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Falkland Islands declares public holiday and celebrates with a community party
AT least thirty bridal gowns will be paraded before guests at the Falkland Islands’ Friday community party to celebrate the Westminster wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, reports the Penguin News. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI do want learn the finance sources of this zany wedding...
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0) finance from taxpayers money ?
) finance from Oil sheiks ?
) finance from Russian Oligarchs ?
) finance from Chinese borrowing ?
) finance from Desire Petroleum revenues ?
No more comments. Then you claim to be a “people” differentiated from the colonial power. Enjoy the broadcast!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 01....It doesn't take public funding to have a piss up mong face :)
Apr 29th, 2011 - 12:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 03....bye bye Windy you xenophobic racist cunt :)
Hurrah ..... in one event there was more history than your sad little country can muster ........ children!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 12:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Royal Wedding to provide £50m tourism boost on Friday, and that's just the beginning...
Apr 29th, 2011 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1381459/Royal-Wedding-2011-tourism-boost-London-visitors-spend-50m-Friday.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Ha ha. Jealousy and bitterness is all the Argies can come up with. What more would you expect from a bunch of mentally unstable surrender monkeys?
Apr 29th, 2011 - 01:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Red - having more culture than Argentina is not hard. I have just had a yogurt that is higher up the culture league than Argentina.
A really happy day. Shows this Country still has a lot to be proud of and these pathetic insults from a few South American morons mean nothing.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 01:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 8 Not from everybody. Enjoy the celebration and I wish the couple the best in their endeveour and should not be used for any political use. Your culture is your culture and should be respected as well as mine ....just a thought.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 01:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 09:
Apr 29th, 2011 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I agree. Very grown up thing to say.
@10 .. The Monarchy is own by the people of GB so every time you want to celebrate is your choice and prerogative .... Now , when it comes to my Islands, that's a whole different story .......lol!!!!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 02:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We will have to agree to disagree when it comes to the ISLANDERS islands! :-)
Apr 29th, 2011 - 02:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0More likely we will disagree but that's OK ..... Have a nice weekend everybody !
Apr 29th, 2011 - 02:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What wedding? Where?
Apr 29th, 2011 - 03:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
If I missed any wedding, here I send you my gift:
http://www.caganer.com/caganer-cristina-kirchner-p-253.html
Looking at the picture above I see that the sheep is gone from your “flag” :-))
Looking at the picture above I see that the sheep is gone from your “flag
Apr 29th, 2011 - 04:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But if you look close, you will see 2 islands called east and west Falkland,and do you know what? they dont belong to Argentina :-)))
http://www.pennymead.com/results.php?ct=4&grp=&sub=70&m=s
And a little something for you
3 windy,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0LOL... and I thought I was harsh
Probably true though... they work with what materials they have in the royal inbred colony. : P
@16 Never turned them queer like the Argies
Apr 29th, 2011 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The second reason for sam-sex dancing is the fact that dancing was seen as a means to a woman's heart. This was further exacerbated by the fact that men outnumbered women in Buenos Aires
I'd love to see pictures of the Brides parade :'3 I'm sure it'll be cute!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Too bad I won't D':
btw, #14, Arge sent a mate as a gift... soooo original... >A>!
More than a little on the juvenile side, but I got a childish chuckle out of it:
Apr 29th, 2011 - 04:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiXQHBeC2dI
“What wedding? Where?”
Apr 29th, 2011 - 05:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Turn on your TV, im sure you'll find it.
It's one of the top stories on la voz de Cordoba's site, and has been all week. I've actually been quite surprised with the amount of coverage it has been getting here......
Apr 29th, 2011 - 05:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A lot don't agree with it. More do. At the end of the day it was a nice day that a lot of the world saw. Anyone is free to nay say it as much as they like but we kinda like our monarch.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 022,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And you should... as a British citizen it's only right. Why wouldn't a fully British colony rejoice in full British tradition?
Here! Here! Colonists!
;-)
22 - I'm pretty indifferent to the monarchy to be honest, they don't yield any real power, so they're basically just human versions of Big Ben or the Tower of London......That said, I guess the wedding provided a welcome distraction for many from the current climate of austerity.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm just surprised that the wedding of a member of our Royal family has had the coverage that it has had in Argentina, and I assume in many other places in the world
Here! Here! Colonists!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That's Hear! Hear! not Here! Here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear,_hear
Who gives a shit.... lol
Apr 29th, 2011 - 06:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 024 Frase......“That said, I guess the wedding provided a welcome distraction for many from the current climate of austerity”
Apr 29th, 2011 - 06:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You got that right Cordobes.
Britain 'on the edge of a double dip recession'
“Britain is “teetering on the edge of a double dip recession” after official GDP numbers confirmed that the economy has stagnated for the past six months.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8476464/Britain-on-the-edge-of-a-double-dip-recession.html
This Kate Middleton brings an entirely new set of genes to the royal households of Britain and Europe.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The problem with constant breeding from a small group of households is the recessive genes express themselves more frequently. Not a problem in our lifetime but, over the centuries of royal history that we have experienced and enjoyed, the odd trait has surfaced and has been worthy of comment.
Kate brings the well mixed genes of the 'common-woman' - or plebian as our latin (american) friends say,
Both she and her genes are most welcome.
@27
Apr 29th, 2011 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When it gets this bad get back to us
Argentina quickly lost the confidence of investors and the flight of money away from the country increased. In 2001, people fearing the worst began withdrawing large sums of money from their bank accounts, turning pesos into dollars and sending them abroad, causing a run on the banks. The government then enacted a set of measures, informally known as the corralito,[7][8] that effectively froze all bank accounts for twelve months,[9][10] allowing for only minor sums of cash to be withdrawn, initially announced to be of just $ 250 a week.[11]
Because of this allowance limit and the serious problems it caused in certain cases, many Argentines became enraged and took to the streets of important cities, especially Buenos Aires. They engaged in a form of popular protest that became known as cacerolazo[8][12][13][14] (banging pots and pans). These protests occurred especially in 2001 and 2002. At first the cacerolazos were simply noisy demonstrations, but soon they included property destruction,[15] often directed at banks,[16][17] foreign privatized companies, and especially big American and European companies. Many businesses installed metal barriers because windows and glass facades were being broken, and even fires being ignited at their doors. Billboards of such companies as Coca Cola and others were brought down by the masses of demonstrators.
@27 On a different note Marquitos .... How much is Moyano paying to show up in downtown Buenos Aires for the purpose of celebrating 1 de Mayo ? 300? and I'm mot talking about Leonidas and his spartans .....
Apr 29th, 2011 - 07:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hm... wow that's interesting.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 07:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Any thoughts on the Kelpian gene pool?
You'd think the Kelpians would welcome a new genetic string in their gene pool, not that I find them particularly pleasing to the eye.
But not everyone in Buenos Aires is beautiful.Martin_Fierro , for instance, is downright ugly, and he is not embarrassed to admit it.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 07:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In fact, he is fighting back on behalf of all those Argentines who don't fancy themselves as film stars or models.
But does Martin_Fierro not much care what he looks like. He planted himself in front of the presidential palace, the Casa Rosada or Pink House, to harangue President Nestor Kirchner to change the law.
It's not fair, he said. The beautiful people get all the breaks. Beauty is a natural advantage and he wants the good-lookers to be taxed to finance compensation for the ugly people.
Not pretty
His book, Feo (Ugly), has just been republished and is selling well. On the inside cover is a picture of Fierro as a youth. It is not a pretty sight.
32, as usual I have no idea of what you're talking about.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 07:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 08:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0wow... someone's getting angry!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 08:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0wow... someone's getting angry!
Apr 29th, 2011 - 08:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Stupid people do that to me
haha... ok, you sure you're not just a grumpy old man?
Apr 29th, 2011 - 08:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“they don't yield any real power, so they're basically just human versions of Big Ben or the Tower of London”
Apr 29th, 2011 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That was clever. I also agree that the whole commotion surrounding the wedding feels like empty entertainment for the masses. Even though the wedding obviously was not intended for that purpose, it is going to work like panus et circuses.
Pretty ironic for a country that is broke to celebrate the fortunes of its 'royalty'.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nothing 'royal' about the country itself...
well well we see some pretty childish remarks from those who do not have a royal family, it is a proud day to be british, union kacks everywhere, people from all over the world came to see, billions were watching on telivision, yet sadly we get a few degenerates that have nothing but dispair, and leading such sad lived, that they can only insult, rather that be happy for the couple, how sad is that, but thats ok, even a few decent argentine people came over to see, isnt it nice to have something that others can only envey, but we cant help being the best, no more than others cant help being [not the best] happy day people ???????????????
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What does the rest of your Mormon community think about it? ;)
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0hahaha... yeah, that's what Argentina needs, royalty... I'll take a vast and resource rich country over a shitty country with 'royalty' any day...
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What a clown... lol
well well we see some pretty childish remarks from those who do not have a royal family, it is a proud day to be British, union jacks everywhere, people from all over the world came to see, billions were watching on television, yet sadly we get a few degenerates that have nothing but despair, and leading such sad lived, that they can only insult, rather than be happy for the couple, how sad is that, but that’s ok, even a few decent argentine people came over to see, isn’t it nice to have something that others can only envy, but we can’t help being the best, no more than others can’t help being [not the best] happy day people ??????????????? bad spelling,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0sadly people like martin and his fag boy frase, stupid none caring, a shitty country that wiped the floor with you fools,
they don't yield any real power, so they're basically just human versions of Big Ben or the Tower of London
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sub Lieutenant HRH The Prince Andrew, HMS Invincible
On 5 April, the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible left Portsmouth for the South Atlantic. Prince Andrew was the second pilot of a Sea King helicopter of 820 Squadron on Invincible.
Prince Harry secretly serving in Afghanistan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/28/military.afghanistan
Pretty ironic for a country that is broke to celebrate the fortunes of its 'royalty'.
BRITAIN is pouring more than £1.4 billion into EU overseas aid projects which waste money on useless schemes and support for corrupt regimes, it was claimed yesterday.
The think-tank Open Europe has produced a highly critical report showing money had been lavished on ludicrous projects.
We have got loads of money to waste at least the royals bring money in
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/28/military.afghanistan
unless you have a name like [frase] or [farse] all mouth,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0or house martin, who likes to insult himself.
with these two birds , you wonder why the rest of the world dont give a fxck abt them either,,,, what a farse,
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Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Frase ,, sorry mate wrong person, I was on about argentina not you,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0sorry,
its sad when some argentinians cant be happy for the couple,
but then again she shoots herself in the foot so often , she knows not what she says most of the time, stop living in the past, and enjoy the day,
44 - I was referring to power in the political decision making process, it wasn't intended as a put-down, just that they rightly don't set government policy. I don't know about you, but I don't want people making the important decisions for the country that are basically unaccountable and can't be voted out......
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 043 - 45 - Not quite sure what you've got sand in your vagina about, my question at 41 was to 'Martin_Fierro'.........my other comments were that I'm basically indifferent to the Monarch, and that I'm surprised at the amount of world-wide coverage the wedding has had........I wish Will and Kate the best of luck, like I would any other newlyweds.....I'm British, by the way......
hahaha... one guy can't make a single sentence without using the word 'f@ck' and the other one lashes out at his own countryman...
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What a fine pair... ROYAL I should say... lol
“they don't yield any real power, so they're basically just human versions of Big Ben or the Tower of London”
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This is the British Attitude! “They don't yield any power” . . . hence the Falklands.
(an easy mistake to make ;-)
hahaha... one guy can't make a single sentence without using the word 'f@ck'
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What word would you use to describe what the Argies have done with your “resource rich country ”
silly martin
Apr 29th, 2011 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0at leat we can amend our errors and say sorry,
theirs no blue on blue here martin.
im well aware frase is british, i just got it wrong,
if only argentina could put right all the nasty things you have done to the falklands, then we could all be happy,?
You guys need to calm down, you're making a disgusting spectacle of yourselves.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And sticky... you're undeniably the voice of 'f@cking' reason, a true royal eminence, I surrender to you... lol
I surrender to you
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You are in good company Martin old fruit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhLzDC6bLPE
Another one bites the dust,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0its been a long day , still back to the grind stone
briton is looking like a Catholic after someone insults the Pope.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They never heard of sarcasm either... : P
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0church of england pal
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0no time for the pope,
no time for troublemakers like argentina,
back on topic ...an interview with the local sheila who had an invite...
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0'When the Princes came in it all went quiet... before that it was like being in a penguin rookery....'
Well at least they had a very nice day,
Apr 29th, 2011 - 10:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and soon no doubt the patter of tiny feet will be heard,
Really you lot, this is a happy day for a happy couple. Surely we can put aside our differences just for one day to wish the best for them on their wedding day.
Apr 29th, 2011 - 11:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Cheers to them I say.
Nice bride. Really hope she doesnt finish like Lady Di.
Apr 30th, 2011 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0And best wishes for your next Queen Camilla.
Great, culture then. Sure, hope you don't murder this princess also. As subjects of the British crown (clown?), that's the least you should promise. Maybe you get another Camila in a few years... Culture, sure, peculiar one indeed.
Apr 30th, 2011 - 03:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0MERCOPRESS 'DEBATE' TEMPLATE:
Apr 30th, 2011 - 05:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0A - Your country's rubbish because ____x_____
B - No, YOUR country's rubbish because _____y_____
A - Oh yeah? Well, your country does _____________
B - Well, that pale's in comparison because yours did this__________
A - Didn't yours? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvD5OSkJ_Q
B- Only because yours did this -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvD5OSkJ_Q
A - Your leader was in ‘2 girls 1 cup’
B – You only say that because you’re brainwashed
A – No YOU only say that because you’re brainwashed
....and repeat ad infinitum.
Apr 30th, 2011 - 08:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Nice one Frase. :-)
Wow, at least you admit that you're not even the “country” you claim to be. Of course, my country is not a declining power...
Apr 30th, 2011 - 08:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0@66
Apr 30th, 2011 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who are you talking to?
Not declining and not advancing ... what is it then ? Stagnant?
Apr 30th, 2011 - 10:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0TWIMC
Apr 30th, 2011 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0So sorry to have missed this high quality debate yesterday; I was far too busy watching the royal wedding on TV.
And what a lovely day it was; the bride looked fabulous, everybody looked really happy, the choir sang beautifully, and all the hundreds of thousands of people in the crowd seemed to be having a great day out.
I can understand if someone else's royals don't seem important to you.
There are 2 billion people around the world who disagree.
However, it seems a poor show if you can't be happy for a young couple on their wedding day and refrain, just for once, from the usual vile contemptible insults.
I seem to recall that, when Nestor died, Brits offered condolences. That's maturity!
Apr 30th, 2011 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just out of interest, and I'm not trying to piss on anyone's chips, but how did they arrive at the 2 billion figure? It was obviously greatly covered worldwide.......but did almost 1 in 3 people on the entire planet really watch it?? I barely watched my own......
Apr 30th, 2011 - 12:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“And you should... as a British citizen it's only right. Why wouldn't a fully British colony rejoice in full British tradition”
Apr 30th, 2011 - 01:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I live in london.
71 Frase
Apr 30th, 2011 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I agree with you. I doubt very much they were all at home glued to their TV screens. At least they had the chance.
@67: I'm talking to you British subjects on the Malvinas! You who clai
Apr 30th, 2011 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0To be a“people” with distinct identity from the British Clown! Dignity? Ask Charles or Camilla. Or your HMG “governor” to convey the message: where's dignity? Do hope this time Mercopress does NOT delete my message
73 Monty - The BBC are reporting that in Britain, 34 million watched at least part of it on TV or on iPlayer. So, if 'only' 50-60% watched in the country where it took place, I just can't see around 30% of the rest of the world watching it.
Apr 30th, 2011 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13248199
That said, I guess the point is that it was watched by many people across the world.
I'm just curious as to how they came to the figure of 2 billion.
(71) (73) (75)
Apr 30th, 2011 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brainwash light..............?
30 artillero601 , I don't like that lazy pig.
Apr 30th, 2011 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Either the Brits are so broke or the Viagra order didn't arrive on time, is he related to the Duke or Dick of Rothesay?
“Newlyweds Prince William and Catherine Middleton put off honeymoon”
:-)))))))
http://unveiled.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/30/newlyweds-prince-william-and-catherine-middleton-put-off-honeymoon/?iref=NS1
76 - Sorry Sr. Think, you'll have to elaborate......
Apr 30th, 2011 - 04:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I just wonder if that 34 million were just the ones watching on the Beeb or on the other main channels as well,also does that only mean 34 million tv's and computers tuning in,not the amount of people who may haved watched each individual tv,for example a lot of social clubs were broadcasting on one large screen to a room full of people so it could not be an accurate figure anyway
Apr 30th, 2011 - 04:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@Typhoon
Apr 30th, 2011 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“I seem to recall that, when Nestor died, Brits offered condolences. That's maturity!”
You didn't, and I can show that. So by your own standards you have no mature. :)
74 Alejomartinez
Apr 30th, 2011 - 04:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sorry, I would answer but I don't understand your post.
What does this have to do with Charles and Camilla, or the Governor?
There were royal wedding celebrations all over the world; how are our's any different?
And our choice to remain British subjects is no secret from anyone. The British royal family is our's as well. So what are you getting at?
@71 & 75
Apr 30th, 2011 - 08:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0They say 2 Billion on here:
http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/tv-news/news/two-billion-global-audience-for-royal-wedding/12618
FWIW.
Frase: I don't know if the 2 billion is right, could be. But 34 million is a high number. There must have been atleast 2 million at the wedding. It was a Bank holiday but most shops were stilll open ect.
May 01st, 2011 - 12:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Less people watched dianas wedding in our country, Her funeral is still the most watched thing in the world.
Just a comparison.
#76 Brainwash heavy ?
May 01st, 2011 - 01:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.villaocamposf.com.ar/sociedad/todo-sobre-la-vida-en-sociedad/cultura/2668-se-presenta-manana-un-material-multimedia-sobre-malvinas-para-las-escuelas-santafesinas.html
(78) Frase
May 01st, 2011 - 02:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tv-column/2011/04/28/AFbhUR8E_story.html
Frase:
May 01st, 2011 - 03:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0From what i've read. 99% of people watching TV in the UK were watching the wedding. The numbers do also go on households. I would have been counted as one person watching the wedding, i was watching it with four people.
In other countrys. There was apparently 40 million in india watching, 10 in australia and canada. About 25 in the US, almost as much as obama's inauguration considdering it was at 5am it's not a bad number. 400 million apparently on internet
I don't think one billion is a stretch. Two i think is. Then again 2.5 watched the diana funeral.
(76) Frase
May 01st, 2011 - 05:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Elaborating on ”Brainwash Light” Mr. Frase…………........................
Just read what poster No. 86 has to say………………..
Even when presented with clear evidence about the baselessness of those estimates, he keeps repeating them as a mantra:
”Diana’s funeral is still the most watched thing in the world.”
and
”Then again 2.5 watched Diana’s funeral.”
I quote from the Washington Post:
”….Doesn’t begin to match that of BBC’s, which, back in ’97, told an equally unquestioning press that 2.5 billion people around the globe — half the world’s population at the time — were going to watch Princess Di’s funeral.
That number was repeated so often that it, too, became fact before the funeral, and has continued to be cited as fact ever since, living on like an eternal flame. As recently as this month, it was used in that Reuters article in which Britain’s culture secretary unveiled the official 2 billion viewers figure for the wedding of Di’s elder son, William, to Middleton — nearly a month before the happy event’s occurrence…..”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tv-column/2011/04/28/AFbhUR8E_story.html
British Brainwash light anybody?
Over one billion people watched the “Royal” snoozefest and 2.5 Dianas funeral according with Zethee, who fervently believes in everything he's told by his masters in London.
May 01st, 2011 - 05:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0“The Royals” are just humans like you or me. Except they are hyper wealthy and over privileged. The richest people in the country are having the wedding on taxpayer money while UK is in financial crisis, great job!
The sooner we rid the world of monarchies and the aristocracy, the better.
Royalty only belongs to children fairy tales book and brain washed adults.
Anyway……..
May 01st, 2011 - 06:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0One incontestable fact about this Royal Wedding is that that Pippa lass has a remarkably nice ”bone structure”……….
Not compared with Princess Beatrice and Sister Princess Eugenie hats!
May 01st, 2011 - 06:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0I agree two billion people...laughed their rear off after watching these two clowns....
http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979275953
@ 90
May 01st, 2011 - 07:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0So you are a fashion expert now Marcos. what hat would you have worn then?
Makes me laugh how the I dont give a Sh8t about the wedding brigade are bothering to comment on it:-))))
91
May 01st, 2011 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.zazzle.com/the_finger_copy_hat-148047822681500757
Really don't understand why you Argies are getting so bent out of shape about this, so you don't like the idea of a constitutional monarchy, fine....we do like it, also fine. Why does it bother you so much?
May 01st, 2011 - 09:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0NOW !!... Let's tell the truth...
May 01st, 2011 - 10:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0The present British Dynasty came forward in 1917 / 17 July..
which is from [(Saxe - Coburg - Gotha )] Dynasty which has German origin...--King George 5-- changed his name to - Winsdor -,...
one of them princess is --Elizabeth 2-- seems that the head of Dynasty..
BUT the real head of Dynasty is unknown man who is called
- Andreas - / lumberman...lives in Germany .....
87 Think:
May 01st, 2011 - 02:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Didn't read the link the first time you posted it. Could be right it's not something i know too much about just using the general numbers floating around the internet.
Then again what he says is just as baseless as what he's claiming is baseless, without proof none of it is fact.
@94
May 01st, 2011 - 07:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mr ed ,stick to what you know, carrots and sugar lumps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSsuohepbVk
85 + 87 -
May 01st, 2011 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks, Interesting article!
86 -
“There was apparently 40 million in india watching, 10 in australia and canada. About 25 in the US”
40 million is certainly a lot of people but, bearing in mind for the 2 billion figure to be true almost 30% of the whole world's population would need to have watched it, out of a population of 1.2 billion, 40 million is what 2-3 %? With less than 10% in the U.S.
Some other countries must have REALLY been into it to make up the shortfall, but I can't see, China, for example, taking much more interest in it than the U.S or India.
Undoubtedly many people watched it across the world, but how did they arrive at the 2 billion figure? And why has it been so widely accepted and reported without question?
Brainwash light..............?
May 01st, 2011 - 07:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That's the number that's also being pedaled around in the Argentine and other press too, without any sort of “according to......” qualification.
May 01st, 2011 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So, brainwash light on a global scale, then?
He has a thing about calling everyone brainwashed. Personally i think it says more about him than anyone else.
May 01st, 2011 - 10:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm not sure how the exact numbers came into place. A british MP(Culture i think) said 2 billion. Someone from the New York Times estimated 3 billion. Google said something about 400 million through YouTube alone. The BBC site got 34 million before it crashed.
Again i don't think 2 billion is a realistic number, i think one billion is more realistic.
All the pigeons in St. James Park watched the wedding as well, that's how they got that number.
May 02nd, 2011 - 12:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think is suffering from wind again .. tendency to repeat !
May 02nd, 2011 - 02:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0l wish the happy couple a long & joyful life.
May 02nd, 2011 - 08:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Did you cry Señorita Isolde? ::-(
May 02nd, 2011 - 03:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nyet, Marcos. Did you?
May 03rd, 2011 - 07:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not really señorita, it was outrageously funny, on top of that Bin Laden news erased the wedding coverage for good.
May 03rd, 2011 - 05:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.carolesthoughtfulspot.com/2011/04/royal-wedding-princess-beatrice-and.html
I can see that I was not alone in noticing that Pippa l a s s :-)
May 03rd, 2011 - 06:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“89 Think May 01st, 2011
One incontestable fact about this Royal Wedding is that that Pippa lass has a remarkably nice ”bone structure”……….”
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pippa-Middleton-Ass-Appreciation-Society/183120471735513?sk=wall
@90 Not compared with Princess Beatrice and Sister Princess Eugenie hats!
May 03rd, 2011 - 10:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I agree two billion people...laughed their rear off after watching these two clowns....
@ 106
Mr. Blackwell your protégée left you running the shop then
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/10/fashion-critic.html
107 Think, When I first heard of her I thought that Pipita Higuain(Real) was invited.
May 04th, 2011 - 12:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0But I have to agree God Save Pippa's Ass!
I'm a proud member of Pippa Middleton Ass Appreciation Society.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-hkbwgGrY
And then.... Some people in here “Think” we Argentineans don't like the British lasses!
May 04th, 2011 - 02:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0God save that lass...............
:-)))
May 04th, 2011 - 02:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0“ ... Sileoni señaló que ”Malvinas es un tema difícil“, porque ”orgullo y dolor van juntos en Malvinas“ y advirtió que ”no podemos decir que invadimos Malvinas, porque no se invade lo que es nuestro“. Luego comentó que ”nuestros dioses, con minúscula y mucho respeto, son `San Martín es el padre de la patria`, `Sarmiento bregó incansablemente por la educación` y `las Malvinas son argentinas`, éstas son cosas que aprendimos desde la leche materna y forman parte de nuestra identidad“, agregó....”
May 04th, 2011 - 05:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Brainwash .... anyone ?
But apparently not everyone fully understands the full extent of Argentina's spurious claims. The brainwashing technique needs a little tweaking maybe?
“ ... Brugo Marcó, director del Área Malvinas de la Cancillería, aclaró que siempre se debe incluir en el reclamo a los archipiélagos de Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur, también usurpados por Inglaterra, ya que ”Argentina reivindica todo el territorio...”
http://noticias.terra.com.ar/diputado-atanasof-presenta-libro-sobre-malvinas-en-la-feria,558611ef7f7bf210VgnVCM4000009bf154d0RCRD.html
Ay redhoyt you make this so easy!!!!!
May 04th, 2011 - 10:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0San Martín, for if you dont know, was the libertador of Argentina, Chile and Perú a reality so yes he is el padre de la patria !!!
Sarmiento created 1425 law, for an education gratuita laica y pública for first time in Argentina, another reality so yes bregó incansablemente por la educación. Ma Que brainwash!!! If Sarmiento was an orgy lover or whatever thats a problem of his personnal life and doesnt invalid all he did for education. (he brought new methods of teaching, like Montessori for ex)
Malvinas first discovered and they were of spain and then of argentina and then you expulsed our people living there with a gobernador
where is the brainwash!!!!
Its our history that you dont know............
You appear to be as brainwashed as the rest of your countrymen .... your version of history is flawed !
May 04th, 2011 - 11:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Falkland Islands were contested between Spain and Britain ... Argentina was never involved !
Show me why San Martín for you is not el padre de la patria
May 04th, 2011 - 12:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and please about Sarmiento why do you say he no bregó por la educación en Argentina (sentó las bases de la ley 1420 no 1425)......
He's not the father of my fatherland .... and education is about getting people to think ... not just accept the cr*p that's fed to you !
May 04th, 2011 - 02:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah no arguments thats the way you learn to think.............ahhhhhhhh
May 04th, 2011 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Think + Marcos -
May 04th, 2011 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I generally find Argentine women more attractive, if a touch on the fiery side........But that Pippa lass.......... daymmnn
redhoyt this is for you again
May 04th, 2011 - 02:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ley 1420 was very important because allow for first time to regulate our educational sistem and also because it was obligatoria that means it was to all the children and not only for those who could pay. And Sarmiento did for education many others things you can search in the web.
And San Martín I know he is not the father of your fatherland but if you are posting that its brainwash that San Martín is the father of our fatherland yes show me please why or perhaps you are the ones repeating nonsense.
118 Frase, Hey finally we agree on something! Now return our islands and we are all set.
May 04th, 2011 - 03:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@120 Marcos, but they cannot be“returned”. To return something means that the returnee owned it in the first place. Argentina has NEVER owned the Falkland lslands & doesn't own them now. We own them. Hope this helps.
May 04th, 2011 - 08:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And Argentina by law relinquished its claim in 1850.
May 04th, 2011 - 09:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Train passengers in Argentina furious about delays to their journeys have set fire to three commuter trains.
May 04th, 2011 - 09:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13262090
the Argies havent got any Patience :-)))))
120 - Ok, ok....just give me a few minutes to fill in the paperwork
May 04th, 2011 - 09:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Isolde 121,
May 04th, 2011 - 09:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm pretty sure Argentina DID own the Falkland Islands briefly in the 1980s, by force majeure; but the same force majeure took it back in no uncertain terms.
This defines its recent 'ownership' time-line and powerfully conditions any discussion on the matter.
Hell, it seems to command a good 70% of all discussions on Mercopress!
Mad'un - the brainwashing that I'm refering to is the focus on proving a spurious version of the Falkland Island's history to Argentine school children.
May 04th, 2011 - 11:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Indoctrination is not education.
Couldnt find nothing spurious in San Martín or Sarmiento then??????? So those phrases are full of contenido not just said for say.
May 05th, 2011 - 12:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0we are indoctrinating kids on Malvinas issue?? In that my country is making a presentation and a claim in the ONU............ahhhhhhhhhhh we cant talk of Malvinas because you dont like what we say??? you want to say us what and how to teach???
Education here is democratic and free cathedra and with a lot of diversity
''Education here is democratic and free cathedra and with a lot of diversity''
May 05th, 2011 - 12:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0That's not what Axel says. He says that the teaching of 'Malvinas' history is compulsory in schools and doesn't deal with anything after 1833. Doesn't sound very diverse to me. You should be representing both sides of the dispute if you are teaching this.
And yes, I am telling you what and how to teach. Teaching one side of history isn't teaching history at all. It's indoctrination.
Children should be taught how to think, not what to think.
It seems it bothers you so much the way we teach about Malvinas........because i dont care nothing about what happens on the isles or in your mainland(wanted to say madrepatria, dont know it is correct in english). If for you its indoctrination its your problem......i know ours schools and teachers and I can have a better view. here can be taught both sides, why not?? you can not agree with the professor and you can put more or less profundización in the issue (study hasta 1833 or go to 1982). And here children are taught to debate with arguments and to make investigaciones y presentaciones y conclusiones of their own point of view. i must say it seems to me they have to think a lot.
May 05th, 2011 - 01:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0“ ... `las Malvinas son argentinas`, éstas son cosas que aprendimos desde la leche materna y forman parte de nuestra identidad“, ...”
May 05th, 2011 - 02:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0My translation software makes that - “ ... The Malvinas are Argentine', these are things we learned from breast milk and are part of our identity ...”
If it comes with the breast milk then there's a good chance its indoctrination.
But I'm glad to hear that you can be taught both sides, although there's little evidence of it.
121 lsolde, I know, British still fantasize about owning a group of Argentinean islands, illegal occupation is not ownership.
May 05th, 2011 - 03:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Rotted, Do you tell the same story about “indoctrination” to the millions of people who suffer British occupations around the World?
Which millions are those then ?
May 05th, 2011 - 04:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0And what's your point?
and whats the problem if San Martín Sarmiento or Malvinas are part of our identity and we learn about them since we are kids??they are part of our history
May 05th, 2011 - 09:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0You have your monarchy as part of your identity...their faces and your flag in plates, cups, towells, t-shirts, newspapers, magazines even films books they are in your every day life just representing britain nothing else you paid them for just that, and you must learn a lot of them too since you are very little kids....... isnt that some kind of patrioterismo???
@133
May 05th, 2011 - 09:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0If you can't see why we (the Falkland Islanders) have a problem with Argentinas approach to the Falkland Islands then you're an idiot.
well you have 14 territories in dispute all over the world, old british colonies which their territory is claimed by their countries .....if you cant see your colonialism and illegal occupations all over the world its your problem
May 05th, 2011 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Malen...of COURSE there are disputed territories, an institution such as the British Empire cannot just vanish and suddenly everything is as if it never happened. It's not an academic exercise, there are real people involved, times change, allegiances change (SURELY you as Argentinians can appreciate that, you can't be that blinkered and simplistic).
May 05th, 2011 - 12:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Your teaching about the 'Malvinas' is like if British schools taught that the empire was a jolly good thing and in fact that the British have a right to reclaim it, this as a concept is of course bollocks and is not taught in British schools, you however DO teach a concept that is equally nonsensicle as 'history' in your schools, and you think you're being entirely reasonable and objective, your hypocrisy is frankly incredible.
yes i see you need to take your time, 170 years its very little
May 05th, 2011 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and havent you seen how many different opinnions there can be with democracy by the argentines, antik and prok, proarg and probritish argentinians living all together ..(there must be we can think and we can make our own point of view after seeing a lot of both sides).... i dont know if that can happens on those isles.....
''isnt that some kind of patrioterismo''
May 05th, 2011 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes it is. the difference is that if I buy a royal wedding mug, it doesn't hurt anyone.
However, your version of patriotism hurts me and my family and everyone here. You are teaching something in schools that is intended to damage people and that is the bit that is unacceptable
You can dress it up however you like Malen with your oh so reasonable rhetoric but you're the ones who're not prepared to accept us for what we are.
May 05th, 2011 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You're right about one thing though, you're never going to see Falkland Islanders taking a pro Argentine point of view with regard to our sovereignty. It's not, however, because we're incapable of appreciating that point of view as you believe, it's because we are Falkland Islanders, not Argentinians. Would you, for instance, be prepared to accept it if your government decided to concede that your claim to the Falklands was invalid?
-well you have 14 territories in dispute all over the world, old british colonies which their territory is claimed by their countries
May 05th, 2011 - 04:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We do not have 14 territories in dispute. Of those 14 only the Falklands and Gibraltar are in dispute and they are not claimed by their country, they are claimed by another country.
-.....if you cant see your colonialism and illegal occupations all over the world its your problem.
No Malen, the problem is your ignorance and the ignorance of people like you.
There is nothing illegal about the UK's relation with its territories. Those territories are not colonies; those territories are British because the majority people in those territories are British and want to remain so. The UK does not hold any territory against the will of its population. There is absolutely no impediment by the UK to any of those territories becoming independent or joining another country if the peoples of those countries so wish.
What is colonialism is Argentina's attempt to take over the Falklands against the wishes of its people.
David, Malen is right, Malvinas is an anachronistic colonial British outpost that belongs to Argentina.
May 05th, 2011 - 09:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Malvinas is part of our history not patrioterism. wether you do like it or not its your problem..........it hurts you monty?? it hurts us the isles have been stolen. Its the prince going to come to malvinas?? all a political mensaje.
May 05th, 2011 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0sorry westisbest but if you want to be british then go to britain the isles dont look so similar to britain not even are in the smae continent
and dab for you watch the list of territories on dispute in the web .....chagos, rockall, etc.
well westisbest the ones that thaught different than you in a pro argentinian way are living here....so yes you can think different the problem if in the isles there is place for both sides.
Dab - have to remember that South Georgia and the SSI are a seperate BOT to the Falklands. Argentina is therefore attempting two spurious claims ... the one based on no evidence whatsoever. And of course Spain still pursues its hopeless claim for both the Rock, and the old No-Man's land that the airport now sits upon.
May 06th, 2011 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0And Mad'un is correct. There are two claims from other countries for the Indian Ocean Territory as well as one from those who claim to have been the population of the Chagos attol ( an assertion that is rather more complicated than some would have us all believe). There is indeed another claim in for Rockall. Something of a joke until the UN decided to divide up the worlds oceans!
Nobody appears to want Pitcairn :-)
142 malen
May 06th, 2011 - 01:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0''it hurts us the isles have been stolen''???
No it doesn't. It might hurt your feelings or your borderline insane sense of national pride, but it doesn't actually affect you at all.
Will it make any difference to you if Argentina get the islands?No. Will it make a difference to us? Well what do you think? You want to ruin the lives of every man woman and child here and you think it's OK.
Your damn right it's our problem, or rather you are, but only because you choose to be and you choose to teach your children lies in school so that they'll carry on the noble tradition.
This isn't about being British, it's about not being made to become Argentine against our will.
I hope Prince William does come here. The rest of his unit is due to be posted here and he should be too. I don't think it'll happen unless our friends in the FCO get their balls sewn back on first, because you lot will insist on making it a political issue. You have the insane idea that everything that happens here is about you.
I'll repeat my question Malen (you could have a stab at answering it too Marcos)
May 06th, 2011 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Would you, for instance, be prepared to accept it if your government decided to concede that your claim to the Falklands was invalid?”
Well?
Sorry West is Best I don't answer hypothetical questions.
May 06th, 2011 - 05:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0MorCrap just doesn't answer serious questions ....... because he doesn't like the answers !
May 06th, 2011 - 06:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Monty we dont want to ruin nothing
May 06th, 2011 - 12:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they are part of our territorial integrity
West i saw the question dont understand well, not in dreams would argentina leave the claim :)
I would accept a Un resolution or an agreement with you
and you?? leave it i know the answerrrrrrrr
@146
May 06th, 2011 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0that'd be 'no' then. You wouldn't accept that anymore than we'd accept any concession to Argentina.
@148
Get real Malen, you know that in the real world the only solution that is acceptable to Argentina is the transfer of sovereignty, you've said it yourself: “they are part of our territorial integrity” then you say “I would accept a UN resolution”, a UN resolution saying what prey? that, for instance, Argentina must respect the wishes of the Falkland islanders perhaps? yeah right, sure you'd accept that.
Any talk of agreement is a sham, there isn't any middle ground between us and Argentina, We and the British government are honest enough to aknowledge that.
149 That'd be@146.
May 06th, 2011 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0l'm reaching the stage where l realise that its pointless to try to reason with them. lts not their land and they know it, but regardless of how it affects us they still persist. lt suits me fine that we have no connection with the idiots.
May 07th, 2011 - 04:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0btw malen, our lslands are NOT part of your territorial integrity. so keep your nose out of our affairs.
Isolde you're right. But i guess at the end of the day they're entitled to say whatever crap they like.
May 07th, 2011 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In reality it's not going to change anything, You guys are safe and they can't do squat. If they ever do try nose in your affairs those typhoons can give them a bit of a slapping.
152 Those typhoons?? Oh yes! Those useless British planes scared of the Argentinean fog :-))))) help help ! :-)))
May 07th, 2011 - 03:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“help help !”
May 07th, 2011 - 06:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0An offical quote from the Argentinian Air force should they try engage the RAF.
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