tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.comments2024-03-20T11:30:04.299+00:00Faerie SonFaerie Sonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-9991745064501394942024-03-20T11:30:04.299+00:002024-03-20T11:30:04.299+00:00The BBC is now far more consistently failing in it...The BBC is now far more consistently failing in its role of independent, analytical journalism.<br />Upon conflict in the Red Sea, the BBC has 'reported,' 'US and UK target Iran-backed Houthis.' Why not, 'Houthis target US-and-UK-backed Israeli-trading vessels'? A not so subtle use of selective detail.<br />Evan Davis ('PM' Radio 4) at the absolute cutting edge of impartial journalism. Or not! Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-58692103221428517602024-01-27T10:18:32.163+00:002024-01-27T10:18:32.163+00:00Note to Andrew Percy MP: the Israeli Genocide upon...Note to Andrew Percy MP: the Israeli Genocide upon the Palestinians does not equate to "silliness" in the eyes of international law. Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-53801736826087650622023-12-02T08:38:50.311+00:002023-12-02T08:38:50.311+00:00https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-really-happened...https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-really-happened-october-7/5837833Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-46078573625404819452023-11-21T16:12:40.809+00:002023-11-21T16:12:40.809+00:00Although the BBC et al continue to pretend otherwi...Although the BBC et al continue to pretend otherwise sites are now picking up on the event of 7th October, with regards to Israel's Hannibal Directive:<br />https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/11/19/what-really-happened-on-october7/<br />https://skwawkbox.org/2023/11/20/video-israeli-reserve-colonel-says-oct-7-killings-were-mass-hannibal-directive-by-idf-not-hamas/Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-26970028674083128182023-11-21T14:44:22.954+00:002023-11-21T14:44:22.954+00:00All the below are considered to be right-wing thin...All the below are considered to be right-wing think tanks:<br />'Policy Exchange'<br />('Transparify' rated PE to be 1 of the 3 least transparent think tanks, known that PE has taken funds from European Climate Foundation and ExxonMobile)<br />'Restore Trust'<br />('Good Law Project' found RT to use many hidden donors, frequent use of ‘astroturfing ')<br />'Institute Economic Affairs'<br />(IEA does not disclose its funding, known to accept donations from tobacco companies)<br />'Centre for Policy Studies'<br />('Who Funds You?' gave CPS the lowest grade [E] for its transparency of funding, Transparify ranked it 1 of the 4 least transparent)<br />'Adam Smith Institute'<br />(A Thatcher child, 'Transparify' ranked ASI 1 of the 4 least transparent in terms of funding)<br />'Taxpayers’ Alliance'<br />(TPA given lowest possible grade for funding transparency by 'Who Funds You?')<br />Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-29486891035925412882023-11-11T13:08:11.709+00:002023-11-11T13:08:11.709+00:00How many must die for the Israeli bloodlust to be ...How many must die for the Israeli bloodlust to be sated?https://skwawkbox.org/2023/11/11/israel-accuses-united-nations-workers-of-being-hamas-members-to-justify-killings/Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-10717449688441919972023-11-01T03:20:54.177+00:002023-11-01T03:20:54.177+00:00It's conceivable that the filmed use of white ...It's conceivable that the filmed use of white phosphorous by the IDF was inside the Lebanon border. This does not make it any less of a War Crime.Martin Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523656290054532283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-89111013086166524862023-10-25T11:23:15.531+01:002023-10-25T11:23:15.531+01:00When Labour surrendered and adopted the IHRA I dut...When Labour surrendered and adopted the IHRA I dutifully read the short definition and, oh so briefly, thought 'Christ, is that me?' It wasn't and it isn't!<br /><br />Home Secretary Braverman has now decreed that I may be committing a 'racially aggravated section 5 public order offence' when I wear a t-shirt extolling support for Palestinians. I'm not and I'll continue to wear the t-shirt in question.<br /><br />Without trying I find myself reduced to somebody else's convenient definition of an anti-Semite who approves of terrorist methodology.<br /><br />Something's changing for the worst and I don't think it's me.Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-44197220132799081842023-06-29T08:45:24.738+01:002023-06-29T08:45:24.738+01:00"At the behest of the water magnate."
Al..."At the behest of the water magnate."<br />Already (29th June) the signs are not promising.Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-50279833974547938342023-06-27T16:46:58.375+01:002023-06-27T16:46:58.375+01:00Revisiting this article- random chance- I feel tha...Revisiting this article- random chance- I feel that I have, here, very much fudged the Israeli question. Better informed, better read now, I recognise that the issue was never nuanced. Amnesty, B'Tsalem, Human Rights Watch and many more now recognise the State of Israel as fully an apartheid state. Largely unreported by the likes of the BBC, the Israeli State is undertaking an ongoing pogrom against the occupied citizens of Palestine.<br />I feel a sense of discomfort, verging upon shame, that I was not more bold with my condemnations of Israel and its apologists and 'supporters' (both knowing and otherwise) at the time.<br />I hope my later posts are not to be similarly found wanting. <br />Could I suggest watching the film, '11 Days in May.' It will make you weep!<br />Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-64590792427015640172023-03-22T09:22:25.335+00:002023-03-22T09:22:25.335+00:00The Real News Network's Chris Hedges joins the...The Real News Network's Chris Hedges joins the growing number of dissenters.<br />So, if, as US sources insist, Russia sabotaged its own expensive pipeline, why is Russia already undertaking the huge expense of repairing its own sabotage?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cOWwd6zShMFaerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-6023714149837960222023-03-13T17:16:31.131+00:002023-03-13T17:16:31.131+00:00Re. Nord Stream, Are latest 'findings' jus...Re. Nord Stream, Are latest 'findings' just laziness on the part of the US and minions, or is this arrogance, overconfidence, or mere confirmation that Western Europe has succumbed to some sort of silent coup?<br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/divers-used-chartered-yacht-to-sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-report?utm_term=640c3508f7a0f0e37c20e1af3cd3b42d&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_emailFaerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-43203651303799277572023-03-13T17:07:41.387+00:002023-03-13T17:07:41.387+00:00When Seymore Hersh or Jeffrey Sachs cite evidence ...When Seymore Hersh or Jeffrey Sachs cite evidence of significant US military activity at precisely the time of the sabotage the media barely acknowledges either report. But, when a 15 metre yacht, clearly without such capabilities... Smell a rat, anyone? <br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/10/divers-used-chartered-yacht-to-sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-report?utm_term=640c3508f7a0f0e37c20e1af3cd3b42d&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_emailFaerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-16323360093116098242021-10-30T17:04:39.092+01:002021-10-30T17:04:39.092+01:00Irony of ironies, Israel has newly accused six pro...Irony of ironies, Israel has newly accused six prominent Palestinian human rights groups of acting as ‘terrorist’ organisations. In alphabetical order, the six are Addameer, Al-Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Defence for Children International- Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Workers and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees. <br /><br />B’Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, has said that the move is, “an act characteristic of totalitarian regimes, with the clear purpose of shutting down these organisations.”<br /><br />Terrorism! Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-90124053931911120972020-09-03T12:27:42.858+01:002020-09-03T12:27:42.858+01:00And finally, the evidence care of 'Skwawkbox.&...And finally, the evidence care of 'Skwawkbox.'<br /><br />https://skwawkbox.org/2020/09/02/exclusive-starmer-sent-secret-letter-promising-johnson-support-for-school-return-5-weeks-before-sacking-long-bailey-from-education-brief/Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-17385959798254121542020-07-14T16:45:36.637+01:002020-07-14T16:45:36.637+01:00So as not to amend the posting, but further to the...So as not to amend the posting, but further to the argument that I was hoping to make, I recently encountered this comment on the 'Jewish Voice for Labour' site:<br />“…archived versions of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Use of Force Policy show that “neck restraints” and “choke holds” were part of the department’s code in 2002.” But the knee-on-neck technique was not specified in the department’s code because it was unknown to them in 2002. The’Floyd technique’ is a popular maneuver of krav maga, the Israeli martial art. There’s no record of it having been used in Minnesota until after 2012, when around 100 Minnesota cops attended a training seminar sponsored by the Chicago office of the Israeli Consulate, which dwelt on matters such as security cooperation and anti-terrorism techniques. All in all, Maxine Peak should never have apologised."<br />It adds helpful information to my lengthy posting.<br /><br />JVL adds much to the debate, re. anti-Semitism, opening up the issue to reasonable discussion. Sadly this has not been the case with some other groups that really ought to know better! <br /><br />The more that people are able to question the Israeli annexation of occupied territories, the easier it will be to deal with genuine anti-Semitism! Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-64623100032269411782020-07-08T09:03:54.830+01:002020-07-08T09:03:54.830+01:00I'm saddened to reply that mine has recently b...I'm saddened to reply that mine has recently been terminated. Too hasty, do you think? Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-57216132865286896322020-07-07T20:47:33.676+01:002020-07-07T20:47:33.676+01:00My LP membership has been severely challenged of l...My LP membership has been severely challenged of late.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-67354716446971651482020-06-11T10:34:10.846+01:002020-06-11T10:34:10.846+01:00We are in absolute agreement with regards to the U...We are in absolute agreement with regards to the UK governmental situation, Paul. I think of greater concern is the manner in which certain western governments have suddenly fallen into line. I think some of the links say it far better than ever I can. Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-91897706574173800392020-06-10T16:25:58.091+01:002020-06-10T16:25:58.091+01:00We have a world beating government and a world bea...We have a world beating government and a world beating BBC. World beating at being absolutely fucking useless. And still the people don't really care.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-41194518107574780212020-03-20T13:18:41.283+00:002020-03-20T13:18:41.283+00:00All of my adult life my hope has been much the sam... All of my adult life my hope has been much the same. Generally things have got worse and some people have become ever more grasping. <br /> But, nothing like this has happened before, so as to perfectly illustrate our woeful unpreparedness. If other parts of the neoliberal globe wake up then the UK might have to follow. Even so, we've got definitely the worst PM at the helm that I can remember. <br /> Johnson deserves this but the rest of us don't! Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-85868230158245566682020-03-20T11:26:19.557+00:002020-03-20T11:26:19.557+00:00My big hope is that those that survive this pandem...My big hope is that those that survive this pandemic will wake up to what has been going on and how unsustainable the whole system is. If not other catastrophes will be visited upon us, and with greater regularity.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-2625716178955618532019-12-03T09:39:03.421+00:002019-12-03T09:39:03.421+00:00I don't think it's uncharitable at all; we...I don't think it's uncharitable at all; we only have to look at where we are. There has to be more than a modicum of blissful ignorance to have brought us so very low! Although the nation's orchestrated division has given voice also to the wilfully ignorant, which is altogether a more dangerous beast!Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-86261106198649809752019-11-27T22:55:25.315+00:002019-11-27T22:55:25.315+00:00Rather than considering it not paying attention I ...Rather than considering it not paying attention I prefer to think of it as mass Neanderthal stupidity. Uncharitable I know but the massed ranks of the stupid have difficulty with reason. They can't help being stupid, it's how they've been conditioned. When you're stupid you don't know you're stupid. It's a form of bliss.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431779755541115742.post-41532811518471876552019-07-31T11:17:05.387+01:002019-07-31T11:17:05.387+01:00'Twas but a dandelion seed upon a stiff breeze...'Twas but a dandelion seed upon a stiff breeze, already it's as if it never happened.Faerie Sonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352359332838801630noreply@blogger.com