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But you have sold so many book!!!!! Bwahaha bwaha haaaaa
Well – you must have one, or why would you be here vociferously protesting its contents? Or do you take the Danby approach to intellectual rigour?
i can only offer moral and contributory support,
keep up the good work
A cheque’s in the mail.
AL
Approximately how much does a first time author get per copy sold?
Thinking of writing one?- A geopolitical tome perhaps?
Suze
Yess doll. Do you want to launch it for me?
I, er gave at the office. Catch ya next time.
If you call me a doll again Viva I will be forced to conclude that you are in fact 12 years old, and that your political opinions come to you via your big sister who is one of those naughty young liberals caught on film recently making racist remarks to an aboriginal activist. Now, if you please.. just cut it out.
Before your time I think
Go ahead and contribute ‘if’ you can. It’s a quick and painless Paypal transaction. We need more voices of dissent in our society not less.
Right wing lunatics have their multi-million dollar privately funded think-thanks and we have independents like Antony slugging it out.
Ant, I think you should press smiths for the cash rather than the moral support. We all know about his morals: go Hezbollah!!!
And by the way, where has London based commenter Adam gone? I am curious as to his views on the activity of his mates over there.
Ant
There are many ways in which you can generate some good donations for your work and maybe get your work sponsored. Email me and I can give you few contacts (in Law firms) and provide you with some useful info which may help.
Captain scalawag speak to me.
I do have a few comments to make about yesterday events (although it’s not the right place and please accept my apology). A smoke screen to divert attention from the real issue in the Middle East. The British Government has come under immense scrutiny and pressure from the nation in its role in the Middle East, and a smoke screen had to be planned to insight the good old fear into the nation, keeping their mouths and minds shut or occupied elsewhere away from Middle East events. Arresting 21 people does not prove that these people were going to do it as British believe (or at least did believe) in innocent until proven guilty.
After all in the UK we are dealing with intelligence services which indicated WMD in Iraq and could be launched in 45mins, the same intelligence service which shot a Brazilian man 7 to 8 times then lied about his actions trying to link him with terrorists, the same intelligence service which refuses the permission for a independent public enquiry into 7/7 attacks which has more questions and suspicions than answers, we talking about the same intelligence services who raid into houses owned by Muslims and shooting them then later change the story of a dirty bomb to child pornography and while they are at it shoot one person by mistake (oopps, a mistake at that level).
Killing any innocent civilian is an act of evil and no way can one justify it no matter which religion or belief he comes from. But something had to be done to divert the attention of the west away from Middle East events.
Sorry for copy’n'paste this article but it seems Israel is having a bad day, I wonder why?
This article is found here
For more Israel bad day news from around the world click here
Adam,
You are right of course. The timing of this side show is all too obvious. Isn’t it amazing how short the attentino span of the public is?
List all the bogus terror claims. The Canary Warf fiaso, the Toronto keystone cops which were apprently linked to the non-plotters in London, the not so magnificent Miami 7, as well as those that you listed. All of these have amounted to nothing.
You’d think that Bush and the Blair gangs wodl actually try a new tect.
As for the 19 arrested (there’s that number 19 again), reports differ as to when the supposed plot was discovered. The BBC says Bush spoke to Blair about it some days ago – other reports say its been known for weeks.
Hear that? Known for weeks, and yet BAM, all the ridiculous measures about hair gel, baby milk and water bottles are implemented on a whim. A decision had been made to introduce this latest fraud exactly yesterday. If it was such a deadly imminent plot, why did they wait to put these measures in AFTER the arrests has already taken place?
BBC: “Security chiefs said the group believed to be planning the attack had been under surveillance for some time.”
The terrorists were caught engaging in a dry run before the attack. This translates as ‘the patsies were making sure they got noticed’.
Of course, even the MSM is onto the fact that Bush and Blair wil aim to get some political mlieage out fo this.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060810/pl_afp/britainattacksairline_060810185330
viva peace Aug 11th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Into outer-space? I’m in.
Well it could swing either way with the timing, on one hand brit intel could have created the storm for political support, on the other, britain and the US’s actions in the ME could have spurred a terror attack.
I’m more inclined to believe it to be a sham given that they are pakistani but all will be revealed when they get pushed through the court process, hopefully.
An interesting articld written about the suspuciousness of this event.
Toying With Terror Alerts?
In the Bush era, the timing and quality of “arrests” and “warnings” have a suspicious ring
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1211369,00.html
the other thing that makesthis smack of a sham is that the names of those arrested have been released before any trial has even taken place.
There is going to be a lot of cynicism in Lodon after all the blunders we have seen. Forrest Gate, when 200 police stormed someone’s apartment and shot a guy, teh Rivin plot which was BS, the plot to bomb Manchester United soccer stadium whcih was BS, teh Brazilian guy who was shot mistakenly, and the Canary Warf plot.
Blair must thank his lucky stars. He had 100,000 peopel demonstrating against him last weekend and now, he can march out and perform another one of hie pre-prepard and overly rehearsed speeches.
Good link to the article Addamo,
But most people wont be able to swallow this information since its too high level to understand from their minds which responds to calls of JUMP by saying HOW HIGH. If you rewind back to Hitler’s era, he did the same with his own nations against the Jews. He knew that without creating fear and hatred in the hearts and minds of the German nation he would not be able to expel all Jew’s or do what he wanted to, so he embarked on a policy (much like what we have seen in US and UK) to commit terrorist activities against his own people and blame the Jew’s. This would ultimately give him the green light from his nation to do what he wants to the Jew’s.
No surprise we see the same happening with UK and US. The US and UK got the green light to attack Afghanistan and take over the natural resources Afghanistan has, then they did the same on Iraq and now in Lebanon to get at Iran and Syria. We all know that great civilization have met their fate when they arrogance takes over all aspects of their lives and to me this new conflict in Lebanon is an indicator that the west might have bitten more than they could ever cue.
Adam, which terrorist activities did Hitler claim were perpetrated by Jews?
Which Afghan resources did the US want to steal?
Strategic location is what it was after. Specifically, to host a pipeline route from the Caspian Sea and military bases.
Hmmm so the UK government co-opted 20 Muslim British nationals, taught them how to make bombs and made matyrdom videos to manipulate the public. Just like GWB orchestrated 9/11, Blair 7/7 and of course Israel created Hamas and Hezbollah. Oh and Saddam. Funny, if you are a Muslim terrorist life mean never having to say you’re sorry. Where can i watch the same movie that you are? Do you have any drugs left over?
Oh and Ant, you gonna take that attractive sponsorship offer?
Hey Captain,
You still wiping the egg off your face from rush to judgement on the teenagers in Toronto fiasco, or the Miami not so magnificent 7, or the non-Holland Tunnel plot that was announced a month after the apparent sting to coincide with 7/7 this year?
Aren’t you tired of being played like a puppet?
As always, this was another case of an insider/informer being involved, just like what we saw ith the Miami 7, where the only Al Qaeda connection was the FBI informant who got a couple of penniless no hopers to agree to swaer loyalty to Al Qaeda in return for US$50,000?
This might turn out to be the real thing, but maybe you might try and apply the same cynicism you automatically apply whenever you hear news from an Arab source.
As is often the case with phoney stings, the names are released immediately to the public, even before any court hearing. Teh UK government will pass some further emergency measures and tighten freedoms further in the UK and even if it turns out that this was all a hoax, the curbs on freedom will remain in place and the additional funding that wil no doubt be demanded, wil have already been spent.
Captain
You forget to remember that these people are called suspects, just for you reference here are some New’s articles and their headings:
" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/world/europe/11cnd-terror.html?ex=1155441600_amp_en=d4acac1dc31372c5_amp_ei=5087_br_/&referer=');">19 Suspects Are Identified in Britain
Britain Names 19 Suspects in Terror Plot
Martyrdom video found at residence of one of the suspects
UK Identifies Suspects in Terror Plot
Britain names 19 suspects
Britain names suspects in bomb plot
Britain names suspects in airline bomb plot
Britain names suspects in airline bomb plot
Suspects tracked for 12 months
And I could carry on and on.
Can you see suspect in all headings?
Scallywag, when did you come back from invading Lebanon into Israel. What the situation like inside South Lebanon. The reports are suggesting Israel are loosing the war but not only that the support from inside the illegal state of Israel and around the world is decreasing for Israel. It looks like the sophisticated military sponsored by US and its allies is not doing the job against some small militia group who are only less than 10,000 and hardly got any weapons apart from fireworks. Captain its looking grip for you and your Israeli terrorist companions.
Can’t your brain Captain operate without any drugs, the only drugs available from UK are anti-Israelicetamols.
Get that ANTI-ISRAELICETAMOL….bbuuwwaaaah hhhaaawwwaaahhh
Can’t your brain Captain operate without any drugs, the only drugs available from UK are anti-Israelicetamols.
Get that ANTI-ISRAELICETAMOL….bbuuwwaaaah hhhaaawwwaaahhh
Not going well for Israel is it Adam?
In spite of all the tough talk about pushing to the Litani River, the Israeli’s can’t seem to get further than 2 miles across the border.
They just lost a gun boat thanks to Hezbollah.
Olmert’s achived something which is almost impossible for a wartime leader – his popularity is plunging in Israel.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11918874.htm
Even Israel’s neocon hawks in the US are pissed off at Israel for not having gotten anywhere.
Accorgin to Insight:
The neocons are more pro-Israel than the Israelis – and they are willing to fight to the last Israeli soldier to prove it, but Olmert cannot afford to lose Israeli lives or his career is toast.
As they say, you reap what you sew.
Oh no, I like being played like a puppet by your dead leader OBL who, of course, was created by America, just like every other terrorist. Because like disabled children, Muslim terrorists are never responsible for themselves.
Oh and Adam, all of those suspects in 9/11 and 7/7, you know, the ones you admire so much. Pity they were incinerated before they could be prosecuted.
And can someone please explain to the Sudanese Islamists how they can implicated Israel. There has to be a Jewish plot there somewhere. Oh, and the Philippines and Thailand. Oh, and Malaysia and Indonesia. Oh, and Africa and China.
Its amazing how prolific these ‘neo cons’ ie Jews are!!
And Nasrallah’s popularity? its dying off. Ooops, you really don’t know what it is because I forgot, Hezbollah have your passport just in case you say the wrong thing!!! But freedom of press has never been important to Ant, oh, unless he is being suppressed.
There’s plenty of those. Here are just a handful. And let’s be reminded of th eKing David bombing “celebrations” Israel had recently.
Very prolific indeed!!
http://www.doublestandards.org/text/unbunche.html
Ummm wrong. Hasrallah is he most popular figure in teh Middle East.
Says the moron who considers freedom of speech the right to suppress other’s freedom of speech.
I don’t know if I can link to a the full text of Fisk’s latest so here’s a portion:
Suze
Sounds like a scene from V for Vendetta doesn’t it? No wonder the right wingers hated that movie so much.
It was laughable to hear Bush say that the fascists are atatcking those who love freedom, while those who so love freedom are giving it up.
Who was it that said those who give up their liberty for secruity deserve neither?
What I find interesting is that before the arrests in Pakistan supposedly bought the ‘planned’ attacks forward the planes were apparently going to be blown up on August 22nd.
The ‘Rapture’ loonies have been predicting the end of the world on that day for a while. Many are even giving away their possessions in anticipation. Presumably the head Rapture loonie, Mad King George I of America, Emperor of the Green Zone and Kabul, also believes this, so why bother preventing a few thousand deaths when 6 point something billion,/b> are due for the chop one way or another on that day?
For Tony’s, and possibly Musharraf’s, sake I hope the Rapture isn’t postponed because the trigger has been disabled? The chief fruitcake is really going to be p*ssed if he doesn’t get to waft Heavenwards on schedule!!
that was a nice bleat captain. you are the unfortunate child (and I emphasise the word CHILD) of the reaction between terror (9/11) and facisms response. I believe 9/11 happened and nothing better could have happened to GWB’s presidency.
Your views are those of a misguided 15 year old who desperately wants to fit in at school so you jump on the nearest bandwagon, in your case you were no doubt seduced by some right wing nutjob (or maybe just instilled with irrational fear from the media).
Its nice on the odd occasion where you actually bother to quote things and back up your posts with facts. Is this bleating and insisting on idiotic statements such as “But freedom of press has never been important to Ant” when they are simply baseless noise.
In this example might I point out that despite your virtues on freedom (I agree freedom and democracy are wonderful, when they act like freedom and democracy), this stuff with Israel has nothing to do with freedom of press, so the Palestinians might not have freedom of press (i wouldnt have a clue if they do or dont), does this mean they should therefore be bombed out of existance?
Could you justify an attack on a village of people because the side who did the attack had freedom of press?
Hell then whats to deal with Lebanon, they’re a democracy already.
whats your point?
F.A.O
CAPTAIN and VIVA (and all alike)
What are you comments about this
you’re in BIG TROUBLE
dumb fuck
Comical,
So verbose. You trying to prove to us that while you’ve been away, you may have learned somethign of the world beyond the mud on your boots, the booger in your finger nail and the dropping stains on the back of your pants?
Captian, Comical and company have often asked for an example of University academics ebign censored with regards to Israel. Well, here is an extreme an example as you are ever liekly to come across:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1843543,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12