Madeleine McCann: The McCanns’ Return To Portugal, A Year Of Looking And Ben Affleck
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THE SUN: “McCanns risk arrest over visit”
KATE and Gerry McCann may risk arrest by returning to Portugal for the one-year anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance.
The couple are prepared to take the chance in a last ditch attempt to revive interest in four-year-old Maddie, missing since May 3.
Any facts?
The doctors, both 39, left the Praia da Luz resort last September – 48 hours after being made official suspects over the mystery.
Gerry and Kate McCann are Doctors. Such are the facts.
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “They want to be there for the first anniversary. Going out there would send the strongest possible message that Madeleine could still be alive and the search for her should continue.”
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: “Turning the tabloids”
Ben Affleck is Gone Baby Gone:
Almost as troublesome was the story’s unforeseen and unintended resemblance to a real-life case of child kidnapping that hit the headlines in the months it was being filmed. That was the disappearance in Portugal last year of British girl Madeleine McCann, who was of a similar age and appearance to the film’s kidnapping victim and had a name eerily similar to the character in the Lehane novel, Amanda McCready.
McCready has disappeared amid the squalor of her south Boston neighbourhood. The police are out in formation, as are the television news vans, antennas raised high, all but trembling for blood.
Madeleine McCann: That’s entertainment
Posted: 4th, April 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (1,577) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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April 4th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Totje, actually it’s my home language
We only speak Afrikaans at home, although I was brought up by English parents, Afrikaans has been my home language for many, many years! I always had Afrikaans boyfriends since my early teens, and since they couldn’t speak English too well I reverted to Afrikaans, so for more than half my life I’ve been speaking Afrikaans as a home language … my parents hated it because they couldn’t (and still can’t understand me 
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It’s starting to change seasons here … we’re going downhill from summer, although the days are still very warm it gets chilly at night …. and I become grumpy … I’m a sun babe
April 4th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
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Julie
You’re right. That was my first impression too [second thoughts addition].
We should be told!
April 4th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
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Totje Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Julie/Jo,
Isn’t post 527 just an addition to post 526?
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If so, he should have said so! The way it looks to me is as if someone who forgot to change their name was responding to his previous post ….. I want clariefication from the man himself
April 4th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
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Julie
I just loooove your [second?] language.
It’s just not summer yet, a cloudy day, no rain.
I’ve had a busy day, lots of appointments, lots of talking, so I’m feeling exhausted!
How’s things at your place? All’s well?
April 4th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Gandolf 534, I’m glad somebody can spell acolyte.
Am going away for the weekend now, probably just as well, see you all Monday!
April 4th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Hello Totje, hoe gaan dit daar in die Nederland vanaand
April 4th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Julie/Jo,
Isn’t post 527 just an addition to post 526?
April 4th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Jo, Stevo is one fantastic person, and anyone here who wishes to challenge me otherwise is going to have their hands full! Madam Cheryl INCLUDED
April 4th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Hi all! Just catched up posts.
Well I can’t recall I’ve seen [these couple of months that I've been around] people posting that defended child neglect.
And I liked mrs Bouquet [and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and Margo Leadbetter]
April 4th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
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jo Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
545
into????
Julie
change his name????
we should be told
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I agree! IAN …. where are you? Explanations are in order here …… spit it out
April 4th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
545
into????
Julie
change his name????
we should be told
April 4th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
543
Julie
She turns up with really weird comments to wind people up
Stevo is very patient with her methinks….
April 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Yeah, Jo he may have had no-one to talk to at the time, but he could have at least rememberd to change his NAME
…. well, well, now we know!
So c’mon Ian … out with it … who were you going to change your name to to support yourself … holy freak man … don’t confuse us!!!!
April 4th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Hey Stevo
xxxxxxxxxxx … didn’t think you were still around … see you later then 
April 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Oh Cheryl, you’re really making a fool of yourself as far as Stevo and “the racist remark” is concerned …. there is no one who is further removed from being a racist than Stevo is! I’ve been called racist on this site before, and because I am a white South African, does that make me a born and bred racist? You are so far off the mark as far as Stevo is concerned, you just have no idea do you?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
539
Julie
Well he didnt have anybody to talk to did he?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
back later…
Hi Julie
xxx
April 4th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
533
Cheryl
Your reply to me was that I could have picked another racial group instead of blacks. You took offense particularly because I chose black. If I knew the name of a latino or hispanic “hood” I could have used that but I don’t so I didn’t. If I knew what vehicles the white people on trailer parks use that they obtained through ill-gotten gains with meth labs, I could have used them as a stereotype. But I don’t know what they spend their money on so I didn’t use them either. Neither do I know what you call an Asian person’s neighborhood.
But I do remember your frequent use of the F-word to people including me in here. And I do remember you telling me to “keep my opinions that side of the ocean”.
So you can be abusive and xenophobic and then you have to parading round your workplace drumming up support for your argument in an Internet blog.
Cheryl, you are beyond sad.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
527
Ian Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
526 Ian
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Ian, have you gone batty … why are you answering your own posts?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
537 jo
April 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
535
Ian
April 4th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
534
Nostradamus
How vague is that!
So you think the Mccann’s have hidden her so they can build new careers in ‘missing children’?
Seems a bit far fetched. I think they neglected her, failed in their duty of care and are now spinning and distracting to escape the consequences - they must have disposed of her body though. There was no abductor - or there would have been SOME evidence.
Lets see if you are right. If you are, its going to be hard for them to keep their secret a secret!
April 4th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
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Cheryl
Your kidding! How ridiculous - I bet they rolled their eyes to each other when you walked away!
April 4th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Madeleine McCann disappeared on 3rd May 2007 from Praia Da Luz, Portugal and as per last photograph was taken by her mother, Kate at 2.29pm (3rd May 2007, 14:29, Praia Da Luz, Portugal), on 3rd May 2007, transiting Moon was aspecting Jupiter. Transiting Moon was in sextile aspect with Natal Moon as well as Natal Jupiter. Moreover, transiting Jupiter is in trine aspect with Natal Jupiter. The horoscope and planetary position of this event reveals that Madeleine is likely to be found.
Madeleine’s Surya Kundali, transiting Jupiter will pass through 5th house and will be in trine aspect with lord of the Ascendant i.e. Sun as well as Ascendant, which indicates that Madeleine is also likely to be found between November 22, 2007 and May 6, 2008. Since Jupiter is in Sagittarius, we may receive some positive news during the said phase.
Madeleine is likely to be found or recovered from places or the person whose name starts with alphabets word M, G, Sha, N, Y, Kha, J, T and from North-West Directions. Madeleine is also likely to be found from places which are nearer to water, river or sea.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
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Stevo Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
487 SpongeBob Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I read a bit of the Cheryl incident. I admit to cringing and was tempted to shout ‘duck’ before your response arrived…
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I know what you mean. Accusing someone of being racist is harsh and extreme - and very offensive if wrong as it was when she wrote her post.
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Stevo , I accused you of posting a racist remark, no where did I call you a racist. To be truthful, I thought afterwards maybe I did overreact by looking on your posting as a racist remark. Tell you what I did, Stevo, in case I owed you a public apology!
I took your remarks and went and repeated them to many professional people in this office, where I work- we have Black, White and Asian professionals here. So I didn’t just go to the Blacks - I went to all races. Every single one said it was an offensive and a racist remark to put a site. But we all agreed it could have been one of those racist remarks not coming from a racist but from a person who just didn’t think.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
521
Gandolf
…and we all know how good sledgie is at the law dont we!
April 4th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
530
Stevo
Sledgehammer AKA Gandolf?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Remember Sledgehammer said he was born in Vancouver.
I just realised Kate’s Aunt Norah lives in Vancouver. There’s strong suggestions that Kate confided in her Canadian based aunt.
Must go for now but more food for thought…
April 4th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
524
coolandcalm
Good grief! Have you no morals? So if you met someone you knew was neglecting their child, you’d disagree with them but ‘get along’?
April 4th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
527 Ian (n)ever!
On the three A’s its possible to amend a post!