009-08-02T20:48:07.081+01:00Israel's revolting racist regime's crimes continue in JerusalemPalestinians evicted in JerusalemPalestinian officials say the families lived in the houses for over 50 yearsIsraeli police have evicted nine Palestinian families living in two houses in occupied East Jerusalem.Jewish settlers moved into the houses almost immediately. The US has urged Israel to abandon plans for a building project in the area.Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1967 and later Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-7569669783538855302009-07-31T16:09:00.018+01:002009-07-31T16:53:27.880+01:00R.I.P. Sir Bobby RobsonSir Bobby Robson, football hero, true grit old Brit and personification of the perfect English gentleman has died aged 76.Right up until to just five days ago, terminally ill, Sir Bobby was still working hard to raise funds for his national Cancer appeal.Today, the world is a poorer place without such a super man.May Sir Bobby rest in perfect peace. Since this most marvelous man has most Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-30978632310427100642009-07-28T09:34:00.003+01:002009-07-28T20:38:54.893+01:00Fox fails againThe folks at Fox News, who have been telling us for almost a decade that Iraq is the central front of the War on Terror, can't even place the country on a map.Note, though, that Fox isn't the only news outlet where ignorance reigns when it comes to the Middle East. Just before the 2004 election, while President Bush was busy eking out a narrow victory by riding a wave of fear and loathing of gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-66384639305579147892009-07-21T16:44:00.013+01:002009-07-21T17:38:04.177+01:00Israeli war crimes against Gazans : straight from the horses' mouthsSince we've already said it all, so many times before, this time we're staying schtum, and letting some IDF soldiers speak for themselves.It had become increasingly evident during the beginning phases of the most recent Gaza War that the lives of ordinary Gazans had been unjustly taken or adversely affected. The systematic demolition of homes, the inappropriate usage of white phosphorus Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-84793287516855849912009-07-17T14:58:00.017+01:002009-07-18T23:02:58.794+01:00Problems with Pope BenedictPress reports are saying that former Hitler Youth Movement member and current pretender to the post of Jesus Christ's personal, infallible representative right here on earth, Pope Benedict the umpteenth (previously known as Joseph Alois Ratzinger), has taken a tumble and broken his wrist.Sad to say, no mention's been made of the pompous, privileged, pampered, poxy, hypocritical, Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-44006788174832895962009-07-16T20:33:00.013+01:002009-08-02T13:50:56.398+01:00Cherie Blair swine flu scareEven though she makes us sick, we're certainly not nearly so sick as to suggest, for a single second, that Cherie Blair should succumb to such a shocking disease, we do have to wonder if she should be surprised -- at almost anything -- seeing as she insists on sleeping with such a swine.Cherie 'has suspected swine flu'*(Cross posted across at 'appletree')Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-46731266420355720822009-07-13T19:54:00.013+01:002009-07-14T11:23:47.276+01:00UK cuts Israeli arms contracts : Is it the begining of a British embargo?We suppose that the law of averages dictates that even governments as full of gobshites as Gordon Brown's is must eventually get something right ... at sometime or other ... and do the decent thing.UK cuts Israel weapons contractsThe UK has revoked five export licences for equipment to the Israeli navy because of actions during Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza this year.The British Foreign Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-79190062855049750922009-07-12T13:41:00.027+01:002009-07-12T16:01:33.574+01:00Afghanistan : Fast increasing British soldiers' deaths and their crappy US reject military equipmentA further 15 British soldiers have lost their lives in just the last ten days in southern Afghanistan, whilst continuing Operation Panther's Claw, a major assault against the Taliban. At least, 15 is still the number as we sit safely here at home on this sunny Sunday afternoon, and type.As if this isn't absolutely awful enough in itself, today we are told the astonishing truth by the 'Mail on Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-91118463798322581152009-07-05T22:14:00.014+01:002009-07-05T22:52:00.399+01:00Been away for a bit, but now backBeen away for a wee while sampling some other beautiful bits of Britain.Glad to report that our batteries are now recharged and that we're back in the blogging business.Our thanks go to good buddy Gordo (that youngish Yank), over at 'appletree' for keeping an eye on things for us while we wandered.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-27431701797007137332009-07-05T11:09:00.003+01:002009-07-05T22:12:29.399+01:00What we've been up to in AmericaAs you know, we Americans commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence today. Here's the sort of thing we did to celebrate:gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-46796690670321063812009-06-30T10:26:00.002+01:002009-07-05T22:10:30.884+01:00Iraqis celebrate 'Americans GTFO Day'Iraqis danced in the streets to celebrate what they see as the first step toward a complete withdrawal of American forces:Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-53576720736008654172009-06-23T07:41:00.001+01:002009-06-24T19:29:25.074+01:00Nokia sold phone monitoring technology to IranFrom the BBC:Iran is well known for filtering the net, but the government has moved to do the same for mobile phones.Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran with the technology needed to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls. It told the BBC that it sold a product called the Monitoring Centre to Iran Telecom in the second half of 2008.The product allows authorities to gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-38594859438651753312009-06-22T15:15:00.022+01:002009-06-22T16:30:14.503+01:00Israeli persecution of Christians/Muslims/Gentiles/etc, continuesPicture above shows just a single excruciating example of an innocent, defenceless old Palestinian lady being blatantly assaulted by intolerably intolerant young extremist, supremacist Israelis, in full and close up view of completely unconcerned, uniformed IDF soldiers.Reports by mainstream American, British and other western media rarely relate properly the revolting, abominable, inhuman Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-47786801874739917932009-06-21T10:05:00.002+01:002009-06-22T11:01:03.417+01:00Why your doctor may not be giving you the best possible treatmentHe may be a genius, but would you really want him as your personal physician?The Last Psychiatrist recently ran a short, thoughtful piece on out-of-the-box medical treatments, and it's definitely worth reading in full. :The New Yorker had a recent article on Ramachandran, the neurologist famous for discovering that phantom limb pain wasn't the result of damaged nerve endings in the stump, but of gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-59467320745905490502009-06-17T21:42:00.004+01:002009-06-17T22:06:03.524+01:00Stand With Free Iran (Iran election)Stand With Free Iran ~ Iran election, originally uploaded by harrystaab.Go to the link above ... NOW. And then go on to The Boston Globe ~ and elsewhere.Thank God for all our fantastic friends at 'Flickr'.And thank God for all fearless photographers and photo journalists.And thank God for all the brave, honest, decent, ordinary Iranian people heroes and heroines.*(Cross posted across at 'Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-40929368873977425432009-06-15T21:11:00.015+01:002009-06-15T21:53:25.150+01:00All About Gordon Brown's 'Iraq War Inquiry' BullshitHuh.If you think that's a large load of the stinky stuff - boy, have we got news for you.Iraq war inquiry to be in privateAn independent inquiry into the Iraq war will be held in private, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told MPs.Opposition parties - and many Labour MPs - have been calling for the probe since shortly after the 2003 invasion.It will start next month and take at least a year, Mr Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-71765290328503465022009-06-15T10:41:00.002+01:002009-06-15T13:33:32.597+01:00Iranian protesters chase police away from BBC crew: UPDATEDBrave protesters protect journalists so that the world can see what's really happening inside Iran (incident begins about 2 minutes in):Interestingly, conservatives Richard Perle, Frank Gaffney, and Mitt Romney are saying that Ahmadinejad won the election through fraud, and that he won the election because of Obama's new policy of engagement and diplomacy with hostile regimes.So which is it? Did gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-15636107419674834302009-06-14T09:51:00.001+01:002009-06-14T21:14:12.253+01:00Iranian oppositon claims election fraud, riot police break up demonstrationsWhen supporters of Hussein Moussavi took to the streets to claim election fraud, riot police charged in to meet them (more photos and videos here)Officially, hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran's presidential election by a landslide. And while statistical analysis has failed to demonstrate election fraud, there are some very good reasons to believe that the election was stolen from gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-19459012712103719452009-06-13T23:40:00.022+01:002009-06-14T00:51:14.198+01:00Change?! Sorry : some things never do willOkay. We know.It's an old one and it's a corny one. But we're gonna tell it again anyway."Whadaya mean there's no demand?Don't dare moan to me about no demand.It's the job of salesmen to create demand"...... said the sales manager of the big, baby buggy and pram manufacturing firm as he scolded his salesmen.And then there's this.Get the picture?Understand what we're saying?Or do some still need aRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-13538763924045496492009-06-10T23:45:00.001+01:002009-06-11T13:44:02.019+01:00In the US, more right wing terrorismJames W. Van BrunnYet another right-wing terrorist has struck in the US:An elderly gunman known to authorities as a white supremacist fatally shot a private security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in downtown Washington today before being wounded by guards who returned fire, officials said.A law enforcement source identified the gunman as James W. von Brunn, 88. On an anti-Semitic gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-74785104018898270542009-06-09T22:09:00.004+01:002009-06-09T22:21:11.238+01:00Holy Barack Obama, Batman!Oh, Gawd.Here we go ....Jesus H., thank God we're agnostic. Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-11737461679923806302009-06-07T13:55:00.019+01:002009-06-07T15:11:06.786+01:00Our French Letter for a Fornicating French Prick of a President called SarkozyDear Dirty Dwarf Frog,FUCK YOU.Yours very sincerely,This Old Brit.God save our gracious Queen,Long live our noble Queen,God save the Queen!Send her victorious,Happy and glorious,Long to reign over us;God save the Queen!** [Correction: For frog, read ungracious, ungrateful, ugly, tiny, twirpy, two faced toad.](Cross posted across at 'appletree')Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-46289590612654794892009-06-06T15:24:00.013+01:002009-06-06T18:01:40.469+01:00Prof. Joel Beinin, Jewish Voice for Peace and Barack Obama's recent Egyptian speechThe following comes direct from our inbox and was sent to us by the Jewish Voice for Peace.Dear Richard,We've asked Prof. Joel Beinin, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Middle East History at Stanford University, to give us his impression on President Obama's speech in Cairo today. We're sharing his response with you.An articulate and charismatic President of the United States named Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-84292028733388200682009-06-04T07:53:00.000+01:002009-06-04T07:54:37.749+01:00British National Party trying, and failing, to appear non-racist(cross posted at appletree)gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-12661532184271565162009-05-31T08:05:00.002+01:002009-05-31T23:40:55.773+01:00Scientific proof that liberals are smarter than conservativesHere I am laughing at the silly conservatives. They're so unintelligent! Ha-ha!A recent study shows that conservatives aren't as smart as liberals:Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign students seeking entry to United States' universities. At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-88670252066947380242009-05-22T14:09:00.002+01:002009-05-22T14:45:22.550+01:00Obama: 'We've got to stop torturing people' Cheney: 'If we don't torture some A-rabs, we're all gonna die!!!!'Dick Cheney: still evilIn an address at the National Archives, President Obama defended his proposal to close the prison at Guantanamo and detain many of its inmates in federal prisons in the US, as well as his decision to end the practice of torture:Faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions... instead of strategically applying our power and our principles, gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-85440831752712410622009-05-22T13:40:00.018+01:002009-05-22T23:56:51.634+01:00This Old Brit Shipwrecked... well, almost...Pictured ~ P&O's "Pride of Kent."A week ago tonight we arrived back home from what was meant to have been a bit of breather from blogging and the like. You know, a week away from it all. A well earned break.And, all at our own expense ~ not that of the long suffering, serially screwed, undervalued and underpaid, poor British taxpayers.So, at the start of the week we'd smilingly set off in the Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-79185003641873337312009-05-18T21:57:00.001+01:002009-05-19T01:55:36.603+01:00Irony overloadIs it just me, or were there an unusual number of irony-laden stories in the news lately?***BNP poster campaign for British workers uses American actorsI think the British National Party official who approved this ad campaign probably figured it was alright to use the photo of American workers, because in his mind "British" is just another word for "white".***Eli Lilly CEO Makes Case Against gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-45161457931574021662009-05-18T10:37:00.013+01:002009-05-20T15:59:02.914+01:00Message to Michael Martin, Speaker of the House of Commons : You've had a good run. Now, Resign!Our message today to the now completely discredited Mr Michael Martin, Speaker of the House of Commons, is short, sweet and straight to the point.As an alleged man of "honour" you should set a good example. Moreover, you should be seen by all & sundry, to set such an example.So, for God's sake man, why won't you simply sod off? Why won't you just get up and, in words of a single simple syllable, Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-74308500633916037672009-05-15T20:20:00.015+01:002009-05-15T21:25:15.840+01:00This Old (NOT lost at sea) Brit is back (Please click on pic to enlarge.)Oh Gawd, our help in ages past .... Some may have noticed we've been missing lately.Either at sea or elsewhere.Well, whatever.But boy, oh boy!Do we have another amazing adventure story to share with you, or what?You bet we have. Believe it.And once again, we live to tell the tale. The true tale.The completely, genuinely UN-photoshopped photograph shown above is Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-19984714149173305742009-05-08T23:05:00.014+01:002009-05-09T14:50:28.308+01:00British MP's Expenses Scandal : The Trough ThickensToday we intended telling the terrible tale of the 'take what you want when you want' culture of (apparently), tons of turdy Brit members of parliament.But then, somebody anonymously sent us this particularly odious porker-picture......which, suddenly made us stop and wonder why we should bloomin' be bothered to.Since 'The Telegraph' is already doing such a sterling job of explaining and exposingRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-26750748850747253462009-05-08T19:37:00.001+01:002009-05-08T20:32:39.963+01:00If Bush designed mousetraps...(cross posted at appletree)gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-12468472502081861822009-05-07T16:50:00.014+01:002009-05-07T17:27:03.582+01:00Obama, Oschama, etcetera...Who the hell are we to argue with the (almost) perfect investigative, crusading journalist, John Pilger?And anyway, why the hell would we want to? Especially since he continues pulling no punches while continuing to tell the truth : no matter how much it hurts some.Just take a look at this teaser:(snip)In his first 100 days, Obama has excused torture, opposed habeas corpus and demanded more Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-24638567174110964322009-05-04T01:29:00.005+01:002009-05-04T01:38:41.926+01:00This Old Brit ... The Movie! " This Old Brit " You've read the blog. Now... WATCH the MOVIE !~~~~~~~~~~~~~Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-7710427316114380862009-04-30T17:44:00.015+01:002009-04-30T20:52:07.607+01:00Brits leaving Basra in Iraq... well, at least some of them areIt's really bloody brilliant hearing today about Britain's boys & girls in uniform coming back from Basra in Iraq. After six sorry years of blood, sweat and tears.Back from Iraq where they were illegally sent to illegally invade and occupy a foreign sovereign nation, by the war criminal Tony Blair. The criminal Tony Blair who, after a while, simply got so & so sick of it and so shamefully sodded Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-9821349585053656972009-04-29T15:32:00.014+01:002009-04-29T16:51:15.564+01:00Bridgend Suicide 'Curse' Continues Claiming Lives...Some true stories seem simply to be beyond belief.Stories such as the continuing, shocking, strange, sad & sorry saga of serial suicides, all in the same small Welsh town of Bridgend.A grieving father has been found dead in the tragedy-hit town of Bridgend after his own daughter and nephew hanged themselves.Dean Stephenson, 40, was discovered hanged after struggling to coming to terms with the Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-78004596492822215572009-04-27T13:53:00.023+01:002009-04-29T20:21:16.486+01:00Internet coming under concerted attack in UKIntelligence?As far as we're concerned there's only one thing worse than having one's own intelligence insulted : having it insulted by (stupid) liars.Plan to monitor all internet useCommunications firms are being asked to record all internet contacts between people as part of a modernisation in UK police surveillance tactics.The home secretary scrapped plans for a database but wants details to Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-34496743374033184872009-04-23T21:40:00.019+01:002009-04-23T23:52:49.849+01:00Food Aid? To feed the poor & hungry of modern day America?It's almost impossible for any none Americans to even come close to comprehending how the hell some millions of citizens of the United States, the world's wealthiest country, could ever be allowed to find themselves in such a shocking sort of sickening situation as this is.Poverty hits African Americans hardBBC correspondent Matthew Price continues his journey across America, and reports from Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-84641549296898465282009-04-21T10:19:00.008+01:002009-04-21T17:32:55.073+01:00Caption Competition...It's occurred to us that we've not had one of our caption competitions for quite a while.Also, since we've lately been enjoying some amazingly, unseasonably hot April weather around here, we've been out & about a bit with our battered old "Brownie Box". OK, so we've fibbed a bit about the Brownie, but when did we ever pass up absolutely any chance to mega-milk almost any kind of elongated/Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-16799309124241947092009-04-18T12:06:00.001+01:002009-04-18T23:15:05.185+01:00Olbermann goes OverboardI knew he'd lose it as soon as he didn't have Bush to kick around anymoreI've long been a fan of Keith Olbermann. Of all the political commentators on TV, he was the only one who seemed to muster the appropriate amount of outrage in the face of the abuses and crimes of the Bush administration. That said, I've long thought that Olbermann is a bit of a blowhard. He often seems overly self-righteousgordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-21627492309319948732009-04-15T10:22:00.010+01:002009-04-15T14:04:58.796+01:00Second brutal British bobby suspended re: second violent "incident"We see that a second British bobby (this time a giant of a sergeant) is suspended from duties as a result of another video coming to light showing how he summarily dealt out his own personal brand of "justice" to a young female who allegedly used some naughty words during recent the G20 protests.Since we can't think of anything else to say that we didn't say a few days ago regarding our once Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-14996172048589327622009-04-14T12:14:00.010+01:002009-04-14T12:46:09.507+01:00Britain's Got Talent : Susan Boyle : A star is born.Surely one of the most wondrous things any one of us could ever witness would be the actual birth of a star.Well, never let it be said that we don't pamper our readers.Prepare to be privileged.Prepare to have the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.Prepare yourself for a large lump in your throat.Prepare, perhaps, even for a tear or two.Prepare for proof positive that this old Britain's Got Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-10216745363685311882009-04-12T18:12:00.008+01:002009-04-12T18:33:53.394+01:00UK Border Agency : Barack Obama brother booted out of BritainWell, well, well.Wadaya know?We hadn't heard a peep about this until today. How about you?Is it a case of us becoming careless, or what?Obama brother refused entry to UKBarack Obama's half-brother was denied entry to the UK after being accused of a serious crime on an earlier visit, the Home Office has confirmed.Samson Obama, who lives in Kenya, was on his way to the US presidential inauguration Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-607589585674855462009-04-11T06:24:00.001+01:002009-04-11T11:02:53.043+01:00Diddle a boy, get protection from the Church. Ordain a woman, get excommunicated.The common cardinal (L) and the rare refuses-to-protect-child-molesters cardinal (R)The misogyny of Catholic leaders keeps driving them to ever-lower depths of hypocrisy:"Nearly 5,000 Catholic priests [in the U.S.] have sexually abused over 12,000 Catholic children…but they were not excommunicated," says Father Roy Bourgeois, who faced the latter scenario after helping celebrate what the Vatican gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-43516748171228279252009-04-08T11:28:00.021+01:002009-04-10T18:18:18.658+01:00About the death of Mr Ian Tomlinson and Britain's 21st century Big-Brother-Bully-Boy-BobbiesThe unfortunate London newspaper seller shown above is Ian TomlinsonShortly after this picture was taken, Ian Tomlinson was dead ... thanks entirely to a big brave British bobby's cowardly assault/attack.(The term 'big brave' is obviously sarcasm, of course.)The innocent victim's family are urgently appealing for witnesses.Well, anyone who sees, has seen or will see the film footage that can be Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-37587913770893903122009-04-04T14:51:00.018+01:002009-04-04T18:01:54.846+01:00Our latest semi-absence excuseEvery so often we become convinced we simply must sod off somewhere else ~ and kick our keyboard completely into touch for a time.Hence, the recent scarcity of sightings of ourselves.So for better or for worse, depending upon how you feel about blogging old Brit buggers such as ourselves, we sometimes just sling our cameras over our shoulders and set off to see some more of real life ~ as Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-20792499853502016862009-03-31T05:49:00.002+01:002009-03-31T11:29:14.512+01:00The Bush Administration in a nutshellThis cartoon neatly captures the legacy of the Worst President EverHere's a couple of stories that illustrate just how stupid and just how brutal the Bush Administration was:Buy High, Sell LowThe federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation decided to shift its holdings from bonds to equities, just about the time the bottom fell out of the stock market.A finance professor who had previously gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-81997852470636617852009-03-30T10:55:00.036+01:002009-03-30T14:29:35.388+01:00Jaqui Smith : Should she simply "sod off" as soon as poss?Pictured above: Jacqui Smith, British Home Secretary in Gordon Brown's government.(snip)To many voters she's a minister "on the take" who is not satisfied with a fat salary, a chauffeur and two homes but also claims more by employing her husband, calling her family home her second home and submitting bills for porn films.The gap between the elected and those who elect them has rarely been wider. Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-24581439761835434832009-03-27T14:41:00.025Z2009-03-27T16:22:40.766ZCanada, Jason Kenney and George Galloway : the ongoing 'banning' saga...Seen and/or heard much about brave British MP, George Galloway being "banned" by Canada?Courtesy a sweaty, stinking lying, self serving, duplicitous, piece of political slime, christened Jason Kenney?Interested at all in telling the truth? The type of truth that so often hurts certain so-called 'elected representatives' of 'we the people'?Interested in integrity? Democracy? Honesty? Free speech? Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-87365104509880661372009-03-25T11:29:00.020Z2009-03-25T18:26:42.689ZBritain's 'Big Brother' grows bigger and uglier, by the bloody dayQuestion:What's the difference between Brown, Blair, Obama, Bush and Orwell's Big (1984) Brother?Answer:Not a lot.(snip)Phone companies are already required to store details of all calls, such as the time and date, location and who made them, for 12 months for possible use in criminal investigations or court cases.An EU directive ordering data on internet traffic to be stored in a similar way is Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-26123874136539150622009-03-20T06:50:00.003Z2009-03-20T21:05:49.779ZThe Gitmo Clusterf***Detainee abuse at Guantanamo continues to shame AmericaLawrence B. Wilkerson, chief of staff to then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, has finally admitted the obvious. Many of the detainees at Guantanamo are innocent:Wilkerson, who first made the assertions in an Internet posting on Tuesday, told the AP he learned from briefings and by communicating with military commanders that the U.S. soon gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-48030313060658568942009-03-19T21:11:00.016Z2009-03-19T21:42:46.650ZLong live Austria's abominal animal, Josef Fritzle : Really, really, really, long, long, longShort and (bitter) sweet post today.So, here's all we're saying regarding such a super-sickening subject as this is ~~ apart from "Hip, hip, hooray!"If ever anyone deserved to serve out a (long, long, long) life sentence, without a shadow of a doubt it must surely be this absolute 'abomination' incarnate, who, for a couple of dozen years or so, has been masquerading as a 'man' in Austria.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-81121980853069140662009-03-17T15:48:00.026Z2009-03-18T20:46:31.618ZGeorge Galloway's recent heroic humanitarian cross country 'Gaza-Aid' convoy accomplishmentAbject apologies at the outset for not posting this piece somewhat sooner but ... oh never mind, who the hell's interested our own recent personal problems? Especially, since, as this old Jewish gent named Albert Einstein once so famously said : "Everything is relative."( Btw, don't ask, 'coz we won't tell. )Anyway, remember good old George Galloway?You know - the man who so many of his lousy Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-31824026587302720372009-03-13T16:23:00.026Z2009-03-14T11:57:25.802ZReal American, Charles Freeman, asks why real Americans aren't allowed to be just real Americans any moreScarcely have we seen 'straight talk' statements such as this spoken by an American : a 'real' American that is.(Incidentally, huge heads-up hat-tip to fellow Brit blogger 'Gert ' for this.)First, just some small snippets from Charles Freeman's recent personal statement:The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-50942216162863811742009-03-09T18:15:00.021Z2009-03-09T20:57:19.624ZSpecial message promise to cowardly, cretinous, muderous 'Real IRA' terrorist retards ...We're they're 'you know who' is going to get you cowardly, cretinous, murderous (already brain dead), bastards for this.You'd better believe us.This time, absolutely everyone is determined to. Everyone. Everywhere.Nobody's with you, or for you, or going to help hide you.Nobody. Nowhere. No how. No way.Never. Ever.Not In the Republic. Not in Ulster. Not in England. Not in Scotland. Not in Wales. Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-37527650454616203782009-03-09T08:31:00.002Z2009-03-09T11:43:48.129ZIsraeli soldiers shoot unarmed Palestinian farmerCheck out this video.Israeli soldiers shot 20 year old Mohammad al-Breem, despite knowing that he was an unarmed farmer. The incident took place on February 18, a couple of hundred yards from the "green line", which means it was well withing Palestinian territory.This is not an isolated incident. Have a look at a similar incident that took place at the same location on Feb. 12:Human rights gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-27250311474352283492009-03-07T23:21:00.018Z2009-03-09T01:58:57.030ZA bit about Turkey, Clinton, Obama, Europe and moreWe heard that Hillary Clinton took a trip to (our very own 'home from home'), Turkey today ~ (Saturday 8th March 2009).Also, we see that her boss, US President Barak Obama, is soon set to follow in her footsteps and take the exact same trip.We always find all this sort of stuff so very interesting : so very, very interesting.So much so, that we wouldn't, for the world, want to miss a single Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-58680400159934214082009-03-05T22:39:00.026Z2009-03-07T17:12:54.086ZBritish 'Special Forces' active again in Northern Ireland ?Hmmmmmm.We honestly can't decide whether we've got good news or bad news today.Moreover, nor can we decide whether it's genuine "leaked" type "learned by the BBC" information -- or purposely (professionally), planted Machiavellian mischievous misinformation -- and/or diabolically deliberate disinformation.Read this remarkably surprising report and see (and say), what you think.We say again, Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-21555564930080119032009-03-02T22:13:00.015Z2009-03-03T01:36:23.910ZThe fascist face of US policing : Kings County Seattle-style*Watch this and weep.Then ruddy rage!The young girl is 15 years old.The 'so called' policeman is a 'so called' sheriff's deputy.So, now you've seen the film, read this whole sorry story ~ and much more of the same sort of shocking shit.Home of the brave? Land of the free?Oh, yeah. SureAnd we're a pair of Protestant Popes.*(Cross posted across at 'appletree')Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-24955803961534740802009-02-28T14:17:00.031Z2009-02-28T21:12:34.256ZUnited States' economy is in it's worst state since a quarter of a century agoIn our old Brit Londoner's famous rhyming-slang, cockney-speak, it's called "boracic lint". To the rest of we Brits it signifies absolutely "skint".Translated into American, it says "stony broke".U.S. economy is in worst decline for more than a quarter centuryThe U.S. economy suffered a huge nosedive in the final three months of last year, shrinking by a staggering 6.2 per cent.The figures Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-45307253868604449532009-02-24T17:53:00.030Z2009-02-25T22:30:44.847ZKyrgyzstan kicks America out of it's countryOh, dear! What can the matter be? Oh, dear! What a calamity.Fancy such a supposed short-assed, no account, completely crappy kind of crummy country such as Kyrgyzstan having the temerity to tell the mighty US military machine to take a hike.Oh, dear!Bet they wouldn't be as big & brave if they didn't have their rich Russian & Chinese chums, eh?Kyrgyzstan leaves US out in the coldAs the Kyrgyz Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-9807053957445783202009-02-22T16:15:00.020Z2009-02-22T17:17:56.990ZTony Blair : Special Sunday Petition Edition : Please Sign A War Crimes Petition** Blair War Crimes Foundation **Aim: To bring Tony Blair to trialFor press enquiries you can contact: blairfoundation@yahoo.co.ukHere's just a few of the ever increasing list of signatories to the letter, so far : including our own of course. * John Pilger, David Halpin, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ken Loach, Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins, Lindsey German, Ben Griffin, Dr Nawal Saadawi, Haifa Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-32742056505483950892009-02-21T21:04:00.005Z2009-02-21T21:24:04.833ZToday, it's apt caption competition time ...*(Cross posted across at 'appletree')Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-65969267317023319572009-02-17T23:29:00.013Z2009-02-18T21:12:18.741ZAmerica's Phony War on Terror : Ex Irish President Mary Robinson states the obviousWhile we readily admit that today we're taking a sarcastic sort of swipe at the pretty dumb practice of stating the sodding obvious, we ourselves wish to make it perfectly obvious that we are in no way "having a go" at Ireland's excellent ex President, Mary Robinson.Since the sad truth is that there are still millions of westerners convinced that bums like George Bush and Tony Blair, to mention Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-46201447621641703432009-02-14T16:55:00.019Z2009-02-15T21:31:16.786ZUS National Lawyers Guild Investigates Israel's Palestinian PersecutionIf you belong to that bunch of barmpots who habitually condemn all American lawyers as being nothing but a load of lying, money grabbing mofos, don't bother reading further. We'd hate to waste both your time and ours.However, if you're not so stupid as to all too easily swallow such silly shit, you'll probably choose to continue.A Report from GazaStrong Indications of Israeli War CrimesBy Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-50667470298305255032009-02-12T17:26:00.001Z2009-02-12T23:17:44.344ZChristians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on themFrom Haaretz:A few weeks ago, a senior Greek Orthodox clergyman in Israel attended a meeting at a government office in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul quarter. When he returned to his car, an elderly man wearing a skullcap came and knocked on the window. When the clergyman let the window down, the passerby spat in his face.The clergyman prefered not to lodge a complaint with the police and told an gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-15254853537219119002009-02-09T23:49:00.021Z2009-02-10T22:17:10.205ZJohn Pilger on Israel's Palestinian Holocaust DeniersThat the awesome Aussie and giant among a mire of mediocre, midget, so called journalists, the great John Pilger has been permanently on our blog roll since it's 'birth' - should surprise nobody.Nor should it surprise anybody to learn that this hero, and we use that word advisedly, once again dares to tell it shout from the rooftops how it really is.Recently, perhaps we could have spent a little Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-79534241592019936372009-02-08T20:08:00.020Z2009-02-09T21:34:58.594ZSpecial Parson's Egg Edition ~ Good in partsAs is always our habit whenever we're away from home for a while, we steadfastly stick to our self imposed, semi-sacred rule : strictly no newspapers, no television, no radio, no phones, no magazines, nor even any online news sources.That's why it came as such a shock to learn that a lot of Australia is apparently ablaze. And while we wish nothing but well to all our antipodean friends, Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-29542693964418236152009-02-08T16:05:00.002Z2009-02-08T20:01:03.349ZFlat Earth Economics: 'corporate income tax' editionEconomic thought from the folks who pushed the economy off a cliffWriting in Reason, a Libertarian monthly, Jeffrey Miron proposes that we eliminate the corporate income tax as a way of saving the economy:One policy change can stimulate both the economy in the short-run and enhance efficiency in the long-run: repeal of the corporate income tax, which collects up to 35% of the difference between gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-84790772171037626972009-02-06T21:06:00.003Z2009-02-06T21:20:07.246ZBeen away but back now!*First off, our apologies for being AWOL.Secondly, many, many thanks for the full email box. You really have no idea how much it's appreciated.Thirdly, we've missed you all too.And ...... this is official confirmation that all & any rumours of our premature demise have been greatly exaggerated.We will be back in business sometime tomorrow, Saturday 7th February 2009.That's a promise.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-61086698539248078942009-01-31T06:21:00.001Z2009-01-31T10:19:38.750ZChild's father comes home from Iraq in a boxThis story isn't nearly as tragic as the headline would lead you to believeLately, a lot of the reporting about Iraq has centered on happy human interest stories like this one. From reading the papers here in the US, you'd think that the occupation had already ended. But of course, for many soldiers' families, there is no happy ending to the story:And let's not forget that there are still dozens gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-53991365074502319682009-01-30T22:15:00.025Z2009-02-06T21:25:57.943ZFriday Photography Blogging ...Oh, boy. What a week. Are we bloody beat - or what?!Believe it or not though, the blogosphere isn't the be all and end all : not even for yours truly.So what other sorts of stuff do we do when we want to relax for a while?The clue's in today's title of course.Okay, we know. You're bored now.Enjoy your weekend everyone. We know we will. We've got plenty of freshly charged batteries and a wonderfulRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-43416729836302775372009-01-29T14:22:00.026Z2009-01-29T16:25:24.894ZSee & hear urgent Gaza humanitarian aid appeal, banned by 'top brass' BBC bumsWe sincerely wish to apologise in advance for not publishing this particular piece sooner.We also offer our apologies to any of our readers who may be offended by the above banner ...... but unfortunately we couldn't find one using stronger language.Arwh, whatever.There are many mere lesser mortals (with much more humanity and honesty than those supposedly above them ), to be found among ordinaryRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-72464538377198726742009-01-28T19:15:00.002Z2009-01-28T22:31:18.852ZThe Obama Effect: 'nuclear diplomacy' editionBush and his advisers never did figure out why Putin always seemed to get the best of themBarack Obama has only been president a week, and already he's had a major success in an area of foreign policy and national security in which Bush found only failure. In response to Obama's assertion that he will review Bush's proposed European missile shield, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia will suspendgordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-81362729286932876722009-01-26T17:55:00.024Z2009-01-26T23:03:51.995ZIsrael's Premier Ehud Olmert's Shameless War Crimes StatementWar crimes?No worries.Palestinians?No problem.Why?Because the brave IDF boys were just following orders.And anyway ~ "Israel ubber alles!"That's why.And please pay particular attention to the very last sentence of the BBC report. It's a blatant, inexcusable outright lie.Hamas did not "seize control" of anywhere. They were democratically elected by the Palestinian people.Because said election Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-72285808467002523822009-01-24T11:36:00.002Z2009-01-24T17:43:18.171ZWhat A Shock: Ted Haggard's gay cure didn't workFrom the Associated Press:Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard - a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.Brady Boyd, who succeeded Haggard as senior pastor of the 10,000-member New Life gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-6024630866409737532009-01-23T23:32:00.013Z2009-01-24T01:49:33.997ZIsrael-Gaza latest : Senior Saudi Royal Family Prince, Wades In To Warn The USAWe couldn't care a tinker's cuss what Faux-Fox, and/or any of their lying ilk, might or might not say.When such a senior member of Saudi Arabia's ruling Royal Family says something so straightforward (and so strongly) as that that follows, then we'd all best pin back our lug-holes and pay attention. Especially, those in the know, in the USA.Since super-sized-surprise-international-news-wise ~ Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-36582628610301046512009-01-23T12:48:00.016Z2009-01-23T16:24:25.340ZPope Ratzi the Nazi's latest lame-brained, divine inspiration : An immaculate internet conception connection.O.M.G.!!Holy, http:!!Some more media whores and some more crazy Counterfeit-Christian crap.Just what our wacko-world needs right now, eh?Yeah, sure it does.Like it needs a(nother) huge hole in it's head.And while we're on about the world, could somebody, somewhere please stop it spinning?Since currently, it's damned well driving us absolutely stark staring, bloody bonkers.And for as long as it Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-59298545662953476632009-01-21T17:18:00.012Z2009-01-21T20:55:53.713ZWill Obama walk the walk the way he talks the talk?We're as relieved as most of the rest of the world, that the madman above has gone.And we're as hopeful as most of our planet's people are, that the man below honestly & truly (and swiftly) definitely does usher in "change", as repeatedly promised.But we judge people by their deeds, not by their words.That's why right now, we're reserving our right to reserve our judgement.Obama as an orator is Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-71790970129990931332009-01-19T14:13:00.016Z2009-01-19T18:21:48.425ZIsrael/Gaza: This Old Jewish Brit, Sir Gerald Kaufman standing up to be countedA long, long time ago before he was ever honoured with a knighthood, we very briefly met and spoke to Gerald Kaufman. (But that's not really relevant to the rest of this tremendously, refreshingly, revealing report. Probably just a bit of vanity, posing and/or name dropping on our part, eh? Well, none of us are perfect are we? Except maybe mad members of certain self proclaimed, 'master races', Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-63919172279992610242009-01-17T20:59:00.019Z2009-01-17T22:19:30.072ZRef: appletree's ~ For Israelis, no atrocity is too great: officer says he was right to shoot a 13-year-old child: UPDATED(photo source)Regular readers will know that (appletree's) Gordo (our good blogger buddy from Oregon) and ourselves often cross post pieces at each other's blogs. Well, we're (pretty safely) assuming that in this instance Gordo simply forgot to cross post this particular piece - so we are, shall we say, 'using our initiative''...From the Guardian:An Israeli army officer who repeatedly shot a 13-Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-13202820713887691312009-01-16T15:22:00.003Z2009-01-16T15:38:34.875ZCivilized Sunni/Secular TURKEY is Taking in Wounded PalestiniansTURKEY-MIDEAST-CONFLICT-GAZA-HOSPITAL-ERDOGAN, originally uploaded by pinkturtle2.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not in the photo) speaks with a wounded Palestinian man in Ankara, on January 13, 2009.Some Palestinian wounded people are now being carried to Ankara (Turkey's capital) for treatment.More to follow (as soon as is possible) with cites/links. Because right now, and you'd Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-22928356595489912002009-01-16T10:54:00.001Z2009-01-16T11:31:44.197ZNew York Times manages to miss the point once againThe carnage in Gaza has further radicalized the populaceA recent New York Times report indicates that Israel's attack on Gaza has strengthened the radicals in Hamas at the expense of the moderates in Fatah:Israel hoped that the war in Gaza would not only cripple Hamas, but eventually strengthen its secular rival, the Palestinian Authority, and even allow it to claw its way back into Gaza.But withgordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-41078632517936947162009-01-15T21:58:00.020Z2009-01-16T00:39:09.244ZBits about Israel, Gaza, White Phosphorous and worseThese first two photos show unmistakable white phosphorous bombs/shells indiscriminately showering down death upon the "caged" Palestinian civilian population. All the above Gaza photos are taken within the last 10/12 days - they are NOT from old archives. And many, many, many more are being "transmitted and received" all the time.This is the truth of what Israel is visiting upon a place they Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-46535843766072008502009-01-15T21:11:00.001Z2009-01-15T21:34:49.924ZIt just became a lot tougher for Israel to claim that it doesn't use white phosphorous as a weaponThe effects of white phosphorous. These photos were taken after an American attack in Fallujah, Iraq.From the Times:The main UN compound in Gaza was left in flames today after being struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit by shells containing the incendiary agent white phosphorous.The attack on the headquarters of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWAgordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-40446253746790125102009-01-15T02:18:00.002Z2009-01-15T10:33:33.447ZWhat everyone already knew is now official: US tortures prisonersFrom the Washington Post:The top Bush administration official in charge of deciding whether to bring Guantanamo Bay detainees to trial has concluded that the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, interrogating him with techniques that included sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold, gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-74638234160666300302009-01-14T23:12:00.017Z2009-01-15T00:46:32.311ZFrom New York USA : Israel's "Final Solution" to "The Palestiniam Problem"
It may well be that even after seeing this you still can't believe it.
Huge hat-tip to a good American friend, Doug Watt.
Doug also gave us this.
The UpTake
is opening up a call for Opinion/Editorial videos. To kick this off, we bring you all the first video by Dennis Trainor, who will be providing a regular voice to our media palette. We do not have a name for the show yet, and look forwardRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-6535740726297172482009-01-13T20:06:00.018Z2009-01-13T22:13:22.277ZNot all Jews are like middle east NazisRegarding Israel's serial persecution of the Palestinian people.Here's hint as to how 'This Old Jew Sees It'.NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS ago, in the course of World War II, a heinous crime was committed in the city of Leningrad. For more than a thousand days, a gang of extremists called “the Red Army” held the millions of the town’s inhabitants hostage and provoked retaliation from the German Wehrmacht Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-6288545818532015752009-01-13T08:45:00.001Z2009-01-13T18:23:04.505ZOlmert's spokesman admits Israel, not Hamas, breached ceasefireThroughout July, August, September, and October, there were only fifteen attacks, and Israel agrees that none of these rockets were fired by Hamas. On November the 4th, Israel launched an attack that killed six Hamas fighters just inside the Gaza strip... during the entire period of the ceasefire, no Israelis were killed by Hamas rockets.Mark Regev, Prime Minister's spokesman: Success is freeing gordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058315619060014195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-45342460051045581002009-01-12T23:05:00.017Z2009-01-13T00:00:35.978ZGaza : UN, US, Israel, Lies, Increasing Isolation and Straight Talking TurkeyTurkish P.M. Erdoğan:Humanity watching Gaza tragedy like a movie.The international community's silence in the face of Israel's defiance of a UN resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza is unacceptable, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday, stressing that the world has been watching the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza "as if it were watching a movie."Yesterday the Israeli offensive Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-82075316930452258752009-01-11T16:50:00.010Z2009-01-12T18:26:49.462ZOngoing Israel-Gaza Slaughter ~~ The Movie(s)*Photo below, proudly reproduced by 'This Old Brit' with express kind permission..flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/, originally uploaded by pinkturtle2.NO ifs.NO buts.You have GOT to go to GERT's.*(Cross p[osted across at 'appletree')Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-40702190674875325852009-01-10T20:03:00.028Z2009-01-10T21:40:52.081ZAs Israel announces it's intended increase in it's inhumanity to man, massive street riots in London ensueJust when we think things can't get any worse, we get all this. ...The Guardian is as good as it gets, truthful mainstream media-wise, since they've never needed to be beholden to nor dictated to by, any bloody billionaire owner. But we believe that even their quoted figures for the London riots today are far too conservative an estimate.TENS OF THOUSANDS JOIN LONDON GAZA PROTEST*(Cross posted Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-31142171125841664832009-01-09T11:37:00.019Z2009-01-09T13:26:50.818ZIsrael's ongoing Gaza onslaught : Special Pictorial 'Shock & Awe' SupplementThe Facts - Not The Fiction."Our/your silence signifies our/your shame. For certain.Demand today that our/your politicians act now ~ not just "meet & discuss" while this slaughter continues. And start with the local ones. Remind them that they're our/you official paid representative and that their comfortable, cushy overpaid jobs depend 'entirely' upon our/your votes.Also, please help us to get Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-54308469181013297862009-01-08T21:04:00.009Z2009-01-08T22:42:46.802ZIsrael Hits United Nations' Aid Workers in GazaIt's a given : it's official.Today we find further proof, if it were ever needed, that in present day Nazisrael's eyes, minds, hearts and criminally uncaring, completely couldn't care less, carnage creating consciences and supposedly, 'oh so precise' cross hairs - that nothing is sacred.Nothing is sacred to present day Israel.Nor is absolutely any member of our two legged, upright walking, warm Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-45274014298167118532009-01-06T17:51:00.013Z2009-01-07T00:23:10.891ZIsrael's Sickening Strike on Gaza SchoolIsraeli Strike On Gaza School 'kills 30'" So what's new?As one of the many Israebushamerican war criminals, Donald Rumsfeld not too long ago explained to us all - as the stinking, shitty slimeball simply shrugged his shoulders ... "stuff happens."The sooner some sodding, humongously, horrifically, serious "stuff happens" to him and his cohorts and all their ilk, particularly those responsible forRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-69706547616041293142009-01-05T19:35:00.028Z2009-01-06T11:31:27.288ZIsrael letting loose with white phosphorous upon Gaza's Palestinian civiliansRemember when America actually admitted it flat out lied about using white phosphorous as a weapon (of mass destruction), against the civilian population of the city of Fallujah, Iraq?At first it was claimed that it was used merely to "illuminate the battlefield". Later, when challenged by the free press of the wider world, the United States changed it's tune. They then claimed to have used it Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-89353064275638940212009-01-04T16:00:00.026Z2009-01-04T20:21:15.900ZA bit about the United Nations, Americans, Israelis and Palistinians : It's the media, stupid !Today, we offer our true thanks to one of our well respected reader/commenter/blogger buddies, for unearthing and sharing the video which follows further down.Seemingly, she's still too shy to be listed on our (or anyone else's) blogroll, so we're pleased to respect her personally expressed wish on said subject. Unless and/or until she says otherwise of course.We sincerely believe that absolutelyRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-10187273776827564652009-01-04T01:28:00.020Z2009-01-04T02:41:23.581ZLondon's and elsewhere in Britain's Israel/Gaza marches & protests & shoe chucking showsTake a look at some of the latest London "trends".If a picture's worth a thousand words, let these shoes & signs' pictures from Downing Street, shot yesterday, Saturday 3rd January 2009 tell their own true tale.When it comes to America and Israel, Gordon Brown, yet another souless heel, has shown us all that he's just as big a bloody handed bum as their respective excuses for honourable Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12049821.post-36526835874747058362009-01-03T20:59:00.015Z2009-01-03T21:43:22.855ZOur questions for Israel: Can you say shame? Can you say boomerang? Can you say backfire?How Simon Farr sees it...We've been very busy today ~ away from home ~ out in the cold. But we're not saying where we went nor what we did, nor with whom.Okay? Get it?Understand?When we got back home we wanted to eat and warm up a little before we sat down to write about this:Thousands protest in Europe at Gaza offensive Before we had time to, we learned of this:Israeli ground forces enter Gaza Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11048198233889575116noreply@blogger.com6