Covered by The Telegraph and Sky News.
And a comment,
The security for the funeral must have been very rigorous, but we forget that the UK held Lord Mountbatten’s funeral through the streets of London in 1979 after he was murdered by an IRA bomb (I was in London on the day of his funeral).
And,
“An ordinary woman“?
Live coverage at the BBC (audio starts right away).
Associated Press: Praise Chavez, Grouse About Thatcher
Drudge:
Memeorandum thread:
BBC:
Daily Mail:
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Telegraph:
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Joseph R. Gregory / New York Times:
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress: Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Richard Allen Greene / CNN: Congressman Steve Stockman:
Cristina Fernandez took out an ad in the UK’s Guardian and the Independent basically telling UK Prime Minister David Cameron to have the UK “return” the Falklands to Argentina.
Argentina’s been out of the Falklands for 181 years and got their butts kicked when they tried to invade 31 years ago, but Cristina needs a distraction from her ruinous domestic policies, and oil was found off the Falklands, hence, the ad.
Cameron replied in no uncertain terms,
a spokesman for Mr Cameron said the people of the Falklands had shown “a clear desire to remain British” and their interests would be protected.
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Downing Street said the prime minister would “do everything to protect the interests of the Falklands islanders.”Mr Cameron’s spokesman said the people of the Falklands had shown “a clear desire to remain British” and the Argentine government should respect their right to self determination.
Ed Morrissey posts on the story:
Argentina now argues that the British planted people on the island over the last 180 years of sovereignty, and that the people currently living on the islands — which are more than 250 miles away from Argentina, by the way — should be ineligible for self-determination. It’s a cute argument, as it does away with the question of self-determination at all — but by the same measure, most Argentinians would be ineligible for self-determination, as their population came mainly from colonial expansion from a couple of centuries before. What’s the cutoff? 181 years? 241 years? 369 years?No one can be expected to take this seriously, but Cameron is clearly taking no chances.
Cristina ought to be worrying her little Botoxed head over her domestic policies… and maybe, just maybe, over her political future if the time comes when Hugo Chavez’s demise stops those suitcases full of money that finance her campaigns.
Jeff Dunetz finds a metaphor buried inside all the rubble.
Cross-posted at Liberty Unyielding.
MORE:
Cristina Kirchner’s Falklands demands are delusional and insulting
A roundup of trivial news in the periphery of serious issues,
George Soros sued by ex-girlfriend for reneging on real estate promise to buy her a $2 million NYC apartment. George told her he’d given the apartment to another woman. Probably a younger woman, that is. No word on whether he had anything to do with the downgrade.
UPDATE:
Don Surber:
Dr. Evil had the same problem with Frau Farbissina.
Amy Winehouse’s home robbed, not by looters, but by someone looking for her unreleased songs, lyric books and letters.
One Place That Didn’t Get Looted In The UK. Situational Awareness: How Everyday Citizens Can Help Make a Nation Safe. Defend yourself and be a vigilante (h.t Instapundit).
Hugo Chavez’s hair fell off. Argentina Preps for World Tango Championships
Pivot to jobs, jobs, jobs getting to you? Vacay, vacay, vacay! But first, let us pray.
Felonious Monk is not happy at all (*LANGUAGE WARNING: DEFINITELY NOT SUITABLE FOR WORK*)
Here’s Thelonious Monk, not Felonious,
The people who actually work for a living are fighting back the mob,
London riots: Neighbours mount anti-gang patrols amid fears of far-right agitation
Homeowners and shopkeepers took to the streets last night to protect their neighbourhoods from the gangs amid concerns far-right groups are attempting to take advantage of community tensions.
In Eltham, south east London, a crowd of 200 men gathered in the streets, promising to protect their neighbourhood from looters and arsonists following rioting in nearby Lewisham and Woolwich.
“We won’t stand for it. If anyone wants to come down here and start looting tonight, let them try – we’ll be ready for them,” said one.
The US media is covering the ongoing London riots, burning for the fourth consecutive night, and spreading to other parts of the country.
the fastest-selling items on Amazon.co.uk are batons and baseball bats, as people look to defend themselves and their property in the absence of an effective police.
while a rioter boasts, “We’re just showing the rich people that we can do what we want,” including stealing from a wounded child,
Not covered by the US media is the rioting in Chile:
Violent Protests For Education Reform In Chile
Violence has broken out in Chile’s capital as tens of thousands of students stage another protest demanding changes in public education.
Masked demonstrators are burning cars and barricades, looting storefronts and throwing furniture at police. Officers are responding with tear gas and water cannons.
While the London demonstrators are “showing the rich”, the Santiago demonstrators want private universities to provide education for free. They also want a new constitution, which of course would be subject to their approval.
It is indeed interesting that the US’s staunchest European ally, and South America’s most successful capitalist country have both come under attack following Black Thursday’s crash and the S&P downgrade.
After America may be sooner than we think.
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It’s been a very busy day, but there’s always time for a roundup,
Prince Albert got married…in a maitre’d costume?
The Invisible Hugo Chavez “presided” over the bicentennial celebrations by staying indoors (he did manage a peek from the balcony). Whoever wants to be his successor better keep the army happy.
This woman is sick.
The 25 Documents You Need Before You Die, explained in a simple graphic. That’s even if you are a South American dictator, too.
DSK and the death of the novel, via Gerard
Casey Anthony And Some Thoughts On The Criminal Justice System; I haven’t followed this story at all. As James Joyner says,
In a conversation over the weekend with my wife’s family, I was reminded again howunusual my interests are. They were discussing this case in some detail, including noting that some of their friends were DVRing the trial so they could watch every minute of it. Meanwhile, I have been only peripherally aware of the trial–and then only in the way that I’m aware of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and reality TV; that is, one can scarcely avoid hearing about them.
The Case of the Missing Ambassador:US Ambassador to the United Kingdom AWOL For Dinner Honoring Reagan
And, last but not least, Hitchens looks at the Boat People
Some questions for the “activists” aboard the Gaza flotilla.
UPDATE.
Advice for a Young Blogger: How to get a million or less hits on your blog over some unspecified period of time, maybe – and thank you to Doug for his kind words.
There has been a lot of reaction, both here and at my Facebook page, to Wednesday’s post on the USA’s statement at the Organization of American States siding with Argentina on Argentina’s demand for negotiations over the Falkland Islands.
Pablo Kleinman, commenting on Facebook, linked to his 2007 article, ¿De quién son las Malvinas? (Whose Falklands?) (link in Spanish), which sheds light on the islands’ background. Kleinman wrote the article on the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war. I translated it, so please, if you use any of this translation, link to this post and credit me (emphasis added):
Most Argentinians do not know today, and did not know in 1982, that the Argentinian colonization of the islands is little more than fiction, and when it took place it lasted barely longer than the Argentinian dictatorship than started the 1982 war. The fact that the Falklands are part of the American continental platform, or that are 500 kilometers away from the Argentinian coastline, two of the most used rationalizations when trying to claim Argentinian sovereignty over them, lacks weight in International Law.
During the lengthiest period of time when any Argentinian inhabited the Falklands, between 1826 and 1833, there never was any government representation in the islands. There was a governor only between 1829 and 1831; back then there were only some 40 people, workers at a fishery owned by the “governor”, a French entrepreneur from Hamburg named Louis Vernet.
Vernet had been ceded Soledad Island (East Falkland) for commercial exploitation as payment for a debt the Buenos Aires Government owed him. Aside from Vernet’s worker, among which Argentinians were a minority, a few gauchos and adventurers lived in the Falklands.
Vernet’s daughter was the only person born in the Falklands during that precarious settlement. “Precarious” since there was no town hall, no churches, nor any civil society of any type. Aside from the couple of years of the Frenchman’s enterprise, there was nothing more than a pirate encampment.
In 1833 the Falklands had some 20 inhabitants of various nationalities. All were expelled by the British. Interestingly, shortly after, dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas offered more than once to cede the islands to the United Kingdom to pay off a debt Buenos Aires owed British banking institutions. However, London ignored the Argentinian claim or offer.
The United Kingdom founded a colony in the Islands 165 years ago. That was when, for the first time in history, a constant human presence was established permanently in the Falklands. Generationally speaking, the Falklanders have been longer in the Falklands than the majority of Argentinians in Argentina. There should be no doubt, then, that the Falklanders are the legitimate masters of the Falklands, and that their will is to be respected, within the framework of the right of self-determinatioon recognized by international law.
Clearly, Argentina’s claim is a nationalistic mirage, not based in historical facts, but used for propaganda – and possibly economic – purposes.
NOTE:
In my original translation I used Malvinas; after consulting with Pablo Kleinman he said he would use the English term Falklands throughout the English text rather than Malvinas, so I changed the text above, and corrected the name of Soledad Island to East Falkland.
UPDATE:
Commenter RAL:
The author of the piece makes two notable mistakes, one of which is oft repeated by the Argentine Government.
The settlers were not all expelled by the British authorities.
The British had first named the islands in 1690 and positioned a garrison there from 1765. The British forces were withdrawn in 1774 as a result of the logistics of the American Revolution but sovereignty was maintained. Argentina did not exist as a nation until 1816.
Vernett had British permission to settle the islands and the British authorities were keen for him to continue in 1833. As a result only two settlers left along with the mutinous Argentine garrison which had only been there two moonths and had already murdered their leader. The records of the Argentine ship ‘Sarandi’ are evidence of who left as it was used to remove all those who hadn’t been arrested for the crimes. Further evidence is provided by Charles Darwin who arrived on the islands in March 1833 in the Beagle. His diaries are avaiable on-line.
The Falkland islanders are entitled to exercise self-determination under the UN Charter. It is only Argentina’s beligerence that keeps them British.
For more information – http://www.falklandshistory.org/gettingitright.pdf
Cross-posted at The Green Room. Now up at Hot Air!
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Public enemy #1?
British Parakeet Boom Is a Mystery, and a Mess
Individually, any of the rose-ringed parakeets could be the star of a DreamWorks film, electric green with bright pink beaks and the voluble personalities that have long made the tropical species a popular household pet. But for people who frequent the park or live nearby, the visceral experience is more like “The Birds” — albeit with more color and a much noisier soundtrack than the Hitchcock film.
Like the damned deer here in NJ, my theory is that they wouldn’t thrive if humans weren’t so intent on feeding them.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is expected to appear in a UK court tomorrow after his lawyers said he would meet police to discuss a European extradition warrant from Sweden relating to alleged sexual assaults.
As the legal net continued to close around the whistleblowers’ website and US attorney general, Eric Holder, said he had authorised “a number of things to be done” to combat the group, Assange appeared to be reconciling himself to a lengthy personal court battle to avoid extradition.
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Meanwhile WikiLeaks has been forced to move to a Swiss host after being dumped by US internet companies as it comes under siege from cyber attacks.PostFinance, the financial arm of the Swiss post office, said it had closed Assange’s account after he provided “false information”. “PostFinance has ended its business relationship with WikiLeaks founder Julian Paul Assange,” the bank said in a statement. “The Australian citizen provided false information regarding his place of residence during the account opening process.”
Speaking of the Wikileaks,
List of facilities ‘vital to US security’ leaked
The list includes pipelines, communication and transport hubs.
Several UK sites are listed, including cable locations, satellite sites and BAE Systems plants.
Can anyone possibly justify the release of a list of targets? Ron Paul, maybe?
Cross-posted at The Green Room.
