Reader Mark Collins writes “A good impression of how London is reacting to the bombings/attempted bombings can be had by listening live to listening live to LBC97.3 FM .
Reader Mark Collins writes “A good impression of how London is reacting to the bombings/attempted bombings can be had by listening live to listening live to LBC97.3 FM .
A Matter of Priorities
As another terrorist attack hits London, Drudge Report says Democrats have been instructed to keep yammering about Karl Rove. (Hat tip: Owl.)
Less than 15 hours after President Bush announced that John Roberts would be his nominee for the Supreme Court, leading Democrats stood before a bank of television cameras Wednesday and criticized the president.
But their ire had nothing to do with Roberts.
Sen. Barbara Boxer and Rep. Jane Harman assailed the president for failing to punish Karl Rove for his alleged involvement in disclosing the name of a CIA operative.
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HERE’S A TRANSCRIPT of JOHN HOWARD’S DEVASTATING RESPONSE to dumb press questions about Iraq…instapundit.com
http://corner.nationalreview.com/05_07_17_corner-archive.asp#070312
The host of the show on now (1510 EDT) is asking his listeners to phone in about two things:
1) What effect the bombings/attempted bombings in London today are having on them;
2) The need to reform the rules of cricket to make it more popular.
There’ll always be an England.
Mark
Ottawa
That’s on LBC97.3 FM (London) at:
http://www.lbc973.co.uk/
Mark
Ottawa
I just found some quite interesting writings by a Randy Taylor wrt terrorism. The one at the top is the most recent and got my attention right away. Taylor said only YERTERDAY as to who’s next. Lo and behold, he accurately predicted “probably” London, attacked just today! It was his first mention in the list of targets. Gotta be interested in the rest of what he has to write.
Heres’ the URL, which I got from the Northeast Intelligence Network, whose URL is http://www.homelandsecurityus.com.
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/rtaylor.asp
BTW, he also expects to see an attack HERE in Canada, though he likes to say “Canadastan”. Can’t blame him. He sounds eerily like I think.
Note that he mentioned Canada SECOND. Does that mean we’re due TOMORROW? Just food for thought; not for fear.
I intend to save this on my hard drive.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1121959754996_39/?hub=Canada
I hope I will never have to use this article for whatever reason.
“… McLellan issued a statement saying there is no “specific threat against Canada at this time.”
There’s nothing “specific” about terrorist bombings. They are completely random. Does she really understand that or does she just think we are just stupid little worker trolls?
I don’t feel reassured at all by what she said. In fact, even I feel even worse.
Thanks for the FM link Mark. Not quite Lowell Green is it?
Racial tensions rising in Britain’s communities
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On 07/21/2005 12:54:27 PM PDT � 31 replies � 644+ views
Newsday ^ | 07/21/05 | LETTA TAYLER
BEESTON, England — It’s barely noon on a recent day in this blighted Leeds suburb, but Gareth McCourt, a construction worker with the words “100 percent white” tattooed across his belly, is already thirsting for blood. “There’s going to be a lot of trouble,” promises McCourt, 21, as he drains another pint at the Tommy Wass pub, a Beeston hangout for white men with shaved heads, abundant tattoos and little hope. “There’s too many Asians around here. And what happened is too close to home, ain’t it?” Across town, where the Muslims live, a cluster of young Britons of Pakistani..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1447803/posts#comment?q=1
[G]greenmamba: More like Steve Madely. But I love Lowell too. And you should try John Counsell (weeknights 1000-1200), an evangelical pastor on his day job.
(A question of blog spelling etiquette: when someone’s blog name begins lower-case, does one capitalize it when using it at the start of one’s own post?)
Mark
Ottawa
Maz2 says Drudge says Democrats instructed to yammer about Karl Rove for disclosing CIA operative.
I suspect the MSM has been instructed to yammer about SSM Bill-38 and other diversions from real Libscammer sories.
Suspicious, I know. 73s TG
Screechin’ Annie sees herself replacing PMPM, so she’s out there pretending she’s Margaret Thatcher, a real PM/leader if ever there was one. As if any of us can sleep at night knowing the Liberals are standing on guard for thee.
Grats Mark! You’re email was read on the air at LBC at 3:20 pm mountain time. cool
Today’s events seem somewhat odd. Assuming that there were four attempts to detonate devices, it seems odd to me that all four failed. It’s been suggested elsewhere in the blogosphere that the cell involved has had their resources scattered by police raids in the past two weeks — someone suggested that the car found with explosives inside may have been left as a cache for future attacks. The thought is that the terror cell or cells is / are scrambling now, and they can’t get their act together (for which we should be grateful).
However, two thoughts came to me as I listened to the news on the way in to work this morning:
* could this have been a sick prank, with offensive-smelling combustibles and, say, fireworks? One witness described as smell like burning rubber, while another reported “popping” noises that sounded like champagne bottles. Those descriptions made it sound to me like the attack was staged as a very sick joke.
* could this have been a diversion, to occupy emergency crews while something somewhere else was being attacked or probed?
Mark, btw please post your email to LBC here in the comments. I’d like to read it in its entirety.
Thanks
One can’t believe anything a Librano says anymore. Anne McLellan is just a moron moonie. Supreme Overlord Paul keeps putting final nail after final nail into his coffin and still refuses to get into it!
Believe it or not, today I no longer think ill of Brian Mulroney. I have exercised intellectual sovereignty, comparing Mulroney’s well-meaning attempts to secure the future of Canada to Paul’s cavalier, wanton, continuing destruction of our beloved Canada, our home and native land!.
Wonder how many people are also prepared to forgive Mr. Mulroney, whom I’m certain must have pondered for himself where he erred and so on, which, after all, is human, right?
In comparison, Paul is obviously fully aware and doesn’t care that he’s going to go down in history as the man who brought an end to Canada as a nation, in the event that he wins the next election; minority or majority is irrelevant and we all know it. All he cares about is making himself feel great all the time, to hell with everyone and everything else.
By now I’m sure many people of conservative bent can see the incredible difference. I, for one, am glad we have Mulroney on our side rather than Dark Lord Mad Man Martin!
O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE!
Hmm. I just realized I must have been a tad off-topic. Must be the heat…
Does anyone think that McLellan’s remarks today “no specific threat” have anything to do with her concern over Canadians not being “psychologically prepared” for a terrorist attack?
I wonder why no one in the MSM has picked up on that slight inconsistency?
Candace, now that the media have successfully convinced us we don’t want a summer election, most of them are on automatic pilot. If there’s a terrorist attack here, we’ll have to rely on the Librano$ press office for details. The MSM have been beamed up along with Scotty.
Schwarze Tulpe: My e-mail to LBC:
“Dear Clive,
I’m listening to your show on the Web. A great insight into how ordinary Londoners are reacting to today’s bombings/attempted bombings. A lot more calmly that I think people would react over here.
I especially liked your proposal to make cricket rules the second topic of discussion this evening. There’ll always be an England.
But I’m not sure about your idea to have MPs spend more time at Westminster. Remember Parkinson’s Law: “Work expands to fill time available.” Do you really want them getting up to more mischief? That’s essentially all they do here in Canada.
All the best,
Mark Collins
Ottawa”
Why Black Tulip?
Spielberg’s $100 million “War of the World’s” was released this past month to much fanfare but rather luke-warm reviews. A common complaint was how unworthy it seemed when compared against the mass hysteria causing 1938 Orson Wells radio broadcast. It seems that Spielberg special effects magic just doesn’t cut the cake when compared against the real world tensions that existed when Nazi Germany blitzkrieged Poland a month earlier in September.
Fast forward to July 2005, just 4 weeks after the latest “War of the Worlds” opened and to the city of London where detonator caps were hidden and set-off on 3 tube trains and 1 bus. All said the caps, detonators, book bags, etc. were worth in the neighbourhood of $200 collectively and ended up causing probably at least as much hysteria and fear as the Orson Wells radio classic. When compared against Spielberg…THAT’S BANG FOR THE BUCK!
Candace, if a terror threat ever came to fruition in Canada (God forbid!), then I will protest before Anne’s office here with that quote from this very article on my placard. It’s such a flippant statement from her I find it offensive. Are they being smug in their self assurdeness that because they did not partake in Irag the country will be spared? I honestly think they seem to feel this is the case. How else can one explain the inconsistency?
Thanks Mark! Top drawer!
I was wondering when someone would ask me that question, “Why Black Tulip?” (I’ve been posting here off and on since March). I’m a WW2 history buff, my Dad having experienced it as an officer on the opposing side, and I am always drawn to the unbelieveable sacrifice and bravery individual young men and women brought to the table during that time. A particularily famous fighter pilot used to paint a “black tulip” on the nose of his aircraft. Hence, Black Tulip = Schwarze Tulpe. His identifying marks eventually became a hindrance in his ability to engage the enemy, they purposefuly avoided him when he was spotted by them (quite understandable). Recognize any similarities to this in a “blogging” context?
Schwarze Tulpe (Hartmann?): I share your interest in WW II. The second adult book I read, when eight, was “The First and the Last” by Adolf Galland. Which, along with a book whose name I don’t remember about the RAF in the war, sparked an interest in aviation, then naval warfare (carriers…does anyone today realize how brave the USN torpedo bomber crews were at Midway?), then…
By the way it really is rather anachronistically PC to write of ” sacrifice and bravery of individual young…women” in the war.
Mark
Ottawa
Muslim leaders in Britain and Canada condemn British attacks.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/21/Canadian-Islamic-response-050721.html
Martin B.: Actually the invasion of Poland took place in September, 1939, almost ten months after the Welles’ broadcast. Before you attempt to analyze, know your referential facts.
Good grief. WW II starting in 1938 (and it would have been better if it had, without the Munich cave-in).
Mark
Ottawa
Good Lord Mark, how did you ever guess it was indeed Major Erich “Bubi” Hartmann (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leves, swords, and diamonds – 352 downed craft)? I’m most impressed.
“By the way it really is rather anachronistically PC to write of ” sacrifice and bravery of individual young…women” in the war.” I don’t want to bog this post down with a thorough discussion of why I said that, but I was thinking of beyond personal “sacrifice and bravey” in the actual arena of war (of which many extraordinary Russian women did take part in). I was thinking more in the lines of women like my mother and aunts and so many others elsewhere who gave up youthful fancy for hard work in factories and fields, all in the shared goal of victory. I don’t know if we could expect the same of fellow citizens today to exhaust themselves in such an effort. That (I or we) would be decidedly anachronistic then.
cheers!
Schwarze Tulpe: a little Google and some background knowledge go a long way. Good point about women: I retract my reflexively silly remark.
Mark
Ottawa
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