Madeleine McCann: With Columnists Carole Malone And Barbara Ellen
MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann, Kate McCann and Gerry McCann
THE COLUMNISTS
It’s the Big Brother reject and toothsome talker:
“The truth won’t mend the pain”
I SOMETIMES wonder if The Truth is all it’s cracked up to be. I wonder if there are times when NOT knowing is better than knowing.
Well, as Donald Rumsfeld once said, from whom Malone seems to be quoting…
Because now we think we know Madeleine McCann didn’t die, as police suspected, in her holiday apartment. Neither was she taken by an opportunist killer. Nor did she wander off into the sea.
Sure of that? Yeah, Sure of it. Positive. Sure of it? Facts are facts. Right? Facts…
However, what we now think may have happened is worse than all of those scenarios because it looks certain this angel-faced little girl was snatched to order by a vile paedophile ring and delivered to people who hunt down pretty children to degrade. Maybe even kill.
And we know this because..? Well, someone said something…it got in an email to someone else…Carole read it or heard it and it became news… and fact…and we read about it… and we told someone… and they told Carole…who knows all about it…
What kind of images are going through your mind at this minute as to the fate of this little mite?
Dunno? Tell us what we should be thinking…
“…a sex toy for a bunch of perverts so depraved that they get their kicks from abusing and killing terrified children.”
The picture is becming clearer. Thanks…
And if I can’t bear to think about what might have happened to her after she was “delivered” to those perverts I can’t imagine how Kate and Gerry can close their eyes at night without the horror of it exploding inside their heads.
Draw us a picture…
Now we know that what might have happened to her while she was alive could have been worse.
Yeah, we know what “MIGHT” have heppned. Such are the facts…
I never really understood what the phrase “Fate Worse Than Death” actually meant. Now I think I might.
BARBARA ELLEN (Observer): “The latest speculation about Madeleine feels like exploitation to keep this sad story going”
Dreadful though the thought is, is it time to hope that Madeleine McCann died the night she disappeared?
Wishing death upon a child?
Anything seems preferable to the explanation that she was abducted by a paedophile ring, and is perhaps still suffering. That it was always unlikely that some childless couple just fancied a little British girl, and all this time Madeleine has been enjoying ice cream and piano lessons. In their heart of hearts, the British public probably considered all this the moment Madeleine disappeared…
Barbara heard about the paedos… from someone, maybe it was in the Sunday Mirror…she told us…we told you…you told a friend… who knows Barabara…who knows all about it…
In the grand scheme of things, all this may seem harmless PR padding, but it isn’t. The result is that ‘Maddie-sightings’ are going to end up having the same ring of authority as your bog-standard UFO, Elvis, or Lord Lucan spottings.
And no-one has seen either of them since Madeleine went missing. Interesting…
By the same token, last week’s sensational spin on what most of us guessed anyway, has given the case a dramatic unhelpful ‘Maddie: the sequel’ feel. A background hum of just wanting to keep the story going - to keep selling and exploiting as long as possible.
Read all about it…
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August 10th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
After a frantic Google, never volounteer for nowt.
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M&A
Artemis
A wise thought, if I may say so, Saul.
August 10th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Hi
Was away all week so missed the Cliff piece- I WAS THERE!!! I HAVE TWO BOTTLES OF PLONK SIGNED BY CLIFF!!! AND HE WAS LOVELY!!!
mand A
And the plonk? don’t tell Duncan as there is a possible shortage
August 10th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
ARTEMIS, it seemed to me that a post from Grande Finale was missing
val August 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pm says
“Grand finale
Thanks for that,
He has taken an inordinate interest in this case and for me is definitely the dark horse.”
and then continues with what seems to be referring to BK…?
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M&A
Artemis
Chatelaine, I have checked both spam and moderated posts and can find no trace of a post by Grande Finale in either.
Val was referring to BK, and as I have already noted, I edited two sentences; one in Val’s post and one in a follow up by AF.
August 10th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Sometimes when a mouse is sniffing for cheese…… it gets it in the back of the neck.
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M&A
Artemis
This thread occasionally reminds me of the siege of Badajoz. The 1812 one, that is.
Whilst i have no objection to people volunteering for the Forlorn Hope, I draw the line at people attempting to volunteer others.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Just coming back from playing UNO [and who's been winning? Maman, of course!] to see that there’s been some whoosh-cluncking … Would it be allowed to say that IMO a dark horse maneuvering in clear sight is either a stupid black horse or a red herring? And would it also be allowed to ask why Anorak still has a spell check for American English instead of BE, so that I have to look up words [like maneuvering / manoeuvring] in my dictionary all the time …? ;-
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M&A
Artemis
In fact the whoosh clunking consisted of me removing two sentences which were clearly libelous.
As for the spell check, it is a long way down the list. We are hoping to get numbers back some day.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Val,
I live in Holland.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I’m not gonna fall for that one!!
August 10th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Oooh, you are awful.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Well Saul, there’s nothing else for it….we should both just go to bed.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Me too, I’m paranoid about pain.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Just come back & I see two are on the naughty chair & it’s only 10.30!
Think I feel an early night coming on…..
August 10th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Moderated!!!!!!!!!! Hope it wasn’t painful Val
M and A
a whole lot less painful than a Court Summons, Saul
August 10th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Maravilha
Iv”e been Moderated again I see for stuff that is in the public domain, so I won”t post
again tonight. Just wanted to ask if, when you said you were Brazilian/ Dutch, where
do you live?
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M&A
Artemis
There are any number of things in the public domain which are libelous, and whilst you may wish to find yourself in Court defending yourself against a libel action, Anorak has no desire to join you there.
August 10th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I really have a lot to do, including dating Clarence, my dear darling
A new sighting of Madeleine on Isla Margarita, Venezuela.(News of the World)
#There’s a hole in the bucket,
dear Lisa, dear Lisa,
there’s a hole in the bucket,
dear Lisa, there’s a hole!#
August 10th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I worried myself too
August 10th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Sent you a funny clip Duncan
M&A
Artemis
I believe the sneaky one may have sneaked off, Saul.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Wheres that post gone ??
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M&A
Artemis
I have edited Val’s and your post for libel.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Speed read it Maravilha !!!
August 10th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
According to Amaral’s book Kate picked Madeleine up at the creche at 5.30 pm.
They arrived at the apartment at 5.35 pm.
I ask you all to give me enough time to read the book again, to find out what and when.
August 10th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
That is a bad catalogue of coincidences -
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M&A
Artemis
Edited
August 10th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Grand finale
Thanks for that,
He has taken an inordinate interest in this case and for me is definitely the dark horse.
1. He recommended Metodo 3 to Gerry & CM
2. He supposedly pays CM”s salary and £8,000 a month incidental expenses to
Metodo 3
3 He visited Murat in PDL
4. He went to Ireland to talk to the Irish couple who claimed to have seen Maddie.
5 He went to Morocco and hired a young Tourist Guide to look for Madeleine in
the Hills, with the promise of a reward if she was found
6. The Pj files state that he and others known to the McCanns interfered too much.
7 The in-house Lawyer for his Companies Smethurst is a Director on the Board of No
Stone Unturned.
8 Today I read that he and two Detectives from Metodo 3, together with a Spanish
Police Officer had a meeting with PJ in Portugal.
What is this Guy up to?
M&A
Artemis
Edited
August 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Me too !
August 10th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
You had me worried there, Lone…
August 10th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
‘released it’
August 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
anaheim flash Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I Have that ‘Ogdens Nut Gone Flake’ Album still - In a box though - Interesting !!!!
Very trippy back then……..
If you are aware of all this 60’s / 70’s stuff - I am surprised you have not come across Anaheim Flash in your travels………
Evenin all
I have this album on my desk too! I’ve just released! I’ll pop it on at work tomorrow! If anyone wants a copy i’ll send em one!
August 10th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
val Says:
August 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Saul,
It”s on the Internet, never mind I”ll ask Grand finale.
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Looks like a male youth 12 -15 yrs old dark hair red top………………Tapas 10 ?
August 10th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I Have that ‘Ogdens Nut Gone Flake’ Album still - In a box though - Interesting !!!!
Very trippy back then……..
If you are aware of all this 60’s / 70’s stuff - I am surprised you have not come across Anaheim Flash in your travels………
August 10th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
For AF (or Flash. if you prefer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpu6kjrsvk0
August 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Going to play cards with Maman
BBL
Have “fun” …
August 10th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Saul,
It”s on the Internet, never mind I”ll ask Grand finale.