Saturday, November 03, 2007

Arab News:The Brits The Tabloids The McCanns

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In truth I only started to take an interest in this story after the McCanns were declared arguidos. (suspects)



I have in the past posted a couple of articles on the subject only to find the blog has been inundated with visitors following this particular story, it's very similar to the current cause celebre Dog Chapman. If a blogger wants thousands of hits then all they have to do is run with a sensational headline, but that's not what it's really about, well not for me.

All that said I'm running with this article from the Arab News and I do have to admit they ain't a million miles away.
Incidentally I have a daily read of the comments section of the the "Madeleine" post at the Anorak because without a doubt there is something very very moody about this story, not least the behaviour of the the McCanns.


This is of course a phenomenon that is sweeping the globe but it is especially highly developed in Britain, a postindustrial country that has for some years boasted more actors than it does coal miners. It is perhaps no accident that the most successful British leader of recent times, the former Prime Minister Tony Blair, is a virtuoso performer, less a real politician than a showman with a special talent for impersonating a politician.


It might be uncharitably suggested that the McCanns, dining out in Portugal every night with their friends, were more concerned with playing the part of parents than with actually looking after their children, and that in this sense they are indeed the authors of their own misfortune.more
Portuguese news source in English.

h/t Ade. Anorak comments
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47 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 March 2012 at 21:47

    Unfortunately, an account, though meaningless, also gives the so called "pro's" a tool in their "fight" that has nothing to do with justice, only pastime, no lack of examples. Nothing wrong with their pastime as far as I'm not the toy. Among other things, a reason. Alas, it is not just a "pro" thing, e.g. (37) bit.ly/hy7EBF, an empty threat I know, understandable but telling. And, one only has to look to other forums, it gets worse. Pity, but such is life I guess. Lord of the flies comes to mind.
    In my opinion, you're one of those few bloggers who do not interfere in other blogs for that matter, only positive contributions.

    End story, two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it?

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  2. Anonymous1 July 2012 at 23:03

    bit.ly/QPIvwU

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  3. Himself2 July 2012 at 11:33

    What a little bunch of charmers, I don't know which thought was first, get a life or circle jerk.

    An evil little circle, all sat round wanking off, and each and every one coming buckets of venom.

    My! that's a bit colourful for first thing in the morning.

    Sad little fuckers who need to get themselves a life.

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  4. Anonymous4 July 2012 at 10:09

    bit.ly/LY0McT (IE)

    Oh, the irony

    Anonymous

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  5. Himself4 July 2012 at 13:03

    Have a bit more.


    I don't think there's any place in this case for people to want their egos stroked.

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  6. Anonymous13 July 2012 at 09:18

    bit.ly/LNNfVz

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  7. Himself13 July 2012 at 09:56

    Ah yes! another one that's wired slightly different.

    Or short circuits on vin rouge, I'm not sure which, perhaps a bit of both.

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  8. Anonymous6 November 2012 at 15:24

    bit.ly/TIacdP That hey is strange, isn’t it?

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  9. Himself6 November 2012 at 17:52

    Good evening dear heart, I'm just back from delivering bird tables.

    You've been following I see. Something is wrong somewhere, as you have noticed, it's not his language is it?

    The previous DM was virtually a taunt, which for all his delusions, is so out of character.

    I think I might download a password generator tomorrow, they really produce some whacky PWs and go through all my online stuff and change everything. Because quite honestly, quite a lot of stuff is weak.

    I do use LastPass, an open source PW manager, it remembers everything and logs you in to whatever, so it's not as though I have to remember all the PWs.

    I'm away out on thursday to buy various goodies, it's a fair trek from here, but I ain't had a run out in a long time.

    I'm going to leave you two links just out of interest, let me know when you have picked them up and I will delete.



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  10. Anonymous6 November 2012 at 20:29

    have picked them
    bit.ly/PBjUye

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  11. Himself7 November 2012 at 10:27

    Mornin' Chuck, sounds like something off Faux News.

    Somehow I don't think that quite describes the reality of the situation.

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  12. Anonymous20 October 2013 at 11:44

    http://bit.ly/1a01Lo6

    here:
    http://bit.ly/1fMUjip

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  13. Himself20 October 2013 at 12:16

    Good morning Maren.

    I'm just up, but thought I better go through the mails, my geek is arriving shortly to reinstall Office.

    Firstly, thank you, I hadn't seen that request.

    Coldwater, if I remember rightly, was a fifth columnist. If I remember rightly.

    Are you saying that's him at the link?

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  14. Anonymous20 October 2013 at 22:15


    Good evening H

    At that time I did read some 3A posts without understanding all the hassle later on. I hardly knew what a forum was. Well, I have catched up now, if only for all that hassle. There's a list with names and nicks (Jatyk's pleasure). Coldwater matches http://bit.ly/1fMUjip

    I don't know anything about the man and I cannot estimate if he likes to be remembered. It's info only; you can make a better assessment. Please remove comments if inappropriate, for your blog and for my sake. Smiley with asterisk.

    Sleep well m'dear. M


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  15. Anonymous21 October 2013 at 07:23

    Given his twitter TL I don't think he is a fifth columnist.

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  16. Himself21 October 2013 at 12:38

    Given his twitter TL I don't think he is either.

    Good morning Chuck, email at last. We updated to Office 2007, but it was quite a job getting all the email adddies to function. (5hrs)

    Now I suppose I shall look at your video links, who knows I might screen shot the discrepancies.

    But will I blog them?

    Let us see.

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  17. Anonymous22 October 2013 at 09:11

    http://bit.ly/1ddxcMQ

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  18. Himself22 October 2013 at 14:25

    LOL
    You don't have to be good to be a troll, but you have to be good to be a good troll.

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  19. Anonymous12 April 2014 at 18:57

    McCann goes global
    http://bit.ly/1ic9G49
    LOL

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  20. Anonymous10 June 2014 at 09:39

    Good morning H. My comment 9 Jun 2014 19:10:00 http://bit.ly/1jhoyf3
    was a link to http://bit.ly/1jhpeRJ

    Published for a while until removed.
    Your comment has been removed due to copyright issues.

    Chuck

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  21. Anonymous10 June 2014 at 09:57

    By the by, my comment was in response to comment Anonymous 9 Jun 2014 14:13:00

    http://bit.ly/1jhoyf3

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  22. Anonymous23 October 2014 at 08:14

    http://bit.ly/1sS9wmN

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  23. Anonymous23 October 2014 at 08:35

    Mr Mitchell last night said he did not know if Kate changed her clothes and added: "If she did, so what?" He said: "It is no big deal that Mr Kennedy met the police.

    "He is interested in all - aspects of the investigation. He is a very hands-on person."

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vile-fantasist-ties-to-sell-dynamite-1656692

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  24. Anonymous10 January 2015 at 12:04

    http://bit.ly/1xTY7XZ
    I totally disagree with Jilly’s SY view, but I love her for her integrity and knowledge of the case. M

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  25. Anonymous13 January 2015 at 14:55

    http://bit.ly/1waVVWk
    April 2014

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  26. Anonymous19 January 2015 at 11:13

    October 14, 2013
    http://bit.ly/1GivKYE
    Detectives are now monitoring the Internet for vile messages about the McCanns.
    ‘Champagne’ Bren.

    October 15, 2013
    http://bit.ly/1ykUESh

    June 10, 2014
    http://bit.ly/1sUQMqj

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  27. Anonymous21 January 2015 at 10:18

    Jan 21, 2015
    http://bit.ly/1yHgFJE
    Pure coincidence of course.

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  28. Anonymous21 January 2015 at 14:14

    http://bit.ly/1CaUdLD
    JG unblocked the champagne connoisseur. Lol

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  29. Anonymous24 January 2015 at 11:16

    http://bit.ly/1wupbaA

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  30. Himself24 January 2015 at 16:44

    JG doesn't follow the #McCann tag. other than when he does. lol

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  31. Himself24 January 2015 at 16:58

    All in all, I don't think JG is a happy chappie.

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  32. Anonymous28 January 2015 at 08:29

    https://twitter.com/findmadeleine/status/558425461014167552

    RTd by Michael Wright and nine others. Hmmm...

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  33. Anonymous28 January 2015 at 19:45

    "Operation Grange believes..."

    https://twitter.com/findmadeleine/status/559923085357629440

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  34. Anonymous30 January 2015 at 10:09

    https://twitter.com/JillyCL/status/561100252615569408
    She’s right.

    https://twitter.com/just_standing3

    An English woman married to a Dutchman, a reconstituted family. It is hard to make sense of all the stories online from and about her and her brother.

    For sure, there are undesirable excesses on the McCann case. Just one of those vague but inevitable side paths, I guess.

    Anyway, she does Jesus and a lot of pets. Well, what can I say.

    Good morning H

    xxx

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  35. Anonymous6 February 2015 at 08:34

    https://twitter.com/gojam_i_am/status/563411598904422400

    ?

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  36. Himself6 February 2015 at 09:35

    I'm heading out the gap shortly, will read on return.

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  37. Himself6 February 2015 at 12:02

    I have had a breeze through it Maren, in truth I can't be arsed with it.

    Isn't that gojam a super-troll, mentioned on that website?

    They are all wankers Maren, working to some agenda or other.

    Jobs to do, later Chuck.

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  38. Anonymous10 February 2015 at 07:33

    @Himself 24 January 2015 at 16:44
    JG doesn't follow the #McCann tag. other than when he does. lol

    https://twitter.com/JimGamble_INEQE/status/564923222886744064

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  39. Anonymous10 February 2015 at 14:23

    https://twitter.com/TheSpectator7/status/565148963393634305

    Interesting question. M

    http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/MISSING_PAGES.htm

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  40. Anonymous11 February 2015 at 11:38

    Just thoughts. Mx

    http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/FRANCES_KENNAH.htm#4400

    http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/P16/16_VOLUME_XVIa_Page_4400.jpg


    Steven Carpenter - child (his daughter) carrying holidaymaker May 3, 2007. [An innocent British father or the innocent British father, transformed into “Crèche dad” by SY, because a direction is irrelevant to SY’s investigation; an investigation on the basis of “Neither her parents or any of the members of the group that were with her are either persons of interest or suspects”] ?

    Carolyn Carpenter – Steve’s wife, holidaymaker May 3, 2007, vaguely remembering someone calling "Madeleine, Madeleine” after they had crossed the road from the MW reception and before entering their apartment, approximately a quarter past nine and half past nine. http://www.mccannpjfiles.co.uk/PJ/STEPHEN-CARPENTER.htm

    Patricia Cameron – Gerry’s sister

    Alan Pike – McCanns’ crisis counsellor

    Janet Kennedy – Kate’s aunt

    Karen McCalman – Campaign Coordinator Madeleine’s Fund March 2009 – August 2012 https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/karen-mccalman/15/3a9/801

    Dr. Phil Hussey – McCanns’ former GP

    Dr. Ian Schofield – McCanns’ GP


    Altogether, an interesting list of names. The Carpenters amongst the McCanns’ family and acquaintances.

    Pure coincidence of course.

    Good day H

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  41. Anonymous10 March 2015 at 09:52

    http://bit.ly/1GmBV9O
    (sara)

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  42. Anonymous19 March 2015 at 06:21

    http://bit.ly/1H4sVdr
    http://bit.ly/1DBQZ6i
    One and the same? Only guessing. Not that it matters, but just in case it does. x

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  43. Anonymous19 March 2015 at 08:07

    https://twitter.com/Journalist208/status/578453417271697408

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  44. Anonymous19 March 2015 at 08:28

    Edinburgh
    http://bit.ly/1LwC2Xh
    http://bit.ly/18KcvrO

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  45. Himself19 March 2015 at 11:00

    Good morning Maren.

    06:21
    08:07
    If you are going to get it wrong, don't get it wrong with a lawyer.

    I read his timeline a couple of days ago. His stuff on the polygraph seemed interesting and "insider" informed.

    Then again, it could be all BS?

    And yes, quite possibly the same. I wonder when he morphed into a journo?

    Some strange people on the interweb Maren. I had a new "fan" his name escapes at the moment, but a guy who has a thing going with Williams-Thomas.

    I got a DM from him disclosing WT's personal cell phone number.

    I say I had a fan, past tense, because I fucked him off over it. What do I want with WT's goddamned phone number?

    Mamas this afternoon.


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  46. Anonymous19 March 2015 at 19:50

    Hi H. Some strange people indeed, although there are some notable exceptions of course. And yes that dubious WT man, both WT himself and his pursuer, a personal vendetta perhaps.

    Concerning "the six corpses", September 2007 there was (and still is) an article in Spanish weekly “News” magazine Interviu. Sounds reasonable nonetheless.

    17/09/2007

    http://www.interviu.es/reportajes/articulos/caso-madeleine-las-pistas-clave-de-la-policia-portuguesa

    Sixth paragraph: Kate McCann en contacto con seis cadáveres (source: Departamento de Lucha contra el Bandidaje de Portugal?)

    Google Translate
    http://bit.ly/1H6Cp7K

    Later. M

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  47. Anonymous20 March 2015 at 09:32

    http://bit.ly/1xlGq5k

    ...In fact, it was made private on Thursday 2nd October, two days before her death - a conscious decision so that it didn’t distract from or compromise any police investigation....

    YCMIU



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