Leicester Mercury - Non sequitur

by **PeterMac** 23.12.14 14:38

Leicester Mercury quote the message, and then at the bottom add a lovely non sequitur
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Madeleine-McCann-parents-Kate-Gerry-humbled/story-25754718-detail/story.html

{quote]Earlier this year, British police officers travelled to the resort and conducted a 10-day search of open land near the holiday apartment.
The search yielded no trace of the youngster. However, the couple said the police activity had reinforced their belief Madeleine is still alive.
[/quote]

How precisely does Police looking for a body reinforce the belief that Madeleine is still alive ?
Or it is the fact they they didn't find it the clue. If she is not buried on that patch of ground, she is alive. ?

by plebgate 23.12.14 15:16

I wonder if there were any donations in the hundreds of cards they received?

by jeanmonroe 23.12.14 15:36

"The search yielded no trace of the youngster. However, the (McCann) couple said the police activity had reinforced their belief Madeleine is still alive."

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Madeleine-McCann-parents-Kate-Gerry-humbled/story-25754718-detail/story.html#ixzz3MjdpiEhW

"British police believe Madeleine was 'killed' during a bungled burglary."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-cops-fight-year-4847449
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Ostriches, sand, heads, buried in, anyone?

by tiny 23.12.14 15:40

It really saddens me to see the Leicester mercury are still keeping this scam going,shame on them

by Realist 23.12.14 16:50

PeterMac wrote:

But it is OK. Nothing of value was taken

As you will undoubtably know, Peter, under the 1968 Theft Act, nothing of value is required to be taken for a criminal act to have been committed. Nothing of value was taken, or indeed available to be taken in the 'Great Dome' robbery, but the participants ended up with periods of incarceration ranging from 5-18 yrs.

BTW, I think the second caption vis a vis no-one being abducted on the 3rd. May was by far the best. big grin

Digressing a tad off topic, when the right hon. Gerald McCann consistently states that there is no evidence of any harm having come to Madeleine, this isn't strictly true and rather conveniently ignores the scent of death both in the apt. and on his wife's clothing, not to mention the hire car. Just because the McCanns are of the mind that canines are unreliable doesn't necessarily equate to others concurring with their opinion.

by j.rob 23.12.14 17:11

PeterMac wrote:They obviously read this blog, as the Christmas message has now been postd

Christmas 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our supporters.

Once again we have been amazed this year by the support we continue to have for our search for Madeleine - and opening the hundreds of Christmas cards has once again been a truly humbling experience. The warmth, kindness and commitment to never forget has precipitated more than a few happy tears! Thank you.

It's hard to ignore that 'here we are again' feeling at this time of year, still with no idea where our daughter is or of what's happened. What we can say is that our resolve to find out, as well as the hope which has always been present, has not lessened. In addition it's very apparent that the determination of the Metropolitan Police remains steadfast, in spite of the persistent challenges they face.

No matter where she is, Madeleine will, as always, be very much with us and our family this Christmas.

Thank you for holding her in your hearts too.

Kate and Gerry

HAPPY tears !
"commitment to never forget" (very crude construction - split infinitive)
I take it that our collective commitment never to forget is NOT included
I do however like the acknowledgement that the Met are facing persistent challenges - such as the refusal to answer 48 questions for example ?
"No matter where she is . . . she will be very much with us" Anyone have any idea what this means ?

Here it is, in all it's Mammon worshipping glory.
Nothing about the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but lots of boxes full of "lovely things" at the bottom.

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What an appalling load of tripe. Madeleine is very much NOT with them this Christmas. They know perfectly well where she is, imo.

Note: "with us and our family." Not 'her' family, then?

Very impersonal. In fact, there is no sense of emotion or feeling towards Madeleine at all. They do not write: 'Madeleine is always in our hearts."

by Realist 23.12.14 17:14

ScarletLaw wrote:
and I believe this is because Madeleine is at sea and floating about.

Surely if she was at sea and floating about, she would either have been espied by some maritime voyager, or swept ashore at some stage by the current.

by j.rob 23.12.14 17:21

PeterMac wrote:
whatsupdoc wrote:I thought that someone else had written it.
It has strange structuring, not like parents who had lost a child would write.
Remembering Kate's letter to the Home Secretary in which she used "me" instead of "my" which showed a complete lack of knowledge on the use of gerunds, I don't rate her grasp of English grammar very highly.
I wouldn't like to hazard a guess who wrote the "Message". They were far too busy to look for Madeleine when she "disappeared", being tied up on their laptop, so I can't see them having enough time for composing messages hoping for future support.

"The warmth, kindness and commitment to never forget has precipitated more than a few happy tears! "

Even by their own dire standards of grammar and syntax, that is an astonishingly mangled sentence.
"commitment to never forget" is a very clumsy split infinitive which is not necessary, since "commitment never to forget " is far stronger
'precipitate' carries a clear connotation of causing something bad or undesirable to occur before time.
"more than a few" is clumsy, and borderline risible suggesting jocularity which is slightly inappropriate
"very much with us", we assume carries the meaning "in our thoughts"
"still with no idea where our daughter is or of what's happened". What does she mean here. - no idea . . . of what has happened. When, where ?

All very strange.
Perhaps the boy in Ullapool did it.

I agree. I think it is so mangled because it is completely insincere. And how inappropriate to have art work which shows boxes of presents. All done up with pretty bows.......so inappropriate in the context of a child who is supposed to have been abducted, and parents who are supposed to be still searching for her and missing her.

by jeanmonroe 23.12.14 17:27

I'll say it AGAIN!

"They haven't TOLD them (the twins) WHERE she is"

"They think she's with"

Philomena McCann, GM's sister.
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"....Madeleine will, as always, be very much with us and our family this Christmas."

But WHICH 'one' of 'our' family COULD/WILL she be 'with' this Christmas? (as ALWAYS?)

(Who's 'turn' is it this year?)

If it looks like a 'scam', 'smells' like a 'scam', 'acts' like a 'scam',........... IT'S A 'SCAM'!

by margaret 23.12.14 19:45

jeanmonroe wrote:still with no idea where our daughter is or of what's happened". What does she mean here. - no idea . . . of what has happened. When, where ?
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Perhaps the McCann's should 'have a word' with their Farter Cluck 'lawyer' Isobel Martorell, who stated, in a high court affadavit, SHE 'knew' EXACTLY what had 'happened' to Madeleine.

IM, confidentally proclaimed, in a high court, no less, that "Madeleine WAS abducted'

Didn't she?

Oh, hang on...............IM was forced to 'withdrew' her 'claim' that 'Madeleine WAS abducted' because she actually had no proof, herself, that was actually true, but it is what ONLY her 'clients', the McCann's, had 'TOLD' her.

I was thinking the same JM, it's a strange thing to say when they've been implicit since 3rd may 2007 that they know exactly what happened.

by Realist 23.12.14 20:07

jeanmonroe wrote:
"British police believe Madeleine was 'killed' during a bungled burglary."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-cops-fight-year-4847449
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Ostriches, sand, heads, buried in, anyone?

I don't believe for a nano second that even a janitor at Scotland Yard subscribes to the school of thought that Madeleine was killed by a 'bungling burglar.'Why, that's crossing the sublime to the ridiculous, it might even be more preposterous an assertion than Jane Tanner's sighting.

What 'bungling burglar' committing the equivalent of a chalet theft would inadvertently or otherwise, kill a three yr. old child and decide to make a hasty retreat carrying the body of his victim. What could possibly be gained by such an action? I fully appreciate that the British public are not the sharpest tools in the box, but even so, surely this really is a bridge too far, even for them to digest.

by Khaleesi 23.12.14 20:35

Realist wrote: I don't believe for a nano second that even a janitor at Scotland Yard subscribes to the school of thought that Madeleine was killed by a 'bungling burglar.'Why, that's crossing the sublime to the ridiculous, it might even be more preposterous an assertion than Jane Tanner's sighting.

What 'bungling burglar' committing the equivalent of a chalet theft would inadvertently or otherwise, kill a three yr. old child and decide to make a hasty retreat carrying the body of his victim. What could possibly be gained by such an action? I fully appreciate that the British public are not the sharpest tools in the box, but even so, surely this really is a bridge too far, even for them to digest.

by Joss 24.12.14 4:13

Realist wrote:
ScarletLaw wrote:
and I believe this is because Madeleine is at sea and floating about.

Surely if she was at sea and floating about, she would either have been espied by some maritime voyager, or swept ashore at some stage by the current.

No not necessarily. Fisherman go missing in the sea never to be seen again, or people that drown at sea. After any length of time in the sea a body could be anywhere, and if it is weighed down it wouldn't surface either. IMO.

by **PeterMac** 24.12.14 8:29

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/548619/Parents-Madeleine-McCann-speak-of-tears
[quote]McCanns: 'Thanks for holding Maddy in your hearts'
THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann spoke yesterday of being moved to tears by the kindness of well-wishers.
Published: 00:01, Wed, December 24, 2014By TRACEY KANDOHLA AND JOHN

Then the blurb and the message,
but what follows is interesting
[quote]They buy and wrap presents for Madeleine when buying for their other children, twins Sean and Amelie, aged nine.
The are left in the pink-themed bedroom which has become a shrine to her memory.
The couple also paid tribute to Scotland Yard’s efforts to find the truth about what happened.

So they have presumably not yet told the Met what happened !
and a "Shrine to her memory" ?
Surely you only do that for the Dead. No living person has "Shrine".

And the twins identified and named, yet again, across the MSM, across the world, by a close friend.

by tiny 24.12.14 8:47

from the express.

They buy and wrap presents for Madeleine when buying for their other children, twins Sean and Amelie, aged nine.

This is sick,the mccanns know what happened to Madeleine ,kate said so. The twins NEED to be living with someone else and not living with this pair

by woodforthetrees 24.12.14 9:10

Realist wrote:
jeanmonroe wrote:
"British police believe Madeleine was 'killed' during a bungled burglary."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccann-cops-fight-year-4847449
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Ostriches, sand, heads, buried in, anyone?

I don't believe for a nano second that even a janitor at Scotland Yard subscribes to the school of thought that Madeleine was killed by a 'bungling burglar.'Why, that's crossing the sublime to the ridiculous, it might even be more preposterous an assertion than Jane Tanner's sighting.

What 'bungling burglar' committing the equivalent of a chalet theft would inadvertently or otherwise, kill a three yr. old child and decide to make a hasty retreat carrying the body of his victim. What could possibly be gained by such an action? I fully appreciate that the British public are not the sharpest tools in the box, but even so, surely this really is a bridge too far, even for them to digest.

That's because SY are not looking for a burglar, they are looking for paedophile and know the window of 'activity' was longer than the 3 minute 'window of opportunity for the abducting burglar'.

It's the McCanns pushing for the abducting burglar theory, not SY. If they push this, they can still state that she 'might be alive' and as a result, argue that their child checking rota is genuine, keeping them and the tapas in the clear for neglect and more importantly, keep the cash coming in from the fund', media and court cases.

They knew she was dead within days of the incident, they were told directly.

by **PeterMac** 24.12.14 9:50

Very interesting comments on the Mirror facebook page
Indicative of the general feelings of the population ?

https://www.facebook.com/dailymirror/posts/10152958451599162

by Jamming 24.12.14 9:55

PeterMac wrote:Very interesting comments on the Mirror facebook page
Indicative of the general feelings of the population ?

https://www.facebook.com/dailymirror/posts/10152958451599162

Wow, there's not a lot of holding back on those comments is there. This comment sums it all up for me in very few words: "Best present to her? Admitting what they did"

by margaret 24.12.14 10:05

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PeterMac wrote:Very interesting comments on the Mirror facebook page
Indicative of the general feelings of the population ?

https://www.facebook.com/dailymirror/posts/10152958451599162

I'm shocked there isn't one comment positive for the Mccanns! Barely anyone believes them anymore. Mrs

by whatsupdoc 24.12.14 10:15

Thanks for the Facebook link and I thought I'd post the comments here as some Facebook pages require a login etc and I try to avoid the site.

The Mirror
17 hrs ·
“No matter where she is, Madeleine will, as always, be very much with us.”

McCanns' Christmas Message 2014 - Page 2 Safe_image.php?d=AQDOMvs0GIoIMVao&w=470&h=246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.mirror.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle3801728.ece%2Falternates%2Fs2197%2FMadeleine-McCann-missing-child

McCanns' Christmas Message 2014 - Page 2 Safe_image.php?d=AQDOMvs0GIoIMVao&w=470&h=246&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.mirror.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle3801728.ece%2Falternates%2Fs2197%2FMadeleine-McCann-missing-child

Madeleine McCann's parents will leave her Christmas gifts in her untouched room
Kate and Gerry McCann will leave gifts in her pink bedroom, as they have every year since she vanished aged three during a family holiday to the Algarve in 2007
mirror.co.uk|By Martin Fricker

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by jeanmonroe 24.12.14 10:34

Hope 'our' Trace never got a rollocking for calling Madeleine, 'Maddy'!

"Kate and Gerry McCann praised supporters for helping..."

"INCLUDING" PRAISING their ardent SUPPORTER Cindy Martin who sent death threats to a widowed, old aged, pensioner, before her death, because the OAP had the temerity to question' the McCann's version of 'events'!
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"Once again we have been amazed this year by the support we continue to have for our search for Madeleine...."
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Somebody's going to have to 'remind' me, on this one!

WHEN and WHERE, exactly, did THEY ( "OUR search" ) 'SEARCH' for Madeleine..........THIS year?

Yeah, yeah i 'KNOW'!!................WHEN and WHERE did they, OR any of their 'families' and 'friends', EVER 'SEARCH' for Madeleine in ANY year!
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Operation Grange, the Yard’s multi-million pound re-investigation into Madeleine’s disappearance, has made what police call “significant progress” since it was launched in 2011.
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"signiificant PROGRESS"?

Really?

After a three and a half years, FULL TIME, 'investigation' by 38 solely 'dedicated' Met police 'staff' with unlimited UK taxpayer 'funding'' of over £10,750,000 (and 'rising' DAILY, 'even' on Xmas day?, by £6,778) the 'significant PROGRESS' Operation Grange have 'made' is that:

"We RECKON she was 'killed' in a bungled burglary and the burglar(s) took her 'dead' body away' with him,.. or her, ...or they, er, umm,.... or not"
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"Extensive searches were made in the summer in and around the apartment.."
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First i've heard that OG made an 'extensive' SEARCH 'IN' apartment G5A, in summer of 2014.
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From the Xmas 'message'

'Message' to 'anyone' in particular? (HIPS?)

"In addition it's very apparent that the determination of the Metropolitan Police remains steadfast, in spite of the persistent challenges they face."

MET Police's.........Persistent 'challenges'?

They might have well just said 'those dumbass's at Grange will NEVER 'find' the body'!

"Perhaps you should 'dig up' the 'snail', Andy,?"

Actually, WHAT did 'lead' Andy to 'dig up' THAT 'specific' area?

Obviously 'intell'...................but 'intell' from WHOM? (TM?)

Remember Gerry's 'challenge'? to POLICE.......................'

"Find the body and prove we killed her"

As GM said in Lisbon, ''Somebody's been laughing their socks of, these last six years'

And i 'reckon'.......... i know WHO have been the 'ones' LAUGHING!!

And it hasn't been some 'local nutter oddball, paedo, gypsy, burglator, abductor'

"persistent challenges"? (You'll NEVER 'find'....anything! were way to smart!)

Surely not 'marking' DCI Wall's 'card' early, are they?

A day AFTER she takes 'command' of Grange?

There was plenty of 'time' to 'put out' a Xmas 'message' BEFORE DCI Wall, took 'over' wasn't there?

ALL, imo, obviously.

by Doug D 24.12.14 11:18

McCanns: 'Thanks for holding Maddy in your hearts'

THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann spoke yesterday of being moved to tears by the kindness of well-wishers.

It’s a quote, Jeanmonroe, and as it’s the Mirror it must be accurate, so it’s not ‘our Tracey’s’ fault!!!!!!!!!

eta. Apologies to the Mirror, it's the Express!

by lj 24.12.14 14:40

PeterMac wrote:
Woofer wrote:
hope someone tweets it.
Where do you think I stole it from !
But it is OK. Nothing of value was taken

by Brian Griffin 24.12.14 14:59

Joss wrote:
Realist wrote:
ScarletLaw wrote:
and I believe this is because Madeleine is at sea and floating about.

Surely if she was at sea and floating about, she would either have been espied by some maritime voyager, or swept ashore at some stage by the current.
No not necessarily. Fisherman go missing in the sea never to be seen again, or people that drown at sea. After any length of time in the sea a body could be anywhere, and if it is weighed down it wouldn't surface either. IMO.

Quite. There are many victims of the Japanese tsunami still missing at sea.

by Brian Griffin 24.12.14 15:22

PeterMac wrote:Very interesting comments on the Mirror facebook page
Indicative of the general feelings of the population ?

https://www.facebook.com/dailymirror/posts/10152958451599162

I think more and more people are getting fed up with the whole McCann thing, and are starting to avail themselves of the facts that the media are so intent on keeping away from the general public. Maybe they have overdone it. Over the last year there seems to have been more desperation in the McCanns campaigns to stay in the news and keep their story going. At some point it is likely to backfire. In my opinion.

by Realist 24.12.14 17:11

Joss wrote:
and if it is weighed down it wouldn't surface either. IMO.

No, it wouldn't, but if you care to peruse the poster's original text, you will discover that the words used were 'floating about.' Bodies that are weighted down, as opposed to weighed down, don't float about, not if they've been proficiently weighted down, anyway.

by Realist 24.12.14 17:19

Brian Griffin wrote:
. Over the last year there seems to have been more desperation in the McCanns campaigns to stay in the news and keep their story going. At some point it is likely to backfire. In my opinion.

It probably will, unfortunately, there still won't be any tangible evidence with which to secure a conviction against the McCanns. Most cold cases are solved by advancements in forensic technology, however, in this case there doesn't appear to be enough, if any evidence to submit for reanalysis, unless of course, the PJ have all the time been holding back some vital evidence.

by Joss 24.12.14 17:24

Realist wrote:
Joss wrote:
and if it is weighed down it wouldn't surface either. IMO.

No, it wouldn't, but if you care to peruse the poster's original text, you will discover that the words used were 'floating about.' Bodies that are weighted down, as opposed to weighed down, don't float about, not if they've been proficiently weighted down, anyway.

Yes that is what the poster said. If a person was lost at sea and not weighted down their body could be anywhere and never be noticed as has happened often, even though not weighted down by anything.
There are many people that have been lost at sea. And yes, if a body has been weighed down with something heavy then it wouldn't be floating about.

by Realist 24.12.14 17:34

Joss wrote: If a person was lost at sea and not weighted down their body could be anywhere and never be noticed as has happened often, even though not weighted down by anything.

I totally concur, but in the case of the McCanns, the very best that they would have had access to was some form of rowing boat, so had they in fact dumped their daughter's body and left it floating at sea, it would have been relatively close to shore, as opposed to being in the middle of the Atlantic.

Presumably, the Portuguese authorities would have conducted a helicopter search of at least a 5 mile radius of the coastline when Madeleine was first reported as being missing.

by margaret 24.12.14 18:12

Brian Griffin wrote:
Joss wrote:
Realist wrote:
ScarletLaw wrote:
and I believe this is because Madeleine is at sea and floating about.

Surely if she was at sea and floating about, she would either have been espied by some maritime voyager, or swept ashore at some stage by the current.
No not necessarily. Fisherman go missing in the sea never to be seen again, or people that drown at sea. After any length of time in the sea a body could be anywhere, and if it is weighed down it wouldn't surface either. IMO.
Quite. There are many victims of the Japanese tsunami still missing at sea.

43,000 people still missing a programme said the other night. Simply unbelievable but of course the sea is huge.