Excellent weather for “Seabourn Sojourn” on her Friday Falklands’ call
Despite claims by the Argentine media that the Bahamas flagged cruise vessel “Seabourn Sojourn” had no plans to visit Falklands the 431 passengers on board have enjoyed a wide range of tours around the Islands after they anchored in Port William, just outside of Stanley Harbour on Friday at 9am.
Vibrant blue skies and temperatures in excess of 15 degrees Celsius were enjoyed by passengers and shore staff as they explored the Islands. Tours were despatched to visit the Rockhopper penguin colonies, the Gentoo penguins at Bluff Cove Lagoon, the Kings at Volunteer Point and in and around Stanley a variety of nature, battlefield and town tours.
A spokesperson for the Falkland Islands Company Ltd, the agents for this particular cruise ship said everything had gone to schedule and as planned well in advance of the visit and the ship was expected to leave the Falklands again soon after 5pm. Friday.
A spokesperson for the Falkland Islands Tourist Board said he was happy to confirm that the “Seabourn Sojourn” had arrived as scheduled and her passengers had enjoyed a fine sunny day, adding: “We look forward to welcoming future planned visits.”
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“”“”Dear Mr ABCDEF,
Thank you for contacting Seabourn Cruise Line regarding the Falkland Islands. Internally at this time we have not been advised of any change to our South American itineraries which at this point include the Falkland Islands through 2014.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please do contact us.
Best Regards,
“”“”
'nuff said really. :-0
Chuckle chuckle chuckl chuckle!
Did he not escape to Argentina???
Yeah what was he called “Bhagdad Bob” Sounds like he's got a new job anyway.........
Argentine Alice would be a nice tag for this propaganda bint.
Great news Falklands, heres to Crustinas fate!
What does Argentina have to do with this news? It was the cruise ship line that made a statement of X, and if we believe this news they did Y. So what does Argentina have to do with their behavior?
It just reinforces the image of the anglo-saxons are lying, duplicitous nicompoops. If there stories are true, they lied... you guys are proud of that? If it were an argie ship saying it would not do something and still did it... oh boy you argie-haters would be all over it.
But, on the positive, we now know where this vessel will never be docking AGAIN...
WTF are you talking about now? Come down 50 IQ points so the average person can hope to understand you. Where will the boat never dock AGAIN?
Stil on Port Stanley, Rio, Punta Arenas, and Punta del Este, so you're good for your vacation Joe.
No vacation for the Bloggs family now until April. Mrs Bloggs has always wanted to see the famous Austrian horses so we've agreed that's where we'll go next. We'll probably combine it with Florida. The kids love Disney and I love America (sorry, USA. I know you lot are a bit sensitive about that one) so it's win win for everyone.
Dame Dover: where's the ship ??
Excited calls: Behind you, behind you!!
DD: Where??
Falklanders: it's at Port William !! *giggles and laughter*
DD: I don't see it.
Falklanders: * more giggles* “It's in the Falklands!!” *laughter and smirks*
Thanks, that's very kind of you but I've been to all those places on cruise ships before. I'm curious to know why you feel this story had nothing to do with Argentina. Why do you think the cruise liner came to make the comment to Argentine port authorities that they had no plans to visit the Falklands? Just small talk? I doubt it. The port authority personnel must have questioned them. Also, who would've let Mercopress know and why? Doesn't add up and you know it. This was an Argentine propaganda attempt that backfired and you know that too.
17 surfer
It looks like the Argentine gov has embarked on some sort of propaganda campaign. The only trouble is that they are very bad at it. They should speak to the Brits. They could teach them plenty about the art of propaganda.
Chuckle chuckle
The cruise ship was asked by Ushuaian media, they said X, then did Y. Nowhere in there do yo see Argentina's government. I know you people live in opium trances where CFK controls the entire media in Argentina with her stare, but not really i hate to break the news to you.
Seabourn Sojourn can expect no sojourn in this country for the rest of eternity.
I think you set your high-horse on fire.
(Again.)
Wht?
So if this has nothing to do with Argentina why do you suggest the ship will not be allowed in your ports again?
The morning-shift is currently in @ the Sock-Puppet Campus: you need to wait for the afternoon shift to get any common sense...or, indeed, anything that makes any sense.
Last time I checked telling lies to the media wasn't an offence. You need to call the main guy under this log in up and get him to take back over. You really have let him down.
18 Troy Tempest
A troll panto. I love it. Let's work up a cast:
The ugly stepsisters played by Alicia, Cristina and Hector
The fairy godmother played by Ambassador Agueillo
You wish to obnubilate the main point, fine.
@26
Please. I am just the most minatory marplot you antis have encountered, thus the frustrations towards me by many.
Timerman !! LOL
Tina-man would make a good ugly stepsister. Normally the ugly stepsisters would all be played by males but when you have actors with the calibre of Cristina and Alicia... Well, nobody will know the difference.
28 WTF are you crying about now?
Of course, Doveoverdover would be the silly “Dame”- overblown acting and talking directly to audience with long- suffering woman's voice.
All British ships are banned from all ports in the Argentine Republic, so banning this vessel is completely within the rules set up by the Congress and fully compliant with the Laws of the Sea.
Hitler Kirchner must be pissed at that.
Yes, as did the Brazilians and Mexicans, and Colombians... and they did so with us. They are independent countries, we don't try to control other nations' foreign policy with economic terrorism like the UK, Europe, and the USA.
Argentina does not do what the other countries in the Americas do because we don't have relations with the UK so there's nothing to reinforce. You can't be friends with all of South America and North America. Be happy with what you got.
ahem, Falklands?? so ddeluded its laughable.
All the laws apply and are enforced WITHIN Argentina, not the Falklands.
You really don't believe in self-determination do you? You do.. but only for anglo-saxons. Pathetic.
“we don't try to control other nations' foreign policy with economic terrorism”
ahem, what about trying to influence other UNASUR members to thwart your creditors??
:- )
We are doing THEM a favor, not the other way around. Think before you indite text.
Now they have no diplomatic maneuvering room, because if they even deviate one decimeter from the commands from Brussels, Washington, or Beijing, they are punished with immediate trade and distabilization of their bonds.
They now can only aspire to truckling to nations who themselves now have submitted to a banking coven.
If you guys like that sort of stuff... but leave us alone.
They HAVE their sovereignty and many options because they have stable growing economies service their debt reliably and money on tap to fund their own industries or initiatives of their choosing.
Argentina will, de facto, lose their sovereignty because they have no funding which translates into NO OPTIONS to do as they please. Argentina will have to sit by and watch others prosper because Argentina cannot participate.
They will have to sell their inefficiently produced goods at a deep discount to compete and their margins of return will be ever decreasing.
Pretty soon, they'll be begging for 'table scraps', agreeing to anything (loss of sovereignty) for some investment capital.
Perhaps a 'sponsor' nation like Brazil will take them over, paternally of course. Or maybe China will hold out a hand, with some CONDITIONS, of course.
Well, Merry Christmas !!
Nozzy, you had better do your Christmas shopping early - the Peso is only going to be worth less the closer to Christmas you get.
:-D
Chronometer set: time to answer question
1,473 million years.
I was replying to your post @40, “... The rest of South America”
However, I'll play along,
Brazil seems to be doing very well, in fact as the others climb, Argentina is quickly falling behind. Only the fifth largest in LATAM now?? Used to be #2 didn't you??
A 44% increase in fuel costs should really help, too.
Sounds like a “Pirat-ALEX” Economics model you're following.
Well, good luck with that.
Most amusing.
There's no point in discussing anything with you antis. The funniest sh!t of all is that you are as brainwashed as the Kirchnerites, and your “statistics” are as accurate as Indec Poverty rates.
“...accurate as Indec Poverty rates.”
Glad to see you regard them the same way we do.
And don't worry, there are other threads to denounce us on. That should cheer you up.
LOL! Dame Dover. Poor chap thought people would take him seriously.
32 WNYACGB
The Seabourn ship the Sojourn does not have a British flag. It is registered in the Bahamas and it's not against the law to lie to the media so explain why it won't call into your T-shirt shop laden port towns again.
“All British ships are banned from all ports in the Argentine Republic, so banning this vessel is completely within the rules set up by the Congress and fully compliant with the Laws of the Sea.”
Oh you mean “Bahamas flagged cruise vessel”
Try re-reading the the article again re-tard. So BECAUSE this ship IS NOT british flagged, then banning it from all ports in the Argentine Republic IS AGAINST the rules set up by the Congress and IS an illegal act under the Laws of the Sea.
Just another crime to add to the long, long, LONG list huh?
Well of course you know WNYCGB's answer will be to challenge us to prove to him that the UK , America (sorry USA. I keep forgetting that lot are a little delicate about that one) and Europe have never broken any of their own laws for political reasons.
Or just not answer at all..................
Yes, I was going to add that option as well but whenever I do he makes himself get back up. Simply to discount the option.
It must be about time he introduced a new character. He's been stabilised on 3 or 4 of his favourites for at least a month now.
Some thickos in Ushuaia need to learn to ask questions better!!
“Argentina does not do what the other countries in the Americas do because we don't have relations with the UK ”
Who is Ms Alicia Castro and what is she doing in your EMBASSY in London if you do not have relations with the UK.
For the ignorant among us - I use the word in its correct sense -what exactly is her function ? Does she like the shopping or the West end theatres ?
I am at a loss to understand this apparent paradox.
Bahamas or not is irrelevant, won't get into that.
As for the other part... so the UK, US, and EU have never broken their own rules huh? Like say, the UN basic charter that initiation of war is a violation of the fundamental principle of the UN?
Check mate.
@53
She has no function, I think everyone can see that. That embassy should be shut I've said for months now, from the day she got appointed. Check the appropriate article.
@52
Fair enough, I don't know why the Brits are crying about Argentina turning ships away from BA, when we are being one hundred percent truthful:
Anglo-saxon ethnic vessel: “permission to enter River Plate... we will enter anyways since we are Brits and only believe in our sovereignty not yours... but we have to pretend for propaganda purposes that we are asking permission, over!”
Argentine Free Republic port authority: “You may not. This is not even the River Plate. Sorry”
Anglo-saxon ethnic vessel: “Nigel.... I mean 'Roger.'”
Bahamas or not is irrelevant, won't get into that.
LOL! It's totally relevant to your case because you quoted the Argentine law that says UK flagged ships cannot enter Argie ports. Nice try! What was it? Did you think it was a UK flagged ship or did you think the Bahamas were British. LOL! Either way you didn't do your research.
Which is why Argentina is withdrawing one by one from all of them.
So, according to you, the Sojourn won't call into any Argie ports again this summer. And, according to you, no other Commonwealth registered ships will either. And, according to you, the rest of your country is behind you in your plan to withdraw from the rest of the world.
You really do get yourself into a mess on here, don't you.
Chuckle chuckle
Baghdad Bob's real name was Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (formerly the Iraqi (comedy dis-)Information Minister, although in the UK he was known as Comical Ali.
He retired to the UAE after the war (he was caught by the Americans (I think) but they couldn't think of anything to charge him with, and let him go). He's got his own fan-site here: www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/
Well, they better not call in, for their combustible integrity.
And yes, I am convicing people daily that withdrawing from all those organizations is wise, because they were all created post WWII to be a facade, since overt colonialism with boots on the ground become “taboo”, bureaucratic colonialism was devised to take its place.
say it enough times, it might come true....
still, it would be more persuasive if it wasnt a sock-puppet mouthing it...
(OK, maybe not)
A desultory polemic to “rebut” me would at least enjoy the merits of requiring some degree of cogitation.
O.K. I accept that you wish to break off diplomatic relations with the UK - that is your personal standpoint.
However, your government still seems to want to keep the “status quo” for whatever reason by keeping an Ambassador in London and the Embassy open. This being the case, then your statement that Argentina “does not have relations with the UK” is factually incorrect. You are quite ruthless in pointing out “factual errors” in others but you are equally guilty of posting incorrect statements.
As you clearly wish to break off any relations with the UK, contact your political representative and get him/her to pass a bill in your legislative assembly to enact this.
I am sure that the UK government could survive this diplomatic reverse.
However, your government seem to think that they gain some advantage keeping the diplomatic channels open.
Not just the UK, don't feel it is personal. My views on Europe are PELLUCID. At least not until they formally apologize for the period of 1492-1970s... and pay the 154 trillion in accumulated labor costs plus interest.
De facto, Castro has no function...
Are you not ashamed of the amount of money Kirchner spends prostituting herself and her governmant around South America and soon to be the commonwealth begging for support in her lost cause???? it's simply embarrasing
Do you believe I will respond to your callow, mendacious attempts at tendentious opprobrium? When you indite a commentary that is remotely based on wordly realities, I may deign to reply.
Just pay up for the 4 centuries and 4 score of free labor, stop carping.
You pay up.
We never had free labor. Slavery was abolished in 1813.
$$$$ ...
To whom should we send this payment - to CFK ?
How about the 150 million african-americans, and 100 million descendants of native american indentured servitude? That's a start.
As for Argentina, well, if you pay up your debts from the Barings Crisis, and the Spanish and French their debs from our famine aid in the 40s and 50s, and the Italians pay back the loans of the Friendship Centennial fund... I'd be ok with that.
Like I said earlier. You really do get yourself in a mess. Are you telling me now that none of your ancestors were involved in slavery?
Argentina was never a destination of slaves, too cold for sugar plantations and not humid enough for cotton plantations.
1813 was Freedom of wombs
1819 was abolition of slave trafficking
1853 was abolition of slave ownership
Falklands settled 1833.
Some people seem to be stuck in a time warp, this is the 21c, try living in it.
“Spanish and French their debs from our famine aid in the 40s and 50s”
Silly me I thought FAMINE AID meant to give, donate, what you mean is pay the debt to you for the food you “Sold” them!
Where did your family come from before what is now called Argentina? Answer my question or be branded with the same atrocities you brand us with. Simple as that. Pay up!
CFK still does it today, “we feed the rest of the world,” no they sell, sell to the rest of the world, well maybe not so much now.
Can you please tell us where your President the botox queen got her family name from? it certainly is not Spanish-was Nestors mother screwing one of The many Nazi ware criminals your country loved to host.
You do understand that 99.9% of Germans/Austrians migrated to Argenina before WWII right?
Of course you don't understand, you are a Brit, a monument to the results of inadequate and ruinous education system.
We are not European. Or does your woebegone, penurious British Ed System also forget to teach about Slavery and the slave trade.
Argentines weren't slave masters. Their ancestors were but they moved to another part of the world and changed their name. So that means they weren't slave masters.
We Brits were and that's life but the Argies can't swallow it. It doesn't suit their West bashing inferiority complex.
British education at its best.
As you are still a monolingual bunch that will lose big time in the 21st century from it.
LOL! You always do this don't you. LOL!
I don't f,king believe it. I just went to the garage and washed the 110 and packed everything up. Now Mrs Bloggs wants her vehicle washed. Oh well at least it's smaller but being black it has to be chamoised as well otherwise it streaks. I wonder what her last slave died of.
I think we will manage with English thank you as everyone else seems to want to learn it. It certainly will not be S.A Spanish.
I would refer you to the websitewww.plainenglish.co.uk/
This may help you to write in a form free of bloated and archaic words not in general use which obscure the message that you are attempting to deliver.
You are predictable brits.
Yes, please keep that mindset. It's the same mindset the music companies had about the internet in the 90s (“no one will ever want to listen to music without an album and proper packacking”)... and the same thing French wine makers said about OZ, Chilean, and Mendoza wine (“the consumer will never want Australian SHIraz, Chilean cabernet, or those weird grapes called Malbec and Torrontes”)...
I'm almost done with German, French, getting there with Portuguese, and after that full time with Mandarin.
I'm leaving 99.9% of English competition in the dust... even in their own language where I know more words than 99.997% of you.
Who do you think they will choose in the “globalized” economy you all spout about so much all the time?
They wom't choose you. Remember? You'll be locked up in your own country, doing nothing with anyone other than your fellow slave-trading Argentines, all living in your West-funded witness protection program.
Like I said earlier. You really get yourself in a mess on here don't you.
Chuckle chuckle.
You don't undestand isolationism do you... Isolationism is a NATION-STATE policy, not a policy at an individual level. Individuals should be free to do whatever they wish.
Isolationism serves Argentina by not allowing corrupt, depraved, iniquitous foreign nations (governments) from taking advantage of it. Isolationism is not a policy lead at the individual level. A country can be isolationist but the citizen still has to provide for himself, and must be ready to outcompete anyone.
Ultimately, if isolationism is succesful, you can operate from within your country and either make a living locally or from your homeland by providing superior skills to exterior companies... but that still leaves the country protected because those are individual arrangements, private arrangements... not something that will hold the entire nation hostage.
The country itself should stay out of international organizations and not be allies with anyone. I've always said an isolationist nation/society can still trade with others, by using direct cash or barter.
Máximo Kirchner y una chacra que cuesta más de US$2 millones
Looks like your fellow countrymen are far from happy with The Botox queens Fat son Maximo and his $2 million house-who paid for that then? looks like Old Crissy has had her fingers in the cash register again TUT TUT
Check mate.
And so “the nation” owns that palace... So how many nights have you slept in it?
Kinda like British banking would not last 2 minutes in the free market either without bailouts.
Wrong. At one time a significant proportion of the population of Buenos Aires was black. Why do you make so many statements that can be proved untrue in a matter of minutes?
www.cecilgoitia.com.ar/negros.htm
AN e-petition has been placed on the HM Government petition website calling for the UK Government to stop giving financial aid to countries, such as Argentina, who act against British policies, peoples and beliefs.
Wayne John Faulkner has petitioned the Department for International Development, noting, ”We the undersigned, being concerned at the senseless waste of British taxpayers money, call upon the UK Government, to stop giving money and assistance to countries who act against British Policies, peoples and beliefs. In particular we object to Overseas aid to India, a country with a space program and the World's second fastest growing economy behind that of China; to Argentina, through our guarantees to both the World Bank and contributions to European Union Aid, a country that continues to oppress the Falkland Islands and its lawful population of British Citizens; and certain voting member countries of the Organisation of American States (OAS), that are also in receipt of British Overseas Aid, yet align themselves against British Interests in the South Atlantic. Together, we insist that Overseas Aid is subject to rigorous assessment regarding how such Aid is awarded and includes a proviso that there is active promotion and support of British Interests.”
What does proportionality have to do with anything? It proves nothing except that you conflated the issues.
If you have 10000 slaves in a city of 30000, is it a significant proportion? yes.
But the issue was Argentina in proportion to the Americas... 10000 slaves is a drop in the bucket vs 1 million slaves to Brazil, 1 million slaves to Gran Colombia, 1 million slaves to the Caribbean, 1 milion slaves to the USA, etc...
Here we go again, alternate view of historical facts.
“You would have thought that the Great Argentines helping you stay alive during WWII you would be a little more quiet.”
You sold the UK food at an inflated price and did very nicely out of it, so plese, pack in the false benevolance claim.
At the end of the war, you demanded payment from a country, instrumental in defeating Nazism, much to the chagrin, hopes and inspirations of your el Presidente Peron.
In 1947 Clement ATTLEE negotiated payment in kind, which provided you with the then state of the art Jet Technology, The Gloster Meteor. Argentine pilots and technician were brought to the UK and trained to fly and maintain the aircraft. You received more than 100 of them and 17 Bombers. That made you the 7th Nation in the world and the only counrty in S America to have the technology.
Not a bad trade, for “keeping us alive” during the war!
Those my RG revisionist are the true facts.
He is, after all, one of the most humble, knowledgeable and truthful of all posters on the internet.
We have all learnt of his great wisdom, fantastic grasp of languages and outstanding IQ.
We should be grateful that he can spare such a large amount of his valuable time trying to enlighten us.
Even poor Think becomes a mere mortal when in his presence.
It is a shame that he lets himself down a little by the way he keeps forgetting his name, but let’s be charitable and forgive this minor weakness.
a) Maximo 'Obese' Kirchner is the Argentinian equivalent of our head of state, the Queen and deserves to live in a presidential palace.
b) Isolationism rather than just remaining isolated, involves learning lots of languages so you can communicate effectively with people's of other nationalities.
What we haven't learned from the La Campora Brown-shirt:
c) Where did the $2billion for the new planes for Aerolingus 'Plummet' Airlines go after being given to La Campora?
d) Why did the $560million profits for the sale of YPF under Menem go into, and remain in, a 'personal bank' account of an unnamed individual?
e) When is Mr Obese taking charge of the dictatorship?
I'd like some answers on the final points, thanks Tobias.
You're so full of sh*t!
Noetic justice.
ARGENTINA ALWAYS THE VICTIM.
Too much jealousy across Latin America
Too much vengefulness across North America
Too much animus across the British Isles
Too much antipathy across Spain, Gemany, Italy and the rest of Europe
So they have all united to essay distabiliization. Pathetic!
I presume the definition of animus you mean refers to ill will and spitefulness towards Argentina.
Could there possibly be a reason for this ?
Let me see......
Could it have anything to do with an unprovoked invasion by your country -not a Junta - but your country, against a lightly defended island group called the Falklands.
The sight of your troops swaggering about Stanley has influenced British opinion to this day. I can still remember the scenes from Buenos Aires of crowds cheering, waving flags and screaming
A-R-G-E-N-T-I-N-A.
My reaction was that we are going to have sort these bastards out and we did !
The result of your action cost the lives of many people for no real purpose.
Thirty years on, we have it all starting again and you have the cheek to wonder why we distrust your country ! Has the leopard changed its spots...I do not think so.
My reply also is that there is too much animus, jealousy and vengefulness in Argentina towards anyone who does not agree with their perception of the world
I have no objections to a prosperous Argentina....good luck to you if you can carry it through without screwing everyone else on the way.
Your thoughts of Argentina being the only country on the planet with the correct model of economic and social stability reminds me of the following anecdote.
The parents of a soldier are watching the regiment marching through their home town.
“Look” says the mother“they are all out of step but our Jock ”
ps. As a linguist you should try proof reading before you post
There is no“c” in subjugation. I thought that this was a new obscure word taken from a thesaurus but it was just a spelling mistake.
Likewise distabilization has only one letter “i”
I leave you with this thought
Talach a' ghille ghlic -- 'ga itheadh agus 'ga chain-eadh !
www.seascanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=Seabourn+Sojourn
“All British ships are banned from all ports in the Argentine Republic”
A very Argentine move.
Argentina has (well, had) a trade surplus with the UK - wave goodbye to US$ 500,000,000 in much needed foreign currency.
Hey Guys and Gals, let’s not knock our dear Nostrolldamus The 2nd.
He is, after all, one of the most humble, knowledgeable and truthful of all posters on the internet.
We have all learnt of his great wisdom, fantastic grasp of languages and outstanding IQ.
We should be grateful that he can spare such a large amount of his valuable time trying to enlighten us.
Even poor Think becomes a mere mortal when in his presence.
Doveoverdover is just one of Think's imaginary friends.
“Argentina was never a destination of slaves, ...”
In the 1880s Domingo Sarmiento proudly wrote that
“the banners of the African nations that one used to see at the old carnival celebrations now had been replaced by the flags of the various French, Italian and Spanish clubs and societies.”
(George Reid Andrews: “The Afro-Argentines of Buenos Aires: 1890-1900”, University of Wisconsin Press, 1980, p. 106)
@54 UN Charter, Article 51.
@56 How disappointing. Have you informed the Bahamian government? Both they and the UN seem to believe that they are a sovereign independent nation.
@70 What a shame you can't research you r own history “argieland” didn't abolish slavery until 1853. Twenty years AFTER Britain! And forty-seven years after Britain abolished the slave trade.
@75 Why's that? Too busy enslaving the local population?
@84 Major ethnic:
European —mostly Italian, Spaniard, French, ethnic German and Slavic ancestry— 86.4%
The demography of argieland.
@95 Not you for a start.
@97 What sort of “superior skills” were you thinking of? Belligerency, corruption, criminality, debt evasion, faggotry, genocide, mendacity, racism, theft (attempted), xenophobia?
@101 Is that why our troops used to refer to your crap as bully beef?
@118 What's that, one of your new “definitions”? Paying your debts = economic subjugation. In that case, I reckon we should foreclose. There must be thousands of square miles of the South Atlantic that haven't had argies dropped in it. (For the sake of the faint-hearted, I differentiate between argies and Argentines. From the latest figures I have seen, argies, i.e. like so many of our malvinista wastes of time, form 60% of the population. Shame isn't it?)
Now that does look like a nice itinerary. Enjoy Montevideo in vacation mode and enjoy seeing the Sojourn.
Arg.: “Are you going to the Islas Malvinas”? (wink-wink)
Seabourn rep.: “Well, next port is Port William on the Falkland Islands”
Arg.: “Oh, but definitely not the Islas Malvinas”? (wink-wink)
Seabourn rep.: “Ah, I get it! No, of course not, certainly not!”
Arg.: “Thank god, or else we stood to lose the 500,000 US$ your passengers are about to spend in Ushuaia”
“If the rest of the planet would stop seeking our economic subjucgation”
African elephant and Argentine mouse crossing bridge.
“Ain't we rumbling”, says mouse.
Argentina?
That's a district of Durban, ain't it? or is it somewhere in Asia? or maybe a province of Australia?
camaras.adinet.com.uy/inicio/index/14
You can almost see me too (use good looking glass :), staying in the direction of the tower on top of the house a little to the left of the middle of the pic, three blocks closer to the port.
It only falls apart if they ask if you're going to the falklands, but i'm guessing the imbeciles involved wouldn't be able to figure that one out.
I've got a better idea..... We mere mortals on this forum have christen Nostrolldamus The 2nd “Tito the Clown Troll”, As far as I know, this username is not in use and he is quite welcome to it. Therefore, if he ever should forget his name or username, we would be happy to tell him.
“We have all learnt of his great wisdom, fantastic grasp of languages and outstanding IQ.”
Well you see my learned friend, only this morning I downloaded, onto my computer, for free, from the Microsoft website, a:-
“Forum Bullsh*t detector”
and while you may cream your jeans when friend Nostrolldamus The 2nd posts something, it sends my detector off the f*cking scale!!!
Strangely, I tried it out on one of “Think”'s posts and it did the same thing........... I couldn't for the life of me work out why that was..........
Now, I remember what George W Bush specifically said about state sponsored international terrorism, and I don't think some Seattle company wants to be seen to be pandering to that. The PR department wouldn't like it.
Right, as if any anglo-saxon historian has any credibility whatsoever talking non-anglo-saxon nation histories. Everyone knows anglo-saxon history books inter all the negative about their history, and exult any positive. And only speak of the negatives about other countries.
That's why the Hungarians are considered to be the best historians.
Replace Anglo-Saxon with Argentinian, to read correctly,
“Right, as if any Argentinian historian has any credibility whatsoever talking non-Argentinian nation histories. Everyone knows Argentinian, La Campora history books inter all the negative about their history, and exult any positive. And only speak of the negatives about other countries.
”
Ever heard of 'history is always written by the winners'?
I realise that this is an alien concept to you, living as you do in a country that is always losing.
BTW what does it matter if 'the Bahamas head of state sits in London'? Your head of state sits in the Casa Rosada with her head in cloud cuckoo land.
Maybe I was wrong.
Now visible in the basin closest to Rio de la Plata.
camaras.adinet.com.uy/inicio/index/14
The problem here is... You have not won a single battle or even skirmish in Argentina, ever.
1806: “On 4 August 1806, Liniers landed at Las Conchas, north of Buenos Aires, and advanced with a mixed force of Buenos Aires line troops and Montevideo Militia toward the city. On 10 August he took control of the strategic points of Miserere and El Retiro, holding the north and west entries to the city. Beresford finally surrendered on 14 August.”
1807: “By the end of 5 July, the British controlled Retiro and Residencia[17] at the cost of about 70 officers and 1,000 other ranks killed or wounded,[18] but the city's centre was still in the hands of the defenders, and the invaders were now demoralized. At this point, a counter-attack by the militias and colonial troops present, defeated many important British commanders, including Robert Crauford and Dennis Pack. Then Whitelocke proposed a 24-hour truce, which was rejected by Liniers, who ordered an artillery attack. After suffering 311 killed, 679 wounded and 1,808 captured or missing,[1] Whitelocke signed an armistice on 12 August.”
1845: “After the failure of the expedition to the Parana, Ouseley wrote to his government requesting 10,000 British soldiers, 10,000 French soldiers and an open declaration of war to conclude the conflict. However, unknown to him, Tomás Samuel Hood was already navigating to Buenos Aires with the opposite instructions from the allied countries: negotiate an end to the hostilities, at whatever price Rosas demanded.”
You probably are the saddest example of Britishism. You as a country do have many fine moments in battle in your 1000 year history... yet you try to deny similar monents to others through the use of mendacity, outright lies, or a consummate dishonesty and lack of integrity which is frankly appalling.
And in spite all of that... Your “comment” has nothing to do with anything. The Afro-Argentine Question has nothing to do with the British.
Dec 03rd, 2012 - 04:01 pm
Can you please rell me what the “Invasiones ingleses” and the battle of “la Vuelta de Obligado” have to do with “Excellent weather for “Seabourn Sojourn” on her Friday Falklands’ call”????????
www.ushuaianoticias.com/noticias/leer/11317-un-crucero-violo-la-ley-de-gaucho-rivero.html
“'will ask and supportive sister republics of Chile and Uruguay to refuse permission for these pirates port if they try to continue their provocation doing Malvinas route from Montevideo or Punta Arenas”
A technical point, was Argentina a country in 1807 ?
I notice that some 600 black African slaves took part in the battles - I thought someone said that their were no slaves in“ARGENTINA”
However, credit where it is due, the British were comprehensively beaten in this theatre.
That was over 160 years ago and would not be indicative of current conditions prevailing. Would your country like a rematch, bearing in mind that we would not have to put a foot on the soil of your fair country - I use the adjective fair as meaning scenically attractive - NOT as unbiased.
Ease down in the drama, girls.
“I offer 2000 $ reward to anyone willing to sink any pirate ships around Islas Malvinas Argentina.”
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
I think you'll find one Argentine pirate ship is holed up in Ghana and another is broken down in South Africa and the ship that was going to join that one broke down a few miles from pirate land.
You can save your money, just get your pirate ships to open fire on the Royal Navy and they'll blow your 'scrapyard challenges 'to kingdom come for free! What a pity the RAF retired Sea Eagle years ago (you know ,the missile that made Exocet look like a paper dart?).
Another reason your money would be wasted paying someone to attack Argentine pirate ships is that they they would inevitably break down begging the prince in the yellow helicopter to fly all the way down and rescue them. Should the Falklanders allow your museum pieces to dock (the Charles Cooper and Lady Elizabeth are in better shape than your Argentine pirate ships) , you'll find that NML will gladly take them away for scrap.
Come on macho man, why don't you come back to Argentina and do it yourself - oh, I forgot it would take a modicum of guts to do that.
You are just full of piss and wind and a craven coward.
You back up Argentina from about 4000 miles away - on the internet where you are safe from REAL men.
I can think of only one Tool that you can definitely supply....
:-0
Try the second world war...oops forgot didnt fight, first...same again.
The Falklands oops sorry lost that one didnt you, a smaller force travelling 8000 miles over hostile seas beat a well dug in and numerically superior force of RGs.jajajajaja
Sent your mighty navy to retake the islands, we will wait until your mighty sailing frigate and flagship get out of debtors prison :)
“The problem here is... You have not won a single battle or even skirmish in Argentina, ever. ”
I thought there was a skirmish in a place you lot call the Malvinas not so long ago which, according to your government, was part of Argentina.
How did that one turn out again?
If you fancy another roll of the dice then give it your best shot. Losers.
Q. How many argentinians does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. 61. 1 to play russian roulette with a hand-cuffed falklands farmer and his family, and 60 to get shot-up on a beach on South Georgia.
The Anglo-French fleet did win at Vuelta de Obligado, but it was a pyrrhic victory.
“You have not won a single battle or even skirmish in Argentina, ever.”
- because the war in 1982 was in the British Falkland Islands.
Time of departure to Port Stanley/Falkland Islands (at 14:00 h local time)
www.seascanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=Seabourn+Sojourn
I know. Good thing because that keeps us undefeated against all European nations who tried to bully us within our territory.
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