How 9/11 would have been reported if media applied same standards as they do to reporting Islamist terrorism in Israel

'11 Sept 2001: Many Arabs killed in day of tit-for-tat violence on east coast of America
The cycle of violence in America spiralled out of control today when a series of violent incidents left thousands dead. Those killed include many Arab and Muslim civilians.
Al Jaziera has revealed that many of the Arabs killed were refugee children who had fled from oppression.
Although an American spokesman claimed that they too suffered "many civilian deaths", this has been denied by the Al Quaeda organisation who maintain that the only Americans killed were military personnel and illegal settlers.
The violence started when one of five unarmed Arab civilians, who boarded a 767 aircraft in Boston, was refused permission to fly the plane, despite having a valid flying licence. The American authorities have been imposing increasingly tight restrictions on the freedom of movement of Arab civilians within the US. This humiliation to their dignity has created, not unsurprisingly, deep anger and resentment among even moderate Arabs. When the fully qualified pilot was denied the opportunity to work in his chosen profession, he became understandably angry. It is reported that the outnumbered Arab men engaged in fighting with members of the crew, but what really happened next may never be known.
What is certain is that all of the five Arabs were killed, along with the plane's other occupants (believed to be primarily military and intelligence personnel along with some illegal American settlers) when the plane crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center.
Al Jaziera quickly confirmed that the building housed many Arab refugee children, who were all killed in the attack along with a number of Muslim workers. A number of illegal American settlers dressed as businessmen may also have perished.'


More here http://edgar1981.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/reporting-911.html?m=1

Do the Duchess of Cambridge's elbows look odd to you too?

Do the Duchess of Cambridge/Kate Middleton's elbows look a little odd in this picture taken at Wimbledon in 2012? I've never seen elbows with two end points before. It's not Olecranon bursitis (aka elbow bump / student's elbow / baker's elbow / swellbow / water on the elbow) so what is it?

Should the teachers strike have no implications?

Iain Duncan Smith MP (@IDS_MP) tweeted at 8:55 AM on Thu, Oct 17, 2013:
Hey Teacher! leave them kids alone. #OurDay http://t.co/x7PJnWWY5B
(https://twitter.com/IDS_MP/status/390747956468789248)

Ralph Miliband wanted to destroy Britain's institutions and turn country into a Communist state - Telegraph

'Ralph Miliband's assistant says Ed Miliband's father preferred dictatorship of the proletariat to a Labour government.

Ann Carlton, who worked for a time as Ralph Miliband's research assistant in the Sixties, has belatedly come out in support of her old boss after he evoked the ire of a newspaper.

"Ralph did not hate Britain," she says of the Labour leader's father inThe Spectator. "He just wanted to make it better by transforming it into a Communist state, and that meant destroying a lot of Britain's social institutions, because they promoted and buttressed social inequality."'

More here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10386388/Ralph-Miliband-wanted-to-destroy-Britains-institutions-and-turn-country-into-a-Communist-state.html

What was Roy Hodgson's space monkey joke?

NASA decided they would finally send a man up in an capsule after sending only monkeys in the earlier missions.

They fire the man and the monkey into space.

The intercom crackles "Monkey, fire the retros".

A little later, "Monkey, check the solid fuel supply".

Later still "Monkey, check the life support systems".

The astronaut takes umbrage and radios NASA. "When do I get something?"

NASA replied – in 15 minutes, feed the monkey.

Racist when comparing Andros Townsend to the NASA monkey? I think not, but it helps to sell newspapers.

BBC Trust ESC rules: no requirement to translate accurately | BBC Watch

Words fail me but I'm not surprised at what  this BBC Watch report reveals. Read it yourself.

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

Apparently 'Manager Roy Hodgson says England are not one of the favourites to win next summer's World Cup in Brazil.'

No shit Sherlock, do you think!

94 Maidens - The Mandate Video - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/embed/4V4bmm6yJMw

BBC Poll Tracker is out of action, I wonder why

The BBC Poll Tracker is currently out of action, giving this message:

'Poll tracker

We're making some improvements to the poll tracker. While this is going on it won't be updated, but you can still look back at polls and key events over the last 30 years.

Alternatively, click here for details on latest poll trends.'

In case you're interested here's an up to date chart courtesy of Mike Smithson

Now why would the BBC not like to show that chart?

I remember the feeling so clearly

40 years ago, almost to the day, a very young Master NotaSheep watched England be held to a draw by Poland and so not qualify for the 1975 World Cup. That young chap cried for lost dreams and that was the last time I cried tears of loss over a sporting event; tears of joy are a whole other matter.

So as the tension builds let's hope I don't revert to the NotaSheep of 40 years ago.

Who is Iggy Azalea?

Iggy Azalea was on Never Mind The Buzzcocks last night but I missed the first five minutes, so I had no idea who Izzy Azalea was. Tall, Australian, striking looking blond but what did she do? A minute on Google & Wikipedia and now I know:

'Amethyst Amelia Kelly, better known by her stage name Iggy Azalea, is an Australian recording artist and model from Mullumbimby, New South Wales. Wikipedia

Born: June 7, 1990 (age 23), Sydney, Australia

Height: 1.78 m

Nationality: Australian

Full name: Amethyst Amelia Kelly'

Here's a few of her tracks...


Work (Language warning)


Bounce


And the early Pu$$y


Well now you know who Iggy Azalea is.


PS. She also twerks

Oh Rory, why?

I read that Rory Rory McIlroy has dumped his tennis golden girlfriend, Caroline Wozniacki, in the hope of getting back on course and retaining his former World Number One status.

Hmm...

Do you think you should reconsider Rory?

The hidden Egyptian blocakade of Gaza

The BBC finally manage to acknowledge that Egypt is blockading Gaza as well as Israel. Admittedly you to have to read to the very end of this piece about the discovery of a Hamas terror tunnel before you find:

'Egypt, which has its own blockade of Gaza, has recently attempted to close off the network of tunnels used to smuggle goods beneath the border.'

 What the BBC manage not to directly report is that per the Jerusalem Post:

'The tunnel was constructed using approximately 24,000 Israeli concrete slabs which the IDF had permitted into Gaza to ease the crisis in the civilian construction sector...'

Remember that the next time the BBC or some bleeding heart pro-Palestinian  anti-Israel group whine about Israel not allowing construction materials into Gaza.

Tennis can be dangerous, for birds anyway

Disgusting behaviour

Man in court for trying to have sex with sheep near Tottenham training ground

So reported The Standard recently. Sheep? Yuck!

Fat Bottomed Girls Come Together mashup

A great mashup of Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls and the Beatles' Come Together

Terminology

CNN inform me in a Newsflash Email that:

'A ship carrying about 250 people has capsized off the coast of Sicily, Italian news agency ANSA reported Friday.

The ship is believed to have been carrying migrants.

Authorities responded to a mayday from the ship, which was about 60 miles offshore, Maj. Leonardo Ricci told CNN.

Earlier this week, another boat carrying more than 500 African migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa'

Very sad indeed but I'm intrigued by the use of the word 'migrants'. Were these 'migrants' on their way to Italy as invited by the Italian government? Were they hoping to land in Italy and claim asylum or just disappear into the Italian countryside before moving onto the rest of Europe to claim benefits?

 This Wikipedia article on the Lampedusa immigrant reception center may be of interst to all except the BBC, CNN and other lefty media.

Since the early 2000s, Lampedusa has become a prime transit point for illegal immigrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia wanting to enter Europe. In 2004, the Libyan and Italian governments reached a secret agreement that obliged Libya to accept those deported from Italian territories. This resulted in the mass return of many people from Lampedusa to Libya between 2004 and 2005 without the endorsement of European Parliament.^[2]
By 2006 many immigrants were paying people smugglers in Libya to help get them to Lampedusa by boat.^[3] On arrival, most were then transferred by the Italian government to reception centres in mainland Italy. Many were then released because their deportation orders were not enforced.^[4]
In 2009, the overcrowded conditions at the island's temporary immigrant reception centre came under criticism by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The unit, which was originally built for a maximum capacity of 850 people, was reported to be housing nearly 2,000 boat people. A significant number of people were sleeping outdoors under plastic sheeting.^[5] A fire started during an inmate riot destroyed a large portion of the holding facility on 19 February 2009. Most of the immigrants were from Ghana, Mali and Nigeria and were working illegally as seasonal farm workers.^[6]
In 2011 many more immigrants came to Lampedusa during the rebellions in Tunisia and Libya.^[7] By May 2011, more than 35,000 immigrants had arrived on the island from Tunisia and Libya.^[8] By the end of August, 48,000 had arrived.^[9] Most were young males in their 20s and 30s.^[10] The situation has caused division within the EU, the French government regarding most of the arrivals as economic migrants rather than refugees in fear of persecution.^[11] The Libyan ambassador to Italy stated that Gaddafi controlled illegal immigration to meet his goals- "he wanted to turn Lampedusa black with Africans".^[9]

Stand By Me / Every Breath You Take mashup

Ben E. King and The Police seem made for each other.

Space related news

Scott Carpenter, one of the original seven NASA astronauts and the second American to orbit Earth, has died, according to NASA. He was 88.


If you want to see a good basic programme about the history of space flight, particularly strong on events leading to Apollo 11 moon landing, then the BBC's Horizon programme presented by Dr. Brian Cox was rather good last night.

Say what?!

I thought I was good at accents but now I'm not so sure.

Who is to blame for energy price rises? “Yes, there are upward pressures on energy bills, and that makes life difficult for people, including those in fuel poverty, but it is right that we go down the low-carbon energy route.”

Despite what Ed Miliband said in his BBC Watchdog interview last night, when Mrs NotaSheep and I were mesmerised by his over white teeth and goofy expression more than his words, the 'green taxes' are to blame for at least part of price rises and Ed Miliband knew that they would be.

Guido Fawkes has been right on top of this story

Ed Miliband admitted in 2009 that his green taxes would have a direct negative effect on the cost of living.
When pushed by Andrew Marr about the impact of green measures “on the price of energy” and “the price of basic living necessities”, the then Energy Secretary replied: “there are upward pressures on prices, yes”:

Andrew Marr Show, July 13th 2009

AM: A very simple question  when it comes to the price of energy, when it comes to the price of basic living necessities, it may not be £230-a-year as the Sunday Mirror says, but are we or are we not going to have to pay more.

EM: There are upward pressures on prices, yes.
AM: Yes, the answer’s yes.

Later that year at a speech in Poland, Miliband called for the world to “lose three months or six months of economic growth” to act on climate change immediately:

Demos Europa talk at Warsaw School of Economics, October 7th 2009

“The costs of acting on climate change are something like 1% of national income, 1%-2% of national income, by 2050. So we can either lose three months or six months of economic growth, for the world, and act, or we face this huge risk in relation to the cost of adapting to climate change.”

The speech came at the height of the economic crisis, yet as a government minister Miliband was advocating hitting growth in order to pursue climate change policies. In government Ed was happy to raise the cost of living for ideological reasons. This is Green Ed’s cost of living crisis.

Like all warmists, Ed Miliband is a believer in Man Made Climate Change or he's just in favour of the redistribution of wealth from richer to poorer countries.

Back when he was Energy Secretary, the Labour leader gave the LSE Ralph Miliband lecture. On November 19th 2009, he explicitly confirmed that his policies would see energy bills rise:

“It needs a willingness to take the argument to people about the tough choices involved in tackling climate change. This is the starting point: a willingness to engage with people on, for example, the fact that to deal with the problem of climate change, energy bills are likely to rise.”

That same month Miliband told parliament:

“We need to be candid about the issue because it is a very big challenge. The pressures on energy prices will be upwards in the coming decade’”

Most damning of all, in January 2010:

“Yes, there are upward pressures on energy bills, and that makes life difficult for people, including those in fuel poverty, but it is right that we go down the low-carbon energy route.”

In his own words, Miliband says his policies would cause energy price rises. What was that about a cost of living crisis?

 That sentence should be put to Ed Miliband and every Labour spokesman when they make their fatuous claims to be in favour of cutting energy costs:

“Yes, there are upward pressures on energy bills, and that makes life difficult for people, including those in fuel poverty, but it is right that we go down the low-carbon energy route.”

The world is upside down

'As things stand, the world remains upside down. The left rather than the right defends reactionary religion, as long as the reactionaries do not have a white skin. You should never tire of pointing out that they are complicit in an enormous betrayal of progressive principles. Women, gays, secularists, liberals and socialists from ethnic minorities ought to be able to turn to British liberals and leftists for support against the patriarchal men, who seek to control them. Rather than fraternal greetings, they find indifference and hostility.'

Nick Cohen on the hypocrisy of the left when faced with Islam

More about those upcoming power cuts, I did warn you back in September 2009

'I have been "banging on" for some years now about the upcoming shortage in power generation in the UK and the resulting power cuts. My warnings, like those re houses being over valued, were met with the usual "oh it's NotaSheep being his usual pessimistic self". This morning The Telegraph reports that:

"Britain is facing the prospect of widespread power cuts for the first time since the 1970s, government projections show.

Demand for power from homes and businesses will exceed supply from the national grid within eight years, according to official figures.

...

The gap between Britain’s energy needs and demand throws fresh doubt on the Government’s assertion that renewable energy can make up for dwindling nuclear and coal capabilities.

Over the next 10 years, one third of Britain’s power-generating capacity needs to be replaced with cleaner fuels. But last night the Conservatives said that Labour had refused to face up to the problem.

The admission that Britain will face power-cuts is contained in a document that accompanied the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan, which was launched in July.

Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, outlined the plan amid much fanfare.

Under the plan, 40 per cent of the UK’s electricity will need to come from low-carbon energy sources including clean coal, nuclear and renewables.

Accompanying the report is an appendix, only published online, which warns of power shortages. It details supplies and expected demand between now and 2030.

It highlights the first short-fall in 2017. The “energy unserved” level reaches 3000 megawatt hours per year.

That is the equivalent of the whole of the Nottingham area being without electricity for a day.

By 2025 the situation worsens with the shortfall hitting 7000 megawatt hours per year. That is the equivalent to an hour-long power cut for half of Britain. "

The way that this Labour government delayed making any decisions on power generation and have still failed to replace old generating capacity with new reliable generating capacity - wind power is not a reliable source of power - is frankly not just disgraceful but criminal. One of the many investigations that an incoming Conservative government will have to hold, will be into this neglect of the nation's power generating capacity; charges may have to be laid against "responsible" ministers.

In the meantime, as I advised you last October:

"BUY A GENERATOR...

To paraphrase Sir Edward Grey "The lamps will be going out all over Britain; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."

This government's eco-stupidity seems to know no bounds, unless this is just another piece of scorched earth politics."'

The Sir Edward Grey remark I paraphrased above was said to have been made at the start of the First World War and was "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."

For some starnge reason I can find no mention of the impending power cuts on the BBC news website, I wonder why?


From this article written and posted in September 2009 I think I first started warning of this upcoming power shortage in around 2005. If it was obvious to me and others then, why did the Labour government do nothing to help and indeed actively prevent new power generation sources being built?

A litle physics humour to mark Professor Peter Higgs's Nobel Prize (shared)

A Higgs Boson walks into a Catholic Church one Sunday morning. The priest looks up from the altar, sees the boson, points to the sanctuary door, and yells, "We don't allow your kind in here!"
The Higgs Boson protests, replying, "But Father! You can't have mass without me!"


Thanks to Craig at Is The BBC Biased for that.

UN Climate Scientists Plead for Immunity from Criminal Prosecution: AR5 in Crisis

News you'll never see or hear on the 'warmist' BBC's coverage of Man made Climate Change.

'Today, prominent statistician Steve McIntye, one of the analysts often credited with exposing past IPCC 'errors' points to why this fiasco may rise to the level of criminality. McIntyre shows how UN officials systematically hid adverse data contained in the final draft review but omitted from the subsequent report now issued to the public.'

More here http://principia-scientific.org/latest-news/327-un-climate-scientists-plead-for-immunity-from-criminal-prosecution-ar5-in-crisis.html

Influential former Czech President calls for EU exit, says EU doomed anyway - The Commentator

'As scepticism grows across the European Union and debate thickens in Britain, former Czech President Vaclav Klaus says the EU is in any case doomed, like empires of the past, including communism'

More here http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4245/influential_former_czech_president_calls_for_eu_exit_says_eu_doomed_anyway but not on the pro-EU BBC.

Not all female footballers are ladies

A female footballer who takes a very agressive attitude to the game.

The one hundred and sixty third weekly "No shit Sherlock" award

This week's award is presented to the National Grid as reported by The Times for this insight:

'The risk of electricity blackouts will be at the highest level for six years this winter and even greater in subsequent years because of lack of investment in new power plants, according to National Grid.

The safety margin of the UK's power supply system has fallen in the past two years from 17 per cent above the level needed to cope in an "average cold spell" to 5 per cent.

National Grid admitted that a prolonged period of low wind, common in cold spells, would push the margin even lower as output plummeted from the nation's 5,000 wind turbines... '

Lack of power supply provision means an increased risk of power blackouts - "No shit, Sherlock"

And thanks to Ed Miliband for massively assisting in causing this problem.

the BBC respond to my complaint

Further to my complaint to the BBC, detailed here, I have had a reply - a very grudging one:

'NewsOnline Complaints  4 Oct (4 days ago)

Dear Mr MaybeaGoat

"Egypt" has been added to the map. The border between Israel and Egypt, and Gaza and Egypt, was clearly visible, even without labelling Egypt, so we do not agree that without labelling Egypt it creates the impression that Egypt is Israeli territory. Nevertheless, for clarity the label has been added.

Kind regards

Middle East desk
BBC News website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world/middle_east/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/handle-complaint/'

I have responded:

'Thank you for your prompt correction, however I would point out that the last time I pointed out (http://notasheepmaybeagoat.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/egypt-doesnt-exist.html) the same error out the BBC apologised, admitting that '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.'

Was the BBC wrong to apologise for 'plain shoddy work' then or is it now?

Kind regards

NotaSheep MaybeaGoat'

Why can't Germans say squirrel?

Hitler's ally, Abbas's hero, Netanyahu's response | David Bedein | Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel

Israel's partners in peace the 'moderate' PLO have been at it again

'In his new year's speech, Abbas spoke glowingly of the legacy of the godfather of the PLO, the Mufti of Jerusalem Hajj Muhammad Amin Al-Husseini, who during the 1920's and 1930's instigated pogroms against the Jews of Palestine and who during his residence in Nazi Germany actively plotted a Final Solution to be carried out once his German allies would win the war. Abbas praised the Mufti as a man whose ways should be emulated by all Palestinian Arabs.

"We must remember the pioneers, the Grand Mufti of Palestine, Hajj Muhammad Amin Al-Husseini, as well as Ahmad Al-Shukeiri, the founder of the PLO," Abbas said according to a translation of the speech  made by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).'

Remember also that '... mass murder of Jews is currently taught in Palestinian Authority schools in accordance with Abbas's 1983 doctoral thesis at the University of Moscow, which concludes that the World Zionist Organization, not the Nazis, was responsible for the destruction of European Jewry. '

The Palestinian leadership are the true heirs of the Nazis. Although the prevailing opinion amongst the idiots who infest my twitter timeline is somewhat different, but that's why they're idiots.

More here http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-answers-abbass-gowing-praise-of-hitlers-ally

Don't expect the BBC to report Abbas's speech as that would ruin their carefully constructed narrative that blames Israel for everything and the Palestinians for nothing. 

Coming to a Western country soon?

'A Moroccan boy and girl have been arrested for posting a photograph of themselves kissing online.
The couple - aged 15 and 14 - had their picture taken outside their school by a 15-year-old friend outside their school in the north-eastern town of Nador and posted it on the social networking site Facebook.

They were held for violating public decency after a local newspaper printed the photo, causing a public outcry. A complaint lodged with the police resulted in an investigation.'

More here http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24409323

Clerics at 18 British mosques are caught agreeing to marry off girls of 14: Four imams investigated after undercover operation

'More than a dozen Muslim clerics have been caught agreeing to marry off girls as young as 14.
Four imams are now under investigation, after they offered to arrange the illegal ceremonies.
Undercover reporters, posing as the mother and brother of a 14-year-old, visited 56 mosques  across the country and asked clerics to perform an Islamic marriage ceremony, known as a nika.
Imams at 18 mosques agreed – including one who has advised the police.

The preacher was prepared to arrange the nika despite being told that the 'bride' was being forced to move in with a man against her wishes.'

The religion of seemingly institutionalised paedophilia strikes again.

More here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2447720/Clerics-18-mosques-caught-agreeing-marry-girls-14-Four-imams-investigated-undercover-operation.html

Jesus and Mo Banned from LSE Student Freshers Fair | Homo economicus' Weblog

'Chris Moos and Abhishek Phadnis of the atheist society at the LSE freshers fair were asked to remove/cover their T-Shirts which had the cartoon pictures from Jesus and Mo comic strip. When they refused they were marched off the premises by ten security guards. The following day they returned with the same t-shirt with tape censoring parts of the cartoon. When again asked to remove/cover they inquired which parts were deemed offensive so they could tape them too. Again they were asked to leave and escorted off the premises.'

More about the LSE's disdain for freedom of expression here http://homoeconomicusnet.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/jesus-and-mo-banned-from-lse-student-freshers-fair/

The way that the left cheerfully suppress free speech when it might offend them or their Islamist allies, disgusts me.

A plan for peace and happiness in the Middle East

I know thatI've posted this video by Andrew Klaban before but maybe some of the knuckleheads who try to torment me on Twitter will see it this time.

The perfect car for girls...or not!

The BMW Z1 is the perfect car for girls, according to Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson.

Islamic Tolerance: Myth and Reality - The Commentator

'Warraq himself argues, against the politically-correct view, that Muslim hatred of Jews goes back to the origins of Islam. The persecution of Jews, and also Christians, stems from the precepts and principles in Islamic texts: the Koran, the Sira (the biographies of Muhammad), the Hadith, the Tradition (records of the deeds and sayings of Muhammad), and classical Koranic commentaries.

Equally significant is Warraq's answer to the fashionable argument that the West in the past and Israel in the present are responsible for the troubles of the Muslim world. He refers to the events of the Crusades in 1095, dealt with inThe Talisman and in three other of Scott's novels, to provide a corrective interpretation.

Undoubtedly, the Crusaders of the 11th century were cruel, rapacious, and fanatical, and exhibited irrational religious bigotry. Not all of them were chivalrous, contrary to romantic literature. But Warraq's argument is that Islamic intolerance was and is much greater than Christian intolerance, now a thing of the past and no longer a threat to civilization.'

More here http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4231/islamic_tolerance_myth_and_reality

"The game you are about to see is the most stupid, appaling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football; possibly in the history of the game - Chile versus Italy"

The 1962 World Cup's infamous Battle of Santiago. Commentary and disgust by the BBC's David Coleman.

Who is Siri?

According to an email from CNN, Siri is Susan Bennett.

Her voice is known by millions of iPhone users. Her identity, up until now, has been unknown.

Meet Susan Bennett, better known as Siri, Apple's voice-activated virtual assistant.

"It seemed like everyone was clamoring to find out who the real voice behind Siri is," says the Atlanta-area resident, "and so I thought, well, you know, what the heck? This is the time."

Apple, typically secretive, won't confirm it. But Bennett says she is Siri. Professionals who know her voice, have worked with her and represent her legally say she is Siri. An audio-forensics expert with 30 years of experience has studied both voices and says he is "100%" certain that the two are the same.

Follow complete coverage of breaking news on CNN TV, CNN.com and CNN Mobile

The BBC are at it again, trying to hid the fact that Gaza has a border with Egypt as well as Israel

I have previously blogged about the BBC's persistent attempts to hide the fact that Gaza has a border with Egypt, indeed on 5 November 2012 I reported that the BBC had actually apologised:

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.'

Well almost a year on and the BBC have done it again

I have complained and we'll see if the BBC respond...

Richard Millet is facing the same reality that I do

It is now 7.15pm and we enter Susya. Shouts of “Free Palestine!” greet us and upset the festive atmosphere. I have heard something similar many times on clips on this excellent blog, but never live. They seem to be out of tune chanting “Free Pales-tine!” rather than the usual and much more melodious “Free Free Pal-es-tine!”
.
Every fibre of my being wants to stop the car, get out and ask them why in this sea of madness that we call the Middle East the focus of their protests were always against this one tiny island of sanity, democracy and human rights.

“So, what would you say to them?” challenged my son. “What would you say?”

“Maybe I’d ask them why they don’t drive another 150 miles north and demonstrate against genocide” I replied.

“Yes, but they can’t go to Syria” retorted Ariel, “They would be torn to shreds by both sides.”

Ariel is right. There is very little point in trying to persuade those who believe in the concept of a “Higher Truth”. You can argue yourselves blue in the face citing historical facts, international law and just common sense, but they’ll just wait for you to finish and then repeat yet another tired cliché about apartheid or colonialism or worse.

For the context and more read Richard Millett's original piece

Richard is a great blogger and a very brave man, read his blog often.

'The Mail supported the Blackshirts so we can ignore anything they say and they're hypocrites'

That or similar have been the views I've seen expressed on Twitter over the past few days. Oddly when I ask them if they feel the same about The Daily Mirror that also voiced support for the Blackshirts, they first of all deny this was the case and then disappear with a flounce.

For all of those idiots, here's the proof

More context here.

I'm not an Islamophobe

I am often accused of being an Islamophobe, presumably because I am not blind to the appalling cromes against humanity carried out by some Muslims in the name of Islam.

Here's the Manifesto of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain:

We, non-believers, atheists, and ex-Muslims, are establishing or joining the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain to insist that no one be pigeonholed as Muslims with culturally relative rights nor deemed to be represented by regressive Islamic organisations and ‘Muslim community leaders’.

Those of us who have come forward with our names and photographs represent countless others who are unable or unwilling to do so because of the threats faced by those considered ‘apostates’ – punishable by death in countries under Islamic law.

By doing so, we are breaking the taboo that comes with renouncing Islam but also taking a stand for reason, universal rights and values, and secularism.

Whilst religion or the lack thereof is a private affair, the increasing intervention of and devastation caused by religion and particularly Islam in contemporary society has necessitated our public renunciation and declaration. We represent a majority in Europe and a vast secular and humanist protest movement in countries like Iran.

Taking the lead from the Central Council of Ex-Muslims in Germany, we demand:

1. Universal rights and equal citizenship for all. We are opposed to cultural relativism and the tolerance of inhuman beliefs, discrimination and abuse in the name of respecting religion or culture.
2. Freedom to criticise religion. Prohibition of restrictions on unconditional freedom of criticism and expression using so-called religious ‘sanctities’.
3. Freedom of religion and atheism.
4. Separation of religion from the state and legal and educational system.
5. Prohibition of religious customs, rules, ceremonies or activities that are incompatible with or infringe people’s rights and freedoms.
6. Abolition of all restrictive and repressive cultural and religious customs which hinder and contradict woman’s independence, free will and equality. Prohibition of segregation of sexes.
7. Prohibition of interference by any authority, family members or relatives, or official authorities in the private lives of women and men and their personal, emotional and sexual relationships and sexuality.
8. Protection of children from manipulation and abuse by religion and religious institutions.
9. Prohibition of any kind of financial, material or moral support by the state or state institutions to religion and religious activities and institutions.
10. Prohibition of all forms of religious intimidation and threats.

Mostly makes sense to me which is why this group has been ignored by the pro-Islamist BBC.

Political Correctness or Simple Fear

Dry Bones right on the money as usual in a cartoon from 2001 - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!

Right on Rowan Atkinson

'As hatred is defined as intense dislike, what is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion, if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?'

Context here http://www.israellycool.com/2013/09/30/batsht-crazy-claim-of-the-day-rowan-atkinson-converted-to-islam/

@wotist4 - yes there's more

Following on from this post from yesterday and this post from earlier today, I thought I'd bring you up to date.
Don't worry, @wotsit4 hasn't retracted his incredibly stupid/naive claim that without Zionists there would be no Middle East problem. Maybe he's still to find the time to research Sunni and Shia conflict...

This post was prompted by @wotsit4's attempt to evade addressing the above by calling me a 'TROLL'. The mind of the lefty is a predictable thing; if they find themselves out-argued and incapable of reasoning their way out of a corner they resort to name-calling: 'RACIST' they cry, 'FASCIST' they wail and on the internet they have the chance to bleat 'TROLL'. It's almost comical the predictability of it all.

Did you see that last post of his? I'm not sure what he thinks is a threat nor which authorities he thinks would be interested in his bleating but maybe in his head it's all part of the giant Zionist conspiracy to run the world.

@wotsit4 the gift that keeps on giving

Following on from this blogpost of yesterday I thought you might like to see some more tweets from @wotsit4

It's odd how @wotsit4 is happy to call attention to the supposed size of the 'Jewish lobby' in the USA but has 'no interest in any religion' when he's asked a question about Muslim Brotherhood linked members of Barack Hussein Obama's administration.

It seems that only the supposed power of Jews concerns him.