Comments on: Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of Maddie-ness,

By: The great sponge

The great sponge — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:40:43 +0000

And all his friends know this unpleasant thing do they? Not one seems to be willing to even hint at it. Still, must be true, he has those killer’s eyes, I spotted that right off, oh yes , you can’t change the eyes, like that Austrian bloke , and her?- an obvious psychopath .
Waterboard him I say, then the truth will come out.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:20:31 +0000

the great sponge,
have you seen the video of paxman’s interview with gerry mccann re the media ? gerry practically sneers at paxman when it’s put to him that he courted it when it suited (min 0.52)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIvFkXkVn1I

‘I can’t reconcile all this chat about Gerry as though there is something we all know,nudge nudge , but yet we none of us actually know what this something is’

you’re quite right, it’s something unpleasant.

By: The great sponge

The great sponge — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:51:59 +0000

The alternative is to shut up, go home and grieve in private. This would have served them just as well even if they had , in collusion with Elvis or M15 say, actually done something other than leave the children un protected.
But life cannot go on without conspiracies and we don’t have to prove those do we? , just a nudge and a wink and a “something fishy here ,mark my words”
Pathetic.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:20:53 +0000

‘They have faced up to so much media coverage and interviews ‘

poor things, my heart is almost bleeding.

‘What are the alternatives’

jail, struck off, end of career etc. ?

By: The great sponge

The great sponge — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:27:25 +0000

I can’t reconcile all this chat about Gerry as though there is something we all know,nudge nudge , but yet we none of us actually know what this something is. Perhaps better if the McCanns accepted the likely death of their daughter and shut up, became recluses, and we can forget them.
What are the alternatives , they sold her, they killed her deliberately, they took money for her? Which do you fancy ,or maybe they just left the door open and hoped someone would happen along?
They have faced up to so much media coverage and interviews ,knowing that the police always look at the parent[s] first and frankly no sign of any guilt other than the obvious one of leaving her vulnerable.
A possible alternative is that they found her dead and rushed out and buried her and claimed an intruder wot done it.
All not proven and frankly not remotely likely. It just isn’t fair to expect someone to prove a negative ie i didn’t do it for these reasons.
If the McCanns were complicit in this tragedy they must have graduated top of the class from RADA.

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:51:05 +0000

Hm …better late than never: “distinct” should have read “distance” ? hm again… Whatever happened to Esperanto?

By: Gloria Smudd

Gloria Smudd — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:27:44 +0000

I certainly find this delay most odd, Châtelaine.

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:22:20 +0000

No need to go through the effort of tap out a blog [I mean, who’s reading that anyway apart from “us” and people on a couple other fora?]: just call a journalist or tell Clarence to do so and distinct themselves from the “sensational reporting”… I can only see one reason to let this go on without comment for WEEKS in a row. Guess you do too

By: Gloria Smudd

Gloria Smudd — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:33:11 +0000

Wow! Could you do anything with a bottle of water and an empty caraffe?

By: Gloria Smudd

Gloria Smudd — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:32:13 +0000

And aren’t we all used to a certain family spokesman popping up to clarify any inaccuracies when required?

By: Anna Raccoon

Anna Raccoon — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:31:29 +0000

Miracles take a little longer!

By: Gloria Smudd

Gloria Smudd — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:29:49 +0000

Drat. Those inverted commas have inverted themselves.

By: Anna Raccoon

Anna Raccoon — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:29:33 +0000

Good point Gloria – time lag is interesting.

By: Gloria Smudd

Gloria Smudd — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:27:36 +0000

I can’t help thinking that Dr McCann could have found time before June 19th to tap out his blog comments if he was really keen to balance – “the sensationalised reporting in certain sections of the media with regards to Mr Hewlett” – , instead of watching Mr Hewlett’s profile raised in the public’s awareness over the past couple of weeks.

By: Anna Raccoon

Anna Raccoon — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:43:43 +0000

Then we shall have to hold different opinions, Honest Broker.

Jo Morais is a very honest person. Levy fleeced her quite some time ago, she kept quiet until she knew that he was dishonest in other ways, so I don’t agree with your analysis that she only exposed him because he had fleeced her.

By: honestbroker

honestbroker — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:11:54 +0000

This, from Gerrry’s own blog:

“There has been much reported in the media recently about Raymond Hewlett. As far as our investigators are aware, there is no evidence to link him to Madeleine –he is a person of interest to the inquiry rather than a suspect. Following the sensationalised reporting in certain sections of the media with regards to Mr Hewlett, our investigators wished to interview him in order to eliminate him from the inquiry. Despite our investigators requests via Mr Hewlett’s lawyer, their attempts to conduct an interview were unsuccessful as we were simply unwilling to pay. It is very disappointing that certain elements of the media felt it appropriate to pay a convicted paedophile (whether that be directly or indirectly) in order to obtain a ‘story’, whilst those people who are qualified to carry out such enquiries and who are genuinely looking for Madeleine were unable to do so. ”

Clearly the McCanns are not particularly interested in Hewlett and regret that his name has been publicised. Their investigators have said there are other names they are pursuing but have also, very properly made plain that they will not be releasing any names in advance of anything substantial that comes from them (as is correct and proper).

I am mystified by your continued faith in Joana Morais. She has exposed Levy for the sole and exclusive reason that Levy has fleeced her of 1000 euros. While I understand her anger about that, her blog remains a repository for the ignorant, hate-filled and vituperative rants of Textusa.

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:14:00 +0000

You see: I’m not the only one …

By: Saul

Saul — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:46:45 +0000

The three most valuable things they had, left in an unlocked apartment?

Do me a favour.

By: Châtelaine

Châtelaine — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:40:02 +0000

I am not the only one to still wonder, amongst others, IF the apartment was really not locked. After all, they had their valuables there, which were not stolen b.t.w. I equally wonder IF the children were alone. To be honest, I wonder about anything and everything in this sad saga …

By: jailhouselawyer

jailhouselawyer — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:11:08 +0000

I do recall Gerry McCann at the Madeleine has been missing 50 days stage, and the release of 50 balloons, stating that they planned to release 100 balloons at the 100 days stage. I picked up this Freudian slip and blogged about it, asking how come Gerry McCann knew beforehand that Madeleine would not be found by the 100 days stage? Sudden backtrack from Gerry McCann as he then announced “if she is not found by then”.

Call me an awkward sod, but I am still waiting for the answers to 3 questions I asked on my blog;

1. What child abduction?
2. Why did the McCanns lie about a fake break-in?
3. Why did the McCanns think it was safe to leave 3 children under 4 years of age unsupervised Home Alone?

I admit they are leading questions, but if the McCanns are ever brought to book in a court of law I suspect that they would have the utmost difficulty answering them to the satisfaction of lawyers, judge and jury.

I rest my case.