For Christmas 2012 I got an Amazon gift voucher. On Thursday (13/6/13) I finally got around to using it. Today I'm pleased to announce that by having each item delivered individually all four items have arrived un-stolen. If you're really that interested I brought;
The eighth and final season of House M.D meaning that I now have the full set.
A Pink Floyd greatest hits album called I think "A Foot in the Door." As sort of a genre defining band no music collection is really complete without a bit of Pink Floyd. It's also a great opportunity to remind everyone that I'm part of a very small group of people who've actually seen Pink Floyd live. Having only a limited idea of who they were I saw them at the 2005 Live 8 concert. I believe the official story is that Pink Floyd reformed because Bob Geldof refused to get off a train at East Croydon.
Ani Difranco's "Out of Range" album. Ani DiFranco is probably one of the most infuriatingly talented people to ever walk this earth so it only right I finally give her some money especially as it's actually someone elses money. Also I've had the song "You Had Time" stuck in my head for about four months now. Mind you having listened to it again the title track is also pretty appropriate.
Finally I brought a copy of a Canadian film called "Lost and Delirious." This is a film about teenage lesbians in a boarding school. However I caught a little bit of it on one of the cable channels a few weeks ago and it really reminds me of someone very specific. It is also from the same era as "Firefly." So much like Firefly I think I need to take more an interest in it then is probably healthy while I work out whether it's coincidence or conspiracy. My gut instinct says coincidence but don't be waiting with baited breath for a definitive answer.
Also as we enter the final few hours before the official start of the G8 Summit we once again seem to have got back into a discussion of Rihanna's menstrual cycle. Given that avoiding this topic was a large part of the reason for keeping Rihanna and Chris Brown separate during the tour break this strikes me as somewhat unnecessary. Mind you I will agree that it Rihanna is suddenly capable of virgin birth that would be news worthy.
Finally it has been announced today that the UK's London Metropolitan Police will be taking over the investigation of the Madeline McCann case. This is obviously a reference to my case because the High Court Judge who ruled that Madeline McCann is still alive was the same High Court Judge who gave the final ruling in my grandmother's case. I have no problem with the Metropolitan Police taking over the investigation providing that there is independent supervision ideally carried out by me. That's because under the Rome Statute the obligation for UK authorities to hand the case over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) is if they find themselves unwilling or unable to prosecute. Therefore fudging the investigation and then saying there is nothing that can be done is simply not an option. Not least because I alone have the evidence to convict the occupants of 50 Beechwood of public nuisance which is more than enough to bring about their eviction.
15:20 on 15/6/13.
Edited at around 19:10 on 15/6/13 to add;
Much to the chagrin of the listening station with my father out I've spent most of the afternoon watching a more classical - Royal Opera House - production of Carmen. With subtitles. At a bum-numbing two and a half hours you can see why BBC Three's recent one hour adaptation was a little bit thin. The full version is actually much more sympathetic to the Carmen/Rihanna character and it seemed appropriate. After all I'd forgotten all about the stuff about smuggling contraband past border guards.
Anyway my father's back now. The fact the national network moved him out of the way to give me a peaceful afternoon while the local network didn't seem to get the message does seem to say something about the pecking order doesn't it. Unless of course it's an elaborate bluff. The police still haven't responded to my Tweet so I may email them with the photographs tomorrow. After all failure to act after being presented with prima fascia evidence of an offence does rather demonstrate an unwillingness doesn't it.
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Friday, 14 June 2013
Operation Misery: Month 4, Week 1, Day 7.
Since my last post on the subject Rihanna has performed two more concerts in Manchester, UK. Although I've not checked I suspect both of these were the standard five act concert with standard set and costume changes used. The only controversy is that for Rihanna's UK shows she is scheduled to appear on stage at 20:30 (local). This strikes me as a condition of the venues license but is far too early in the evening. Therefore Rihanna only actually appears on stage at around 21:30 - 21:45 (local). This shouldn't be a problem as long as the concert has ended and the venue is cleared by 01:00 (local) otherwise people are going to start incurring fines.
The only big political thing is that on her way to the venue yesterday (13/6/13) Rihanna made sure she was photographed wearing a T-Shirt promoting the 1994 film "Natural Born Killers" and the golden 'Amistad' neck chain that Chris Brown gave to her. If you're not familiar with the film Natural Born Killers it's a very controversial piece that tells the story of two abuse victims who form a highly destructive romantic relationship and embark on a killing spree only to be celebrated by the media. Along with Romeo and Juliet and James Dean and Marilyn Monroe this is another example of a fictional doomed love affair that Chris Brown and Rihanna like to compare their relationship to. Therefore this little photo-opportunity was clearly an attempt to promote discussion about Rihanna and Chris Brown's relationship with a view to raise speculation that Chris Brown could join Rihanna on tour ahead of the G8 Summit.
The US quickly followed this up with a story about a private jet crashing into a hanger at Chino Airport in Los Angeles. Obviously this can be interpreted in a number of ways. However the fact that the aircraft was undergoing an engine test at the time of the crash is supposed to indicate that the CIA handlers are assessing whether the Chris Brown operation is still viable and beginning the err on the side of thinking its not. Primarily though this was intended to promote discussion of the issue at the G8 Summit.
This didn't stop the UK joining in by announcing that it has informed airlines across the world not to attempt to bring PRISM leaker Edward Snowdon into the UK. That is intended to be interpreted as the UK saying that Chris Brown will not be welcome to join Rihanna in the UK. Obviously they're lying by saying this very publicly while privately urging the US to continue. The intention is to see which other European Union (EU) nations will follow suit by calling for a similar ban on Edward Snowdon/Chris Brown. It must be said though that it really highlights the problems with the operation when the people who are set to gain the most from it feel the need to question its viability.
15:30 on 14/6/13.
The only big political thing is that on her way to the venue yesterday (13/6/13) Rihanna made sure she was photographed wearing a T-Shirt promoting the 1994 film "Natural Born Killers" and the golden 'Amistad' neck chain that Chris Brown gave to her. If you're not familiar with the film Natural Born Killers it's a very controversial piece that tells the story of two abuse victims who form a highly destructive romantic relationship and embark on a killing spree only to be celebrated by the media. Along with Romeo and Juliet and James Dean and Marilyn Monroe this is another example of a fictional doomed love affair that Chris Brown and Rihanna like to compare their relationship to. Therefore this little photo-opportunity was clearly an attempt to promote discussion about Rihanna and Chris Brown's relationship with a view to raise speculation that Chris Brown could join Rihanna on tour ahead of the G8 Summit.
The US quickly followed this up with a story about a private jet crashing into a hanger at Chino Airport in Los Angeles. Obviously this can be interpreted in a number of ways. However the fact that the aircraft was undergoing an engine test at the time of the crash is supposed to indicate that the CIA handlers are assessing whether the Chris Brown operation is still viable and beginning the err on the side of thinking its not. Primarily though this was intended to promote discussion of the issue at the G8 Summit.
This didn't stop the UK joining in by announcing that it has informed airlines across the world not to attempt to bring PRISM leaker Edward Snowdon into the UK. That is intended to be interpreted as the UK saying that Chris Brown will not be welcome to join Rihanna in the UK. Obviously they're lying by saying this very publicly while privately urging the US to continue. The intention is to see which other European Union (EU) nations will follow suit by calling for a similar ban on Edward Snowdon/Chris Brown. It must be said though that it really highlights the problems with the operation when the people who are set to gain the most from it feel the need to question its viability.
15:30 on 14/6/13.
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Operation Misery: Month 4, Week 1, Day 4.
Sitting in a police cell gives you plenty of time to think about what brought you to that point and I don't mean a police van. So as you may have noticed I've decided that I won't be writing up reviews of every concert on the European leg of Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour. That's because I think that it is only through me that Rihanna is considered politically relevant. Therefore me writing constant reviews only adds to the tension and makes the situation worse. I will though continue to be keeping an eye on what is going on and will address any political issues. In the meantime if you want to read a cheeky review of Rihanna's Cardiff concert last night (10/6/13) one can be found here; http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/music-review-rihannas-xrated-millennium-stadium-show-fails-to-hit-the-thigh-notes-8653333.html
Yesterday though was a politically important day of Rihanna's tour because it saw Chris Brown return to a Los Angeles Courtroom for another hearing relating to his multitude of parole violations mainly his failure to complete his original sentence of community service imposed following the 2009 assault on Rihanna. As always details of Chris Brown's Court appearances are hard to come by. However I gather that Judge Gluber simply granted another continuance in the case until 14:00 (local) on July 15th 2013 (15/7/13) - the date on which Rihanna will be back in the UK performing a concert in Manchester. Judge Gluber also seemed to lay down something of a challenge to the prosecution by giving them until today to indicate whether they wish to continue the case. I suspect that they will because they have announced they are continuing to investigate the fight between Chris Brown and Frank Ocean as a probation violation if not a public order offence. Also as far as I can tell Chris Brown has not complied with a Court order requiring him to remove the excessive signage from outside his Los Angeles home which puts him in contempt of court. This is a clear probation violation and actually quite a serious criminal offence in its own right.
Sadly it is also quite clear that Chris Brown's handlers have still not come to terms with the fact that their operation has failed and seem intent pressing ahead regardless. Apart from the continuance being granted until a date on which Rihanna will once again be in the UK Chris Brown's latest Court appearance coincided with the start of the trial of George Zimmerman over the alleged murder of Trayvon Martin. The intention obviously being that people would start looking very deeply into the complex and completely unrelated Zimmerman trial for clues as to what was going on in the Chris Brown case.
Just as the Chris Brown hearing was taking place a Southwest airlines flight from Los Angeles to Houston was dramatically diverted to Phoenix. The idea of course was to create speculation that the handlers had accepted that their plan had been somewhat diverted and could be lifting their protection of Chris Brown. People would then listen very intently to the Southwest airlines story looking for clues that weren't there. This was met with short shrift from the Japanese who responded by diverting a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight after it developed a problem with its de-icing system. Although this is just Japan giving their US allies a friendly warning that it's really time for them to give up on the Chris Brown operation sadly I think the handlers will find a way to use this to convince themselves that the operation must still be viable because people are still responding.
On the plus side both the Southwest diversion and today's similar incident involving Richmond International Airport in Virginia have been put down to hoax phone calls. This gives the impression that the handlers are at least discussing whether my assessment that the operation has failed is genuine or not. Also much of the discussion about the PRISM leaker Edward Snowden has turned into a discussion about how one man can destroy the efforts of so many people which seems an apt metaphor for my role in the Chris Brown operation. So once again I guess we will have to wait and see what happens on July 15th. Of course I might actually be in prison by that point but do you know what - not even that is going to get the Chris Brown operation back on track.
Also to demonstrate how far removed I am from the anti-G8/anti-Capitalist protests that are currently going on in central London I first heard about them on the news about two hours after they started. I then proceeded to go shopping in Croydon to buy a replacement electric razor and a second hand Blackberry Bold 9780 because the operating system on my Storm is now seriously out of date and I might have ever so slightly broken part of the touchscreen.
16:50 on 11/6/13.
Yesterday though was a politically important day of Rihanna's tour because it saw Chris Brown return to a Los Angeles Courtroom for another hearing relating to his multitude of parole violations mainly his failure to complete his original sentence of community service imposed following the 2009 assault on Rihanna. As always details of Chris Brown's Court appearances are hard to come by. However I gather that Judge Gluber simply granted another continuance in the case until 14:00 (local) on July 15th 2013 (15/7/13) - the date on which Rihanna will be back in the UK performing a concert in Manchester. Judge Gluber also seemed to lay down something of a challenge to the prosecution by giving them until today to indicate whether they wish to continue the case. I suspect that they will because they have announced they are continuing to investigate the fight between Chris Brown and Frank Ocean as a probation violation if not a public order offence. Also as far as I can tell Chris Brown has not complied with a Court order requiring him to remove the excessive signage from outside his Los Angeles home which puts him in contempt of court. This is a clear probation violation and actually quite a serious criminal offence in its own right.
Sadly it is also quite clear that Chris Brown's handlers have still not come to terms with the fact that their operation has failed and seem intent pressing ahead regardless. Apart from the continuance being granted until a date on which Rihanna will once again be in the UK Chris Brown's latest Court appearance coincided with the start of the trial of George Zimmerman over the alleged murder of Trayvon Martin. The intention obviously being that people would start looking very deeply into the complex and completely unrelated Zimmerman trial for clues as to what was going on in the Chris Brown case.
Just as the Chris Brown hearing was taking place a Southwest airlines flight from Los Angeles to Houston was dramatically diverted to Phoenix. The idea of course was to create speculation that the handlers had accepted that their plan had been somewhat diverted and could be lifting their protection of Chris Brown. People would then listen very intently to the Southwest airlines story looking for clues that weren't there. This was met with short shrift from the Japanese who responded by diverting a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight after it developed a problem with its de-icing system. Although this is just Japan giving their US allies a friendly warning that it's really time for them to give up on the Chris Brown operation sadly I think the handlers will find a way to use this to convince themselves that the operation must still be viable because people are still responding.
On the plus side both the Southwest diversion and today's similar incident involving Richmond International Airport in Virginia have been put down to hoax phone calls. This gives the impression that the handlers are at least discussing whether my assessment that the operation has failed is genuine or not. Also much of the discussion about the PRISM leaker Edward Snowden has turned into a discussion about how one man can destroy the efforts of so many people which seems an apt metaphor for my role in the Chris Brown operation. So once again I guess we will have to wait and see what happens on July 15th. Of course I might actually be in prison by that point but do you know what - not even that is going to get the Chris Brown operation back on track.
Also to demonstrate how far removed I am from the anti-G8/anti-Capitalist protests that are currently going on in central London I first heard about them on the news about two hours after they started. I then proceeded to go shopping in Croydon to buy a replacement electric razor and a second hand Blackberry Bold 9780 because the operating system on my Storm is now seriously out of date and I might have ever so slightly broken part of the touchscreen.
16:50 on 11/6/13.
Sunday, 9 June 2013
Operation Misery: Month 4, Week 1, Day 2.
While I've been off doing my own thing Rihanna has continued with the European leg of her Diamonds World Tour largely free from the fire and fury of international diplomacy. Frankly it's almost as if everyone has had something more exciting to talk about. On Monday (10/6/13) Rihanna kicks off the UK/G8 leg of the tour in Cardiff, Wales, UK. As Rihanna has not been in contact to make an appointment I will not be joining up with her during this portion of the tour. On one level this is great news because at this point I wouldn't know where to begin. On another this is a huge disappointment because I feel I've earned the right to try and drink the lot of them under the table.
Politically Monday will be a very important day because it also sees Chris Brown return to a Los Angeles Court room to hear Judge Gluber's assessment of the mysterious sealed envelope of evidence that was presented to him at the previous hearing on April 5th (5/4/13). As I've explained many times before unless this new evidence has been able to explain how Chris Brown was able to be completing community service in West Virginia while at the same time appearing in front of hundreds of witnesses in California Judge Gluber has no option other than to indict Chris Brown on multiple felony counts including perverting the course of justice, fraud, bribing public officials and the original 2009 assault on Rihanna. Sadly all the indications are that this will not happen and the CIA will continue to protect Chris Brown because they still view their operation to be viable. Therefore I think the best we can hope for is a further continuance of the case.
To me this seems to be a horrific mistake because all the available information indicates that the Chris Brown operation has already failed. Therefore continuing will at best damage the US' reputation and standing in the world. At worst it will allow the US' rivals to gain a greater insight into how the US' intelligence agencies operate.
Take as an example Rihanna's recent visit to Turkey. On May 30th Rihanna sailed into Istanbul aboard a yacht. This was intended to promote discussion about whether Rihanna's tour equipment will be flown to future far away concerts such as South Africa at great expense or whether they will be using the cheaper option of putting them aboard a container ship. Unfortunately just as Rihanna was arriving in Turkey waves of violent protest and rioting broke out across the country meaning that no-one was talking about Rihanna. Instead what they were talking about were all the other social pressures and triggers that lead to widespread rioting and popular uprisings. This helped to thoroughly dispel the myth that Rihanna was in some way responsible for the UK's August 2011 riots and the so-called 'Arab Spring.' This myth is of course the justification the CIA has been using for trying to destroy Rihanna by sending her off on this idiotic tour and forcing her into an abusive and destructive relationship with Chris Brown.
The US though should be far more worried by the reaction from China who they perceive to be their main rivals. In the past week China agreed to allow Rihanna to perform in the country on September 13 2013 (13/9/13). On the face of it this would give the impression that the Chinese are so confused by what is going on with Rihanna and Chris Brown that they feel the need to have her in their country so they can inspect her close up. This would obviously encourage the US to carry on with the operation by making them think it is being successful. However if you look more closely the concert is set to take place in Macau which has long had a reputation as a gamblers paradise. Therefore the message from the Chinese to the US seems to be; "Feel free to go ahead with the Rihanna operation. If you feel lucky."
The news of Rihanna's Macau concert was followed up by a fire on a bus in Xiamen, Fujian that killed 47 people. This came just as the US were forcing us all to guess if Rihanna's tour caravan had been able to successfully cross the border between Belgium and France. The news that a bus was on fire was intended to be interpreted as a further sign of panic from China over the Rihanna operation in order to encourage the US to continue. However this could also be interpreted as a sign of friendship with China gently warning the US that the plan was in ruins so they'd be best advised to stop. This was of course disguised with lots of talk about arson which is an element of my legal exploits and the news that the lead suspect Chen Shuizong carried out the attack in order to vent his anger against society about his unhappy life which touches on the whole gun control debate that has been raging between the US and China for more than a year now. By comparison the US' response - the mass shooting in Santa Monica which targeted a bus amongst other things - just made the US look sad and weak although they were trying so hard to be tough and strong.
As for Rihanna herself with the Berdon LLP case ongoing and the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) audit hanging over her head it is really not my place to speak for her. However what I've seen recently I think I speak for us all when I say; "We'd be much happier if at least the restraining order was re-instated on Monday."
Well that was rubbish. I'm clearly out of pratice and the beer for lunch probably didn't help.
14:35 on 9/6/13.
Edited at around 19:35 on 9/6/13 to add;
It seems an appropriate time to mention that if you took my commenting on Rihanna's attendance at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix as evidence of my obsession with Rihanna you would have been wrong. Once we'd not only been shown footage of Rihanna eating her lunch but also slow motion action replays of Rihanna eating her lunch we decided that the race broadcaster had really run out of things to show.
So no the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix wasn't the most boring race ever. In fact that little tussle between Hamilton and Alonso for second place in the final laps almost bordered on the exciting. It does highlight the problem with DRS though. In the old days a situation like that would have led to lap after lap of tense drama while we all tried to work out if the guy behind would be able to over take. These days it's just a question of when they'll be able to overtake.
Politically Monday will be a very important day because it also sees Chris Brown return to a Los Angeles Court room to hear Judge Gluber's assessment of the mysterious sealed envelope of evidence that was presented to him at the previous hearing on April 5th (5/4/13). As I've explained many times before unless this new evidence has been able to explain how Chris Brown was able to be completing community service in West Virginia while at the same time appearing in front of hundreds of witnesses in California Judge Gluber has no option other than to indict Chris Brown on multiple felony counts including perverting the course of justice, fraud, bribing public officials and the original 2009 assault on Rihanna. Sadly all the indications are that this will not happen and the CIA will continue to protect Chris Brown because they still view their operation to be viable. Therefore I think the best we can hope for is a further continuance of the case.
To me this seems to be a horrific mistake because all the available information indicates that the Chris Brown operation has already failed. Therefore continuing will at best damage the US' reputation and standing in the world. At worst it will allow the US' rivals to gain a greater insight into how the US' intelligence agencies operate.
Take as an example Rihanna's recent visit to Turkey. On May 30th Rihanna sailed into Istanbul aboard a yacht. This was intended to promote discussion about whether Rihanna's tour equipment will be flown to future far away concerts such as South Africa at great expense or whether they will be using the cheaper option of putting them aboard a container ship. Unfortunately just as Rihanna was arriving in Turkey waves of violent protest and rioting broke out across the country meaning that no-one was talking about Rihanna. Instead what they were talking about were all the other social pressures and triggers that lead to widespread rioting and popular uprisings. This helped to thoroughly dispel the myth that Rihanna was in some way responsible for the UK's August 2011 riots and the so-called 'Arab Spring.' This myth is of course the justification the CIA has been using for trying to destroy Rihanna by sending her off on this idiotic tour and forcing her into an abusive and destructive relationship with Chris Brown.
The US though should be far more worried by the reaction from China who they perceive to be their main rivals. In the past week China agreed to allow Rihanna to perform in the country on September 13 2013 (13/9/13). On the face of it this would give the impression that the Chinese are so confused by what is going on with Rihanna and Chris Brown that they feel the need to have her in their country so they can inspect her close up. This would obviously encourage the US to carry on with the operation by making them think it is being successful. However if you look more closely the concert is set to take place in Macau which has long had a reputation as a gamblers paradise. Therefore the message from the Chinese to the US seems to be; "Feel free to go ahead with the Rihanna operation. If you feel lucky."
The news of Rihanna's Macau concert was followed up by a fire on a bus in Xiamen, Fujian that killed 47 people. This came just as the US were forcing us all to guess if Rihanna's tour caravan had been able to successfully cross the border between Belgium and France. The news that a bus was on fire was intended to be interpreted as a further sign of panic from China over the Rihanna operation in order to encourage the US to continue. However this could also be interpreted as a sign of friendship with China gently warning the US that the plan was in ruins so they'd be best advised to stop. This was of course disguised with lots of talk about arson which is an element of my legal exploits and the news that the lead suspect Chen Shuizong carried out the attack in order to vent his anger against society about his unhappy life which touches on the whole gun control debate that has been raging between the US and China for more than a year now. By comparison the US' response - the mass shooting in Santa Monica which targeted a bus amongst other things - just made the US look sad and weak although they were trying so hard to be tough and strong.
As for Rihanna herself with the Berdon LLP case ongoing and the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) audit hanging over her head it is really not my place to speak for her. However what I've seen recently I think I speak for us all when I say; "We'd be much happier if at least the restraining order was re-instated on Monday."
Well that was rubbish. I'm clearly out of pratice and the beer for lunch probably didn't help.
14:35 on 9/6/13.
Edited at around 19:35 on 9/6/13 to add;
It seems an appropriate time to mention that if you took my commenting on Rihanna's attendance at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix as evidence of my obsession with Rihanna you would have been wrong. Once we'd not only been shown footage of Rihanna eating her lunch but also slow motion action replays of Rihanna eating her lunch we decided that the race broadcaster had really run out of things to show.
So no the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix wasn't the most boring race ever. In fact that little tussle between Hamilton and Alonso for second place in the final laps almost bordered on the exciting. It does highlight the problem with DRS though. In the old days a situation like that would have led to lap after lap of tense drama while we all tried to work out if the guy behind would be able to over take. These days it's just a question of when they'll be able to overtake.
Thursday, 6 June 2013
The UK to Pay Compensation Over Mau Mau Rebellion.
Yesterday (5/6/13) the UK announced it will pay compensation to members of the Kikuyu dominated Mau Mau group who suffered torture and other inhumane treatment at the hands of the British Army in Kenya during the 1952 - 1960 Mau Mau rebellion. For reasons that are best accepted rather than questioned I have long used the term "Mau Mau" as a coded way to refer to any female homosexual or lesbian. Therefore this announcement is intended to promote discussion about what level of compensation I will receive for my recent treatment.
Sadly I'm yet to be convinced that the UK is having this negotiation in good faith because as far as I can tell they have not yet accepted that in my case people will have to serve long prison sentences. For example given the law on attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) I cannot envisage a scenario in which the doctor who prescribed my grandmother Buprenorphine and continued to prescribe it despite repeated warnings of the effect it was having will ever leave prison.
As for the level of compensation though. I've effectively had 10 years of my life stolen. In that time I've been subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment including at least one attempt to kill. I've witnessed close friends and family being subjected to similar treatment including one who died as a result of that treatment. I have suffered irreversible physical and psychological damage. So you tell me what an acceptable figure is?
Fortunately it goes without saying that both the Notting Hill Housing Trust (NHHT) and the Whitgift Foundation will have to forfeit their assets as the proceeds of crime so the compensation pool will be very large. The minimum acceptable will be the honouring of my fees schedule for acting in both Croydon Magistrates Court and the Court of Protection. After all I'm sure certain people will find it easier to accept the limits of their pay grade if mine was adjusted to better reflect the reality of the situation.
10:40 on 6/6/13.
Edited at around 09:10 on 7/6/13 to add;
The essence of a good code is that it doesn't make much sense to an outsider. Therefore I honestly can't explain how "Mau Mau" came to mean "Lesbian." However I think it started life as a stoned joke about someone being a pussy master and someone who named their cat "Chairman Miaow" in honour of famed Chinese Communist leader Chairman Mao. Anyway the point of why we use a code word is that although my friends and I couldn't be more relaxed about homosexuality we accept that there are people who do not share our views. So if we're trying to differentiate between two people of the same name - one gay, one straight - we would use the code word to identify the gay one without letting everyone else in the room know they are gay. Therefore it's very much a term of endearment.
Also yesterday UK Prince Phillip was admitted to hospital for exploratory surgery on his abdomen. At this point I very much doubt anything Buckingham Palace claim is happening is actually happening. However as it is claimed the Prince will undergo surgery under general anaesthetic this has prompted much talk about the dangers of general anaesthetic. When a doctor says that he will "Put you to sleep for your surgery" he is telling a little white lie. What he will actually do is slow your body to the point of death and then hold you there for the duration of the surgery. Obviously this is not without risk and those risks increase with the age of the patient. However as with pretty much everything else in medicine it is a risk/benefit judgement.
This risk of general anaesthetic was one of the reasons my grandmother was denied hip-replacement surgery in the two years ending in 2008. This of course forced her to spend two years walking around on a broken and dislocated hip the physical pain of which should have killed her. As my grandmother went on to live for another four years following that surgery it is reasonable to conclude that the person who decided it was too risky got that judgement call very much wrong. You will also note that there were no such concerns when it came to prescribing my grandmother Buprenorphine which is similar in strength to a surgical anaesthetic.
Sadly I'm yet to be convinced that the UK is having this negotiation in good faith because as far as I can tell they have not yet accepted that in my case people will have to serve long prison sentences. For example given the law on attempted murder and Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) I cannot envisage a scenario in which the doctor who prescribed my grandmother Buprenorphine and continued to prescribe it despite repeated warnings of the effect it was having will ever leave prison.
As for the level of compensation though. I've effectively had 10 years of my life stolen. In that time I've been subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment including at least one attempt to kill. I've witnessed close friends and family being subjected to similar treatment including one who died as a result of that treatment. I have suffered irreversible physical and psychological damage. So you tell me what an acceptable figure is?
Fortunately it goes without saying that both the Notting Hill Housing Trust (NHHT) and the Whitgift Foundation will have to forfeit their assets as the proceeds of crime so the compensation pool will be very large. The minimum acceptable will be the honouring of my fees schedule for acting in both Croydon Magistrates Court and the Court of Protection. After all I'm sure certain people will find it easier to accept the limits of their pay grade if mine was adjusted to better reflect the reality of the situation.
10:40 on 6/6/13.
Edited at around 09:10 on 7/6/13 to add;
The essence of a good code is that it doesn't make much sense to an outsider. Therefore I honestly can't explain how "Mau Mau" came to mean "Lesbian." However I think it started life as a stoned joke about someone being a pussy master and someone who named their cat "Chairman Miaow" in honour of famed Chinese Communist leader Chairman Mao. Anyway the point of why we use a code word is that although my friends and I couldn't be more relaxed about homosexuality we accept that there are people who do not share our views. So if we're trying to differentiate between two people of the same name - one gay, one straight - we would use the code word to identify the gay one without letting everyone else in the room know they are gay. Therefore it's very much a term of endearment.
Also yesterday UK Prince Phillip was admitted to hospital for exploratory surgery on his abdomen. At this point I very much doubt anything Buckingham Palace claim is happening is actually happening. However as it is claimed the Prince will undergo surgery under general anaesthetic this has prompted much talk about the dangers of general anaesthetic. When a doctor says that he will "Put you to sleep for your surgery" he is telling a little white lie. What he will actually do is slow your body to the point of death and then hold you there for the duration of the surgery. Obviously this is not without risk and those risks increase with the age of the patient. However as with pretty much everything else in medicine it is a risk/benefit judgement.
This risk of general anaesthetic was one of the reasons my grandmother was denied hip-replacement surgery in the two years ending in 2008. This of course forced her to spend two years walking around on a broken and dislocated hip the physical pain of which should have killed her. As my grandmother went on to live for another four years following that surgery it is reasonable to conclude that the person who decided it was too risky got that judgement call very much wrong. You will also note that there were no such concerns when it came to prescribing my grandmother Buprenorphine which is similar in strength to a surgical anaesthetic.
Monday, 3 June 2013
Pre-Charge DNA Swabbing in the US.
Today the Supreme Court Of The United States (SCOTUS) has ruled by a margin of 5-4 that it is lawful for police to compel DNA samples from felony suspects after they've been arrested but before they have been charged or convicted. I think this is just something that has been an issue within the US legal system for a long time now.
On one hand if you have someone accused of rape a sample of their DNA will quickly prove whether they have engaged in sexual intercourse with the alleged victim or not. Therefore allowing the police to compel DNA samples from arrested suspects will help speed up the criminal justice system which is good for both victims and those who have been wrongly accused. On the other hand the - I think - 5th amendment protects someone against self-incrimination. However this was written a very long time before DNA testing became possible and was only really intended to guarantee the right to silence on interview. DNA sampling seems to me to be just another one of the searches that the police are allowed to carry out having proved there is probable cause to make an arrest. It is actually standard practice here in the UK and my DNA has been in the police system for a good ten years. The real issue of course is what happens to the DNA samples of people who then go on to be proven innocent?
The only possible connection I can see with my current legal travails is that the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the case is arguing that it was necessary to bail me in order to carry out forensic examination of the hammer. This is of course nonsense because I freely admitted at interview that the hammer was my possession and will therefore be legitimately covered in my fingerprints and possibly DNA. Even if it is found not to contain fingerprints or DNA other than mine it also does not prove that no-one else had handled it. After all it didn't magically float to the police station. Also forensic evidence proves that a physical act has occurred it does not prove a crime has been committed. Finally in the UK fingerprint and DNA testing takes around 7-10 days depending on case load. I've been bailed for in excess of 30 days.
As for the news that the US Attorney General Eric Holder is under investigation that is definitely a hint. After all the UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve should have already been in contact with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to inform them that he is aware of the case. The CPS in turn should have already been in contact with the OIC to inform him that there is no case to answer.
16:15 on 3/6/13.
On one hand if you have someone accused of rape a sample of their DNA will quickly prove whether they have engaged in sexual intercourse with the alleged victim or not. Therefore allowing the police to compel DNA samples from arrested suspects will help speed up the criminal justice system which is good for both victims and those who have been wrongly accused. On the other hand the - I think - 5th amendment protects someone against self-incrimination. However this was written a very long time before DNA testing became possible and was only really intended to guarantee the right to silence on interview. DNA sampling seems to me to be just another one of the searches that the police are allowed to carry out having proved there is probable cause to make an arrest. It is actually standard practice here in the UK and my DNA has been in the police system for a good ten years. The real issue of course is what happens to the DNA samples of people who then go on to be proven innocent?
The only possible connection I can see with my current legal travails is that the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the case is arguing that it was necessary to bail me in order to carry out forensic examination of the hammer. This is of course nonsense because I freely admitted at interview that the hammer was my possession and will therefore be legitimately covered in my fingerprints and possibly DNA. Even if it is found not to contain fingerprints or DNA other than mine it also does not prove that no-one else had handled it. After all it didn't magically float to the police station. Also forensic evidence proves that a physical act has occurred it does not prove a crime has been committed. Finally in the UK fingerprint and DNA testing takes around 7-10 days depending on case load. I've been bailed for in excess of 30 days.
As for the news that the US Attorney General Eric Holder is under investigation that is definitely a hint. After all the UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve should have already been in contact with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to inform them that he is aware of the case. The CPS in turn should have already been in contact with the OIC to inform him that there is no case to answer.
16:15 on 3/6/13.
Sunday, 2 June 2013
The Mercer/Lobbying Scandal
As I've mentioned on Twitter on Friday (31/5/13) UK Member of the House Commons Patrick Mercer MP resigned from the Conservative Party after the BBC Panorama program and the Telegraph newspaper exposed him taking cash from lobbyists to raise questions in the House. The prospect of a low-ranking, back-bench Conservative MP resigning from the party obviously raises a lot of the issues about splits within that party over the European Union (EU). However in the secretly recorded video Mercer bears more than a passing resemblance to both David White the solicitor and Denzil Lush the 'Judge' who helped my father unlawfully obtain a Lasting Power of Attorney over my grandmother.
Today three members of the (upper) House of Lords have been implicated in a similar cash for questions scandal. They are;
As the worst abusers in this case all claim to be Labour Party supporters their response has been more muted merely suspending Lords Mackenzie and Cunningham pending investigation. I suppose this rather proves the old adage that you can say what you like about Hitler but Stalin was worse.
Who has got to be feeling really nervous now is anyone who bears a passing resemblance to Mary Hogg the other 'Judge' who acted in my grandmother's Court of Protection (COP) proceedings or the actual Baroness Gardner who had extensive contact with both my father and grandmother while the worst of the abuse took place.
And to think, there are still people who consider mentioning Rihanna to be 'name-dropping.'
14:50 on 2/6/13.
Today three members of the (upper) House of Lords have been implicated in a similar cash for questions scandal. They are;
- Lord Laird of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which is the Northern Irish Loyalist/Protestant equivalent of Sinn Fein.
- Lord Mackenzie who is the former Chief Superintendent of Durham police and head of the Police Superintendents Association making him one of the most senior police officers in the country.
- Lord Cunningham who was a Minister in Tony Blair's Labour government where he was said to act as an enforcer. He is accused of taking money from a company that makes solar panels - as in devices used to take the energy of the sun/son and turn it into power.
As the worst abusers in this case all claim to be Labour Party supporters their response has been more muted merely suspending Lords Mackenzie and Cunningham pending investigation. I suppose this rather proves the old adage that you can say what you like about Hitler but Stalin was worse.
Who has got to be feeling really nervous now is anyone who bears a passing resemblance to Mary Hogg the other 'Judge' who acted in my grandmother's Court of Protection (COP) proceedings or the actual Baroness Gardner who had extensive contact with both my father and grandmother while the worst of the abuse took place.
And to think, there are still people who consider mentioning Rihanna to be 'name-dropping.'
14:50 on 2/6/13.
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