Maddie's DNA... in India, I think

"Do Not Abandon us", so appear to say, without saying it, the McCanns, desperate not to fall onto forgetfulness.

For memory falters only in those dark, eerie places of the mind.

It's when in those dark, eerie places, far away from protecting eyes, that a prey becomes the easiest target for its predators, so, so thirsty for its flesh.

The Murdochs and Brooks Hearing

I, like you, was appalled by the inept inquisitors.

Lawyers and barristers train for years in questioning methods and most of the questions were so lighweight they were neither challenging or even a vague attempt to get to the truth.

When James and Rupert Murdoch sat down the chairman was smiling and making a joke with them. Completely inappropriate. Let’s not fool ourselves; politicians will always be afraid of people like the Murdochs.

These people are dynastic, power passed from generation to generation, whilst politicians know their seat in power depends much on the whims of the people, which, compared with the others, is but a figment of time.

 And a person only lives a generation, so it's important NOT to upset the particular individual that happens to on the "throne"...

When the hearings finished I felt the whole affair was so downplayed that it seemed trivial, the anticlimax changed the matter from gravely serious to a few mischievous people doing what journalists do and a doddery old man that could be excused for not knowing what day it was.

The point of this blog, as we’ve said, is Truth.

On Tuesday 19th , 2011, we, although you miht have not realised it, came as close to it as, probably, ever “The Establishment” will allow.

A distance that should never exist between us, but we know it does.

This blog does to its part in trying only to keep it on the shortest leash possible. Even if, one day, Maddie’s death is clarified crystal clear, you will be further from the truth than you were on that day.

You see, they did “play a role”, quite adequately, but were FORCED to play it. And by whom?

What I saw was that ARROGANCE and CARELESSNESS bowed before those they had forced to kneel before them: YOU.

 Neither the Murdochs nor Brooks (Ms B) were addressing the MPs. Nor the MPs were they addressing those they had summoned. They were communicating directly to YOU.  

Ms B in the role of ignorance, which, if true, amazes all on what they do spend the 10-12 hours they say they “work” daily, and the MPs in the role of “please-excuse-us-but-we-HAD-to-summon-you-here”, evidently hoping that no grudges would be held afterwards.

But the important thing, is that they HAD to play their role. Why? Because of you.

Let me say straight away that nothing moves me against the Murdochs. I wouldn’t pick them over Brian Kennedy or Richard Branson, just mention two names of wealthy people that have allowed their name to be linked with the McCanns.

Nor do I have anything against the McCanns. All I want is that they’re brought, ADEQUATELY, before justice.

And if the outcome results in the sentence being a simple a slap on the hand, I’ll be satisfied.

However, they DO have to be brought to justice, and, I repeat, in an honest (how sorry I am to have use this word in this phrase) and adequate manner.

No legal technicalities such as insanity pleas, for example. A truthful exercise of justice is just what is demanded.

Because what links people like Ms B and the McCanns is exactly that: the absence of truth.

The McCann story, was run by the POWERFUL. The media, led by the British tabloids forced public opinion into one, and only one single direction. No other was allowed, and any and all dissension was immediately persecuted.

The story was so obviously false that it smelled bad from a mile away, but, hypocritical to its core, the media continued to pursue the direction it set out to do so from the beginning, in an exercise of ARROGANCE never seen before by mankind.

And when I say mankind, I mean it literally.

There were very few corners of this world where Maddie’s coloboma didn’t get to.

And that is THE crucial detail in this whole story: it was an worldwide SUCCESSFUL exercise of ARROGANCE.

The so called McCann Story PROVED to people like the Ms B (like other RELEVANT Black Hats) that they COULD.

 That if they WANTED, they COULD, and as they COULD, they WOULD.

That is the phrase that you have to retain: they understood that they COULD. And on a worldwide scale, stepping over, not only the truth, but over Sovereign States and all their LEGITIMACY.

But on the 19th, we, by FORCING them to represent a role, made them see that they that they COULDN?T after all.

At least, not so blatantly. And that was your and our victory on that particular day.

Then and there, the McCann Affair was placed where it belonged and should have never left, nothing but a tragic but IRRELEVANT mishap that befell on an unfortunate child.

Not filled with state secrets nor of sufficient relevance to involve any kind of diplomacy. It was a simple police case, that would have been solved quickly were it not for interests completely foreign to that particular child.

My prediction about the somberness of the McCanns future had yet another two confirmations: the closure of the McCann Facebook page (not taking any more posts), and the shut down of the findmadeleineblog.blogspot.

About the Facebook page, it was closing down last week so signs they were sloping off. Their army is packing their kit up and going home rather than lose any more foot soldiers.

About the blog there is something interesting to be pointed out. The reason given was “an unavoidable one (decision) due to changes in circumstances”.

How well we understand that.

 But what caught our attention was the following “Donations we will transfer to a selected charity with the same aims to make sure every penny is used as intended and can help other families.”

The McCanns are not named, nor the Fund, which one would expect, would “every penny” go to.

No, instead it will go to where “EVERY PENNY IS USED AS INTENDED”.

Is this a recognition of the obvious, and that is the Fund never funded what it state that it would fund? Like, for example, legal fees against Amaral?

I see no other reading.

But this blog, unlike Rebekah Brooks, we won’t forget the McCanns.

After mentioning others she just forgot to mention the McCanns during the hearing albeit the letter to the PM (signed from David to Kate and Gerry, which is NOT expected protocol from a PM) that made front page in The Sun as well as was this tabloid's intention to serialize Kate's book after being published a little over two months ago (although in the week before it was, it did anticipate, through DAILY articles, the publication), we will not abandon the couple.

I would dare say, that Rebekah's lapse of memory about the McCanns almost justifies her lack of memory on many other issues...

Anyhow, we will not abandon the couple. Not now that the world is PHYSICALLY crumbling around them.

No, we will not abandon them. Nor the Black Hats.

A Fisherman's Tale...

... and we're NOT ONLY talking about the McCanns...  

"The Catch", as it happens.

On BBC and on The Guardian  


Update, Monday 18th 1700 GMT:

I’ve noticed that some of you have the opinion that Rebekah Brooks’ arrest on Sunday was nothing but a mockery, in order to allow her not to answer some, or all, of the questions put to her in the BRITISH PARLIAMENT to which she's been summoned to tomorrow.

One indicator being that she had one fantastic “flash-trip” of resignation-arrest-release in a period of less of 4 days, including a weekend.

And although she was released on bail, we’re still to know which charges if any, were brought against her.

There MUST have been some sort of charges, otherwise on what grounds could the bail be set on? Because if there were no charges, she’d just be simply released wouldn’t she?

So, like you, I wouldn’t disregard the hypothesis of all being a devious way to avoid answering uncomfortable questions given the utter ARROGANCE that these people seem to be possessed by.

If, and I do underline the IF, that was, or is the case, and tomorrow, Rebekah Brooks is to sit basically silent when summoned tomorrow to the BRITISH PARLIAMENT, let me just address a few words to those eventually responsible for such an ARROGANT and CARELESS decision.

People, DO UNDERSTAND, from the height of your no-longer existent pedestal, that this is no longer about news or faking news, or about blogging vs rags, or even about high finances & stock marketing. Nor about a criminal investigation. All those issues have a right place to be dealt with. NOT the BRITISH PARLIAMENT. If you haven't realized that yet, your "playing" time is OVER.

It's about the BRITISH PARLIAMENT and what it represents, so, if tomorrow Rebekah Brooks doesn’t answer questions you’ll be making a LAUGHING STOCK of it.

Now, it’s up to the BRITISH to show you how tolerant they may be about having their National Symbols so badly mistreated…

So I wouldn’t advise you on doing that. If you did think ever of doing it, that is.

Anyhow, I’ll remain the optimist and say that is all in the head of a few fantasists like myself, because, at the end of the day, who ends up looking more guilty, one who doesn’t answer, or one who defends oneself on some legal technicality to remain silent?

A hint. Kate McCann and the 48 unanswered questions.

Now What, After NOTW?

This blog is about Maddie McCann, but as I’ve had the opportunity to say, does NOT exist because of the unfortunate demise of said British 4-year child.

It was, and is, an anonymous exercise of citizenship, to show that one doesn’t have to be a politician to exercise politics, as politics starts right at the spot where your feet are standing at any given point of time.

Politics is nothing else than the exercise by citizens of their citizenship, usually delegated upon those who they elect, amongst THEMSELVES.

Politicians are as much people, as people are politicians. That simple, and don't ever let that power be taken away from you.

We’ve also shown, post after post, that what is known as the Maddie McCann Affair is much, much more than about the set of events of a death that occurred in PdL.

Recent events have proved us right. Yes, it was in that particular quaint little fishing town that, just like a novel, all the events related with Maddie McCann, did spark.

But as we’ve been explaining, what followed, very quickly took such proportions that made that place nothing more than a speck of dust when seen where all has happened since.

And what followed Maddie’s death is what is REALLY RELEVANT, as that was what was of criminal nature and not the child’s loss of life, which we continue to believe to have happened in an accidental manner.

But, if PdL is indeed but a speck of dust, Portugal itself, its government, police and justice system were not much bigger than a grain of sand, just so you understand how big the conflict of interests really was, and certainly continues to be.

Ironside was the first to use the expression “White Hats”, that, together with its corollary, ”Black Hats”, became a household expressions in this blog. And now are commonly used in the internet.

I found this analogy with the good old cowboys movies, to be one very fortunate choice of words, as both defined with much more accuracy the two main “camps” around the Maddie McCann Affair, than the “Pro” and “Anti” with which we were presented by the Black Hats.

They had two intentions with this.

The first was to link the negativity that the word “Anti” contains with those seeking to know the truth, while attaching themselves to the positive word “Pro”. Much like what is achieved with “White Hats” vs ”Black Hats”, only the other way around, which we, obviously, do find it to be the correct order of things.

The second was that, by dividing us all into either being “Pro-McCann” or “Anti-McCann” they were limiting our opinion scope to just the McCann couple, which was very convenient as it left out the majority of the Black Hats.

Pretty clever, but then again, we’ve always said that we were up against very clever people.

We’ve been saying, for quite a while now, that the Black Hat Castle of Cards, has been steadily crumbling down. And like any erosion, is going at an exponentially fast rate, as we’re witnessing.

Those who were once allies, have now become foes, and foes are known to fight between themselves.

And in the process for an ally to become a foe, it's mandatory for betrayal, or its perception, to be found somewhere in the middle, and how bitter one becomes when one feels betrayed.

We, in this blog have said that the crumbling began with “political demise” of Jim Gamble, but now, when doing some researching for this post, I came across with a somewhat violent articles by The Sun against Gordon Brown, in November 2009.

Getting a name wrong and not bowing in respect of the fallen in combat is unquestionably reprehensible, but I think it doesn’t merit the thrashing the man got on November 9th, 2009 (1)(2)(3).

For example, I found very much more offensive the fact that Jim Gamble, Gerry and Kate McCann wore in public a poppy on their lapels. That really insulted the memory of all valiant soldiers who’ve offered the UK their life as the ultimate sacrifice.

So, something must have happened around that time. Mr. Brown either stepped on someone’s toes or, knowing him as we know, demanded to have more power than he was “entitled” to.

I don’t know what he did, but he certainly had The Sun after him like a rabid dog during and after last year’s elections (1)(2)(3).
 

But that is “way-above-our-pay-grade-level-of-politics”, so we’ll stick with Jim Gamble being kicked off CEOP as the catalyst for the beginning of hostilities between the Black Hats.

Hopefully, history books will correct us on this, but now that is an unimportant detail. What is important is that they’re after each other’s throats, viciously.

So hostilities have now escalated, as we predicted, into a full scale war. The Black Hats are now fighting each other; each belligerent using all its power and might.

The outcome is unknown, but this blog prides itself in contributing that it is indeed taking place.

First, we had the “NOTW 168th Air Squadron” being annihilated right in their HQ. It was wiped completely off the tarmac, unable to get a single plane up in the air. All destroyed on the ground. So humiliating. We’ll back to this later, as it is quite telling about what is going on.

Then we had the “SY Batallions” being torn to shreds in the battlefields of the British Parliament.

The very same battlefields that wait bigger and tougher fights very soon. But the decisive factor that will be remembered in this war was the engaging of the “Brown Division”.  

Gordon Brown did try to tell us something on January 24th, 2011, about his phone being hacked, and, in fact, more than a year before, on Dec 11th 2009, the The Sun had already shown an unusual interest in the use he had of his cellphone.

With the “Brown Division” fully engaged there was no more turning back.

It forced the “Murdoch Corps” to deploy into the battlefield, which is due to arrive soon in full power. Rebekah Brooks' troops have done their best to contain damages, but have caved in. and whatever is to happen, will happen, we only know that it will be barbaric and cannibalistic.

And the events are happening at a rate quite hard to keep up pace with. A huge amount of blood is expected to be spilled, as this huge fighting machine will not go down easy, if it will go down at all, although Rebekah Brooks's resignation appears to show that not all is well on Murdoch's "Eastern Front".

On his "Western Front", it seems that the FBI is now investigating possible hacking on 9/11 relatives of victims. A subject to which all Americans are very sensitive about, so, if this proves to be true, that will mean that the US will be engaged in this war, and we all know what happened when America arrived in all wars in which the UK was already fighting…

They came, they saw and they won.

But let’s return to the ongoing fighting. First, back to the destroying of the “NOTW 168th Air Squadron” and then to the engagement of the “Brown Division”.

And just as a side note, while we’re on the subject of “Divisions”, isn’t it deafening the silence from the “Blair Division”? It’s like it’s exercising fully its Miranda Rights, even before anybody has even read them to them…

The loss of NOTW, is, in the least, scandalous. Why close a paper because it was caught up in some illegality? After all, it wouldn’t be the first, would it? And all others before closed down? Shouldn’t just the responsible ones be the only ones accountable for whatever possible illegality, and allow the paper business to go on as normal, as expected? Why close it?

Shouldn’t the eventual dropping sales be the determining factor for such a decision, and not one based on possible criminal behavior of just a FEW of its professionals?

So many questions, a very simple answer, or at least, a simple word to answer them all: CARELESSNESS.

Only utter CARELESSNESS in handling sensitive information can justify such a hasty decision. This suddenness in closure means only that the whole lot of professionals, archives and computers had to be silenced, and silenced at once.

Why? Because they were CARELESS with the information, and it could be easily accessible by inadequate probing eyes if any action wasn’t taken.

It was preferable to take such obvious action as the deletion of files, which basically assumes guilt, than to have what was deleted be seen. Now, we know that to delete an electronic footprint is not exactly the easiest thing to do…

This CARELESSNESS was probably due to the fact that they felt that they had their backs completely protected, and became ARROGANT. Arrogance only leads down one path, that of error.

So, the NOTW had to go, and it wasn’t enemy fire that wiped off 168 years of tabloid, just like that.

Those who made that decision know very well why they made it, and how urgent and needed it was that it was made.

Enough of the NOTW demise.

Because it isn’t important, what is important is that people understood that British journalists published stories in accordance with the needs and requirements of friends and clients, regardless of being real or not.

Doesn’t the McCann name just pop right up?

The engagement of “Brown Division”, brings in one very important Black Hat asset, The Sun.  

The Sun has been clearly nominated to stand up to the “Brown Division”. The hatred between both is evident, and the tabloid has done a very poor job standing its ground.

I found its defensive tactics quite interesting. As per all Black Hat tactics, it reveals CARELESSNESS and ARROGANCE.

After years of living in a self-created fictionalized world, they decide to react in defense by running a ridiculous story about a parent, who out of the goodness of his heart decided to contact the tabloid to help fight a disease.

How noble, how endearing, but being such a good man, why does he need to be protected from Brown? So that his altruism would go unrecognized by his peers? It can only be that, because any other sort of fear can only result from being afraid of having to be accountable for his words, but that would only worry him if he was lying, and we know he isn’t because he did, so says the tabloid, sign an affidavit.

It’s a known fact that hard times create bonds between sufferers.

Parents of seriously ill children tend to come together and help each other to surpass such difficult times, if only to gather and join up each one’s fading strengths so that together they become a whole strong unity able to fight, together, such adversity.

There’s no back stabbing, only burden-sharing.

If I had a child with a serious disease, and did happen to find out that on nearby bed lay a son or daughter of a celebrity, my natural reaction would be to start to look at that person with much more humanity, and join him/her in all his efforts in the fight against the disease that had stricken both our children.

Not go, behind his back, and tell a tabloid.

But that’s me.

And I‘m not saying that The Sun didn’t have the Brown’s approval to run the story, nor that it did, as I have no idea and am not interested in having one. I’m just saying that the story that the tabloid has run to justify itself is utter tripe.

So much so, that it lasted less than half a day on the internet.

In fact, what we were confronted with, once again, was with yet another “Maddie-Sighting-Witness”, so common in The Sun, only this time the witness didn’t see a lookalike Maddie in some corner of the world, but saw himself heading for The Sun, in the most benign and altruist manner as we saw.

SKY News, as expected, also ran the story, no surprises there, but to watch that news channel these days is quite painful.

One can sense the total discomfort in every word said, be about what subject it may be, because nobody is listening, just watching. Some, like myself, with a smile on their face. But let us just lose one minute to look at what this parent had to say:  
“The father, who contacted us in November 2006, was stunned when he heard the allegations that The Sun must have accessed Fraser's medical files to discover his condition.  
And yesterday he signed a legal affidavit confirming he was the source of our story, published when Mr Brown was Chancellor.  
He said: "It was difficult knowing the truth, then to hear the lies being put out just to screw the papers. 
"This has taken the focus off the issue and it has now put the focus on blaming people for something they didn't do.“

Now, of the two last paragraphs, I’ll just change TWO WORDS for just another TWO WORDS: “the papers” with “Mr. Amaral”. Just see the effect:

“He said: "It was difficult knowing the truth, then to hear the lies being put out just to screw Mr. Amaral.

"This has taken the focus off the issue and it has now put the focus on blaming people for something they didn't do.“

Fascinating, isn’t it? The Sun whining about what The Sun loves to do onto others. It’s like they have this unique template out of which they write their whole newstories.

But what has all this got to do with the McCanns?

The McCann Story was an ARROGANT and CARELESS story ran in the best classical “NI-Style”.

That style being: “we can say whatever we wish, they way we wish to do so and couldn’t give a rat’s ass about your intelligence, so do swallow whole the tripe we dish out to you while we rub it in your face that we can do what we can do, and you just have to put up with it with no complaints whatsoever otherwise we’ll sue your arse right off your pants, are we clear?”

The exact same ARROGANT and CARELESS style that made them close NOTW in a jiffy.

The exact same ARROGANT and CARELESS style that has now made the gigantic “Murdoch Corps” have to fight for its life.

I’ve had the opportunity to remark that although the rats are the first to abandon ship, but to be able to do that, a rope to DRY land is required.

The absence of a rope, or the existence of one that just drops into the middle of the ocean only has one consequence: the rats must stay and fight.

So a rope must then be found, and this is where the McCanns could come in and save save the day.

They’re the ideal sacrificial lambs at this point in time, and they know that, and that’s why they’re so, so silent and quiet. No longer rats, just insignificant white mice in an obscure laboratory.

But are they any good as rope?

On one hand, yes, as the popular wrath would be sufficient to distract the public, although this will only be valid if the US doesn’t pick up on this, if there’s something to be picked up on that side of the Atlantic.

But on anther hand, they’re certainly not. Why? Because of the Fund.

The Fund, unlike lying to the authorities, which is a crime, and unlike any possible sexual scandal which is not a crime at all; it is a SERIOUS crime.

Much, much more SERIOUS than any phone hacking scandal.

What was supposedly a brilliant move to pin down the McCanns and make sure that they had much, much to lose if they one day decided to change their minds about "the truth", has now become a SERIOUS problem to all.

So, apparently, the Black Hats cannot afford to change one scandal for a much bigger one.

As I said, there’s a war going on. I don’t know what the result will be, nor will even venture a prediction.

Only about the McCanns.

If the McCanns are brought to justice by the other hands than those of the Black Hats, then they will not only NOT represent any kind of rope, but become one BIG bucketful of nails for so many coffins out there…

On the other hand, the Black Hats are done with them, and really want to tar and feather them up.

Their situation looks really bad. I’m not seeing the deal that the book was to be an endless source of income, to still be in place. I'm sure it is NOT. And the book didn't really sell that much. Only two months have gone, and it's as if it it didn't exist.

After all, dimwit Kate McCann did decide to bite the hand that was feeding her, didn’t she?

Also, I’m not seeing ANY of the tabloids of running another McCann story EVER again. Too risky. With the exception of their arrest, that is. And about that, can I make a suggestion for The Sun headline that day? How about “McScams”? Do use it please, no copyrights demanded.

Their faces are well too known for them to resort to anonymity, and they don’t have the required “friendships” to live a life of a non-working celebrity.

I would say that they’re between a rock and hard place. They chose on May 3rd, 2007, to have to make that choice today. Now, all they have to do is tell all they know. They’ve asked for it, haven’t they?

And what about us?

Well, we’ll continue to force our hand. Even if the McCanns are brought to justice, it will remain this blog’s responsibility to ensure that there’s no mockery about it.

There are still many things to write. I have to explain to you how you can reopen the process, how Kate McCann’s book is proof that she, or whoever wrote the damn thing, reads this blog, revisit our friend Mr. Smith, and explain what the Gaspar’s statements are all about.

May I is finding some interesting biological and business linkages that help understand this whole drama, and Sina J is busy finding so many missing people that were “plucked” from it, and we still have our ongoing Quiz Night, don’t we?

Also “Up for tennis, Doc?” has had only one chapter, with already other two laying dormant for over a year. Then, we’ll start to join dots, and you fill the colours in.

Lastly, as expected, with the smell of victory I see some people already stepping up on their toes, dusting off and trying out their Sunday suits, swelling up their chests already rehearsing for the upcoming medal ceremony.

Please do not invite us for such an event. We wouldn’t miss our late afternoon tea, with scones, watching our grandchildren playing cricket for anything in this world.

An Image to Retain

A comment from one of our dear Anonymous readers, made on Jul 10, 2011 8:15:00 PM, which we so much thank:

"In the last ever edition of the News of the World the McCanns are not given a single mention, the paper has highlighted all its major headlines e.g. Hungley, Sara Payne, footballers, etc etc and not a single word about the McCanns, there are also allegations that the NOTW published stories which were not true to appease clients and PR companies.  
The silence of the NOTW regarding the McCanns speaks and shouts volumes that this is indeed a cover up, people in high places watch their backs and those of their friends, but in the next few days more revelations will be revealed. Eventually bringing the McCanns to justice.  
Events will move very quickly now, these people will find it impossible to whitewash the McCanns because they themselves are under scrutiny. 
At last this farce is coming to a close, 'everything comes to he who waits' and we have waited four years for justice, it is long overdue.  
Well done Textusa, Ironside, Sina J and May I."

We have been corrected: From Amazon.com:
"MrsD says: There is a mention in today's NOTW, I have a copy. They must have missed it. MrsD says: It comes under the 2007 section, I found it interesting that they report that Kate & Gerry Mccann "report their daughter missing" - rather than Madeleine Mccann was abducted from PDL, might be reading something in to nothing of course"

As Mrs. D says, there’s one very significant distance between “missing” and “abducted/kidnapped”, which isn’t measured in inches, yards or miles. But in units of credibility, which are, as we know, palpable but unmeasurable.

Also, to resume the whole attention given by the NOTW, and similar tripe, to the couple and their humungous propagandistic effort, as an one of the events of a certain year, is indeed quite telling, and is in essence, the same thing as not saying a single word about it.

In our opinion, it doesn’t alter in anything the importance and pertinence of the observation made by our reader, to whom, as we've said, we're very grateful to.

But where correction is due, correction is due, and this blog will always correct itself in its quest for the truth.

Post Scriptum:
It seems an opportune time to suggest that you do reread some of our previous posts:
- Joining the Dots, Colour Filling is Up for Grabs
- National Habits
- National Habits II
- Looking at the Future, Today

Next Attraction

The problem with “little” people who taunt others because they feel completely protected by the big bullies, is that when those bullies do leave, as they always do, life suddenly becomes painful.

It’s like a long term deposit of pain. It returns piled up with interest.

It seems then that one of the McCanns Champions, the NOTW, has been KO’d.

Do you remember when, back in the beginning of February this year, May I "challenged" you to join up some "dots"? No, we didn't then, or now do, own any crystal balls.

We just relied, and rely on plain good old and simple reasoning, known as common sense, or in mathematical terms, logic.

What adds up, adds up, what doesn't, doesn't.

By the way, does anyone know what happened to The Sun's intent of serialising, EXCLUSIVELY, Kate's book ?

Gone too with the wind, perhaps?

 If I were at the McCann Camp, I would seriously start to warm up.

The crowd is anxious, and NOTW fight was too quick and quite disappointing.

They need, and want more, and, if I’m not mistaken, you might just be what the “doctor” ordered: the next attraction.

  Maybe, then:
   

Post Scriptum:
Apologise once again, for my absence. I’ll intermittently be coming here until at least the end of August, when expect to know if the treatment my friend is currently undergoing will make her return back to health, which we all hope and have been fighting for, or if further action will still be required.

It lights up my heart so to feel all your love and warmth, coming here daily. Thank you so, so much!

Textusa will be back very soon

Our sister Textusa has been called away to attend to a relative again. We were all hoping for the person to make a full recovery but she has had a setback recently, so this has slowed her progress.

Please keep reading and posting as Textusa will still be watching over her blog even while she is away.

I’m sure our dedicated readers would like to send Textusa and her sick relative their best wishes.

Sina J

Missing In Action

by May I

In all battles, combatants go missing in action. Sometimes they have been taken prisoner or have been wounded and lost in the confusion of the war.

They may return with important stories, but sometimes they are never heard from again.

What happened to some important witnesses in the battle of which we write?

We still await some news of Father David Heal and his wife Pam.

We are also anxious for news of another couple who have not been heard of since October 2007. Susan and Paul Moyes were the occupants of apartment G5K, which was the apartment directly above Mrs Fenn's; 2 floors above.

They told the press that they arrived in Praia da Luz on the day that Madeleine disappeared. They returned from a “fabulous” night out at 9.15. and sat on their balcony, overlooking the Tapas restaurant.

They saw that the place was full of people eating and drinking. (would that be 15 people, according to Kate, minus Gerry who was carrying out his check and Jane Tanner, who was on her way to or from somewhere?)

The Moyes described the resort as safe and idyllic, a “paradise”, with no mention of recent burglaries or abductions; nor, for that matter, any commotion below that night. Their first inkling about what had happened was a knock on their door at 11.30, that evening, asking them to join in the search for a missing child.

There are no witness statements from them in the released files, despite the fact they would have been crucial witnesses to the events of that evening. Neither is there any mention of them by name in Kate's book.

She does mention an unwelcome visit that evening by a drunken woman, but it can't have been Mrs Moyes, because they say they knew nothing about what had happened until the next day and surely, Pam Heal, the vicar's wife, would not have arrived to console in such a drunken state.

Perhaps the drunken woman should also be listed as missing in action?

The occupant of G5I is listed as Irene McMillan, but according to the cleaner, who normally had this apartment on her list to clean, this was not one of the occupied apartments.

Susan Moyes was interviewed by Radio Stoke in October 2007. She described Madeleine's disappearance as “ a sad, unfortunate ACCIDENT”; a strangely muted choice of adjectives to describe a supposed abduction and an interesting word to use as an alternative to disappearance or abduction.

In the case of the missing in action, it is usual to issue a bulletin to this effect and hope that news of the missing, whatever it may be, will soon be forthcoming.

The Very Last Campaign of the British Empire

This post is dedicated to this blog’s #1 fan, a believer even before it existed.
 

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher.

It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French and marked the end of his Hundred Days' return from exile.

Why do I bring here the Battle of Waterloo? Because with a few exceptions, it seems to portray the “The Maddie McCann Affair” or as I like to call it privately, “The Very Last Campaign of the British Empire”.

I hope, at the end of this post, you will understand why I call it that.

The Battle of Waterloo had two major belligerents: the French, led by Napoleon, and the “Others”, by the Duke of Wellington.

These, as we’ll see, made up mostly, but not exclusively, of British troops.

The Maddie McCann Affair, also has two major belligerents: the Truth, defended by multinational anonymous citizens, and the “Those Against the Truth”, these, as we’ll see, made up mostly, but not exclusively, of British citizens.

One first major difference about these two sets of events, is that in the IX Century Battle, the French did lose, while I’m certain that the Truth will prevail.

The Truth, in this case, is you.

You, the one trying to understand what really did happen, but that in the process of trying to do so have suffered so many “attacks” coming from so many different directions.

Yet you maintain your determination, and that was something the “attackers” didn’t count on.

Let’s look at the map of the Battle of Waterloo:
 
On the bottom, as said, we have the French flag, and on top, we have two sets of flags, on one side, the Union Jack with the Dutch flag, on the other, the Prussian one.

The United Kingdom, the United Netherlands and Prussia, those countries which flags are depicted, were part of the Seventh Coalition.

But they weren’t the only nations to be present at Waterloo fighting Napoleon. Hanover, Nassau and Brunswick were also there, only their flags aren’t shown:
 
But not all members of the Seventh Coalition were present at Waterloo.

I’ve just named those that were, but during the “Hundred Days War”, these nations were also part of it: Austrian Empire, Russian Empire, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany and Switzerland.

Also, although not a nation, there were present the French Royalists:
 
There were a lot of participants that one hadn’t realized their presence just by looking at the battle maps, or reading history books.

Only three names are basically remembered: Duke of Wellington, Napoleon, and to a lesser degree, Blücher.

One curiosity, completely irrelevant, but we even have a Murat present. In this case a Joachim Murat, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. This one died with dignity before a firing squad, after a failed attempt to regain the throne of Naples. It is said he was the one to give the order to fire to the firing squad "Soldats! Faites votre devoir! Droit au cœur mais épargnez le visage. Feu!" (“Soldiers! Do your duty! Straight to the heart but spare the face. Fire!”).

Let’s go back to our Battle Map. Let’s replace the following: The French flag, by “YOU”, the Union Jack by “GUESTS”, United Netherlands flag by “OCEAN CLUB” and the Prussian flag by “TAPAS 9”:
 
I’ll leave to your imagination and common sense with what, or who, you should replace the Hanover, Nassau and Brunswick flags, and where to place them on the Battlefield.

Just realize that although not represented, they’re there, and fighting against you.

And don’t forget the flags of the Austrian Empire, of the Russian Empire, of Sweden, of Spain, of Portugal, of Sardinia, of Sicily, of Tuscany, of Switzerland and of the French Royalists, although they weren’t in the battle itself, they did participate in the campaign.

So we have basically the following: YOU being under attack from TWO main directions.

One coming from the GUESTS/OCEAN CLUB (a coalition-within-the coalition), and the other from the TAPAS 9 side:
 
Or to make things easier to understand graphically:
  This is how the Maddie McCann Affair War raged from 2007 to 2010.

The GUESTS/OCEAN CLUB, once purged of its foot soldiers that were inconvenient to have around, proved to be a united, cohesive and mighty force, which has, like at Waterloo, has been the Black Hat driving force.

The TAPAS 9, has suffered some setbacks, namely the abandonment of O’Brien, the “desertion” of Oldfield and the public humiliation of Tanner in the Mockumentary.

However, its nucleus, the Paynes and the McCanns, has remained intact, and they have, indeed, been highly reinforced, at least by the McCann clan of friends and family, which are those that we know of.

The Paynes like (or need) to be as discreet as possible, so what kind of help they’ve been able to arrange is unknown, but I’m sure existent.

By joining the strengths of these two camps, you can see that you were (are) before a mighty opponent, almost comparable with the Invincible Armada.

You also can now understand why we’ve had so many Black Hats in blogs and forums.

These people have resources to pay professionals, as well as are themselves personally involved to have to commit themselves as if their lives depended on it. In some cases, it does.

People that, at first, you took for gullible, naïve, as well as short-sighted. They stubbornly refused to accept the most obvious of facts, and yet accepted the most bizarre of coincidences for justification.

Then they started not to look that much innocent.

They kept on demanding from you proof of each word you said, while theirs was valid just because they had said so.

Politely they tired you out. What they said with a huge margin of uncertain and probability was to be taken as fact, while all you said with precision would, according to them, remain ambiguous.

They certainly had an hidden agenda, but you just couldn’t put your finger to it… until now.

When this didn’t work out they started to be rude, insulting, with the intent of disrupting, thus creating a hostile environment to drive away from the subject peaceful, reasonable people who were made to feel uncomfortable and just leave and not return.

They were given the impression that those writing about Maddie McCann were rude nutcases without hope of cure, who got their kicks out of fighting each other.

They used against you every tactic possible of counter-information; they threw at you all possible misinformation, which we here called “clutter”.

These people knew very well what was (and is) at stake, and withdrew from it their objectives, which they’ve fought hard for, with efficiency I must say.

Many of them, I remind you, were (and are) trained professionals.

Also, understanding that there was (is) a “Coalition”, you understand that there were (are) different agendas amongst the Black Hats.

You now understand why some defended only and only certain characters while accusing others; while others insisted on spoon feeding you with the negligence theory, agreeing with you whenever you suggested it, and why others lashed at this blog whenever we spoke of anyone outside the TAPAS 9, like Fenn or Murat, but remained in silence while we “trashed” the McCanns.

Although allies, each one of the parties involved defended it’s own interests with maximum priority.

But here the coincidences stop with Waterloo.

Napoleon lost. You’ve resisted. And we, together, stand our ground to this day, and remain resolute not to give it up.

They know that.

And then Gordon Brown’s Government toppled. With his leaving the stage, the relationship of forces within the “Coalition” changed dramatically.

Someone, somewhere, in a certain high place, understood the embarrassment that the McCann “cause” caused the UK to suffer, needlessly.

And Jim Gamble was strongly advised to leave. Was Jim Gamble, the Black Hats’ Duke of Wellington?

Not by a long shot. He was but, shall we say, the GUESTS/OCEAN CLUB’s liaison Officer with the TAPAS9.

He left, and he wasn’t replaced. This meant that the TAPAS9 not only saw themselves abandoned on the battlefield, and at once understood, quite correctly, that if they didn’t act, they would soon by wiped off the board, so they counter-attacked.

Notice that from this point onwards, all the manoeuvering is done between these two forces.

You, supposedly their common enemy, have been left to watch. Yes, now and then they do shoot a round in your direction, just for appearances' sake that they do remain "united", but, let me tell you that the blood shed, is a lot and is between them.

It’s one fierce and ruthless fight that is happening even as we speak.

You see, Kate’s book was indeed a bombshell in some households. Not in yours, nor mine, but it did catch by surprise many.

As said before, we fully understood why it was written. It was with the exact same purpose as when the tabloids paid the Tapas and Murat: to justify publicly money being given.

The idea was that once the book was on sale, the McCanns would have an “endless” source of income, independent of the selling numbers.

The difference between when the tabloids paid out, and now, is that then the “Coalition” was solid (although Murat didn’t like it very much to have been singled out by his own people…), and now the relationship between “allies” has changed completely.

JK Rowling distancing herself from the book, near its publishing date was a clear sign that not all was as it seemed about the book.

So when everyone expected the book to lash out viciously and directly at Gonçalo Amaral, Kate surprised all, by turning “on the hand that had protected her”.

I think she thought that she was just defending herself, but she completely misjudged, or as you'll see, misfired her words.

She clearly points a finger at the Ocean Club. According to her, they wrote down somewhere that the Tapas left the children alone in the apartments, and then proceeded to place the note in an easily accessible spot (one wonders if the Tapas personnel left the reservation book open on that specific page on purpose) as if pinned a roadside Bulletin Board for all to see.

Then, apparently, got their statements wrong by saying they saw the McCanns where they never were, and then that they whisked away, very, very conveniently, potentially important witnesses.

The path was laid out for the opening of the door by the abductor, to have been done by using one of the OC keys.

Also she’s quite harsh on her opinion about Mrs Fenn. I would even say, unnecessarily so.

Kate implies that she insulted the woman, but then again she does insult, literally, so many people in the book, that staying at the “implying” level must be taken as a compliment to the ex-Pat in question.

We now come to a very interesting phenomenon that we’re witnessing, and that is what I call the “Smith-Sighting-Reversed”. That is what is happening with the Carol Tranmer-Fenn’s (CTF) statement, which, by the way, was brought to your attention by this blog, back during last year’s Thanksgiving.

You see, the Smith Sighting was something desired by the McCanns until the moment they realized that it was Gerry who had been identified, and from then on become an issue that the “Coalition” made all possible efforts to keep away from public eyes.

With the CTF’s statement, the inverse happens. It was (is) highly compromising for the Tapas, as a sighting on the precise afternoon of the “abduction“ has been silenced and totally ignored until now, as it most likely describes Russ leaving the Oldfields’ apartments, when he was supposed to be saving Matt from drowning somewhere out at sea.

But now, in various forums, namely Amazon.com, CFT’s statement is popping up every so often, brought by Black Hats.

These are not ANY Black Hats. These can be, by the content of their comments, easily linked with the TAPAS9 camp.

To confirm this, the CFT sighting does appear in the book in all its glory. So, like a mirror image of the Smith Sighting, that was relevant and suddenly ceased to be, the CFT Sighting wasn’t important, and now suddenly is.

Why? Because it widens the circle of involvement onto others outside the Ocean Club institution.

The more involved, the merrier. Or, in other words, the more to take down with, if one is forced to go down, the better.

The above details are almost irrelevant. What is important is that you understand that the book fires in all directions, but uses only fratricide ammunition.

More commonly known as "friendly-fire". It kills as much as any other, only is that it's your "friends" pulling the trigger.

The fighting is now between themselves. The GUESTS/OCEAN CLUB vs TAPAS9.

And guess who’s the weakest link?

But why do I call the Maddie McCann Affair the “The Very Last Campaign of the British Empire”?

Because it all boils down to the arrogant imperialistic attitude with which the UK handled this whole issue. As if the Algarve was British soil, and Portugal some uncivilized part of the world.

For the UK, whatever happened in PdL was an “internal” issue to be dealt with “internally”.

Only with the outcry for Justice from the world, mainly led by anonymous citizens from both Portugal and the UK, have the British authorities realized that this attitude has not only embarrassed the Country worldwide as it has seriously compromised its interests everywhere.

Any British citizen is ashamed to talk about Maddie McCann in whatever corner of the world.

It’s a subject that is to be avoided at all costs, and if brought up, to be dampened as quickly as possible.

Hopefully, as with Maddie, the UK will finally lose its arrogant imperialistic posture, and this may well, we hope, have been the last we’ve seen of such outdated, incorrect and misplaced attitude.
  By the way, as a last remark, if you look at Kate’s pictures lately, she now seems to be worn out. Like we expected her to look when she lost her daughter. How we expect any human being to look after suffering a terrible loss. Kate, you look today, as if tragedy is either upon you, or to befall very soon.