Who’s the guy with the bulbous nose?

Why, it’s Obama and WC Fields.
I didn’t know he was still living.

Even from this viewpoint I think what’s going on in the states is silliness.

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Vyacheslav Zharko, the MI5, etc.

A few more articles on this are coming out, although not many.

Russia opens criminal case on officer’s claim to spy for Britain

MOSCOW, July 7 (Xinhua) — The Russian Federal Security Service(FSB) has completed an inquiry into an ex-security officer’s claim on spying for the British intelligence and launched a criminal case on espionage charges, [...]

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Russians reject extradition request for Andrei Lugovoi in connection with the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko

Naturally, there is room for skepticism here.

Andrei Lugovoi in an AP photo from May 31, 2007
There is a ban in Russia’s constitution, apparently, on the extradition of Russian citizens, and European convention on the same subject. But what is surprising to me is a particular point made in the the Russian prosecutor Yuri Chaika’s [...]

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this is worthy of a notation

Media report that Britain is studying the link to Al Qaeda in the recent attempts on Glasgow and London.
But. It’s not British media that report it.
Reuters India “Britain studies bomb plot for links to al Qaeda”

Reuters India “Brown orders doctors probe after British bomb plot”
Reuters India “Britain quizzes bomb plot suspects, reviews threat”
Crikey, India [...]

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good-bye.

10 years of Tory lite in the rubbish bin.

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Spy case may affect summit

MOSCOW, June 5 (UPI) — The diplomatic row between Russia and Britain over the key suspect in a spy murder case has entered another round.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with journalists from Group of Eight countries said London’s call for the extradition of the key suspect in the murder of former Russian [...]

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British prosecutors reluctant to charge Russians

This is with regard to the poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko. Apparently the Crown Prosecution Service is afraid to upset the Kremlin.
Litvinenko fell ill in November after meeting three men — all of whom have military and security backgrounds — at a bar at the Millennium Hotel in London. All three have denied involvement [...]

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Britain turning into Orwellian society

Britain could be ‘Orwellian’ society: top cop

The increase in closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras risks turning Britain into an “Orwellian” society, a senior police officer said in an interview broadcast today.
The deputy chief constable of Hampshire Police, in south-east England, Ian Readhead, said he did not want to live in a country like that in author [...]

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what a bunch of rubbish

The news reports are lamenting or celebrating (sometimes it’s difficult to ascertain the difference) Tony Blair’s stepping down as of June 27. Most of what I’m seeing is the perception the media pushes that it’s because of his Iraq policy and standing with Bush on the WoT.
It’s complete rubbish, and what they’re not telling [...]

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Irish elections give hardliners a showing

BELFAST- At this week’s Northern assembly ballot, The DUP, the mostly Protestant Democratic Unionist Party, and the mostly Catholic Sinn Fein, had good showings. The results were in on Friday.
Winning 36 of 108 seats, the pro-British DUP is up compared to 30 at 2003 election. Sinn Fein won are up 28 seats versus [...]

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