tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post3658762051103445844..comments2024-03-29T13:37:11.174+00:00Comments on TPQ: 30 Questions Republicans Can’t (Or Won’t) Answer About Alleged “Collusion”AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31377174866032408052020-03-12T12:15:55.131+00:002020-03-12T12:15:55.131+00:00Anthony,
Thank you again and sorry to hear you lo...Anthony,<br /><br />Thank you again and sorry to hear you lost your notes.<br /><br />I’m sure you would’ve done and could do a better job.<br /><br />But here is a positive review in of all places the Irish Times:<br /><br /><i>Refusing to say nothing</i><br /><br />https://www.irishtimes.com/news/refusing-to-say-nothing-1.1307695<br /><br />Speaking of conspiracy theory...<br /><br />Last I Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9494444728168932352020-03-12T06:28:21.939+00:002020-03-12T06:28:21.939+00:00Eoghan - it was just a suggestion and not pressure...Eoghan - it was just a suggestion and not pressure! And I know had you time you would have crafted a fine review. I lifted the book with a preformed view that it was a load of wank, given what so many including his own supposed friends (they were lethal allies) had been saying about it. There is a lot of good stuff in it. Had he not succumbed to a conspiratorial mind he could have finetuned it AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75671737145896480362020-03-11T23:02:20.236+00:002020-03-11T23:02:20.236+00:00Anthony,
Thanks for the invite to review this boo...Anthony,<br /><br />Thanks for the invite to review this book!<br /><br />But I currently have other writing project deadlines.<br /><br />That said though here is the link where others have reviewed it...<br /><br />For better or worse:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1900960257/ref=acr_dpproductdetail_text?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1<br />Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-28887387067792740192020-03-11T22:53:20.519+00:002020-03-11T22:53:20.519+00:00Steve R.,
Whew, thanks for clarifying that! But ...Steve R.,<br /><br />Whew, thanks for clarifying that! But everyone sees things through their own biases so you just have to weigh their work accordingly against the evidence that is available to you and judge from there. And fact that Himmler would have written favorably about the Holocaust doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Irony of ironies, he would not then have been a Holocaust denier if he Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84676602511754180212020-03-11T20:19:32.664+00:002020-03-11T20:19:32.664+00:00Been awhile since i read it but struggled to finis...Been awhile since i read it but struggled to finish it, if I recall correctly I found passages that were contradictory, but as I say, some time has passed and I may be wrong.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44691669137998872962020-03-11T20:17:10.696+00:002020-03-11T20:17:10.696+00:00Yes, my point being that Himmler would look very f...Yes, my point being that Himmler would look very favourably at the Holocaust while ignoring any evidence to the contrary. Much like Larkin sees things through his own biases and that come across in his tome.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22686518476083842222020-03-11T07:37:03.870+00:002020-03-11T07:37:03.870+00:00Larkin's book is nowhere near as good as Larki...Larkin's book is nowhere near as good as Larkin thinks it is but nowhere near as bad as many of the critics have slammed it for. Packed with very useful information, he doesn't succeed in pulling it together as well as he should have. Nor did he get the endorsement he probably expected from the usual suspects. The PFC didn't rate it. Many people did not want it mentioned in the same AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49831235599877140092020-03-10T23:12:24.918+00:002020-03-10T23:12:24.918+00:00Steve R,
Once again your analogies limp.
But wa...Steve R,<br /><br />Once again your analogies limp. <br /><br />But wasn't Himmler the author of the Holocaust? Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-81964901190269916342020-03-10T20:27:29.338+00:002020-03-10T20:27:29.338+00:00LOL Paul Larkin? Really? Bit like having Himmler r...LOL Paul Larkin? Really? Bit like having Himmler right a book on the Holocaust!Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72370875437837557362020-03-10T00:39:27.029+00:002020-03-10T00:39:27.029+00:00Steve R.,
Sorry, but you’re Japanese metaphor sma...Steve R.,<br /><br />Sorry, but you’re Japanese metaphor smacks of the piggy-in-the-middle mind-set.<br /><br />Sure, British government collusion was widespread.<br /><br />Because it was British government collusion.<br /> <br />Who else could afford that?<br /><br />So they were the primary sponsors of NI terrorism.<br /><br />As this author points out:<br /><br /><b>A Very British Jihad: Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30067468812935839822020-03-09T20:57:28.518+00:002020-03-09T20:57:28.518+00:00It didn't work. Loyalists still retained Power...It didn't work. Loyalists still retained Powergel sent to them from sympathisers in scotland and Northern England up until the ceasefires. The problem they had was obtaining detonators, and having the skill set to actually detonate them (the ones who did have the skills died by the 80's apart from Curry, who was taken out for killing Nelson -final straw)Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-73913006216305499572020-03-09T20:48:38.892+00:002020-03-09T20:48:38.892+00:00I suspect you are on the money Christy.I suspect you are on the money Christy.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42789273492769486672020-03-09T20:47:52.807+00:002020-03-09T20:47:52.807+00:00There's reallty no question that collusion hap...There's reallty no question that collusion happened though. The question is who was colluding with who. From what I've read and seen over the years there's been collusion between absolutely EVERYONE and some level at one point or another. From the Provo's talking to Brits, to BA handing Int notices to Loyalists, to Loyalists and Republicans carving up areas for fundraising and Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-26416499470938887372020-03-09T02:44:48.292+00:002020-03-09T02:44:48.292+00:00Simply Google these 4 words: "British Collusi...Simply Google these 4 words: "British Collusion Northern Ireland".<br /><br />And you'll have more than 30 questions for Loyalists to answer:<br /><br />From Stalker to Stevens, Finucane to Nelson, Glenanne to Stakeknife...Eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944611614493961109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-72381945556968515532020-03-06T09:00:39.548+00:002020-03-06T09:00:39.548+00:00Steve they wanted Adam's wounded rather than d...Steve they wanted Adam's wounded rather than dead... was an affective tactic to consolidate peoples outrage into trust and loyalty to their leader. Christy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529990561635818286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-53511963982090970802020-03-05T20:30:06.797+00:002020-03-05T20:30:06.797+00:0031# And why did the Security Forces swap the bull...31# And why did the Security Forces swap the bullets for those with less gunpowder when Gregg shot Adams?Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-32685187918029826822020-03-05T19:42:40.438+00:002020-03-05T19:42:40.438+00:00Hilarious.....has the author never contemplated th...Hilarious.....has the author never contemplated the 'acceptable level of violence' narrative? The Brits are masters at pretending they are only in a country to 'keep the peace' allthewhile their shadowy hidden hand is fomenting the conflict to achieve a desired outcome for eg Iraq,Libya and the present day Syria, where they claim they are only there to 'stop the rise of ISIS&#MickOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278524870773217698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-44610335675741339902020-03-05T18:49:11.714+00:002020-03-05T18:49:11.714+00:00On reading the first few of the questions one quic...On reading the first few of the questions one quickly realises the author has no clue to his lyoalists history. For example, after bomb attacks like the McGurk's Bar Masacre the Brits relised that Loyalists were too irratic and uncontrollable. -hence in the early 70's a decison was made to keep loyalists away from explosives. Journalists Barry McCafferty wrote a couple of investigative Christy Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529990561635818286noreply@blogger.com