Comments on The Pensive Quill: Akerue, he has lost it.

Itsjustmacker, let me know if it is working now. ...

2013-01-17T04:08:56.892Z

Itsjustmacker,

let me know if it is working now. I can't see it from this end but we tweaked it a bit

Anthony. Just thought I would let you know, This ...

2013-01-14T22:02:21.101Z

Anthony.

Just thought I would let you know, This thread is still cutting off words at the right end of line.

so he resorts to former ways with his Gypo Nol...

2013-01-14T20:51:20.005Z
so he resorts to former ways with his Gypo Nolan twist.

Nothing like hiding out in the open.

I did well at Xmas. A new music player and a dozen or so good books. Sure what more could a lazy rogue like myself want?

I will review each of them as I read them as I am too far behind with reviews. I read more than I manage to get reviewed!

Happy New Year to you also.

Anthony, the hunger strike narrative certainly pu...

2012-12-31T22:06:02.495Z
Anthony,

the hunger strike narrative certainly put him on tilt that becomes abundantly clear with his sniping at the Belfast project or more accurately you and Ed.
I do not see any reason to oppose the project Morrison prefers to feed the myths and with the project, he has no secure argument so he resorts to former ways with his Gypo Nolan twist.

On a lighter note, I am surprised you got anything for Christmas with your generous thoughtful list of gifts you were putting together for Carrie that one was a laugh it is nice to dream.
The book should be a good read it will be interesting to hear your take on it, as we tend to overlook that view of the conflict.
Nowadays I read at a snail’s pace so I am usually behind the times.

I wholeheartedly agree the further afield the better the concept is liberating and if it is possible to remove the shackles that secret armies impose we all gain a better insight.

All the best and a happy new year to you, Carrie, and the children not to forget the dog and thanks for another educational year on the Quill.

Tain Bo, ‘lost control’ explains a lot in terms o...

2012-12-28T21:42:09.525Z
Tain Bo,

‘lost control’ explains a lot in terms of the animosity. In his case I think being found out in relation to the hunger strike has driven him to hatred.

In the interest of history and learning there should be more projects along the lines of the Belfast project.

And not just for the Northern conflict but wider afield as well. Some of the stuff I read on Vietnam, Argentina and Rwanda was very stimulating. I am currently going through an oral history by Ken Wharton on the British Army in the North. Carrie got me it along with a lot of others for Christmas.

Dixie, As if a dissenting voice would ever be wel...

2012-12-06T14:11:53.236Z
Dixie,

As if a dissenting voice would ever be welcome in his circles. Maybe he should tell Colin why he has banned dissenting voices from the West Belfast Feile.

Michaelhenry,

It was embarrassing. But it is what John believes and he asserts it.

Anthony I twigged on at my second glance at akeru...

2012-11-28T16:04:38.226Z
Anthony

I twigged on at my second glance at akerue and had a mini eureka moment not to worry he is in good company with the arse about face or farce about face brigade.
The war maybe over but the secrets of the long dirty war continue and an objection to the Belfast project sounds counter- intuitive to peace.
In the end game, volunteers were good enough to fight die and spend time in prisons but have no right to tell their story.
When the party surrendered, they tossed out the little green book Morrison attacking and ridiculing the project and those involved wreaks of lost control, which would explain conspiracy, and traitor rants.
In the interest of history and learning there should be more projects along the lines of the Belfast project.

Frankie, Bangers has never found the truth a subj...

2012-11-27T17:58:21.487Z
Frankie,

Bangers has never found the truth a subject he wants to cover. He has always been a propagandist. He had a talent for it when he wrote against the state. Now that he is a defender of the state his writing is very stale and not very credible. Nor it seems did he ever believe his own propaganda. It is the case with revisionists in general.

One thing Bangers finds wrong with the Belfast Project is that it was the catalyst for outing his malign role in the hunger striker. At the end of the day, people like him render their own complaint null and void when Adams calls for people with any information on Jean McConville to give it to the PSNI.

And if he opted to post his comments here or even his articles they would be carried like the next person’s. No SF member or supporter has ever been turned away from here. But most of them want domination not debate.

Maybe Gerry has an piece of paper that stops him being prosecuted.

I believe that to be so but there is no guarantee that the Cameron government will honour it. It is screw the Shinner time if the Brits take the notion.

Nuala,

Danny Morrison is not an idiot which makes the whole scenario even worse.

Just someone given to making idiotic statements.

Your take on him not being able to work his way back in is worth considering further. There is an interesting story there.

The Sandy house throws up more questions than it has ever answered.

Tain Bo,

The headline was just Eureka spelt back to front just to underscore Bangers’ tendency to get things arse about face.

In fairness, he does have the beginnings of a Hollywood script.

Dumb and Dumber.

Temporary reprieve for tapes handover

Mackers, Robert & Michael, Seen the photo it i...

2012-11-13T23:35:58.601Z
Mackers, Robert & Michael,
Seen the photo it is quite bizarre.
Would you seriously even get out of bed to carry on like that?

Tain Bo,
Danny would say anything to get back into the fold, sadly for him it is never going to happen.

Nuala you make a good point about the falling out...

2012-11-13T19:48:40.119Z
Nuala

you make a good point about the falling out he may not be an idiot but penning articles like his theory on the Belfast project being a conspiracy by Ed to get Adams clearly only shines the party fool light on him.

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Marty, as always it is good to see you, I doubt m...

2012-11-12T22:44:08.022Z
Marty,

as always it is good to see you, I doubt many read the irrelevance of Morrison perhaps his nose is out of joint with the Belfast project as he had no iron in that fire but attempts to shape it to fit his world.
There is always the entertainment value.

Best a luck mate.

Tain bo a cara good to hear from you,the only scri...

2012-11-12T20:51:37.339Z
Tain bo a cara good to hear from you,the only script I think Bangers could be writing is a sequel for one flew over the cuckoos nest,you need to be off your trolley to read his crap...

The headline had me fooled for a minute I thought ...

2012-11-12T20:14:55.395Z
The headline had me fooled for a minute I thought it sounded like one of those Japanese cartoons “akerue” looking at the headline the second time I had an akerue moment but only a minor one unlike Morrison who discovered the true reason for the Belfast Project dismissing any remote possibility of documenting history.
The elaborate extreme undetermined duration plot to get the bearded one theory should be left in the fiction world. In fairness, he does have the beginnings of a Hollywood script.

Mickey Henry c’mon, Mickey if I had not mentione...

2012-11-12T20:13:39.081Z
Mickey Henry

c’mon, Mickey if I had not mentioned you that would be out of order we have butted heads a few times over the years but it’s nothing personal. Nothing wrong with a bit of ribbing and your right I don’t recall you losing the bap in here.
You are alright in my book Michael and fair play to you taking all that stick.

Best a luck mucker

Belfast Bookworm talking shite is the verbal manu...

2012-11-12T20:12:55.779Z
Belfast Bookworm

talking shite is the verbal manure that grows great imaginary legends. With SFs, golden rule there is only one narrative and that makes them all sound the same, which makes differentiating difficult.
The objective of a united Ireland was steamrollered by the ego of their leadership and that ego was super inflated by the British.
True to form, getting it backwards is a victory we are all supposed to be content with the loyalists got Stormont SF got legitimacy and a united Ireland was set back another 100 years. The only decent thing that has come out of it is the tentative peace its Northern Ireland and it does not take much to start it all over again.

Frankie living in hope is commendable but you wil...

2012-11-12T20:11:27.410Z
Frankie

living in hope is commendable but you will have a long wait on answers from the board of dictators I am confidant you will not get one here.
When you play Monopoly at that level the cards are a bit different one being immunity from the past and in Adams case what past or it could be another genuine case of political Alzheimer’s.
That makes a good argument for the Belfast Project as memory like time is passing on.

US court blocks handover of secret IRA tapes

It was rosary v ovary Anthony,and I know whose sid...

2012-11-12T19:33:06.277Z
It was rosary v ovary Anthony,and I know whose side I,d bet on......

michaelhenry is most definitely a clown. In an e...

2012-11-12T19:10:43.031Z
michaelhenry is most definitely a clown.

In an earlier life he would have been a stoop without doubt.

Robert, looked to me as if he was giving it his b...

2012-11-12T18:43:08.139Z
Robert,

looked to me as if he was giving it his blessing!

Nuala, Anthony, The man who Michael alleges is Jo...

2012-11-12T13:00:57.587Z
Nuala, Anthony,

The man who Michael alleges is John McGirr can be seen in this video clip - http://youtu.be/mzULPJh6-KU - that is contained on Conor's site. Twenty seconds in he appears Knight's Templar like to confront the rally. There is a 'Should have gone to specsavers' air to it all as he looks like someone hailing a taxi than staging a protest.

Fionnuala- I know John would not mind me making t...

2012-11-12T11:29:10.278Z
Fionnuala-

I know John would not mind me making that comment about him because he and Alfie have that picture on their own page's-i even told John that he had more balls than those 300 spartans-i have not seen that picture anywhere else-

Dixie-

Typical of the stoops to want to keep Quiet on the Derry front about crime-I would take your word over the Sdlp any day-

He was on the UTV news . Jihad John that is,holdi...

2012-11-12T11:06:09.314Z
He was on the UTV news . Jihad John that is,holding his beads aloft like a latter day king Canute on Saturday evening I told him he was barred from Belfast for expressing himself..