On the day (23/10/11) that Libya's Transitional National Council declared liberation and introduced Sharia Law a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the town of Vans in Turkey killing a reported 50. Well if they're that keen on reconstruction projects....
Yesterday (22/10/11) I took my mate up Gypsy Hill. There's not really much too talk about but I suppose I should tell the story of fun fair, the pubs, the wedding shop and the local town planning department. The thing is my email's still not working so I just can't be bothered.
It's a double shame really because today my brothers been up and we went to the pub for dinner. It turns out that on Wednesday (19/10/11) he was attending a talking shop with the head of the town planning department at the Mind in Croydon building on Altyre road. I keep meaning to congratulate the town planning department for zoning the Mind in Croydon building so close to the law Courts.
Edited at around 22:30 to add:
Ok I admit. At some point last night just between the seventh or eighth pint I may have accidentally proclaimed Gary Barlow to be the most boring person in all of human history. As he was presenting the X Factor live show at the time and therefore most definitely in the pub I thought I might have got away with it. Unfortunately I didn't so I had to confess that I've not really been watching it on account of my father being deaf and, well it's been a bit average this year.
I'd also like to take the opportunity to "thank" my TV critic brother for totally ruining the last ever episode of "Spooks" for me and everyone else in the pub who had the misfortune of over
hearing that conversation.
Also I don't mean to worry anyone but it appears there is a Queen on the board and David Cameron's pledged his undying commitment to the European Union. And no, still no email. I feel as if my entire digital identity has been kidnapped
Sunday, 23 October 2011
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Operation Oil Theft: Month 8, Week 1, Day 1.
This past week NATO forces have been in action in Kosovo. That war was supposed to have ended twelve years ago. So you'll excuse me if I don't rush to think up a new thread title even if Sarkozy's latest tantrum has caused NATO to leave Free Libya to it's fate.
Oh and there was some other point I meant to make but with all the confusion about me not being able to get into my email I guess I forgot.
Oh and there was some other point I meant to make but with all the confusion about me not being able to get into my email I guess I forgot.
Friday, 21 October 2011
Is Nicholas Sarkozy Actually on Crack?
It's just that he is still opposing the European bailout of Greece in an effort to secure as much taxpayer cash for French banks as possible. The only problem is that while French banks are heavily exposed to Greek debt they actually only make up a small proportion of total Greek debt. So if all of Greece's other creditors were to agree on a deal the French would simply be left out in the cold and already they've caused the average haircut to rise from 50% to 60%.
And my email is still not working so I guess I'll just have to ignore all the available evidence to pretend that this performance is still working.
And my email is still not working so I guess I'll just have to ignore all the available evidence to pretend that this performance is still working.
My Email's Still Not Working.
For a third day I am unable to access my US based email account. This means that rather then emailing documents about my grandmother's case I'm being forced to hand deliver them which is obviously much more time consuming. Considering the Americans have been making a lot of noise recently about ozone cooling it seems counter intuitive that they would also participate in making sure I don't have time to deal with the issue. It's a shame because I'm sure the Chinese will have nothing to say on the issue until I give them permission.
Anyway grown up talk aside I did today (21/10/11) get in contact by telephone with the social worker in charge of the abuse investigation into my father. That investigation has now ended and they should be writing to him in the coming days to confirm that. The abuse allegations against the Local Health Authority (LHA) have been passed to a manager and must be actioned within five working days. That means that by Tuesday (25/10/11) Care Quality Commission (CQC) investigators backed by the police should be descending on the hospital in order to safeguard my grandmother from retribution and to preserve evidence.
As there is no longer an investigation into him the social worker did not attend the meeting my father had today with the care manager. I didn't attend either but the short version is that hospital management have ordered the ward team to carry out a psychiatric evaluation within seven days. The hope is that this assessment will come back clean and can then be used to absolve the LHA of it's section 117 obligations. The only problem is that any professional psychiatrist will only be able to conclude that based on the passage of time it is impossible to determine my grandmother's state of mind at the time of her admission (20/8/11). However if pressed they will have to conclude that based on the manner of the admission and the use of anti-psychotics as treatment on the balance of probabilities at the time of her admission my grandmother was suffering from a treatable mental disorder. What the LHA's funding board choose to do with that information is up to them.
Edited at 15:10 to add: Just in case the LHA had some funny ideas about not reporting themselves to the CQC I've just made them aware of the case. So the CQC's local inspector should be contacting the LHA over the matter.
Anyway grown up talk aside I did today (21/10/11) get in contact by telephone with the social worker in charge of the abuse investigation into my father. That investigation has now ended and they should be writing to him in the coming days to confirm that. The abuse allegations against the Local Health Authority (LHA) have been passed to a manager and must be actioned within five working days. That means that by Tuesday (25/10/11) Care Quality Commission (CQC) investigators backed by the police should be descending on the hospital in order to safeguard my grandmother from retribution and to preserve evidence.
As there is no longer an investigation into him the social worker did not attend the meeting my father had today with the care manager. I didn't attend either but the short version is that hospital management have ordered the ward team to carry out a psychiatric evaluation within seven days. The hope is that this assessment will come back clean and can then be used to absolve the LHA of it's section 117 obligations. The only problem is that any professional psychiatrist will only be able to conclude that based on the passage of time it is impossible to determine my grandmother's state of mind at the time of her admission (20/8/11). However if pressed they will have to conclude that based on the manner of the admission and the use of anti-psychotics as treatment on the balance of probabilities at the time of her admission my grandmother was suffering from a treatable mental disorder. What the LHA's funding board choose to do with that information is up to them.
Edited at 15:10 to add: Just in case the LHA had some funny ideas about not reporting themselves to the CQC I've just made them aware of the case. So the CQC's local inspector should be contacting the LHA over the matter.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Oh and it's Official
Calvin Harris is still not worth the skin in which he stands. Because it's around 00:00 on 21/10/11. I may have been on the beer and I might have just seen that infamous Rhinana video filmed in Northern Ireland but the important thing to remember is;
Can I have my email back? It's just that after two day it's starting to get annoying.
Can I have my email back? It's just that after two day it's starting to get annoying.
Let's Forget About Libya.
Because the war is won and it's time to talk about me.
It's currently 22:53 (GMT+1) on Thursday October 20th and I really need to spark up that tabak.
It is now 22:58. If you've been given access to the patterns of life surveillance you would know that between 17:30 and 19:00 every day my father goes too the hospital in order to feed my grandmother because the nurses can't be bothered. Today at around 17:25 he received an urgent telephone call from Paula Wiafe - the "independent" advocate from voiceability.org. It was after he'd been delayed for 20-25 minutes that my father was finally able to open a sinister A4 brown envelope from the hospital that had been posted on Tuesday (18/10/11). He didn't have time to read the contents because he was clearly in a rush but after he'd left I read it at length. It was the "Protecting Adults in Croydon From Abuse (guide 5v4) [January 2011]" leaflet subtitled "A guide if someone has made an allegation against you." The full document is four pages long so I won't publish it all here. However it is the second page (hopefully posted below) that is the most interesting.
The first paragraphs begins with the words; "An allegation of abuse has been made to the abuse reporting line of suspected abuse or neglect." The second paragraph states that "If the alert identifies a potential crime the police will be contacted." The fifth paragraph states "If you have been identified as the alleged perpetrator actions may be taken to ensure that you do not have further contact with the alleged victim during the safeguarding process."
However while my father was at the ward apparently all the staff were still there. Not only that but the social worker who is supposed to be in charge of the safeguard process/investigation took the opportunity to pressure my father into an "off the record" chat tomorrow at about 11:00.
Anyway it's now around 23:25 and I've completely forgotten what my point was.
It's currently 22:53 (GMT+1) on Thursday October 20th and I really need to spark up that tabak.
It is now 22:58. If you've been given access to the patterns of life surveillance you would know that between 17:30 and 19:00 every day my father goes too the hospital in order to feed my grandmother because the nurses can't be bothered. Today at around 17:25 he received an urgent telephone call from Paula Wiafe - the "independent" advocate from voiceability.org. It was after he'd been delayed for 20-25 minutes that my father was finally able to open a sinister A4 brown envelope from the hospital that had been posted on Tuesday (18/10/11). He didn't have time to read the contents because he was clearly in a rush but after he'd left I read it at length. It was the "Protecting Adults in Croydon From Abuse (guide 5v4) [January 2011]" leaflet subtitled "A guide if someone has made an allegation against you." The full document is four pages long so I won't publish it all here. However it is the second page (hopefully posted below) that is the most interesting.
The first paragraphs begins with the words; "An allegation of abuse has been made to the abuse reporting line of suspected abuse or neglect." The second paragraph states that "If the alert identifies a potential crime the police will be contacted." The fifth paragraph states "If you have been identified as the alleged perpetrator actions may be taken to ensure that you do not have further contact with the alleged victim during the safeguarding process."
However while my father was at the ward apparently all the staff were still there. Not only that but the social worker who is supposed to be in charge of the safeguard process/investigation took the opportunity to pressure my father into an "off the record" chat tomorrow at about 11:00.
Anyway it's now around 23:25 and I've completely forgotten what my point was.
Operation Oil Theft: Month 7, Week 5, Day 1.
Last Friday (14/10/11) residents of Tripoli attempted to raise the Libyan flag over the city in protest against the rebel's Transitional National Council's (TNC) occupation of the city. They were quickly attacked by rebel fighters leading to a two day gun battle. Libyan government and rebel fighters continue to clash in and around the village of Tarhouna just south of Tripoli.
On Sunday (16/10/11 rebel fighters attacked the town of Bani Walid in a pincer movement from the north and south. Although the rebels sustained what their commanders would only describe as "heavy" casualties by Monday (17/10/11) they claimed to be in control of 90% of the town. However they were also claiming that Saif al-Islam was still enable to enjoy freedom of movement across large areas.
At around 08:00 local time today (20/10/11) rebel fighters backed by NATO air support launched a large scale offensive against the last areas still held by Libyan government forces. By around midday the rebel flag had been raised over the Dollar holiday resort and victory was claimed. The rebels have also since claimed to have captured and then killed Muammer Qaddafi.
Coming just two days before the psychologically important start of the eighth month of the conflict and in a week where the rebels have also claimed to have killed Khamis Qaddafi for the ninth time many people are still skeptical about these claims. The rebels are not amongst them instead proudly chanting "The Fuzzy head is dead!" This childlike chant sounds almost cute until you realise that Libyan Jews are frequently categorised by their frizzy hair and at least one town in Israel has offered sanctuary to the Qaddafi family.
Edited at about 17:30 to add: The Rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) have officially confirmed Muammer Qaddafi's death.
Mimicking the killing of Osama bin Laden they claimed that rebel fighters raided a building containing Qaddafi and during a fire fight he was shot in the head. He then miraculously survived a 250km (155mile) ambulance ride to Misrata where he died. This will especially please the people of Misrata who feel they are being left out of the TNC but considering the way they behaved in Tarwargha that's only reasonable.
Unfortunately long before the TNC made their statement footage had already emerged of rebel fighters explaining how they'd found Qaddafi hiding in a storm drain. He handed them his golden pistol and asked them not to shoot while surrendering. Footage also emerged of rebel fighters essentially playing with Qaddafi's corpse on a pick up truck. Al Jazeera are also showing grainy footage of Qaddafi being manhandled by what appears to be a muscled white man. It is claimed this footage was filmed moments before Qaddafi was shot in the head.
So what appears to have happened is that Qaddafi was captured by rebel fighters before the SAS turned up and executed him. After all this is the best way of making sure that none of the wild claims used to start this war will ever be tested at the International Criminal Court (ICC). It's also probably why British Prime Minister David Cameron looks like he'll be the last world leader to confirm that Muammer Qaddafi is dead while he tries to run the "I only heard about it on CNN" defence.
Edited again at around 20:15: US President Barack Obama has given his reaction to the death of Muammer Qaddafi. Being the brilliant orator he is he perfectly summed up Americas involvement in Libya by making a huge, clanging mistake. He said that the mission had been achieved without a single American boot on the ground. Unfortunately on March 21st two US airmen bailed out their F-15 Strike Eagle and were recovered by a Marine recovery team. While I don't dispute America's right to recover downed airmen I'm guessing they weren't wearing flip flops.
On Sunday (16/10/11 rebel fighters attacked the town of Bani Walid in a pincer movement from the north and south. Although the rebels sustained what their commanders would only describe as "heavy" casualties by Monday (17/10/11) they claimed to be in control of 90% of the town. However they were also claiming that Saif al-Islam was still enable to enjoy freedom of movement across large areas.
At around 08:00 local time today (20/10/11) rebel fighters backed by NATO air support launched a large scale offensive against the last areas still held by Libyan government forces. By around midday the rebel flag had been raised over the Dollar holiday resort and victory was claimed. The rebels have also since claimed to have captured and then killed Muammer Qaddafi.
Coming just two days before the psychologically important start of the eighth month of the conflict and in a week where the rebels have also claimed to have killed Khamis Qaddafi for the ninth time many people are still skeptical about these claims. The rebels are not amongst them instead proudly chanting "The Fuzzy head is dead!" This childlike chant sounds almost cute until you realise that Libyan Jews are frequently categorised by their frizzy hair and at least one town in Israel has offered sanctuary to the Qaddafi family.
Edited at about 17:30 to add: The Rebel Transitional National Council (TNC) have officially confirmed Muammer Qaddafi's death.
Mimicking the killing of Osama bin Laden they claimed that rebel fighters raided a building containing Qaddafi and during a fire fight he was shot in the head. He then miraculously survived a 250km (155mile) ambulance ride to Misrata where he died. This will especially please the people of Misrata who feel they are being left out of the TNC but considering the way they behaved in Tarwargha that's only reasonable.
Unfortunately long before the TNC made their statement footage had already emerged of rebel fighters explaining how they'd found Qaddafi hiding in a storm drain. He handed them his golden pistol and asked them not to shoot while surrendering. Footage also emerged of rebel fighters essentially playing with Qaddafi's corpse on a pick up truck. Al Jazeera are also showing grainy footage of Qaddafi being manhandled by what appears to be a muscled white man. It is claimed this footage was filmed moments before Qaddafi was shot in the head.
So what appears to have happened is that Qaddafi was captured by rebel fighters before the SAS turned up and executed him. After all this is the best way of making sure that none of the wild claims used to start this war will ever be tested at the International Criminal Court (ICC). It's also probably why British Prime Minister David Cameron looks like he'll be the last world leader to confirm that Muammer Qaddafi is dead while he tries to run the "I only heard about it on CNN" defence.
Edited again at around 20:15: US President Barack Obama has given his reaction to the death of Muammer Qaddafi. Being the brilliant orator he is he perfectly summed up Americas involvement in Libya by making a huge, clanging mistake. He said that the mission had been achieved without a single American boot on the ground. Unfortunately on March 21st two US airmen bailed out their F-15 Strike Eagle and were recovered by a Marine recovery team. While I don't dispute America's right to recover downed airmen I'm guessing they weren't wearing flip flops.
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