Examining issues of 9-11 and 7-7, along with analysis and opinion on global politics.
The ever horrible Frank Gardner, an expert in propaganda, who very obviously a British spy, returns to the place where he was shot while trying to recruit Saudi patsies, under the guise of “investigating” the 2004 Khobar towers bombing.
h-ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22042955 (remove the hyphen)
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The US’s aggressive actions with regards to North Korea (performing an exercise of a nuclear pre-emptive strike against NK) are even more appalling than it’s usual behaviour. Of course NK will see this as a threat. Remember, the US is still the ONLY country ever to use nuclear weapons – and it did so against largely innocent civilians.
It’s generally accepted that NK has a few nuclear weapons. It also has a missiles program. It is a further step to combine the two – to create a nuclear missile. But let’s say it does have a few nuclear armed missiles which I think it fair to say is a rasonable working assumption.
Once more, it is generally accepted that the missile while possibly being able to strike US occupied Hawaii, and perhaps parts of Alaska, but not mainland USA. The US and South Korean ‘threats’ to the north, by conducting yet more military drills – with NK being the obvious target in mind, make NK feel threatened. Afterall, NK was like an early version of Vietnam, the US meddling in the affairs of another country scared it’s influence and power in the region may diminish.
Lets assume the US’s and SK’s stance does threaten NK so much that NK feels it needs to strike, and it does so with a nuclear strike against the south. I think it is more reasonable to think NK will pursue a Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) policy rather than a limited strike, as no matter what strike it does,i it will be the end of the NK regime, but at least NK would have the ‘compensation’ that the South, who was largely responsible for NK’s predicament, would also be destroyed. A war against a SK that wasn’t destroyed, would certainly see SK being ultimately ‘victorious’, albeit bearing Hiroshima and Nagasaki style scars.
The US is a war economy. The elite profiteering from this would spin cartwheels should a conventional war be launched against NK. It would also allow the pro-US south to assume eventual control right up to China’s border. and massively boosting any case the US had for a heavy military presence in the area. (no matter how illigimate that ‘case’ may actually be).
Also, SK is trying hard to sell nuclear energy technology across the world. As such it is a serious competitor the US aspirations. SK benefits from being able to hush up a lot of the problems caused by it’s technology, so it’s relatively easy to portray its tech as ‘good’ and ‘clean’ (again marketing can easily bury the realities). And a battered and bruised SK would surely become engaged in US ‘reconstruction’ projects.
China would suffer too, losing an quazi buffering force against US the region.
Recent US aggressive posturing, planning and plotting against NK is defiantely NOT in SK interests, so one is deeply suspicious of US actions in this case.
Given a war with NK would “benefit” the crazy military industrial complex and strategists in the US, the scenario above isn’t that far fetched.
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Sir. You were loved by millions and your passing will mean much pain and sorrow for those Millions. You were and are inspirational. May your actions be remembered by new generations of Chavez’s.
Rest in Peace Hugo and may God have mercy on your soul.
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Update 15th Feb 2013
1) I have removed the pics of the possible Jon Venables. There is supposedly a world wide injunction against it (see green note below) and the words of an anonymous commentator the other day which on did have a point – if the pic was that of an innocent person (entirely possible) then it’s wrong to suggest an association with Venables
2) Ralph Bulger, James’ father, does not appear in the media very much. The BBC has an article of him here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21337506. I suggest a read.
UPDATE: 12 February 2013.
In memory of little James Bulger, the little boy who was savagely murdered and mutilated 20 years ago, on 12th Feb 1993, I no longer intend to remove comments from this thread, so, should you wish, you can comment freely.
Here’s what a regard as a pro-killer (Venables and Thompson) report by the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/11/james-bulger-20-years-on
But here’s a better article – of all places on the BBC! if you can believe that!: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21426195
End of 12 Feb 2013 update.
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The issue was being discussed here: http://mccannexposure.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/paul-jon-williams-aka-child-killer-pornography-viewer-jon-venables/ as COMMENTS TO THIS ARTICLE ON lwtc247 ARE NOW CLOSED (20th June 2012). Thanks.
Update 11 Jan 2012:
http://mccannexposure.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/paul-jon-williams-aka-child-killer-pornography-viewer-jon-venables/ Found this link which mentions the original Warrington Gazette article.
Update 8 May 2011:
Note: The following come from the pretty awful gutter “newspapers” but seem somewhat in-line with this horrific Jon Venables, and Id just like to say one of the officers involved in the killing and torture of James Bulger said they thought that Jon Venables was the one most likely to be successfully rehabilitated. How wrong they were and the (in)justice system continues to get it wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME with this piece of trash.
1) Revealed: The horror image drawn by Jon Venables just weeks before he killed James Bulger
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256190/Revealed-The-horror-drawing-Jon-Venables-weeks-killed-James-Bulger.html#ixzz1LkxIA8UX
2) Bulger killer Jon Venables set to get fourth new identity – at cost of £1m to taxpayer
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384126/Bulger-killer-Jon-Venables-set-fourth-new-identity–cost-1m-taxpayer.html#ixzz1LkxLZCij
3) Killer Jon Venables gloats at sentence: “I’ll be out by the time I’m 30″
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/07/25/killer-jon-venables-gloats-at-sentence-i-ll-be-out-by-the-time-i-m-30-115875-22437653/#ixzz1LkxSt7yg
Note: I do not know if these are really him or not. There have been a number of false identifications.
[ Friday 15th Feb IMAGE REMOVED: Reason: There is supposedly a worldwide injunction against the image. I don't for a second understand how such an injunction could possibly exist in the legal sense internationally, e.g. how the UK could possibly have any right over the First Amendment in the US relating to freedom of the press , or even have automacitity over the UK's practice (or laws?) that allows information in the public interest to be published! , but on the off chance that it does exist, then well, I guess it is a law that should be adhered to. If it was a political law, e.g. regarding the non-publication of crimes, lies and deceptions of governments and corporations, then such a law would fully deserved to be breached! But until I've got more time to check this thing out, I feel, with reservations, it should be removed. If anyone would like to leave a comment as to this so called world wide injunction, I'd be grateful if you could elaborate upon it . Thanks]
Venables is the person on the LEFT with the cap. CLICK to enlarge.
Even if they are, measly irrelevant little I, doesn’t advocate any violence against this person. I think it VERY important however that his (real) face (if this is he) is widely known as I believe he should ALWAYS be considered a risk to young children.
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(Published on: May 4, 2011 @ 9:26) One of the most ‘popular’ things searched for on this blog is that of Jon Venables (and Robert Thompson). Recently there was stories in the tabloid press (Daily Mail and Sun) that pics of Jon Venables (as he looks now) have been published on the web.
Here are two pics from a site, http://www.chris-uk.org/jon-venables-aka-paul-jon-williams/34600, which claims to show what they look like now. The site has some alleged history about him.
Update 2: This website seems a mirror of what Chris has on his site: http://danmeah.co.uk/2011/05/04/jon-venables-aka-paul-jon-williams/
Copy the pics and history quickly as these sites are probably going to be taken down.
History:
Jon Venables was just 10 years old when he and friend Robert Thompson murdered toddler James Bulger.
Venables served seven years of a life sentence for the 1993 murder before he was freed in June 2001, aged 18. He was given a new name, (John Paul Williams) a job and a flat on his release to try to ensure his security and give him an “ordinary” life.
Had he gone on to lead such a life, that might have been the last the British public ever heard about Jon Venables. But at the age of 27, Venables finds himself back in the headlines and back behind bars having been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to charges of downloading and distributing indecent images of children.
A lifetime ban was placed on reporting anything about either his or Thompson’s whereabouts or their new identities after their release.
The ban relating to Venables was partially lifted on Friday at the Old Bailey after he was jailed for the offences under the 1978 Protection of Children Act. The judge revealed that Venables had been living in Cheshire at the time of the offences, and that the case was dealt with by Cheshire police and Cheshire probation service.
It was also revealed that Cheshire police had produced a “threat assessment” to try to establish what could happen to Venables were his new identity revealed. That assessment concluded that Venables would face the highest possible risk of being attacked if his name was either published in the media or known elsewhere in society.
Police had even trained him in counter-surveillance after he was told he would have to “live and hold a lie” for the rest of his life. Venables worked full-time in a job with anti-social hours, earning close to the minimum wage, the court heard.
Then in 2007, he started drinking heavily and taking drugs, including cocaine and the recently-banned substance mephedrone.
On 20 September 2008, he was held on suspicion of affray over a street fight with a man who claimed Venables had attacked his girlfriend. Both men were charged with a public order offence, but this was later dropped.
Venables was formally warned by the Probation Service for breaking a “good behaviour” clause in his licence. Three months later, police cautioned him for possessing cocaine, and a requirement was added to his licence ordering him to address his alcohol and drug problems, the court was told.
It was not until February that it emerged Venables had been recalled to prison for breaching the conditions of his release. The Ministry of Justice refused to reveal any details, but the then Justice Secretary Jack Straw did say the recall was prompted by “extremely serious allegations
[ Friday 15th Feb IMAGE REMOVED: Reason: There is supposedly a worldwide injunction against the image. I don't for a second understand how such an injunction could possibly exist in the legal sense internationally, e.g. how the UK could possibly have any right over the First Amendment in the US relating to freedom of the press , or even have automacitity over the UK's practice (or laws?) that allows information in the public interest to be published! , but on the off chance that it does exist, then well, I guess it is a law that should be adhered to. If it was a political law, e.g. regarding the non-publication of crimes, lies and deceptions of governments and corporations, then such a law would fully deserved to be breached! But until I've got more time to check this thing out, I feel, with reservations, it should be removed. If anyone would like to leave a comment as to this so called world wide injunction, I'd be grateful if you could elaborate upon it . Thanks]
I still believe they should ‘out’ themselves as a sign of true remorse. Being able to live a secret life has proved to allow them to slip into what I can only describe as a ‘criminal lifestyle’.
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The falsity of atheistic belief, expressed by Prof. Richard Dawkins (Note Prof. Peter Atkins often repeats similar and bogus ‘lazy’ accusations”
Dawkins: in reply to a quote from hos own book, “The God Delusion”
Book p126 says “One of the truly bad effects of religion, is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding”
Dawkins reply[00:18:00]
“Science uses evidence to discover the truth about the universe. It’s been getting better at it over the centuries, in the teeth of opposition from religion, although it has t be admitted that of course science grew out of a religions tradition. Religion teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding.I think that when you consider the beauty of the world, and you wonder how it came to be what it is, you’re naturally overwhelmed with a feeling of awe, a feeling of admiration and you almost feel a desire to worship something. I feel this, I recognise that other scientists such as as Carl Sagan feel this, Einstein felt it. We all of us us share a kind of religious reverence for the beauties of the universe, for the complexity of life, for the sheer magnitude of the cosmos, the sheer magnitude of geological time.And it’s tempting to translate that feeling of awe and worship into a desire to worship some particular thing, a person, an agent. You want to attribute it to a maker, to a creator.What science has now achieved, is an emancipation from that impulse to attribute these things to a creator, and it’s a MAJOR emancipation, because humans an almost overwhelming desire to think that they’ve explained something by attributing it to a maker. We’re so used to explaining things in our own world, like these television cameras, like the lights, like everything we make, the clothes we wear, the chairs we sit on, everything we see around us is a manufactured object, and so it’s so tempting to believe that living things or that the stars or mountains or rivers have all been made by something. It was a supreme achievement of the humam intellect, to realise that there is a better explanation for these things. That these things can come about by purely natural causes.
When science began, the aim to achieve it was there was there, but we didn’t know enough. Nowadays at the end of the 20th Century, beginning of the 21st century, we still don’t know everything, but we’ve achieved an enormous amount in the way of understanding, we now understand essentially how life came into being. We KNOW that we are all cousins of all animals and plants. We know that we’re descended from a common ancestor what might have been something like bacteria, we know the process by which that came about. We don’t know the details but we understand essentially how it came about. There are still gaps in our understanding, we don’t understand how the cosmos came into existence in the first place, but we’re working on that. The scientific enterprise is an active seeking, an active seeking out of gaps in our knowledge, seeking of ignorance so we can work to plug that ignorance, but religion teaches us to be satisfied with not really understanding.
Every one of these difficult questions that comes up, science says ‘right, lets roll up our sleeves and work on it”, religion says “oh God did it. We don’t need to work on it, God did it.” It’s as simple as that. We have no thrusting force pushing us on to try to understand. Religion stultifies the impulse to understand because religion provides a facile easy apparent explanation and it prevents the further work on the problem.”
I will comment on this in due time.
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True to form Aangirfan http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2012/12/newtown-connecticut-shootings.html knows ALL the answers, It’s almost like he’s has some foot in omnipotence’s door.
But it took him/them 2 days this time. They must have had weekend distractions slowing them down.
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