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How seafood, oil and tourism made ’squidionaires’ and the Falklands’ rich
Caroline Graham from London's Mail on Sunday visited the Falkland Islands for a week and chance had it she arrived when a commercial oil strike was announced by one of the several companies exploring offshore the Islands. Read full article
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Jul 05th, 2011 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The best parts of the Mail's article were apparently “lost in translation” :-)
1) ***”Phyl Rendell, the Falklands Director of Mineral Resources, says: We want their money but not their mess. He confirmed that a second rig, the Leiv Ericksson, will arrive later this year.”***
Hold your horses, thinks Think……………….. Phyllis is a lovely blue eyed girl in her best age…… Don’t call her a ”He”, you… you… you... journalist!
2) ***”Kevin Green, a foreman on the rig, tells: Everyone is trying to keep it quiet but we’ve already hit it. There is oil, there’s lots of it and it’s viable…...”***
Wait a second, thinks Think............ What about Ocean Guardian’s rig foreman Kevin Green’s strict contractual secrecy clause?.... This article will surely cost him his job.
3) ***“Kevin Green then reveals that radar operators on the rig have detected a submarine patrolling the waters around the islands in recent weeks…..”***
Ooooops, stop the press, thinks Think......... Please tell the MoD that their billion dollars stealth submarines can, from now on, be detected by civilian radars.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010622/The-squidionaires-Baa-rain--seafood-oil-tourism-penguins-Falklands-rich.html#ixzz1R0JbTH5r
Chuckle chuckle…………………….
For once I totally agree with you Think! A load of twaddle and tripe written by a very naive lady who belived every “pub-story” and even her editor never spotted the obvious!
Jul 05th, 2011 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Daily Mail?!? Ugh.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 06:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(2) Islander1
Jul 05th, 2011 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The comments to the article by the impoverished masses on mainland Britain say it all….
The enemy are not longer the Argies but those lording islanders filling their benny bellies with Foie Gras :-)
”Can Jersey have its 5 million pounds back now it gave to you, Falklanders, we're all a bit poor now with higher taxes and 25% vat/gst, it would come in handy for the elderly to heat their homes which many couldn't afford last winter…”
Annie, Jersey
…Ultimately the Falkland Islanders would rather be independent but they need Britain for defence. Also why are they hiring help from Chili and Peru? Why not hire some of the jobless from the UK? I think the Falklander couldn't care less about being British and are using us simply for defence.
Steve, London
Did you know you need a visa to live in this British Overseas Territory and they automatically get given British passports, free education etc to come to Britain. The only reason they don't go independent is because WE pay to defend their lavish living standards. It is long overdue that there should be a review of what these places contribute to Britiain. If they are of no use let's have a referendum to force these places to go independent or we could sell them to pay for the bankruptcy our bankers put us in. Make no mistake, these places are British out of convenience, they do not like us and they certainly do not want us Brits living there.
Martinihenry, Knackered UK
Britain subsidises the islands to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds a year AND threw the lives of hundreds of young men away to defend it. Now everyone is entitled for their view about that war but it makes me FURIOUS to see these people lording it over us now. Why is it fair that they only pay 21% tax? Why are they so much wealthier than people in Britain? What contribution are they making to the defence of the Falklands or the UK? Why aren't we billing them?
No, thanks
Chuckle chuckle
This says a lot more about the Daily Mail than Think's “powers” of detection...
Jul 05th, 2011 - 06:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not sure what Falklands she visited but it wasnt the one I'm living in !!
Jul 05th, 2011 - 07:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Says more about the Daily Mail NIMBY readership.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BTW where is this economic embargo by Argentina that was going to drive the islands into submitting to the Argentine yoke?
Chuckle, chuckle
@7 Be fair. Twink doesn't have the brains of a piebald peanut. He's copying and pasting selected comments from an article. Posted by mindless, desperate idiots who still have more brain than he does.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0CFK doesn't really know how to respond and so is resorting to childish insult. Twink, as one of the foreign intelligence and security apparat, isn't getting clear instructions. He's doing the best he can.
Obviously one of those requiring “re-education”.
@8 T, are you saying that “Think” is an element of CFK propaganda machine ??
Jul 05th, 2011 - 08:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@think
Jul 05th, 2011 - 09:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0there is a big problem with some people in the UK(Daily Mail readers) ,that love to hate successful people.
Not a very nice trait,but not as nasty as Argie envy
Actually it is more interesting for what it reveals about his mentality. He basically picks all the comments that are motivated by jealousy of the islands success, a success that was denied to them for decades by the collusion of the FCO with the Argentine Government. What it boils down to is resentment at their success and his failure. If nothing else it shows he is motivated by spite against a people he knows nothing about, the imagined slight over events of 200 years ago is a convenient excuse for his ugly motives.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 09:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Fortunately Daily Mail readers do not run the country. And while the Mail loves to make a sensation, what is important is that more of the powers that be will have looked at the bit about oil ........ and they won't be keen on letting that prospect slip away!
Jul 05th, 2011 - 11:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Think's a marxist, first generation Argie, Chavez supporter...... in other words, he doesn't think ... he follows!
Now whilst I've never met a happy Scot, I know for sure that there's no such thing as a happy marxist.
It is quite amusing that Think reads a right-wing tabloid The Daily Mail (or The Daily Hate). We know that it is a standing joke in the UK and makes up ridiculous stories to cater for its' zenophobic, armchair-racist readers. The mantra of Lord Northcliffe - the paper's founder - was 'Give them a hate-a-day'. There are even websites devoted to monitoring all the cancer scare stories they print daily. One edition carried two stories about coffee either causing or curing cancer. And every edition will carry at least one anti-immigrant story. Thus the joke that an idea headline for The Daily Mail would be “Immigrants are giving you cancer!!!”. But I guess a certain type loves to wallow in misery.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 11:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(13) ElaineB
Jul 06th, 2011 - 02:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0………..Just a perfect example of a supposed intelligent Brit that, drived by her inherent ethno/egocentrism, babbles a lot of nothing based in false assumptions and ignorance of the facts and/or timeline ………..
The very first person to link to the referred Daily Mail article was: A Brit.
“42 Redhoyt Jul 03rd, 2011 - 02:09 am
Something more pertinent maybe?
“ ... It’s all still cloak and dagger out there but I can tell you there is oil and no matter how the companies or the Falklands government tries to play it down it will hit big and it will change the face of the Falklands. ‘Everyone is trying to keep it quiet but we’ve but we’ve already hit it. There is oil, there’s lots of it and it’s viable.’ ...”
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010622/The-squidionaires-Baa-rain--seafood-oil-tourism-penguins-Falklands-rich.html#ixzz1R0JbTH5r
Interesting times :-)”
http://en.mercopress.com/2011/07/01/falkland-islands-rockhopper-exploration-plc-pr
:-)
Jul 06th, 2011 - 02:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0Has the term 'wind up' no meaning in spanish ... I seem to recall something about, 'taking the hair'.
:-)
(15) Hoyt
Jul 06th, 2011 - 03:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0No “Beef” with you, you insufferable colonial tory man with a middle…………….
Is this young self-righteous British she-puppy, ElaineB, that irritates my spleen………:-)
hahaha... British propaganda at its best, eh British Mercocrap??
Jul 06th, 2011 - 03:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0lol
This British propaganda agency is worthless.
@16 That inferiority complex is holdong you back.
Jul 06th, 2011 - 04:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0(18) ElaineB
Jul 06th, 2011 - 04:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Spot on.....
A middle? Sad, but true ..... it's the beer you know :-)
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0@19Think,
Jul 06th, 2011 - 08:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0You have a perfect right to feel inferior, Cher Think, because you are inferior!(OJ!(means only joking!)). Couldn't resist it
@17Martin_Fierro,
Hello Andres, you've surfaced at last.
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Don't take too much notice of the media, they do sensationalise(is there such a word?)
Well you malvinistas are always saying Mercopress is biased.
17 Hello Fernando Andres, I see you blew a fuse on Flickr :) By the way, you know those vessels you said fled Argentina....well despite your lunatic friends in La Plata best efforts to make a point by putting the city to the torch...the ships are now plundering your resources in the Malvinas basin...hope you sleep well :)
Jul 06th, 2011 - 09:17 am - Link - Report abuse 014 Think
Jul 06th, 2011 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0yes Monty?
Jul 06th, 2011 - 11:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Take two seconds to look at the comments posted on the DM article and you'll see that Think forgets to mention that the highest rated comments are those that slam the ridiculous nonsense published and support the Falklands... The worst rate just happen to be the posts made by the hate brigade. Happily most people can recognise crap when they see it.
Jul 06th, 2011 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 022 Hello Adam, Oil and tourism?? Urinehopper news : 254.88 -10.00 (-3.78%)
Jul 06th, 2011 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ooopppsss.
Is Caroline's number posted anywhere? I would like to interview her to verify the story !!
Jul 06th, 2011 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No is not, do you want argentinean model Carolina “pampita” number instead?
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://paparazziinternacional.blogspot.com/2008/10/modelo-argentina-carolina-pampita.html
No Morecrap I am not your male love interest Adam, try again honey..
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No Adam, is not me that is interested in you, some hospitals at Santiago and Comodoro are, to collect unpaid bills.
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Check again dear, those medical bills are quite clearly in your name.....Do enlighten me...who is Adam, does he pleasure you well?
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@28
Jul 06th, 2011 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Madre Santa !!
#32 :-))
Jul 06th, 2011 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, sorry about that, my computer does that sometimes!
Jul 07th, 2011 - 08:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm sure I had something to say, but it escapes me now.
Off to try the crocodile tail at the Malvina. Yall have a nice evening now.
34 Monty69
Jul 08th, 2011 - 01:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Let me know what it tastes like Monty, I saw it in our local Makro the other day. If it's worth the effort I'll give it a try.
Jul 08th, 2011 - 04:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0I can tell now that Crocodile is very forgetable, I wouldn't recommend it.
Jul 08th, 2011 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yuk, odd texture and flavour.
Odd texture & flavour? it's crocodile.....what did you expect it to be like? Chicken perhaps?
Jul 09th, 2011 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well. l've tasted croc & l was told it tastes like chicken but l didn't think it did.
Jul 10th, 2011 - 06:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0ln fact it was revolting.
I was told it was like chicken but they lied. Snake on the other hand was lovely, that was in an Indonesian restaurant in Amsterdam - mind you I was only told it was snake after I'd eaten it.
Jul 10th, 2011 - 06:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Typical British deflection technique………….
Jul 10th, 2011 - 07:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Discussing something so inconsequential as alligator tails instead of striving to answer the most important question ………………….:
Is it Duck or Goose Foie Gras they serve at the Malvina’s?
The menu doesn't specify. I didn't try it as I never have a main course, quite apart from the fact that it was quite pricey even for someone 'rolling in money'.
Jul 10th, 2011 - 07:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(42) Monty96
Jul 10th, 2011 - 08:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”The menu doesn't specify”
Bad style…. A Chef (even in Malvinas) should know better.
“Apart from the fact that it was quite pricey even for someone 'rolling in money”
Old school Kelper you are!.... (Said with all respect and in full agreement)
Interactive investor
Jul 11th, 2011 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“It is far more likely that a mid-tier British producer like Premier Oil or higher up the scale perhaps Cairn Energy might be interested in Sea Lion but 200mmbbls is definitely not enough for these guys. They would want a whole lot more giving the expense of bringing the asset into production. MM mentioned Petronas but they have significant interests in Argentina so I doubt they would be interested. China has major interests in the Santos basin and substantial trade with S America including the Argies - they won't touch FI to jeopardise all these other interests”
Jambhala was right...
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