Snouts in the Trough

Turkey is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. Around 2,500,000 Brits go there every year. And you can see why:

But there is another side to sun-drenched Turkey – the Turkish government’s tacit support for our friends from ISIS.

Yesterday in Turkey around 30 young people were blown to mincemeat and perhaps another hundred injured by a suicide bomber from the ISIS branch of the religion of tolerance and peace:

Of course, the Turks couldn’t give a toss as most of the victims were Kurds. And as far as the Turks are concerned, the more Kurds that are killed by ISIS the better. After all, if the Kurds were to set up their own independent state in the hell-hole that once was Iraq, then Turkey’s 20 million Kurds might start getting itchy feet and demand independence as well. Hence, Turkey has watched with glee as ISIS enthusiastically reduce Iraq’s Kurdish population.

But Turkey’s Kurds are angry about the latest bomb attack. So, to calm the Kurds’ anger, the Turkish authorities might have to try to give the impression that they’re sort of clamping down on their ISIS friends.

Then what will happen if ISIS get upset? I think Tunisia has shown us how ISIS would react – a few small massacres of tourists on Turkish holiday beaches.

Personally, I would not be planning my holidays in Turkey in the near future. Tourists might find it’s raining – raining bullets and body parts.

(I’m afraid it’s the Religion of Peace again today as I believe the gradual build-up to World War III is probably the most important story ignored by our rulers and the mainstream media)

Just when you thought the 2015 Ramadan was going to end quietly, a massive bomb in a Baghdad market wipes out more than 100 men, women and children and injures many more.

That brings the number of people shot, blown up, drowned, burned or hacked to death during this Ramadan in the name of the Religion of Peace to nearly 3,000. However, there was not a single fatality in the name of any other religion. Nor were any people killed in supposed *sl*mophobic attacks.

Ramadan ‘Bombathon’ 2015 Scorecard
Because, if you think all religions are the same, you aren’t paying attention.

Yet our leaders keep telling us how important it is to fight *sl*mophobia. As I’ve written before, a phobia is an ‘irrational’ fear of something. As far as I can see, there is nothing ‘irrational’ about being afraid of the Religion of Peace.

Below are some of the highlights of the last week’s Ramadan celebrations. I haven’t put all the religiously inspired murders during this Ramadan as the list would be too long to fit in this blog

Have a peaceful weekend!

As I write, the BBC is reporting on four US marines being shot dead at a recruitment centre. Apparently, we know the name of the suspect (who was also shot dead). It’s Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. But the BBC has also said that we don’t yet know Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez’s motives for killing members of the US military.

Yup, this is a really tough one. Perhaps Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez is Jewish? No, probably not. Or a member of a white supremacist group? Maybe. Of course, he couldn’t possibly be just another violent, intolerant, hate-filled M*sl*m doing his religious duty by waging Jihad against the Great Satan, could he? That probably hasn’t occurred to the *sl*mophiliacs at the BBC.

The Times reported that recent online photographs showed Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez with a long beard, but said “there were no immediate signs that he had succumbed to radicalism”.

While a local resident implausibly claimed “they were an average Chattanooga family”

Average family? LMFAO!

Meanwhile, back in lovely, peace-loving Iran, a photograph was posted on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s official website  – as the Obama administration was finalising negotiations on a deal intended to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon – showing the walking stick-waving supreme leader striding across, and apparently glaring at, a painted representation of Israel’s national flag.

The caption on the photo reads, “The Zionist Regime is Condemned to Vanish.”

“The Zionist regime is a regime with very shaky pillars,” the caption continues. “The Zionist regime is doomed. The Zionist regime is an imposed regime and was created with intimidation. Nothing created with intimidation can last long and this one will not last long either.”

The photo was posted last Thursday (18 Tir, 1394 on the Persian calendar), on the eve of Iran’s annual “Quds [Jerusalem] Day” – also dubbed “Death to Israel Day” since chants to that effect typically characterize rallies across in the country, along with “Death to America.”

But, of course, Obummer’s decision to give nukes to the mad mullahs will, according to Obummer and Kerry bring “peace on earth and goodwill to all men”. So there’s absolutely no need for Israel to worry.

I wonder what the delightful, peace-loving Mr Khamenei aims to do with the $150 billion windfall he is due to receive because of the nuclear deal? Build lots of schools and roads and hospitals in order to improve the lives of ordinary Iranians?

Fortunately, the pacifist Mr Khamanei has given us a hint about how he intends to spend his cash mountain. The day after Quds Day, Khamenei told students in Tehran that “fighting the United States’ global arrogance is one of the principles of the [Islamic] Revolution.”

“Fighting against arrogance is one of the principles of the Revolution. It is a fundamental task,” the 75 year-old ayatollah told the young people. “Therefore, you should prepare yourselves for continuing the battle against arrogance.”

And on his official website, the maddest of the mad mullahs posted: “According to Qur’anic principles, fighting against arrogance and global imperialism is never-ending and today, America is the very epitome of arrogance.”

World War 3 has started. But our leaders dare not admit this for fear of a backlash against the West’s rapidly and inexorably growing M*sl*m population.

So there we have it. Just like Neville Chamberlain coming back from his negotiations with Hitler promising “peace in our time” we have the bouffant John Kerry waving his worthless paper signed by the mad mullahs of Iran.

The *sl*mophiliac BBC is having orgasms about the supposed ‘deal’ and repeatedly talks about the ‘surprise inspections’ that those monitoring Iran’s compliance will be able to make.

But it is my understanding that the terms of the compromise agreement reached yesterday give inspectors access to sites but not without warning or ‘due suspicion’. Tehran would have the right to challenge any request to visit a site and receive a hearing at an arbitration board composed of officials from Iran and the six world powers it has negotiated with. Oh dear. Am I the only person who can see a small problem with this?

Iran is a country that sponsors terrorism throughout the Middle East. That constantly shouts death to the US and to Israel and Jews – and means it. That has a proven record of lying and deceit. And Obama believes that a short-term 10-year agreement will suddenly change Iran into a loving member of the Obama family! This is surely wishful thinking run wild.

We know that once sanctions are lifted, they will be hard to put back in place. Yet, Obama continues with his idea that they will “snap shut” if Iran breaks any of the agreement. This, again is wishful thinking. Russia for one, and possibly China and France, will not allow it to happen so easily, if at all. Moreover, once India and China are buying cheap Iranian oil, they’re not going to stop just because of some silly ‘agreement’.

Obama has antagonised his long standing and proven allies in the Middle East in order to jump into a very dangerous unknown with a very dangerous new “partner”.

Barack Obama may have has obsessively pursued an historic nuclear “deal” with Iran. But has he or those like him even considered the over-riding question of why Iran wants to have a nuclear capacity?

They certainly don’t need it for energy generating purposes as they have oil and solar power aplenty. And it only has one other application. Even the possibility that a fundamentalist *sl*mic regime, certainly one already engaged in an expansionist sectarian conflict in the region, should be left with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons, should send alarm bells ringing not just through the Mideast but the whole world.

At least the nuclear stand-off between Western powers and the Soviet Union was based on a recognition by both of the very secular deterrent of MAD – mutually assured destruction. But the same rules don’t apply when dealing with *sl*mic fundamentalists

We know from the almost daily evidence of suicide bombings how many M*sl*ms are convinced that martyrdom and life in the supposed next world is more important than life in this one. To such people a nuclear holocaust would not only be welcome but would be a suicide bombing on the grandest scale.

We’ve also heard the chilling mantra of *sl*mic terrorists groups like Hezbollah: “You are in love with life and we are in love with death” and these are the people Iran actively supports. If nothing else this should make any sane person who considers the possibility of any “deal” with a country like Iran that leaves it with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons, shudder.

Iran will end up with the bomb and the sanctions lifted – exactly what they were after all along. Handing nuclear weapons to a Shia theocracy who have one eye on their upcoming leading and starring role in the Apocalypse (which they are eagerly looking forward to) may not be the smartest move.

Apparently lists are the ‘in thing’. One popular website – Buzzfeed – seems to consist mostly of lists.

So, here’s a short list – the five biggest lies we hear from our huge, bloated, greedy, self-serving charity industry:

Lie 1: Around £8.50 of every £10 donated is spent on ‘charitable activities’

Truth 1: Actually, less than half the money we give is spent on ‘charitable activities’. Most of our money goes on executive salaries, administration, fancy offices, fundraising and political campaigning. Many charities include things like millions spent on administration or payments to their bosses as ‘charitable spending’ in their accounts to make it look like they spend most of our money on ‘charitable activities’

Lie 2: Charity is a ‘voluntary sector’

Truth 2: Yes there are around two million people who give up some of their time to help our more than 195,230 charities. But the charity industry employs more than one million full-time people. Charity is one of Britain’s largest industries with one in every 30 working people employed by a charity

Lie 3: “Text just £2 and you can save a life”

Truth 3: One way charities (either using chuggers or TV ads) get us to donate is by claiming that if we text just £2 or £3 we can provide water or save a life or vaccinate a child or whatever. But the charities don’t really care about our £2 or £3. What they really want is our phone number. They then pass this on to a ‘boiler room’ telesales company who will harass us endlessly till we agree to a direct debit donating money every month to that charity

Lie 4: Charities always treat donors with respect and never harass people for money

Truth 4: Mainly using postal or phone marketing companies, charities make around 13 billion ‘asks’ for money every year. That’s an almost incredible 200 ‘asks’ for every man, woman and child in the UK. Charity fundraisers particularly target the elderly and vulnerable as they know this group is more likely to donate money

Lie 5: As soon as you start donating, you’ll start saving lives

Truth 5: If you agree to a direct debit to a charity with a chugger or a telesales fundraiser, the company employing the chugger or phone sales person will typically get about £80 to £120 for every direct debit agreed. So, if you donate say £5 a month, your first two years’ donations will go straight into the bank accounts of the owners of the fundraising company and never reach the charity you’re hoping to help. A major fundraising campaign for a large charity will typically cost that charity anywhere between £200,000 and £500,000. The owners of these fundraising companies are mostly multi-millionaires

(Help making a YouTube video: I’d really like to make a short (2-3 mins) YouTube video exposing the Charity Industry’s Ten Biggest Lies. My idea was that the visuals would show each of the ten biggest lies and the truth behind the lies. Meanwhile in the background the music from the BeeGees’ song “Tragedy” would be playing. Except that I would rename the song “Charity” and the vocals would be using new lyrics I would have written. If any reader knows a computer whizz who could help produce this video for a very modest payment, please get in touch at david.craig54@yahoo.co.uk )