Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDPsv5p7i7E

BJ sneaking up on DC

 

 

The first - faint - jolt of a series of tremors to shake the Government and especially the Cameronistas of the Party in the coming weeks, has been registered. Chancellor George Osborne has been stripped of his other successful job in the past, that of chief election strategist for the 2015 general election. It is only the first of a number of concessions to be made by the Tory front office to Boris Johnson, who is slated to take the reigns of the Conservatives at some point in the future.

Ahead of the September government shake-up, George Osborne has to worry about his cabinet post too. There is general dissatisfaction among the Party rank-and-file, who want more decisive action on economic growth and the labour market. Osborne's plan to grant the Bank of England a greater sway over banking regulation has been criticized at City Hall and academics as "handing undue powers to unelected officials," such as the widely ridiculed and dismissed governor Mervyn King.

The new strong man at 30 Millbank to run the 2015 campaign will be Lynton Crosby who ran the successful campaing to get Britain's #1 politician re-elected as London Mayor earlier this year. PM Cameron is also under mounting pressure to recall Dr Liam Fox to the cabinet as a credible counter-weight to the bothersome LibDems.

Julian "Judas" Assange

ASSANGE, TRAITOR EVEN TO HIS FRIENDS

The accused rapist was released some months ago from a London prison cell on £240,000 (US$ 377,000) bail, raised by five celebrity friends who thought that Assange would respect their unwise yet well-meaning guaranty of intermediate freedom for the common criminal. Not so, as Assange used his release to immediately parading awkwardly into the Ecuador apartment fronting as embassy, forfeiting his friends' money and absconding with more than £100,000 he stole from a fund set up by other friends to pay for his legal costs. A rapist (supposedly), a traitor and back-stabbing hoodlum to his friends (proven) and a narcissistic goofball of immense criminal energy to the world (undisputed).

David "Flip-Flop" Cameron

FLIP-FLOPS: Disgusting on your feet, appalling in politics

Government's most convincing avatar would be a pair of flip-flops

The majority of Britons are gruffly looking low-class plebs, and the social demarcation line poses as an insurmountable marker to keep the carriers of culture and class apart from the scum best described in the long-running hit series Eastenders. One of the distinct ways to recognize a lowlife in public is the slurping sound of flip-flops, bought or stolen at an Argos outlet nearby, dragging across the floor and followed by the nasty sound of the plastic accessory hitting the wearer's naked sole and heel. Flip-flops are the lowest common denominator how plebs can find the comfort of solidarity with their kinship, and take a stand in and around their council flats neighborhood. Ask any such flopper about Shakespeare and their retort will be, "I prefer Grannysmiths."

AngloChat Deja-vu

Here's something from the AOL archives, giving the focused reader a sense of deja-vu. Although I closed Anglochat more than a year ago, main characters representing the good, the bad and the ugly continue to roam AOL chatrooms. Including that of the individual featured in this piece of coverage from January 2010.

http://eu2hell.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/anglochat-splinters-vii.html

Assange Rampage

WE CAN'T JUST SHOOT THE BASTARD! (or can we?)

Most of the papers have devoted their front pages to Julian Assange, whose messianic appearance at the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy yesterday told us nothing new about the ongoing extradition saga nor about his dubious character. There was no confirmation of a purported voluntary return to face investigation in Sweden, only the vague reveal his team would carry out 'legal action' on his behalf. Mr Assange's position is fairly precarious, and unsustainable; at the same time the Foreign Office misjudged its communication with the banana republic Ecuador - indeed, the only winners from the whole sorry mess are the South Americans, who have not missed the opportunity to point a finger at the UK and scream "colonialism!"

With each day passing the Foreign Office looks more silly. The problem with this coalition government is that it fails to follow-through on its promises and policies and is better known for its numerous U-turns. The more energetic rhetoric it emits the more likely it will renege in the wake of mainly LibDem objections. The correct cautionary note to the chiquitas in Quito, that their "embassy" could be declared fair game for London coppers in the wake of gross abuse of diplomatic relations, is now followed by frantic back-paddling of the FO.

The timid appearance of the accused rapist, fearfully stepping no further out the balcony than the doorframe, looking around with angsty eyes for lasso-swinging cops or CIA sharp-shooters (oh I wished!) was a hardly convincing ploy to sell himself as a victim of a sinister world, out to get him. With his trademark mix of megalomaniac arrogance, impertinent abrasiveness and remarkable psychotic paranoia, the goon stumbled dozens of times while trying to read his tedious sermon of attempted confrontation with the British, Australian, Swedish and American authorities, culminating in a surreal exclamation of "Mr Obama, do the right thing!" Well knowing that his case is of purely criminal nature, and the truly right thing - shooting the idiot from the balcony - will not happen.

He's living to die another day. We'll pray for that.

SWIFT JUSTICE: The Cunt vs Pussy Riot

SWIFT JUSTICE:

Moscow Cunt vs Pussy Cats

One doesn't need to be a fan of ecstatic punk screams, nor be a declared hothead foe of religious fervor, and still find inherent injustice in the persecution and prosecution of the Moscow band Pussy Riot. The band's impromptu gig at a Russian Orthodox church posed an unacceptable instance of desecration of a place of worship - but that is not what the trial is all about. Today's Moscow verdict will rather sanction the political message of the pussy-footing trio: they dared to poke fun at the most comical figure in the land, the miniature czar Putin; an act of blasphemy in today's Russia.

SWIFT JUSTICE - my irregular column to deal with juridical proceedings of heightened interest - has reached a verdict today as well:

The defendants have been found guilty of a serious act of public disturbance that could cause considerable damage and insult to a community of worshippers. The defendants, however, are acquitted from the accusations of political agitation and insulting the Russian state, its installations and representatives.

Each of the three defendants is sentenced to five days of incarceration (time already served), a fine of RR 12,000 ($410) and to pay restitution to the church where the infraction had taken place in the total amount of RR 150,000 ($5,320).

Court dismissed!

Cunt-vincing Russian hoodlum, Vladimir Putin

"I am a cunt, a cunt, a cunt!"

UPDATE 14:56
Each of the band's members received two years imprisonment

Ass ange & the Banana Republic

OPEN LETTER TO THE EMBASSY OF ECUADOR, LONDON
ecuembpress@gmail.com
16 August 2012

Sirs:

The British People, just like a global audience, take note with dismay and revulsion of your government's decision to grant shelter to a known, violent offender who is wanted in four (civilized) countries.

Your government demonstrates solidarity with violent criminals. The embassy functions as a facilitator of continuous criminal acts by a fugitive from justice, in gross violation of international treaties and standards regulating diplomatic and consular relations.

The statements of your foreign minister reflect on a deeply rooted inferiority complex, voicing an irrational complaint for being treated like a British colony (as if any nation other than Venezuela under its morose leader had any interest in Ecuador!). The appropriate treatment of your country would be to drag you to the UN and shun you as a rogue nation.

Practical steps for the British Government to take would be to sever all diplomatic and cultural ties with your country and expel the embassy's staff. The accused rapist Assange, however, will remain holed-up inside the building of the then shut down embassy, and be cut off from electricity and water, as well as food.

It is deplorable that an undemocratic regime like yours uses - and allows to be used by - a globally wanted fugitive, whose arrogance and impertinence are met by your blatant disregard for the laws of your host country. You have failed miserably as a guest, and should therefore be declared personae non grata. Subsequently economic sanctions should be imposed against your country, such as the recanting of "most favored trade status."

I thought the term "banana republic" has lost its appropriateness to label some of the central American nations since the fall of Panama's Noriega regime. Your government, however, has successfully resurrected the term and can now claim it for Ecuador. "Noriega" should also serve as a stark reminder for the fugitive-in-hiding, that temporary shelter will not prevent the ultimate apprehension, and will only stiffen the eventual prison sentence.

I hope to see your embassy closed within days.

NEVER AGAIN, Olympics on German Soil

OLYMPIC MEMORY LANE:

1972, Munich

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 10, 1972, the sporting nature of which was largely overshadowed by the Munich massacre in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches, a West German police officer, and five terrorists were killed. The Israeli team's march during the Olympic's opening ceremony has become a well-known yet eerie video as a result of the massacre.

On September 5 a group of eight Palestinian terrorists belonging to the "Black September" organization broke unhindered by poor security into the Olympic Village and took nine Israeli athletes, coaches and officials hostage in their apartments. Two of the hostages who resisted were killed in the first moments of the break-in; the subsequent standoff in the Olympic Village lasted for 18 hours.

 

Late in the evening of September 5, the terrorists and their hostages were transferred by helicopter to the military airport of Fürstenfeldbruck, ostensibly to board a plane bound for an undetermined Arab country. The inept German authorities planned - against the protest from the Israeli prime minister - to ambush them there, but amateurishly underestimated the number of terrorists and were thus undermanned.
During the logical botched rescue attempt, all of the Israeli hostages were killed. Four of them were shot, then incinerated when one of the terrorists detonated a grenade inside the helicopter in which the hostages were sitting. The five remaining hostages were then machine-gunned by gunfire from another terrorist and panicking police.
All but three of the terrorists killed themselves. Although arrested and imprisoned pending trial, they were predictably released by the West German government on October 29, 1972 in exchange for a pre-arranged hijacked Lufthansa jet. Two of those three were subsequently hunted down and exterminated later by the Mossad.

The Olympic events were suspended several hours after the initial attack, but once the incident was "concluded" retarded Avery Brundage, the senile International Olympic Committee president, declared that "the Games must go on".

The 1972 Summer Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the also dubious 1936 Games in Berlin, which had been orchestrated by the Nazi regime as a showcase of the German superior race. Mindful of the then less favoured connection, the West German Government was anxious to take the opportunity of the Munich Olympics to present a new and optimistic Germany to the world, as shown by the Games' official motto, "the Happy Games." All that ended in a hail of gunfire and grenade explosions.

Olympics Final: The Report Card

London 2012 Report Card:
Yes, there are even "F's"

Great Britain doesn't like to be made fun of, and heading into these Olympic Games one of the primary concerns for the locals was not being embarrassed.

Following the tasteless and lavish display of irrational national pride that was Beijing, 2008 was going to be a difficult act to follow, and Londoners feared a calamity-ridden Games that would give the city and the country a black eye in front of the world.

Throw in the administrative hurdle of a global economic downturn, and London had plenty of factors stacked against it, but has managed to get to the finish line without any major issues. As ever at the end of an Olympics, thoughts turn to how it stacks up against those that came before it. So how did London fare?


Crowds: B+

The ones that got in were terrific. Eighty thousand per night at track and field, swimming and boxing packed, basketball overloaded, even nearly 30,000 for dressage. The locals were into it, and London was accessible to so many nations. Plus, this is one of the most, if not the most, diverse city in the world, so many who live here now could root on the nation they left behind. The resulting energy was incredible.

The only downside was the traditional plague of empty seats courtesy of sponsor and IOC sections. London was slow to react with a plan to fill them with people who couldn't get a ticket in the first place.

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Even Greek gods (and goddesses) gave their nod to London's closing ceremony that left the world in awe. With the alluring mix of great show, technical brilliance, youthful energy, a popular music medley, great sense of self parody and wit, Britain reminded the global audience why there is a "Great" in the country's name.

London trumped Beijing

READY FOR THE FINISH?

The Olympic Games come to a conclusion in a few hours, and from my point of view - the Shard, City Hall, Leicester Sq, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Gherkin, Hyde Park, Tate Modern, Westminster, Globe, the Eye, etc... - these have been the most glorious Games for Team GB. The opening (and the closing) extravaganza outpace anything we have come to know at such events, with the distinctly Britanic spin adding to the charm and joyous theme of the feat. Roll over, Beijing, your staging ground four years ago was as appealing and megalomaniac as the 1936 Games. London 2012 was an exciting homage to global sports, with emphatic focus on humankind, not on churned out productivity of a totalitarian system seen in 2008.

Even in playful frolicking and joyous competition, the Free World played regimes like Moscow's or Beijing's against the wall, just as it should be.

With only a handful of gold medals left to bestow, the tally of the Anglo-American hemisphere is impressive: US 44 / UK 28 / COMMONWEALTH 52.

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Calling on BJ

Four Tories (including the Rt Hon Me-self) are meeting at a small but exquisite Sushi bar in Ealing this afternoon to ponder over the inevitable: replacing the laggard British PM with the energetic and charismatic Boris Johnson. Dozens of such secretive and clandestine huddlings are taking place throughout London these days to prepare the nation for a tumultuous Autumn. The daggers are drawn to sacrifice David Cameron, instrumental to end the 13 years of Labour curse over Britain, but with a light-weight presence similar to that of the EU's imbecile chieftain José "No-Way" Barroso.

We are emboldened by internal polls that show that under Boris Johnson's leadership the Conservative Party would fare 8-10 per cent better than now, a crucial edge to render the current coalition redundant, and at last throw the LibDem's into Parliament's dust bin, AKA as Labour-dominated opposition benches. It has become clear that the usefulness of the coalition has expired, and any resurge of Conservative popularity among voters has to be spear-headed by one capable man: Boris Johnson! —

at Atariya, 1 Station Parade, Uxbridge Road, W5.

EURO TO HELL

THE NONSENSICAL LINK OF

EURO & EUROPEAN INTEGRITY

The unelected Italian Premier Monti went public today with more idiocies about Europe. The typical Eurocratic, who has been used to a political life free of all accountability for the past twelve years, waffled about the crucial role that the common currency supposedly plays to keep Europe together.

It's the latest of pathetic polemic of scare-mongering Europeans from such unelected officials, to silence critics of the floundering eurozone, held hostage by defaulting economies and leaders with profound democratic deficits.

The "warning" from the most unqualified and grotesquely unsuited politician of Europe's bankrupt southern-tier countries, based squarely on Italy's economic merits and the man's lack of credibility and credentials, is a ray of hope for Europeans: that we are on the dawn of a return to Europe as we knew it before the $2.6 Trillion war against taxpayers of the eurozone. Bring it on!

Olympics go Lunar

HOW COOL IS THAT?
The black ring (for Africa) filled with gleaming orange; it will take 3 or four generations before you can expect to get this shot again.

Rings and Moon, suspended from Tower Bridge (3 August 2012)

(and a few minutes later, the Moon formed a sixth ring)