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I’m gobsmacked.
The terrorist suspect nicked in Australia has been named as Dr Mohammed Haneef.
He’ll be a good Catholic boy then
TPO
“Not one word about ‘big’ Al’s carbon footprint.”
Indeed one only has to imagine the amount of fossil fuel that Mr Gore has used to fly over and tell US that our “priorities are all wrong”. All that ‘hot air’ can’t be good for the environment can it?
Is it me or did Sian William’s have a bad hair day as well…..?
Muslim voices on the bomb attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6261988.stm
Some of the comments are simply unreal. It shows just how deep is the chasm.
“let’s come together, let’s hold hands, let’s support each other and only together can it be defeated – because the terrorists want to divide us.” MOHAMMED SHAFIQ, RAMADAN FOUNDATION
In otherwords, “become my brother and things will be alright.”
“So in order for something like this to have happened … there was a sense of surprise.” NAVEED AKHTAR, JOURNALIST AND FILMMAKER
I look forward to the following BBC article (just to maintain the balance): Glaswegian voices on the bomb attacks
Re: The BBC’s cock-up with a “Torchwood” explosion in a major UK city when the country is at its highest level of alert…
Does anyone else think that the wording of this story smacks of damage limitation and spin?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/6258420.stm
TPO writes:
“Not one word about ‘big’ Al’s carbon footprint.”
And certainly not a word concerning the fact that Gore’s film lies about ‘evidence’ in several respects – most particularly about sea levels.
In case anyone missed it when I posted the quote from a leading Leftist ‘think tank’ the other day, here it is again. It perfectly explains what Gore, the BBC and other warmists are up to:
“… at least for popular communications, interested agencies now need to treat the argument as having been won. This means simply behaving as if climate change exists and is real, and that individual actions are effective… The ‘facts’ need to be treated as being so taken-for-granted that they need not be spoken.”
Muslim voices on the bomb attacks
Mr Radical “I look forward to the following BBC article : Glaswegian voices on the bomb attacks”
Don’t fret, John Smeaton has spoken for us http://www.johnsmeaton.com/
Let’s face it, Naughtie is no Torquemada but his fawning obsequiousness to Gore on “Today” reached so far unplumbed depths of partiality. As previous commenters have noted there was not one challenge to Gore’s allegations for instance that opposition to his line is down to money, that there is a “growing” consensus for the MMGW assertions, that increases in CO2 are a cause rather than a consequence of global warming. Mind you there was an embarrassed silence after Gore fulsomely thanked Naughtie for hosting or organising a MMGW-fest (apparently) last night.
The MontaQuinn during her interview with the bods from the Royal Society and Ipsos MORI referred to those people who don’t swallow whole the MMGW theology as being under a “misapprehension”.
That’s how they do it. Just deny the possibility of serious factual doubt about MMGW. It won’t at this rate be too long before MM climate change scepticism will be taken by the BBC as evidence of mental illness. Reminds one of what happened in the USSR when people doubted the ultimate triumph of communism
hillhunt (BBC munich 1938)
Islam is religious AND political – to fail to see that is extraordinary blindness.
The recent events in London and Glasgow have overshadowed most other things, not least the furore in Japan over their Defence Minister’s remarks about the ending of WWII.
I’ve long suspected that there is a cadre within the BBC dedicated to rewriting history to reflect their PC view and I wouldn’t be surprised to see, in 10 years time, the BBC punting the idea that it was the rapacious American industrial might that forced poor Japan into a corner where they had no other option than to fight to secure the raw materials that they needed. It’s certainly a view espoused by a number of far-left circus side show freaks.
Anyway here is the BBC’s accumulated offering on the latest debacle. It’s fairly neutral for a change, except that there is no voice to act as a counterbalance in representing the untold millions who suffered at the hands of Japanese militarism.
I particularly like the way the BBC have latched onto one of the phrases used:
’The US, he added, must have thought the bombs could prompt Japan’s surrender……….’
Oh really? So Japan didn’t surrender then.
The bit that caught my eye was the creative accounting used in the casualty figures and how, in the space of two days the number of deaths went up by 50%.
The BBC appear to have a penchant for this sort of loose reporting on casualty figures.
30/06/07: Japan minister in atom bomb row
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6256840.stm
01/07/07: Atom bomb row minister apologises
The US, he added, must have thought the bombs “could prompt Japan’s surrender, thus preventing the Soviet Union from declaring war against Japan”
The bombs which hit Nagasaki and Hiroshima, in a US bid to force Japan to surrender in 1945, killed about 240,000 people.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6258190.stm
02/07/07: Abe rebukes bomb gaffe minister
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6260264.stm
03/07/07: Japan minister quits over gaffe
More than 360,000 people died as the result of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, in the last stages of World War II.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6263812.stm
The Facts:
Islam is religious AND political – to fail to see that is extraordinary blindness.
Only if a person subscribes to the political extreme….
I think the blindness is all on your side.
” hillhunt | 03.07.07 – 10:06 am”
iran? saudi arabia? kuwait?
you remind me of the blindness of communist party members in the west during the days of stalin.
@ hillhunt
As distinct from all the Catholics, Jews, Free Kirkers, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jehovah’s Doorknockers, Scientologists and Zoroastrians who can demonstrate legitimate right of entry?
That’s right hillhunt. How many terrorists have those groups you listed thrown up lately?
Exactly.
So, leaving aside whether they think they can “demonstrate legitimate right of entry”, what’s your very best reason for allowing Muslims into Britain, given that they’re the only group among whom murderous terrorists are to be found? What’s in it for Britain to let them in? What’s the total killer argument that slam-dunks the question and in your view leaves a reasonable person in no doubt that we should continue to let hundreds of thousands of them in?
Tip: I recommend you don’t cite the wonderful work they do in the NHS.
hello all – buy this guy a pint
http://johnsmeaton.com/?page_id=5
500 pints reached. only 500 to go.
2 MORE doctors have been arrested in Australia.
theres a bit of a doctor jihad pattern emerging here. are “doctors” perhaps fast tracked through immigration?
Seven doctors held over al-Qa’eda bomb plot.
Islam, bringing you a new meaning to the Hippocratic oath.
The modern version of the oath includes this line:
I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/doctors/oath_modern.html
Does anyone else think it a bit weird that these fascists thought the best way to kill lots of people was to drive a car into an airport terminal?
Wouldn’t it have been more effective to just turn up for work at the NHS and act normally, spread a bit of MRSA around, i.e. business as usual?
you remind me of the blindness of communist party members in the west during the days of stalin.
buzzdroid | 03.07.07 – 10:08 am |
He is a communist. Just look at his rantings on other blogs.
BBC Trust member Richard Tait, who chaired the steering group which oversaw the recent BBC report on impartiality, “See-Saw to Wagon Wheel,” is clearly positioning himself as the undisputed master of po-faced posturing (or comic irony, perhaps).
To launch the “SSTWW” report, he said this on the BBC’s website:
“We know that audiences demand and value impartiality as essential to the BBC’s independence. They particularly value impartiality in news, and they recognise its importance in other programme areas. …
“The BBC agrees and one of our new principles makes clear that impartiality is no excuse for insipid programme-making. Providing space for controversial and passionate writers and contributors of all kinds will ensure impartiality is an antidote to political correctness.
“This project, the research and the report shows that to safeguard impartiality in the 21st century, the BBC must strive to provide the full breadth of views in all their complexities so that a complete picture is offered to audiences to make up their own minds. Achieving this requires commitment and a sophisticated approach to match the public’s differing expectations for each genre. For programme-makers and journalists, this is a creative opportunity because it means bringing extra perspectives to bear, not limiting horizons or censoring opinion.“
Just one problem with that: the BBC has steadfastly refused to even evaluate the merits of evidence unearthed by an acclaimed independent investigation which found that the official parliamentary inquiry into the controversy that “helped bring down the last Conservative government” was perverted by the submission of false documents and perjurious testimony and statements.
So far so good. Or rather not so good. Richard “master-of-the-straight-face” Tait then went on to opine in a hilarious piece for The Observer of 17 June, which I’ve just stumbled across:
Others argue [impartiality] may be virtuous, but it’s boring – turning people off news and documentaries by too much balance. … a final group of critics believe that impartiality is unachievable, arguing in particular about the BBC that it is in the hands of either a conservative establishment or the soft left and that its editorial centre of gravity is hopelessly skewed one way or another.
Oh yeah? Well, here’s the evidence of the argument that the BBC is in the hands of the Left. So does any Beeboid out there know where one can look to find evidence of the argument that the BBC is alternatively in the hands of “the conservative establishment?”
Glasgow: The guy in that car shouted “allah” with every punch.
This wasn’t reported on BBC. Do you know why?
I’m gobsmacked.
The terrorist suspect nicked in Australia has been named as Dr Mohammed Haneef.
He’ll be a good Catholic boy then
TPO | 03.07.07 – 9:16 am |
Seems I got it wrong, he’s not a Catholic. He had a one-way ticket to ………. Pakistan.
OZ TERROR SUSPECT ON WAY TO PAKISTAN
http://news.sky.com/skynews/home
“glasgow does not accept this. we’ll set aboot ye”
somebody give that guy a medal. (or 1000 pints…)
” Gordon_Broon_Eats_Hez_Bawgies | Homepage | 03.07.07 – 10:24 am |”
to be honest, i’d be extremely nervous if my doctor was muslim right now.
self preservation perhaps. illogical “tarring of all with a brush”, but such is a natural human reaction to SEVEN FUCKING DOCTORS being arrested for Jihad.
i cant help wondering if this will create chaos in the NHS with people refusing to be treated by them.
A Doctor is known for SAVING LIVES.
But, the Jihad Doctor tried to KILL/TAKE MANY LIVES.
Perhaps, there’s a separate crash course for “Jihad + Medicine”? The motto being “Pretend to be a doc, then kill many”.
Seems everyone knows that the suspected terrorist captured in Australia had a one-way ticket to Pakistan.
Oh. I forgot the BBC they’re still running with ‘Indian National’ flying to India.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6263408.stm
what i find astonishing is that one of the doctors was from baghdad of all places.
surely there is some sort of terrorist watchlist , where we refuse to allow people from certain countries to work here.
or do we accept anyone from anywhere? either way the policy seems nuts to me. theres a simple answer to it – stop accepting immigrants from the likes of iraq, pakistan, saudi , iran and other countries that want to kill us.
bizarre. on the front page right now you have
“muslims speak out”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
err. scots were targetted. what about hearing about what they feel?
direct link here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6261988.stm
bizarre beyond parody. its like something out of The Onion.
Al Beeb’s pro-Muslim propaganda, on its News Front Page of website:
“Muslim voices on the bomb attacks”.
In bold type, at the top of its piece, Al Beeb states that some British Muslims fear they may be branded as terrorists, even though none of the people currently arrested is British.
Al Beeb omits an obvious common denominator with both the 7/7 jihadist atrocities and the current bomb plots: ISLAM.
Islam is a religion of war, despite Al Beeb’s propaganda and apologetics.
Islamic jihad is undertaken by Muslims worldwide. The targets are we ‘infidels’.
As an antidote to Al Beeb’s bromides, see:
“Islam, Middle East and Fascism” by
IBQ WARRAQ
http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm?frm=37668&sec_id=3766
Perhaps Hill@unt can provide some of his ‘analysis skills’ to explaining this captured document from a raid in Manchester in 1998 in relation to the Embassy Bombings in Africa and why “Iraq” was the problem then?
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/980223-fatwa.htm
Click to access aqmanual.pdf
Compare and contrast with those Bonny “Freedom Fighters” in the PIRA
http://uk.geocities.com/oglaigh_na_heireann32/THE_GREEN_BOOK.html
Apart from the rhetoric the methods are similar.
Far from being ‘sickos’ and ‘madmen’ I would say these guys are serious and well briefed.Oh they are fully aware of the need for manipulating MSM as shown in these transcripts:
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2005/10/dni101105.html
Click to access letter_in_english.pdf
And here is background on UBL gangs-and his merry helpers:
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=6
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4579
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3903
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4477
Here they go again! Spot the difference competition:
‘Soldier dies‘ at Pakistan mosque.
A Pakistani soldier has been killed in clashes with radical Islamist students outside a rebellious mosque in the capital, Islamabad, officials say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6264338.stm
All those doctors-all that medical research equipment:
http://www.fas.org/biosecurity/resource/bioweapons.htm
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/dod/fm8-9/2toc.htm
“Although developing and using biological weapons once required support by nations, recent advances in biotechnology have made it easier to develop dangerous viruses, bacteria, and toxins with fewer resources. This has increased concerns that individuals and groups could resort to bioterrorism to attack a population.”
All those X-ray machines:
http://www.fas.org/faspir/2002/v55n2/dirtybomb.htm
“Significant amounts of radioactive materials are stored in laboratories, food irradiation plants, oil drilling facilities, medical centers, and many other sites. Cobalt-60 and cesium-137 are used in food disinfection, medical equipment sterilization, and cancer treatments.”
No doubt we can be assured that these individuals had no access to these goodies?
Hillhunt: ‘Islam as a political goal – the great caliphate – not as a religion, n’est-ce pas?’
No the desire to set up a religious state is a religious goal.
‘But don’t let that stop you smearing the name of umpteen million by the vices of a few….’
I read your posts but I don’t think all BBCers are idiots, I can see that these are Muslim terrorists without thinking all Muslims are terrorists.
Hang on a minute, they’ve done a stealth edit:
Pakistan soldier ‘dies at mosque’
A Pakistani soldier has been killed in clashes with radical Islamist students outside a rebellious mosque in the capital, Islamabad, officials say.
That clears that up then, eh?
I suppose it’s good to know that the soldier that died wasn’t one of the thousands of foreign troops stationed in Islamabad, eh? BBC, complete bunch of tossers!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/
New polling evidence suggests that people aren’t convinced that climate change is the crisis that many political figures say it is. We speak to former American Vice President, Al Gore.
One would think that if we’re dealing with a poll that shows that people aren’t convinced the BBC would invite somebody along to give that point of view. Instead we get more Gore insisting it is so.
Telling both sides of the story, NOT.
Spanish peacekeepers & now Spanish tourists get murdered by the ROP keepers.
Spain pulled out of Iraq war; yet they face these deaths. Shows that Iraq war has nothing to do with these suicide-bombings.
Yemen bomb kills Spanish tourists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6262302.stm
At least nine people have been killed after a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden car into a tourist convoy in Yemen.
BBC’s Muslim appeasement continues.
LATEST: Muslim Council of Britain condemns failed UK bomb attacks. More soon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
on Latest News tracker
Madrid bombings trial concludes
I defy anybody to find anything in that report that even hints at the possibility that any of the accused are actually guilty.
His lawyer, Jose Luis Abascal, said there were “evident contradictions” in the testimony of a protected witness, who claimed to have seen Mr Zougam on one of the trains targeted.
Mr Zougam’s mother testified in court that her son, identified by several witnesses, was asleep at home when the 10 bombs exploded.
By the way, under Spanish law the accused is allowed to lie in his defence. Witnesses may not.
The logo now changed from a Burkah clad woman to a Blue mosque.
BBC’s multiculturalism / multicolourism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Muslims speak out
Readers’ views on the latest terror attacks and reaction to them
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6264542.stm
Johnston petition reaches 200,000
So? Is it a new Guinness record?
About ISLAM: for Al Beeb (which is referred to here):
“It’s about Ideology, stupid…”(1 July; scroll down).
http://dizzythinks.net?2007/07/its-about-ideology-stupid.htm
BBC AND VALUE FOR MONEY?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/2007/annual_report.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6264416.stm
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons said: “The core message from our report is that the area where there is a significant and noteworthy gap between public value and their perceived performance is under the heading of innovation.
“Here we identify a real challenge for the BBC to do more in the future.
“This is not technology, this is about programme content. People want to be constantly challenged by new and exciting programmes but this an area where there’s a gap in perceived performance.”
After this report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/research/impartiality.html
No wonder JR has been quite.
It’s offical
Not only is the BBC biased,it’s an under-performing monster!!
BBC bias, incompetence and laziness regarding Hilary and Bill “the saint” Clinton.
http://www.squandertwo.net/blog/2007/07/balance.htm
“But both audience research and the majority of respondents to the Trust’s Purpose Remit consultation highlighted the provision of innovative and distinctive content as the area they wished to see the greatest improvement from the BBC: 72% of audiences rated innovation as important, but only 51% agreed the BBC is performing well in this area.”
More info on Al Beeb-the “value for money” service:
Click to access keyfacts_audiences.pdf
Click to access keyfacts_financial.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/closed_consultations/purpose_remits.html
Pick the bone out of this one JR and chums .
HBC-Value for money
“Director general Mark Thompson was paid a total of £788,000 in the last financial year – up £18,000 on the previous year – but all executives have waived their most recent bonuses.”
Gave it all to the ‘children of Africa’ did he?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6264416.stm
Can I make a suggestion?
Many if not most posts here either identify or discuss specific examples of BBC leftist bias.
Could we make it a blog rule that, in the interests of balance, all our liberals and BBC shills should also provide one example of BBC rightist bias with each of their posts?
It is, after all, the heart of their argument that al-BBC is not biased. If this is true, it will be easy for them to come up with examples of BBC bias facing the other way.
I for one would then be more likely to believe their defences of their leftist bias. In practice, the defence mostly amounts to an assertion that the leftist position is actually the correct one and therefore not biased.
You’d expect a leftist to think this, but it should not mean that rightist views cannot be found.
So come on, hillhunt et al. Let’s have it – let’s see examples of al-BBC advancing a rightist agenda. There must be lots.
Evidence that al-BBC has ever shown the footage at my homepage of Gordon Broon mining his nose for snot and then eating it would be a good start.
It beggars belief that, yet again, the BBC have given a platform to the odious Ashgar Bukhari on the Jeremy Vine stand-in show.
What was his line? It’s all the fault of British foreign policy.
Callers are now being screened to ensure that they comply with the BBC line on this.
So far it’s three to one for the line of ‘It’s all the fault of British foreign policy’
Get real BBC. PC News is distorted news.
TPO
Any idea’s where Mark’s 18 grand bonus went?