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Sunday, 30 June 2013

BBC News - Can we make ourselves happier?

One interesting line:
'Having children lowers your happiness levels, but your happiness increases when they grow up and leave home.'

So overall overall who's happier, those who had children or those that didn't?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23097143

EU slams Gaza over executions | Maan News Agency

'Describing the death penalty as cruel and inhuman, the EU said the sentences were "failing to provide deterrence to criminal behavior, and representing an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity."'
Despite this verdict coming from their beloved EU, don't expect much coverage of this from the BBC.
The BBC's hatred of Israel outranks almost every other factor in determining news coverage.

More here http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=609674

BBC News - Mid-East talks 'within reach' - US secretary of state

The BBC. piece on the prospects of peace talks does concentrated on what Israel is being asked to do in order for talks to take place, yes it's 'settlements' again; Michael White will be happy.
I found this extract interesting:
' Among other issues, Mr Abbas is said to be pushing Israel to release the longest-serving Palestinian prisoners.'

No BBC interest in what these prisoners were convicted for? Of course not.

More here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23118403

Do you boycott Israeli products so as to support the Palestinians?

Why, Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh eats Israeli grapes. Mind you who can blame him, after all they're very good grapes.

Why PA sets preconditions - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

'The time has come to reveal the Palestinians' true colors. While world leaders attempt to cajole and nudge the two sides into negotiations, only one side consistently says it is ready to sit face to face without preconditions - Israel. The Palestinians, on the other hand, refuse to meet unless Israel agrees in advance to several demands. This should be a red flag indicator of their disingenuous intentions.'
More here http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4398456,00.html

Why Britain didn't put a man on the moon



"There's nothing to be gained in the way of hot spicy food or Olympic athletes"

Al Muray makes total sense as always!

Some of the best cricket catches ever




Just like me in my prime...

Who Is Really Besieging Gaza? :: Gatestone Institute

An absolutely fascinating article.
'It is Hamas, not Israel, which is besieging Gaza. Those who claim to be concerned about the Palestinians in Gaza would actually do more good for these fine people if they stopped attacking Israel and instead switched their focus to addressing the true source of the Gazans' poverty, suffering and oppression: Hamas.'
I await the BBC's coverage of this story... Yeah right!

More here http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3453/besieging-gaza

The health tourist 'hit and runners' who rip you off... with £24million in unpaid NHS bills as abuse of free care by non-EU patients doubles in just one year | Mail Online

Here's the headlines from the article:
'Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt promises crack down after Mail On Sunday investigation
For every £100 spent by the NHS on health tourists only £23 has been paid back
One individual cost the NHS £217,000 but not a penny has been repaid'

This is a story that has been reported over and over again over the last 15 years. I have absolutely no faith in the latest crackdown for two reasons: first because there are too many people in the NHS who feel that it is a good thing to spend money on health care for non British people, it's a similar mindset to that of the senior civil servant that I quoted a while back, these people don't care about value for money for the British taxpayer, they have a higher calling. The second reason is as quoted in the Mail: 'Fear of being labelled racist means NHS staff are reluctant to confront health tourists, according to a whistleblower.' The left's deployment of the epitaph 'racist' at anybody that crosses them is highly effective as in a non religious Britain, racism is one of the few sins. People's careers and lives have been ruined for being called a racist, so it takes a brave person to risk it.


More here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351637/The-health-tourist-hit-runners-rip--24million-unpaid-NHS-bills-abuse-free-care-non-EU-patients-doubles-just-year.html

Friday, 28 June 2013

Reporting Barack Obama related news the BBC way

If I heard on the BBC that  of the total of 44 US Presidents, Barack Obama had been rated the 5th best President ever; then I would expect the details of the poll results to run:

Reagan, Lincoln, and 5 others tied for first
18 presidents tied for second
17 other presidents tied for third
Jimmy Carter came in 4th
Obama came in fifth

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Is Ed Miliband a worse Labour leader than Neil Kinnock or Michael Foot?

'Earlier this week YouGov published a poll which found just 3 per cent of those questioned believed Ed Miliband is a "natural leader". To put that finding into context, a poll conducted by a different company in April found 4 per cent of people believe the world is being run by a conspiracy of lizard men.'
More here http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/danhodges/100223727/osbornes-welfare-announcement-was-a-trap-a-blatant-neon-signposted-trap-and-labour-marched-in-again/

Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Banned in Britain

I read that the UK Home Secretary, Theresa May, has banned Pamela Geller from entering the UK as it would not be conducive to the public good.

More here http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/06/banned-in-britian-uk-caves-to-jihad.html

Meanwhile Islamic preacher Muhammad al-Arifi who has advocated Jew-hatred, wife-beating, and jihad violence was recently admitted to the UK with no difficulty. Why the disparity in treatment? Are Islamist preachers, and there have been several on recent years, who preach hatred, conducive to the public good? Is promoting hatred of Jews & homosexuals, the beating of women and jihadi violence conducive to the public good? What's wrong with this country? Are our leaders so scared of the reaction of Muslims in the UK that criticism of Islam is no longer allowed?

Palestine for the Palestinians, unless Palestine is occupied by someone other Israel

Take a look at the first Palestine National Charter of 1964, this explicitly denies any claim to the West Bank and Gaza  which were then “occupied” by Jordan and Egypt:
Article 24: This Organization does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or in the Himmah Area
As I have said before the 'Palestinians' claim on Israel is nothing to do with the 'Palestinian' people. But don't listen to me, listen to Palestine Liberation Organisation executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said in 1977:


"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

Read that again: "The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.


For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva ."

Take a look back in time, until the late 1980s, Jordan’s Hashemite rulers did not deny that their country was Palestine. They said so on numerous occasions. In 1965, King Hussein said: “Those organisations which seek to differentiate between Palestinians and Jordanians are traitors.” As late as 1981, Hussein repeated “Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan.”

Remember that for many years, the PLO itself promoted a "stages plan" that would first create a Palestinian state on the 1949 - 1967 armistice lines, and then work from that position to destroy Israel. Indeed senior Fatah official Abbas Zaki recently stated that this remains the goal for Fatah as well, but that "you can't say it to the world. You can say it to yourself."...

"You arrive, sign in, collect €300 for expenses you don't have and then you leave. I like that job, I want that job"




A great piece of investigative reporting.

How our EU masters behave...

Who is to blame for the Palestinian refugee problem?

I am often told that Israel caused the Palestinian refugee problem by expelling non-Jews from Israel as they re-formed the Israeli state. This is an obvious lie but it was nice to find this proof today...


Abu Mazen admitted that the Arab armies caused the Palestinian refugee problem in 1976, has nobody told Jeremy Bowen and the rest of the BBC Middle East department? Or does he & they know and just not care?

Press and terrorists in symbiotic relationship





What is also interesting is the last shot, if the press were really scared of being shot at by Israeli troops they wouldn't stand like that. In reality Israel is the only Middle East country where the army wouldn't shoot someone identified as being 'presss' even if they are colluding with terrorists.


Thanks to Israel Matzav for the video spot.

Israel Matzav: Mohamed Morsy's new stooge: The US Ambassador to Egypt

Israel Matzav reports:
'US Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson is reportedly pressuring Christian Copts not to participate in mass demonstrations against the regime of Mohamed Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood that are due to take place next week in Cairo.

The June 18th edition of Sadi al-Balad reports that lawyer Ramses Naggar, the Coptic Church’s legal counsel, said that during Patterson’s June 17 meeting with Pope Tawadros, she “asked him to urge the Copts not to participate” in the demonstrations against Morsi and the Brotherhood.
The Pope politely informed her that his spiritual authority over the Copts does not extend to political matters.
Regardless, many Egyptian activists are condemning Patterson for flagrantly behaving like the Muslim Brotherhood’s stooge.  Leading opposition activist Shady el-Ghazali Harb said Patterson showed “blatant bias” in favor of Morsi and the Brotherhood, adding that her remarks had earned the U.S. administration “the enmity of the Egyptian people.” Coptic activists like George Ishaq openly told Patterson to “shut up and mind your own business.” And Christian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris—no stranger to Islamist hostility—posted a message on his Twitter account addressed to the ambassador saying “Bless us with your silence.”
But Patterson is apparently just carrying out the Obama administration's policy of currying favor with the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist organizations.
In other words, and consistent with Obama administration’s doctrine, when Islamists—including rapists and cannibals—wage jihad on secular leaders, the U.S. supports them; when Christians protest Islamist rulers who are making their lives a living hell, the administration asks them to “know their place” and behave like dhimmis, Islam’s appellation for non-Muslim “infidels” who must live as third class “citizens” and never complain about their  inferior status.
Shame on America for electing and re-electing this Muslim-loving creep as President. Shame, shame, shame.'

President Obama's treatment of non-Muslim minorities in Muslim lands  is a disgrace as is his treatment of Israel but then what did you expect from a man raised (at least partly) as a Muslim? I did warn you before he was elected.