Comments on: Embarrassing Misprint on BBC News

By: dsquared

dsquared — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:07:02 +0000

Yes, that’s right, Daniel Davies thought Richie Benaud needed putting straight about test cricket

possibly. Or possibly, since I am an admin at that site, I considered it unlikely that the great broadcaster and bowler had a) decided to comment on Crooked Timber, b) done so from the same IP address as “Brownie”, beloved of this site and c) dropped his normal elegant prose-style for the saloon-bar rantings so often seen on Harry’s Place. You really are an idiot, John Meredith (this is why you’re banned, by the way).

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:31:10 +0000

You know, it’s just conceivable that the person posting under the name Richie Benaud, in fact isn’t.

I think you might be onto more of a winner should you have indicated that it was conceivable that the person posting under the name of Daniel Davis, in fact isn’t.

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:29:39 +0000

Isn’t it more than coincidence that I had never heard of him before last night, and lo, within hours socialrepublican is citing him?

I’m guessing that you don’t visit Lenin’s Tomb much Ami.

By: amie

amie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:57:07 +0000

Zizek added a fourth possibility: Is this the same lunatic Zizek I watched last night in the Robespierre programme? Despite the evidence on weird far left sites linked to here, I could not believe that it was still possible today for anyone to spout with such passion the appalling stuff he did about virtue and violent revolution. I looked him up afterwards and was even more alarmed he still has a post in a British Uni.

Isn’t it more than coincidence that I had never heard of him before last night, and lo, within hours socialrepublican is citing him?

By: The late Michael Jackson

The late Michael Jackson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:33:42 +0000

By the way, anyone who enjoys watching DD get his arse handed to him should pop over to Crooked Timber and take a look at the Ashes thread where Daniel has, with customary modesty, tried to lecture Richie Benaud about cricket.

You know, it’s just conceivable that the person posting under the name Richie Benaud, in fact isn’t.

By: socialrepublican

socialrepublican — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:25:39 +0000

Gene

Zizek added a fourth possibility – unknown knowns

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:20:26 +0000

The Daily Mail had its own unique take on this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1199109/13-doctors-demand-inquest-Dr-David-Kellys-death.html

Since the article places great emphasis on thousands of missing emails & documents apparently magicked off the computers of our intrepid sleuths by government hackers, I left a comment remarking on the normal practice of backing up important files to external media. It didn’t get published!

By: Tegan Jovanka

Tegan Jovanka — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:07:37 +0000

Surely 99% of sentient beings on this planet know it was Cheney?

Anyway, here’s one point about this that I’ve not heard mentioned before. You could almost call it the Elephant in the room. Kelly was at the centre of one of the biggest government/intelligence/media shit-storms in recent history if not ever. He was a massive national security risk. Are we really to believe he wasn’t under surveillance the night he died?

By: M o r g o t h

M o r g o t h — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:49:45 +0000

Interestingly, journalist and Bush Iraq war cheerleader Judith Miller was jailed for her part in the Plame outing. Even more interestingly, Judith Miller and David Kelly were friends and Kelly’s infamous last email concerning ‘Dark actors playing games’ was to…Judith Miller.

You do know it was a Clinton apparatchik who actually “outed” Plame, right?

By: Tegan Jovanka

Tegan Jovanka — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:08:33 +0000

Anyone aware that the timeline of the Kelly affair is exactly parallel to the timeline of the Bush/CIA/Valerie Plame outing in the US? Indeed Plame was outed 3 days after Kelly was found dead. Both affairs about dodgy Iraq WMD intelligence. Interestingly, journalist and Bush Iraq war cheerleader Judith Miller was jailed for her part in the Plame outing. Even more interestingly, Judith Miller and David Kelly were friends and Kelly’s infamous last email concerning ‘Dark actors playing games’ was to…Judith Miller.

I love coincidence theories.