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Thursday, 15 November 2012

Tony Blair - wishful thinking or misleading listeners

I heard a BBC interview this afternoon with Tony Blair in his role as official envoy of the Quartet. In this interview he said of the towns in Israel that had been the targets of rockets fired from Gaza, that they were indisputably part of Israel. The trouble is that Hamas and Fatah/PA think and say very differently. To them all of Gaza is occupied Palestinian land and their aim is the destruction of Israel and, in the case of Hamas, the death of all Jews. It may be an inconvenient fact for Tony Blair, much of the world's media and the idiots who scream that "We are all Hamas now" whilst proclaiming they want a peaceful solution to the Israeli/Palestinian problem, but it is true Hamas don't want peace with Israel.

It is my firm belief that Hamas, and their associated terrorist friends, ramped up the rocket attacks on Israel so as to provoke an Israeli response. They did this in the full knowledge that any reaction by Israel would result in civilian deaths and thus the full panoply of screaming widows, grieving parents and opportunities for faked (Pallywood) injuries to be paraded in front of the world's media.

What a lot I've missed today (part 2 - Pallywood)



 Did you spot the miraculous recovery of the man on a stretcher in this video, on a stretcher injured at 2:12 but up and about and directing others by 2:43?

I have covered Pallywood  before and no doubt will again. In this instance will the BBC cover the story after all it happened on their coverage?

What a lot I've missed today (part 1 - Sally Bercow)

I did manage a tweet earlier today when I heard that Lord McAlpine would be taking legal action against Sally Bercow for her seemingly defamatory tweet last week.

Couldn't happen to a less pleasant person; oops I forgot about her husband.

Ever wondered how Google Search's autocomplete works?


"Princess Leia Metal Bikini"
Interesting, huh?!

"Do you want to go to war Berlahkay?"


The Substitute Teacher - Well I thought it was funny


Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

I love magic

Here's Penn and Teller doing the old cup and ball trick, twice!

Still magic to me...

The wisdom will lie in knowing when to stop | The Times of Israel

Why Israel had to act against Hamas and some background you won't get from the Israel hating BBC.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-wisdom-will-lie-in-knowing-when-to-stop/

Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4th goal for Sweden against England


Quite ridiculous!

How the BBC report the Israeli Palestinian conflict

Islamist terrorists murder a family of five in cold blood - too much other news.
Islamist terrorists destroy a school bus, fortunately one that was empty of schoolchildren - Not headline news.
Islamist terrorists fire over a thousand rockets into Israel in 2012 so far - Not worthy of more than a side note.
Israel reacts and kills one of the heads of the terrorist organisation sending terrorists to kill Jews, firing rockets at Israelis, an organisation dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the killing of all Jews - Now the BBC have a headline story, one to make Israel look bad.

Voting fraud in the recent U.S. elections

I had a dozen or so articles to reference re this matter across many U.S. states but then Firefox crashed on me and I lost the lot. I will try and find those pieces again but in the meantime watch this interview with Allen West.


Thanks to Theo Spark for the video spot.

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Keira Knightley's breasts - Not Safe For Work - Rule 5 post

According to The Mail, 'Keira Knightley bares her modest cleavage as she blasts Hollywood bosses for giving her 'droopy' big bust on film poster'. It seems that:
'She also told how she has a strict 'no bottom half' clause when it comes to getting naked on film.

She told the U.S. fashion magazine: 'No bottom half!

'I don't mind exposing my t*ts because they're so small - people really aren't that interested!'
Here's some video of Keira Knightley's completely uninteresting breasts...
Actress Keira Knightley Topless And Spanked by moviesclip

And as an update a clip of Keira Knightley's lapdance from Domino

And some pictures for the totally uninterested

I am informed that the above picture is not of Keira Knightley but of the porn star Sasha Grey. I happily correct the record but leave the photo as it's quite a pleasant one!



"I always think that impartiality is in our DNA - it's part of the BBC's genetic make-up."

"I always think that impartiality is in our DNA - it's part of the BBC's genetic make-up."
That was Helen Boaden, the then director of BBC News.
‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.’
That's Martin Plaut, the BBC World Service Africa editor. He was being interviewed in The KentishTowner. I wonder how unbiased any reports of his would be if they involve any mention of the Conservative lead coalition government? I wonder how many more BBC editors feel the same? I wonder if any are right-wingers who feel that way aboutthe Labour party?

This sort of hatred of the Tories seems to be endemic in the BBC and helps to explain how and why the BBC Newsnight programme got enthusiastic about slurring the name of a senior Conservative of the Thatcher government era.


The context for that statement by Martin Plaut was this Q&A:
'Who or what do you hate and why? Tories. As Aneurin Bevan said: ‘No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.’ '

It seems that Bob Geldof wasn't a huge fan of Martin Plaut either!

An "outrageous slur" on the BBC or the uncomfortable truth?





The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh asking a very sensible question of the BBC's former director of editorial policy, Phil Harding. Trevor Kavanagh is right isn't he? The whole Today programme interview can be heard here.

'If the BBC had devoted as many reporters to the paedophile scandal as it’s devoting to the BBC scandal, there wouldn’t be a BBC scandal.'

'If the BBC had devoted as many reporters to the paedophile scandal as it’s devoting to the BBC scandal, there wouldn’t be a BBC scandal.'
Read more of Michael Deacon's article in The Telegraph . It's well worth a read.

Monday, 12 November 2012

So who do I email now?

Nota Sheep notasheepmaybeagoat@googlemail.com
10:13 (0 minutes ago)

to NewsOnline
Dear sir/madam

Could you please assist me. I was in the process of contacting Helen Boaden re this matter but now find that she has been asked to "step aside" following the Newsnight debacle. Who should I write to in her absence?

Kind regards

NotaSheep MaybeaGoat

Boris Johnson gets it, the BBC don't.

The BBC's hatred of Conservatives especially from the 'Thatcher' era is clear and it is this hatred that blinded them to the veracity of the Newsnight report. Boris Johnson has written an excellent piece about this, read it.

http://cyberboris.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/the-bbc-has-accused-an-innocent-man-says-boris-but-they-do-not-seem-to-realise-what-they-have-done/

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Happy Birthday XTC's Andy Partridge

XTC's lead singer, song writer and all round musical genius Andy Partridge is 59 today. If you don't know the music of XTC, you should be ashamed of yourself. Here's a few glimpses


Senses Working Overtime



Mayor of Simpleton



Generals and Majors


It is one of my great regrets that I never saw XTC play live. They toured a lot until 1982 but then Andy Partridge's wife apparently threw away his prescription Valium that he took to deal with stage fright and tour stress, he had been physically dependent upon Valium for over 13 years. This and other personal issues brought the band's tours to a standstill.

Still I have his albums to listen to.

"No more Israel"




The voice of some anti-Israel Obama supporters. In the case of the first interviewee, the incoherent voice.

Some of Barack Obama supporters seem so reasonable don't they?

Remembrance Sunday

The day we honour those in the armed forces who gave their lives for this country and also respect those who currently serve this country in its armed forces.

Waerning a poppy does not make you a warmonger as was shouted at me a few year back.
Wearing a poppy dos not mean you are anti-Islam as is being claimed in some areas of London and northern cities.
Wearing a poppy is the right thing to do.






Saturday, 10 November 2012

George Entwistle resigns, don't let this be an end to the matter.

The BBC's Director General has resigned but we should not let the BBC pretend that that can be the end of the matter. The BBC is institutionally biased against the Conservative party in the UK, the Republican party in America, Israel, the list could go on and on. Let's use George Entwistle's resignation to spur on the destruction of the BBC, the country and world needs this to happen.

Meanwhile here's George Entwistle's resignation statement:

"In the light of the fact that the director general is also the editor-in-chief and ultimately responsible for all content, and in the light of the unacceptable journalistic standards of the Newsnight film broadcast on Friday 2nd November, I have decided that the honourable thing to do is to step down from the post of Director-General.

"When appointed to the role, with 23 years' experience as a producer and leader at the BBC, I was confident the Trustees had chosen the best candidate for the post, and the right person to tackle the challenges and opportunities ahead.

"However the wholly exceptional events of the past few weeks have led me to conclude that the BBC should appoint a new leader.

"To have been the director general of the BBC even for a short period, and in the most challenging of circumstances, has been a great honour.

"While there is understandable public concern over a number of issues well covered in the media - which I'm confident will be addressed by the Review process - we must not lose sight of the fact that the BBC is full of people of the greatest talent and the highest integrity.

"That's what will continue to make it the finest broadcaster in the world."
I'll let sentences one to four go unremarked upon. But those last two, really! 
'the BBC is full of people of the greatest talent and the highest integrity.' - Talent, maybe. Integrity, I think not. The bias and bile spewed daily from the BBC is disgusting and there needs to be a clear out of much the BBC's management and 'journalists'to purge it of that bias and bile.

"the finest broadcaster in the world." The most biased, maybe. The most effective at brainwashing the general public, maybe. The finest, don't make me sick.

'I am doing everything I can' - apart from watching defamatory programmes before they are broadcast, that is.

This screen grab shows the BBC's problem regarding the Lord McAlpine defamation
George Entwistle is doing everything he can but George Entwistle also admits that he didn't see the Newsnight report, which led to Lord McAlpine being wrongly implicated in child sexual abuse, before it was broadcast. Somewhat too late George Entwistle says that the Newsnight film should not have been broadcast.

What gives me hope is the news that Lord McAlpine is seriously considering  taking legal action against the BBC:
'"Then we have to look at Newsnight and... the way in which they behaved, the way they trailed, they made it obvious who it was, or who they alleged it was by referring people to the internet."'
What happened seems fairly clear to me; the BBC and its Labour allies saw a way of taking attention away from the Jimmy Saville story and placing the spotlight onto the hated Tory party. Tom Watson raised the matter in the House of Commons during PMQs on 24 October:
"Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East) (Lab): The evidence file used to convict paedophile Peter Righton, if it still exists, contains clear intelligence of a widespread paedophile ring. One of its members boasts of his links to a senior aide of a former Prime Minister, who says he could smuggle indecent images of children from abroad. The leads were not followed up, but if the file still exists I want to ensure that the Metropolitan police secure the evidence, re-examine it and investigate clear intelligence suggesting a powerful paedophile network linked to Parliament and No. 10."
The BBC took the story forward with its Newsnight programme, a programme that cast serious aspersions without every even showing the alleged victim any photos of the alleged culprit. Basic journalism you'd have thought, but not at the BBC.

When even The New Statesman and The Guardian can spot the problems with Tom Watson and the BBC's coverage, you know that the left have a problem.

John Redwood has a pretty good feel for the BBC/Labour motives:
'Some  Conservatives feel particularly unhappy about the way this has been treated. Of course the treatment of the wrongly accused is the worst feature, but they are not happy that in a fairly unsuccessful attempt to disguise his name the Conservative party was accused of harbouring a paedophile in the Thatcher era. Some Conservatives will ask why the unnamed person had to be described in this way. Would the BBC have said a senior figure of the Callaghan or Wilson era, if the dates had been different, or were they as often seems the case, out to attack Margaret Thatcher?  Would they have constantly repeated the word Labour, if the senior figure had been from that party, or sufficed themselves with a general word like politician? Why, in the North Wales abuse cases, did the BBC not constantly refer also to Clwyd Council, the  Council responsible for the childrens’   homes? Clwyd was certainly not a Conservative Council. Why did  they not add the Labour party label to a very nasty set of incidents if they thought the fact that it was a national Conservative government mattered? Why didn’t the unpublished Clwyd report into the abuse crisis become a matter of interest, as well as the wide  ranging enquiry ordered and published by Conservative Ministers?'


What is also interesting is that Tom Watson asked another question in the House of Commons recently,
Hansard 29 October:
'Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many files relating to the premiership of Sir Edward Heath (a) are retained by Government Departments and (b) have been transferred to the National Archives but have not yet been released under the 30 Year Rule. [124917]'
Anything you'd like to add Mr Watson?

Friday, 9 November 2012

Penny from Big Bang Theory talks dirty'ish - Actually Kelly Cuoco on Ellen


Oh Penny, if Leonard could see you now!

Man In Two Drunk Driving Busts... At The Same Time | The Smoking Gun

A bizarre story, probably never to be repeated.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/double-daylight-saving-drunk-driving-467982

There's some scarily misinformed people in the USA

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=xQBfudpKo3g&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxQBfudpKo3g&gl=GB&client=mv-vf-uk&safesearch=always

Did this dirty trick get Obama re-elected?

'Obama did not win a single state that fully requires photo IDs to vote, although he was victorious in four states that accept non-photo identification '

http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/did-this-dirty-trick-get-obama-elected/

Palestinian 'Right of Return': Mahmoud Abbas' Remarks Spark Uproar | TIME.com

http://world.time.com/2012/11/06/the-palestinian-right-of-return-abbas-wades-into-the-morass/

The anger is because of the word "Israeli."

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/arabs-freak-out-over-israeli-mezze.html

"Belgium Will Become an Islamic State" :: Gatestone Institute

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3442/belgium-islamic-state

Belgium first but not last?

Elder of Ziyon: Arafat might not be dug up - Pals and French squabble

If the Palestinians control the investigation who, apart from the BBC, will believe it?

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/arafat-might-not-be-dug-up-pals-and.html

Thursday, 8 November 2012

The apartheid state of Israel



For the idiots who infest my Twitter timeline calling Israel an 'apartheid state'.

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Attorney General: 900 Dead People Voted In SC | WYFF Home - WYFF Home

http://www.wyff4.com/Attorney-General-900-Dead-People-Voted-In-SC/-/9324882/10080208/-/k30su8z/-/index.html

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear

So Barack Obama has won re-election as President of the United States. On the plus size that means that we will be spared months of whining Democrats complaining about voting issues, the Republicans' complaints will be pretty much ignored. As in the UK, the right are expected to accept defeat whilst the left just won't.

My views were expressed in a series of tweets this morning:





Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Fort Hood shooting victims sue government, accused shooter

More news you won't see on the BBC or MSNBC as they work for an Obama second term.   http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8A41KH20121105?irpc=932

Obama vs Romney the mass debate




"C'mon America, how y'all like to freak? Do you honk the chest or pinch a cheek?"

Still debating who to vote for?


US Polling update

Whilst the US electorate votes after being told how close the race is, this article struck me as interesting:
'While every single poll on the planet predicts Democrats will enjoy a turnout advantage of three to eleven points, the latest Rasmussen survey of party affiliation taken throughout October shows that Republicans enjoy a  huge 5.8% Party ID advantage going into the 2012 election.

According to Twitter's invaluable NumbersMuncher, Rasmussen correctly predicted 2008 would be a D+7 election and incorrectly predicted 2010 would be D+3. (2010 was D+0, or even, so Rasmussen gave an edge to Democrats they didn't have.)

If the 2012 race is D+2, Romney's probably going to win. If the race is R+6, Romney's going to enjoy a landslide.

The most important piece of information in this poll, though, is that Rasmussen's sample is a monstrous 15,000 likely voter. Moreover, Rasmussen's Party ID results match similar results found by Gallup and  Pew.

Again, if Rasmussen is anywhere near as correct as he's been in the past, all of these polls showing Obama holding small leads, are dead wrong. They're under-sampling Republicans in a major way; predicting an electorate that looks like 2008.'
I hope Rasmussen is correct.

Did Barack Obama lie?

I know you'll be staggered, especially if you live in the UK where the BBC's coverage of US politics is so favourable to Barack Obama that it must embarrass even them but it seems that Barack Obama might have lied.

USA Today reports that:
'On the eve of the presidential election CBS News program 60 Minutes released a transcript of an interview with President Obama in which he said it was "too early to tell" whether the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya was an act of terrorism.
The statement appears to contradict Obama's claim in a second debate with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney that he identified the Sept. 11 attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans as a terror attack the day after it happened.
Romney had criticized Obama at the Oct. 17 debate for refusing to accurately call the assault "terrorism" and pointed to instances where Obama referred to it several times as a spontaneous protest of an anti-Islam video for weeks afterward.
Obama said he referred to it as an act of terror Sept. 12 in a statement in the Rose Garden at the White House. Debate moderator Candy Crowley of CNN agreed and told Romney he was wrong.
But in an interview with CBS newsman Steve Kroft after the Rose Garden statement but on the same day, Obama was asked what he meant because Kroft indicated it was unclear:
Kroft: Mr. President, this morning you went out of your way to avoid the use of the word terrorism in connection with the Libya attack. Do you believe that this was a terrorist attack?
Obama: Well it's too early to know exactly how this came about, what group was involved, but obviously it was an attack on Americans.
CBS News waited until Nov. 4 to post that portion of its interview and offered no explanation as to why it delayed release of a video clip that was pertinent to what became a significant story at the time.
On Friday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, a member of the congressional committee investigating the attack, suggested the White House intentionally misled the public because Obama's re-election campaign was claiming he had crushed al-Qaeda terrorists.
"They didn't want to admit it was a terrorist attack," Chaffetz said. "Admitting it was terrorism would fly in the face of what they had been telling the American people about al-Qaeda."
"No matter what happens on Tuesday, the Congress will continue to dive deep into this issue," he said of the election.
In the Rose Garden, his first official remarks on the attack, Obama read a 44-line statement on the deaths in Benghazi and extolled the memories of those who died.
Toward the end of his statement, he spoke generally of the "solemn memory" of the Sept. 11 attacks 11 years earlier. He talked of mourning those who died then, and how he had visited the graves of troops who died in Iraq and Afghanistan at Arlington National Cemetery and also to wounded troops at Walter Reed.
"Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe," he said. "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for."
After the debate in which Obama claimed that statement referred to Benghazi, GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan defended Romney's characterization of Obama's refusal to admit the truth.
"It was a passing comment about acts of terror in general, it was not a claim that this was a terrorist attack," Ryan said on ABC's Good Morning America that week. "Nobody believes that that Rose Garden speech from the president was suggesting that that (individual act) was an act of terror."
Contributing: Donna Leinwand in Washington'
Will the US electorate, aided by some Democratic party polling fraud and an overwhelmingly pro-Obama media, re-elect Barack Obama who is probably the worst US President in history? I fear that they may.

Will the polls be right?

THE US Presidential election polls have been fascinating me, especially the way the headline figures are so often quoted without any analysis of the figures or how the poll was taken. regardless of the result tonight take a look at these links for some interesting polling background.

Here's Breitbart
'The last three polls Marquette has conducted of the presidential race have had a sample of D+2-4. Their polls throughout the year have ranged D+2-6. Their poll right before the June recall election of Scott Walker used a sample of D+5 and accurately predicted the election results. The sample for this latest poll? D+11. '
Here's another Breitbart
'One of the chief reasons the media is so mistaken in their zeal to proclaim Obama the election winner is that most of the polls they're basing their predictions on are wildly inflating Democrat turnout. The overwhelming majority of media polls are an assuming an electorate that is at least as Democrat as the one in 2008, with many polls assuming a higher Democrat turnout. This is just daft. The latest CBS poll of 3 swing states is the most recent to show that GOP has a huge turnout advantage over Democrats. '

Of course the question as to why the polls and the media seem so keen to push Obama's prospects is another matter.

The BBC respond re my last Jeremy Bowen complaint

Further to my complaint re the BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, holding a Q&A on the Middle East on one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar, I have received a short response from the BBC:

'NewsOnline Complaints




If you wish to pursue this matter, you can contact the director of BBC News, Helen Boaden, at Room 5601, Television Centre, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ or by e-mail at HelenBoadenComplaints@bbc.co.uk .

Best wishes,

BBC News website'
 An email will be sent later today. I wonder if Helen Boaden will have the time to respond.

That's an interesting email address that I have to use, could be read two ways.

Monday, 5 November 2012

Egypt doesn't exist!

Still the BBC can't name Egypt on a map of Israel and Gaza
This time the article is here.

When just over a year ago I made a similar complaint, the BBC included this in their explanation, Here's that part of my complaint and the relevant part of their response:
'Here's the first map and note the lack of the word Egypt and the way that there is no differentiation between Israel and Egypt in terms of colour as there would be in any normal map (I believe mapmakers usually work to a three colour rule)...


Here is the BBC's latest response, that includes an actual apology:


NewsOnline Complaints to me

Dear Sir,

Sorry not to reply sooner to your complaint.

One of the maps http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14035536 is plain shoddy work, for which we apologise. It should mark Egypt.'
So one year on and are the BBC being shoddy or is there an agenda here?

A complaint is on its way to the BBC...

'Complaint title: Deliberate misdirection of readers of article
Complaint description: I note that still the BBC can't name Egypt on a map of Israel and Gaza. On the above link you will see a map. This map makes it seem as though Israel is both enormous and surrounds Gaza thus presumably explaining how Israel has been able to blockade it for some years now. There is of course a problem with this: Israel does not surround Gaza. The country that borders Gaza to the South West is Egypt not Israel, that is where the Rafah Crossing is... So why have the BBC omitted the word Egypt from that map? Before you tell me that 'The first map is not intended to be an accurate geographic or political representation but to show the location of Gaza and where this particular incident happened. Had Egypt been involved in any way in this story, the map would have included Egypt.' as you did in your first reply to a similar complaint of mine last year, please note that in October last year I received this second reply regarding the same map from NewsOnline Complaints 'Dear Sir, Sorry not to reply sooner to your complaint. One of the maps http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14035536 is plain shoddy work, for which we apologise. It should mark Egypt.' Why is the BBC still using this shoddy map? Why are you trying to mislead people?'


It's a good question

“This is an absolute double standard. I was convicted of false accounting but I never forged documents as Denis has. Why has he not been prosecuted when we were?”
That's Eric Illsley, the former Barnsley MP, as quoted by the Sunday Times. He received a 12-month prison sentence for false accounting. He has called on the police and the CPS to pursue Denis MacShane following his resignation as an MP.

How is not correct?

The one hundred and sixty fifth weekly "No shit, Sherlock " award

This week's award is presented to the UN nuclear chief who has said that Iran is not cooperating with an investigation into suspected secret work on nuclear weapons. http://t.co/2CvL08OU

Iran not cooperating with UN nuclear inspectors, no shit Sherlock

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Thanks Mrs Notasheep

Mrs Notasheep sings whilst doing other things, and she often fixates on one song. So thanks to her, the Kinks 'Come Dancing' is rattling through my head most of the time...


Saturday, 3 November 2012

Joe Biden: "There's Never Been A Day In The Last Four Years I've Been Proud To Be His Vice President"


Joe Biden boasts that "There's Never Been A Day In The Last Four Years I've Been Proud To Be His Vice President" A misspeak? Maybe but he has also said that "I Always Say What I Mean" Four more years of this idiot 'one heart beat away'?

Vote early, vote often

Further to my piece about the Democrats urging people to vote early I note that one Democrat has admitted also voting often...
Voter fraud, it's what some Democrats do.

Don't worry Denis you can just put the extra cost on expenses...


Oh sorry, can you not any more? Oh dear, how sad, never mind!

Guido Fawkes has lots of information about the political demise of Denis MacShane and the possibility of a CPS prosecution.

Friday, 2 November 2012

Kaley Cuoco on Letterman is 'da bomb'



Oh Penny!

Obama Supporters Actually Hate Obama's Policies


'Luke Rudkowski hits the streets of NYC to find out where Obama supporters really stand on his policies. Now he did this in an underhanded way where the policies where presented to be Romney's, but this was only done to get an honest opinion. The reactions when the truth was uncovered varied but they were very telling to say the least. Here are some of the sources that were mentioned throughout the interviews 1st question, part 1 - Obama, in Europe, signs Patriot Act extension http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43180202/ns/us_news-security/t/obama-europe-signs... 1st question, part 2 - Warrantless Spying Skyrockets Under Obama http://reason.com/archives/2012/10/03/warrantless-spying-skyrockets-under-obam 2nd question - President Obama Signed the National Defense Authorization Act - Now What? http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/02/president-obama-signed-the-na... 3rd question - Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/world/obamas-leadership-in-war-on-al-qaeda.... 4th question - Drone wars and state secrecy -- how Barack Obama became a hardliner http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/02/drone-wars-secrecy-barack-obama '
So why are these people still supporting Barack Obama? Of course the reason these people don't know these facts is that the US media like the BBC in the UK is all but actively campaigning for Barack Obama's re-election.

Superstorm Sandy hits New York



Two days in two minutes as Silas Maniatis placed a camera in Brooklyn and set it in time-lapse mode. This footage condenses 48 hours of chaos (from 1pm Sunday to 1pm Tuesday) into two wet, windy and wild minutes. The moment at 1:02 when Manhattan is plunged into darkness as the power cuts is particluarly chilling.

Snakes on a Plane is nothing, now there's Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and more on a plane

Air New Zealand have added some fun to their onboard safety briefing...

Was that Peter Jackson at 1:40?

A question, if it's OK for Business Class passengers on Air New Zealand to choose their seat back position for takeoff and landing, why do British Airways insist that the seat back be in the upright position?

And whilst we are on matters Middle Earth, here's The Hobbit trailer

Danny Baker says "Shame on you" to the BBC


As I blogged yesterday:
'The BBC blurb for the Danny Baker Radio London afternoon show runs 'The radio genius with great guests, calls and music.' They're quite correct but then why have they cancelled his show?'
Menawhile the pinheads at the BBC still have this on the Radio London schedules for today
Pinheads and bean counters.

That's odd, I thought sciemtists knew differently

The BBC in a piece by their 'Environment analyst' Roger Harrabin report that:
'Soaking Britain may be in for a new bout of flooding in coming months, the Environment Agency has warned. Rivers are full after the wettest April to June on record, followed by more rain in July, September and October. The earth is saturated and in many areas there is no more space left in aquifers to store water that seeps through from the surface. The agency warn that people should be ready for floods even with relatively small amounts of rain. They warn of increased risk of river flooding in November and December, especially in the south-west and northern and western parts of England and Wales. Devon, Dorset and Hampshire are also vulnerable to flooding from water coming up through the soaking ground because groundwater in aquifers moves much more slowly than surface water, and will take more time to flow away underground. Sarah Jackson, the Met Office's chief adviser to the Government, said: "We are heading into the winter period which is traditionally the wetter period of the year in the UK. "Because the ground is so wet, if we do have any prolonged heavy rainfall in any part of the country, there is going to be heightened risk of flooding." The agency said more than 1.1 million people are signed up to receive its flood warnings - which can be sent by email, text, or a message to a landline or mobile phone.'
How peculiar because it was only six years ago that the BBC's print arm, The Guardian, reported as fact that:
'Scientists know a lot about how events will unfold...which means that whatever we do, our climate destiny is fixed for the next few decades... Rainfall will decline in the summer and the increased deluges in winter will struggle to replenish thirsty reservoirs because much of the water will run off the baked ground.'

Scientists know, not predict but know. Rainfall will decline in the summer, no room for doubt there. The UK's Environment Agency are still telling us to prepare for climate change because:
'largest reductions in summer precipitation of 40 per cent (central estimate) are to be seen in the far south of England. A decrease of 65 per cent is indicated at the 10th percentile with a 6 per cent decrease at the 90th percentile)'
Meanwhile on their front page the worry is flooding. In case the Environment Agency decide to 'amend' their website, here's a screen grab...
Will any of these scientists apologise or even explain their error? Will The Guardian refer back to that 2006 article and explain why they have not retracted the prediction they were happy to allow to be made in 2006?

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Is that any way to treat a genius

The BBC blurb for the Danny Baker Radio London afternoon show runs 'The radio genius with great guests, calls and music.' They're quite correct but then why have they cancelled his show?

The best radio show in the country, hosted by a multi-award winning presenter and the BBC axe it, idiots!

Last show today and he's gently letting rip...

@ProdNose is also heavily trending on Twitter.


Remember this from last year?

'Radio and TV presenter, Danny Baker, has lashed out at the BBC for making radical cuts in jobs and funding.

Baker, who presents a BBC London 94.9FM show, as well as one on Radio 5Live, used Twitter to criticise the corporation.

He tweeted, “So the BBC London afternoon show – current Sony Gold Holder – is to be part of the Delivering Quality First cuts. The logic of Genius.

“Nothing like having your show axed under an initiative called Delivering Quality First to let you know how valued you are. #CrapOutFirst

“Just off up the end of the garden with 3 Sony Gold awards (one current, one not even mine) and a stick of dynamite. #DeliveringDynamiteFirst…

Several of his followers responded, and one even began a hashtag campaign, #savethecandyman hashtag campaign.

Twitter user John Bradley wrote, “#prodnose Cutting the wonderful award winning Danny Baker Show while claiming to #deliverqualityfirst is ridiculous #bbc #savethecandyman.”

And another, Amanda Hodgson, tweeted, “Anyone who listened to Danny Baker @prodnose on Desert Island Discs knows what a valuable asset he is to the #BBC big mistake there guys.”'

As Stephen Fry has tweeted:
'Next week is inducted into Radio Academy Hall of fame. Not surprising, he's the best. Today the BBC are axing his show. Dickwits.'
As Rob Brydon has tweeted:

'Glad that BBC are axing Danny Baker's daily radio show. I've had it up to here with his wit, warmth and originality.'
As Danny tweeted:
'Deep thanks to everyone who has responded about the radio. We dwell amid pinheaded weasels who know only timid, the generic and the abacus.'
As Danny says 'I hope they choke on their abacuses'

American Presidents compared...


Voter fraud is "funny" and "cool"?

According to this Democratic Party worker, Stephanie Caballero, Regional Field Director in Houston Texas, yes apparently it is...



Barack Obama and the Democratic Party want people to 'Vote Early'. Is that really only half of what they want? 'Vote early, vote often' as they said in Chicago some time ago.

Like elements of the Labour party in the UK, are the US Democratic (sic) party really not above trying to steal an election?


Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Go away you noisy little brats

Yes it's Halloween but No I won't give you sweets or chocolates regardless of how often you ring my doorbell. Just go away you noisy little brats

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Respect activist: was Hitler the bad guy? | The Jewish Chronicle

92% done

I do hope so...

Why you shouldn't vote for Barack Obama

The post below was spreading round the web yesterday, I have reposted it to keep it moving along and persuading the as yet undecided US voters.
 

Conservative bloggers in the #VRWC unite to defeat Obama

A half-dozen conservative bloggers have united and will all have the same post on their blogs today in an effort to help defeat President Obama. Please read this post in its entirety and be sure to go visit each bloggers site via the links. I would also encourage anyone to reblog or link this post to get the word out to as many people as possible. Romney may not be the first choice for some of these contributors, but we can all agree that Obama must go so help us spread the word! Join us to help the undecided vote to stop the destruction of America!

"Why bankruptcy is preferable to bailouts" by Spellchek
President Obama has been on a chest-thumping tour touting the success of the bailouts both in the auto industry as well as the financial industry.Supporters and critics alike have focused upon what constitutes a success.Some will calculate the cost to the taxpayers.Others will focus on the jobs saved.It is these glass half-empty/half-full arguments that highlight the crux of the problem.Bailouts v. bankruptcy is not an apples to apples comparison.
A bailout by its very nature is the epitome of a reward for past indiscretions.The idea is how best to cushion the blow and alleviate the pain.The fear card plays a big role here as witnessed a full-fledged campaign to warn us of the disaster awaiting should we decline to bailout a failing company/industry.Then to make it worse,we saw government picking the winners and losers in the fallout.
A bankruptcy is intended as a poison pill as much as a legal recourse to alleviate a failing business model.It's called moral hazard.It is painful by design so it will have a preventative effect.The path chosen by Obama eliminates this.Companies/industries know they can operate with high risk or inefficient practices when an implied guarantee of a bailout is always awaiting.
The key difference is that implied guarantee.It enables risky behavior and distorts the free market.And why not?When you know there is reward as opposed to pain available,who wouldn't engage in high risk/high reward practices?Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enabled the housing bubble accordingly.AIG and the other players in the banking sector engaged in the derivatives market with our 401(k)s and pensions as monopoly money.
Bailouts encourage and enable bad business practices.Bankruptcy penalizes it.So when you question whether or not Obama succeeded with his bailouts,you should instead be asking why he engages in a policy that promotes risky investments and inefficient business practices that will eventually require you the taxpayer to pay for it.

"The Libyan Scandal" by What Would The Founders Think
Politicians lie. There is nothing that is earth-shattering about this statement. Presidents are politicians and they generally adhere to the stereotype.
There have been exceptions to the rule, but Presidents like Washington and Garfield are few and far between.
Sometimes presidents lie with the best of intentions. More often than not they lie to protect themselves and their careers.
But while the reasons presidents lie are probably as numerous as the lies that they tell, the depth of mendacity demonstrated by President Obama is unique in American political history. It is not merely that he will do or say anything to remain in office, but the reason he will do or say anything to remain in power - his hatred of American pre-eminence on the world stage. We have never had a president who felt it his mission to reduce the nation to benefit other nations.
It is an established fact that Obama is a devotee of Saul Alinsky - a completely amoral - "ends justify any means" individual. Obama has learned his lessons well and seeks to bring America down a peg by any and all means necessary. Obama is apparently quite comfortable with Lenin's adage, "You've got to break a few eggs to make an omelet."
It is only when one understands Obama's motivations and complete lack of morality, that one can understand how this callous president could refer to the death of an American ambassador and other Americans in Libya as "bumps in the road." One has to wonder, where does that road lead?

"Barack Hussein Obama & The Race Card" by Mind Numbed Robot
Barack Hussein Obama was swept into office by a wave of voters willing to give the new guy a shot. He offered a chance to redeem America from its original sin and at the same time promised to end the bi-partisan bickering of politics as usual in the DC beltway. He was a relative unknown on the national scene and took every advantage of that fact. After all, when a candidate doesn't have a record to campaign on, it's much easier to paint himself as the elixir for the times.
Four years later, we know a lot more about the man at the helm of our ship of state and it should be clear that Obama was either not ready for the task he was given or his prescriptions did not work as advertised. In fact, if they were meant to heal a nation of its economic malaise and draw the political parties together in some magical union of left and right then the cure was worse than the disease. The patient should switch doctors, stat.
Too many also, voted for Obama under the premise that he would close the supposed divide between the races, a flag his surrogates in the media fly on his behalf but one he seldom raises himself, as if to stay above the fray. Indeed, the subject of Obamas race is ever in play by the media and that too has had the opposite effect than what Americans were promised, namely, more division, not less.
Sooner or later Barack Hussein Obama must lose his pigment to be judged by actions and results. That time is now. Americans must look at the man without the rainbow goggles and flowery rhetoric to discern what he and his party have accomplished in 4 years. We must decide if we are pleased with the results of Obama's Transformational Vision for America:
An America that believes the Constitution is flawed and must be remade or flat-out ignored.
An America that owes the world an endless apology.
An America that is not the last bastion if freedom in the world, not that shining city on the hill, but just another third world ghetto.
My friends, America deserves and demands better than Barack Hussein Obama's dismal vision for our future. We must make that message crystal clear on November 6th in numbers that cannot be denied or ignored.

"US Relations With Islamic Countries — Another Reason To Vote For Romney" from Conservatives on Fire
Obama came into office with zero experience in anything useful. But, narcissist that he is, he was sure that because his middle name was Hussein and because he went to a Muslim school in Indonesia when he was a child and because he had dreams from his Kenyan father that he could single-handedly resolve all the problems between the Muslim nations of the world and America.
Mitt Romney, of course, has no foreign affairs experience. But, we know that he has ben a very successful businessman. So, we can expect him, like a good businessman, to surround himself with the most capable people in foreign affairs that he can find. He would never nominate a woman to be Secretary of State whose only claim to fame was that she married a sexual predator who was once President of the United States. We know that a President Romney would never make a trip to Cairo to apologize for Americas past actions in the area nor would he bow to a Saudi king. A president Romney would not have ended the war in Iraq without maintaining a large air base we had there for strategic reason just because the Iraqi government, that we helped to bring about, didn't want us there. A president Romney would never have announced two years in advance our withdrawal from Afghanistan giving the Taliban no reason to seek peace. A President Romney would have supported rebels in Iran in 2009. He would never have permitted his Secretary of State to train young Arabs from North Africa on how to organize protests against their governments. There never would have been an Arab Spring and there would still be the tenuous stability in the Middle-East held for the last forty years. Our embassies would not have been left unprotected and we would not have a dead ambassador and three of his staff in Libya. And, if there had been attacks on our people in that region, a president Romney would not have tried to place the blame on some stupid You Tube video when it was obviously a well planned terrorist attack. And, following some such attack, a president Romney would not have gone before the UN General Assembly and, at first defend our constitutionally protected right of free speech, only to turn around and say that we can't let the world be won by those who insult Islam. And, a President Romney would not be seeking emergency aid for Egypt just after their Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi, stood in front of the UN General Assembly and told America where they could stuff it.
A President Romney may not be able to bring peace to the Muslim nations, not after the mess Barack Obama has made of our relations there; but we can know that he would deal with those nations from a position of strength and not of weakness, as Obama has done. Because of Obama, the Muslim world is a more dangerous place. Ask yourself, if trouble breaks out in that region, who would you rather have as the US president?
On November 6, 2012, vote for Mitt Romney!

"Supreme Court is Another Reason to Vote Romney This November" by Motorcitytimes.com
I didn't support Romney in the primaries. However, after it became clear that he was going to become our nominee, I had an offline discussion with a smart and passionate Ron Paul supporter.
We discussed the wisdom of voting for, what amounts to, my second choice candidate. We bantered back and forth a few times then I said "no matter how bad you think Romney is, he would never nominate a left-wing lunatic like Elena Kagan or Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court." And I added, "Justice Kennedy has announced he plans to retire sometime after the 2012 election and Ginsberg is no spring chicken."
What is worse, I said this to my passionate Libertarian friend before Justice Roberts flipped his vote in the ObamaCare debacle underscoring the urgency of getting more Constitutionalist Justices on the Court.
Intellectually, I understand why some passionate Libertarians and Conservatives want to sit out the upcoming elections. They are tired of holding their noses while voting for 'the lesser of two evils.'
However, the prospect of Obama getting TWO MORE Supreme Court appointments, shifting the court even further to the left should frighten all freedom loving Americans into action.
Imagine four Obama Supreme Court Appointees blocking conservative reforms while rubber stamping every left-wing agenda item for the next 25 years.
If this happens, Obama will have succeeded in fundamentally transforming America.

"America's Need for Energy" by WyBlog
President Obama calls his energy strategy "all of the above". That's actually a good description, because he's gung-ho for everything that's above the earth and abosolutely opposed to using anything found below ground.
Coal? Not in his plans. And he's shuttering coal power plants as fast as he can, putting thousands of Americans out of work in the process. When he said he'd bankrupt the coal industry, he meant it.
Oil? Sorry, we can't drill for it, and we surely can't build pipelines to deliver it.
Natural Gas? Only if it magically rises to the surface without drilling or fracking.
Nuclear? He's instituted a moratorium on uranium mining. Harry Reid has ensured there's no place to store nuclear waste. And so there are no new plants on the horizon.
But solar power is the future! Just so long as you don't put all those solar panels anywhere near an endangered species or pristine wetland. And wind turbines are all the rage, unless they'd block the Kennedy clan's view or make too much noise near Barbra Streisand's house.
The real danger with all these changes to the power grid is instability. Those coal plants provide a valuable service, keeping the flow of electricity constant in the face of varying demand. Solar cells can't do that at night (or in the rain). And wind turbines don't spin without wind. So you can't flick a switch and expect them to work on a moment's notice. We'd better get used to the idea of brownouts, and probably rolling blackouts too.
Just imagine the next hot summer day when you go to switch on your air conditioner only to discover that Obama's "Smart Grid" has decided you're not on the list for extra electricity today. Because that's what's coming if we don't replace the 36,000 megawatts of generating capacity Obama has mothballed in the cause of saving the planet.
Strangely though President Obama insists everyone should drive an electric car. I suspect he's unclear on exactly where the electricity comes from, because as the EPA shuts down many of our existing power plants the supply of electricity keeps shrinking. Hanging solar panels on lampposts won't take up the slack either.
Yet if the price of gasoline keeps going up we may have no choice. California's environmental regulations are generally held up as a model for the nation. And thanks to those regulations California leads the way in gas prices, topping $5 per gallon. They're well on their way to fulfilling Steven Chu's dream.
So what's a concerned citizen to do? The good news is Governor Romney plans to take a more practical approach to energy policy if he's elected president. Drilling for oil and gas is not incompatible with protecting the environment. American ingenuity and engineering know-how is the best in the world. We can make our nation energy independent, create good jobs, and do it safely and efficiently.
When it comes to energy the choice is clear. President Obama will ensure that we freeze in the dark. Mitt Romney can keep America working, with a balanced approach that recognizes the value in coal, oil, gas, nuclear, and yes green technologies too.
And there you have it. Six very good reasons to vote against Barack Obama and for Mitt Romney. On November 6th the choice is yours.
Choose wisely!

Jeremy Bowen protesting his lack of bias again and not accepting the verdict of the BBC Trust

The BBC's Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, is interviewed by The Telegraph. Take a read although you may need a strong stomach to read Jeremy Bowen's words. Here's three paragraphs to give you a flavour:
'In 2004 the BBC commissioned the Balen Report on its reporting of the Middle East. It subsequently refused to release the document on the grounds that it was the result of an internal editorial exercise. An application under the Freedom of Information Act to have the report made public was rejected by the Supreme Court this year, but the corporation, which reportedly spent £350,000 to keep its findings private, was left facing charges of hypocrisy and a cover-up, amid rumours that its coverage, including Bowen’s, had been found to be anti-Israeli.

 Bowen came in for more direct criticism in 2009 when a pro-Israel group in the United States accused him of bias against Israel, citing radio and online reports on the history of the Six Day War. He was said to have breached BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality 24 times during the reports, but the BBC Trust only fully or partially upheld three of the allegations. No disciplinary action was taken. “The trust got into an overly complicated complaints procedure which, I think I’m right in saying, they have now simplified. They had a panel of laymen who had to try and pronounce on quite complex issues of Middle Eastern politics and they were non-specialists. I thought the basis on which they made their decision was wrong.”

He also dismisses claims that the death of Abed changed him. “It was very traumatic, but there is a strange narrative put about by certain pro-Israel anti-BBC campaign groups that somehow my brain chemistry was altered by it and I can’t help myself and I have to have a go at Israel whenever I can. It is not the case, I take each case on its merits.”'
My views on the BBC's cover-up of the Balen Report are well known. It is inconceivable to me that the Balen Report found anything other than anti-Israel bias at the BBC, first because it's so obvious and second because why else would the BBC be so keen to keep it under wraps.

You were found out in 2009 Jeremy, just accept it.

I don't believe that the death of Abed changed his brain chemistry and I've not heard of that theory. However I find it hard to believe that the death of a friend at the hands of the Israelis has made Jeremy Bowen anything other than more biased against Israel. It would be a natural reaction for most people.

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Something to celebrate the approach of winter

As the clocks go back and winter nears, here's something to cheer you up.

The BBC finally respond...


Further to this and previous, the BBC have finally responded and it's the old brush-off.


NewsOnline Complaints
26 Oct (2 days ago)

to me
Mr Goat,
Thank you for your email. We're sorry you appear not to have had a response.  Jeremy Bowen did not "choose" this date; he is very busy and it was the earliest day he could fit this event into his schedule. He has acknowledged this in his tweets to you. However, this will not be the only such event with him, so there will be other opportunities for those who may consider they were excluded to take part.
 This was not a debate but a question and answer session so there is no question in our view of it being biased.
Best wishes,
BBC News

I have replied:
'Your explanation of why that day was allocated is not believable or acceptable. An unbiased Middle East Editor would have Rosh Hashonah noted in his diary and accordingly would not schedule a Q&A for that date. The bare fact is that the BBC's Middle East Editor held a Q&A session on one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar when the vast  majority of Jews would not be able to take part. This decision disenfranchised the vast majority of Jews from taking part. Jeremy Bowen would not dream of scheduling such an event for a Friday during Ramadan. As to your glib comment that 'this will not be the only such event with him, so there will be other opportunities for those who may consider they were excluded to take part.', I find that offensive. Should Jews be satisfied that at some unspecified future date we will be allowed to contribute to a Q&A with the BBC's Middle East Editor? Muslims and Jews every time but Jews only occasionally? Do Jews not pay the BBC licence fee? I want to take this complaint further, how do I do so? Regards NotaSheep MaybeaGoat'

I have left the mistake in my surname go uncorrected.

That's odd re Gareth Bale





From Classic Fantasy League's Team News - I think that should read 'paternity', unles there's something about Gareth Bale that I don't know?

Friday, 26 October 2012

But is it? - A Rule 5 Friday Night Post

Further to this...
Natalie Portman fights back...

Over to you Scarlett...
Thanks!

Only three things certain in life: death, taxes, and BBC anti-Israel bias - The Commentator

' Only three things certain in life: death, taxes, and BBC anti-Israel biasBBC Gaza correspondent shows prejudice towards Israel on Twitter'
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1923/only_three_things_certain_in_life_death_taxes_and_bbc_anti_israel_bias#.UIq1ILqxJOE.twitter

Palestinian terrorists on the payroll : British taxpayers are helping to pay the salaries of jailed bomb makers. : Henry Jackson Society

'British taxpayers are helping to pay the salaries of jailed bomb makers. '
http://henryjacksonsociety.org/2012/10/26/palestinian-terrorists-on-the-payroll/

'Scarlett Johansson’s Cleavage is Way Better Than Natalie Portman’s' - A Friday night Rule 5 post

Brave words from Egotastic, albeit backed up with 'evidence'



Hmmm "How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away!" as Louis Mazzini tenth Duke of Chalfont muses at the end of Kind Hearts and Coronets - one of my top 10 favorite films of all time.

One rule for the Daily Mail and one for the BBC?

Quite regularly on the BBC, topical humorists of a left-wing bent remind us that The Daily Mail supported the Nazis before the Second World War. This is used as a reason to ignore anything the Mail says now. This line of reasoning is wrong, inconsistent because the people who supported Stalin's Soviet Union, as the communist state killed many millions of people, are not subject to the same degree of censure. More oddly the BBC's Director General, Lord Reith, also praised the Nazis:

9 March 1933 “I am pretty certain… that the Nazis will clean things up and put Germany on the way to being a real power in Europe again. They are being ruthless and most determined.”

After the July 1934 Night of The Long Knives, in which the Nazis ruthlessly exterminated opponents and many Jews “I really admire the way Hitler has cleaned up what looked like an incipient revolt.”


After Czechoslovakia was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1939 “Hitler continues his magnificent efficiency.”  

Also do note that Lord Reith's daughter, Marista Leishman, revealed that her father in the 1930s did everything possible to keep Winston Churchill and other anti-appeasement Conservatives off the airwaves. 

You don't hear about that much on the BBC do you?

Lord Rothermere and the Daily Mail were indeed editorially sympathetic to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists until there was violence at a BUF rally in Kensington Olympia that year.
So The Mail's naziu supporting past is relevant although it ended in 1934 but the BBC's is not although Lord Reith was still praising Nazi Germany in 1939. Odd double standards at the BBC.

More on Ed Balls from 2010


So who do you believe, Ed Balls or everyone else?