Maddy McCann

[Dodge]

great line in the film speed when one of the hostages pleads to be allowed off "PLease I'm a mother of two"
"So I'm disposable becomes I'm single!"

[Erstwhile Bóz]

Speed told us so much about ourselves as a society.

[Dodge]

Its a modern day bible

[Boh_So_Good]

Did anybody think to themselves, "Hang on, I wonder if this young fellow was a ride? I must keep some sympathy in reserve in case he turns out to have been handsome."

The only public figure who seemed genuinely sicken and outraged by the murder of this young lad was Micheal McDowell. The same guy who was jeered out of the RDS by Boyd-Barrett's 'Poshies-with-Platitudes' and former Sinn Fein terrorists. Oh and the media who danced on his political grave for not being socialist enough for their armchairs in Dalkey or whereever the front line is these days.

Back to the topic. Look at the easy ride the McCann's are getting from the UK and Irish media compared to "usless Scouse scallies" which all the parents in the Jamie Bulger case got.

Even the Bulger mother who took her off eyes her son for a few seconds in a crowded shopping centre had to deal with articles along the lines of "well, you can never been too careful with your children!" by the same media whores who can't be arsed asking the McCann's why they didn't hire a babysitter and consider them model parents.

Did anybody see the Annie-like panto for the MCCanns on Grafton Street today? Creepy.

[BohsPartisan]

Ah yes, just when you were getting sensible you had to bring the "Pro-Socialist" Irish media into this.

[cavan_fan]

There's a finite amount of sympathy to give and that child is getting an undue amount.

Is there really? How much, I just wonder because it suggests if there was a flood in Mayo people wouldnt have room to care about a fire in Cork, maybe we need someone to ration it for us and tell us what to care about.

Look they've lost their kid and are masterfully playing the media worldwide to keep everyone looking for her. Fair play to them I say.

[BohsPartisan]

Is there really? How much, I just wonder because it suggests if there was a flood in Mayo people wouldnt have room to care about a fire in Cork, maybe we need someone to ration it for us and tell us what to care about.

Look they've lost their kid and are masterfully playing the media worldwide to keep everyone looking for her. Fair play to them I say.

So you're keeping up to date on the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami and the Pakistani earthquake?

[cavan_fan]

And the famine because we've all forgotten that.

[BohsPartisan]

And the famine because we've all forgotten that.

Which one?

[Boh_So_Good]

Money for everything except babysitters and/or private investigators...

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.u...entPK=17781869

MCCANN FUND 'TO TOP £1M'
BY TOM MACK
10:30 - 09 July 2007

The fund set up to find missing Madeleine McCann looks set to reach the £1million mark this month, her family said.

So far, people have donated more than £901,000 towards the search for the missing Rothley four-year-old.

With events taking place around the world this month, the figure is expected to top £1million within weeks.

Money raised is being used to help find Madeleine and bring her abductors to justice, paying for lawyers, flights and other expenses. Any funds left over will be used to help the cases of other missing children.

Madeleine was snatched from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia Da Luz, on the Algarve, southern Portugal, two months ago.

Brian Kennedy, Madeleine's great-uncle, told the Mercury: "The fund has gone up quite a bit in recent days.

"We are now beginning to pay out and there are some fairly large bills for expenses, such as legal fees for the lawyers who have been involved since the beginning."

News of the fund comes as the police in Portugal may be about to stage a series of arrests.

The Daily Express reports today that police are close to a breakthrough in the case.

The paper quotes a Portuguese police source saying detectives are to swoop on several new suspects in the coming week.

The Leicester Mercury has bought 50,000 green and yellow wristbands to sell for the fund. Every penny from the sale of the bands goes to the Find Madeleine fund.

Later this week, the wristbands will go on sale at East Midlands Airport so that holidaymakers can show their support for the McCann family.

Wearing the wristbands abroad will also help to spread the message about Madeleine's disappearance.

The wristbands will be on sale at the airport information desk and at some shops.

A spokeswoman said: "We're very happy to be involved with the Madeleine McCann campaign and want to do anything we can do to help bring her back to her family.

"The wristbands are an effective part of the larger campaign because they raise money and also raise awareness of the appeal to find Madeleine."

The first delivery of wristbands will arrive at the airport on Wednesday, along with 20 collection boxes and posters appealing for help in finding the four-year-old.

[Boh_So_Good]

A news reporter reprimanded for telling the truth.

He said the conduct of Maddie’s parents, who were having dinner in a nearby restaurant when she was taken 67 days ago in Praia da Luz, Portugal, was “a contributory factor in the abduction”.

A Channel 4 News spokesman said Thomson has been reprimanded.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...310498,00.html

[John83]

A news reporter reprimanded for telling the truth.

[Macy]

Interesting developments over the last couple of days. I think the most telling is the way the UK news media has totally backed off and no longer following the McCann line. More coverage on RTE News yesterday than either Sky News or BBC News 24 - maybe they're now realising they should've been more objective from the start.

[RogerMilla]

Interesting developments over the last couple of days. I think the most telling is the way the UK news media has totally backed off and no longer following the McCann line. More coverage on RTE News yesterday than either Sky News or BBC News 24 - maybe they're now realising they should've been more objective from the start.

what has been going on macy? i see they went back to murats house with the english cops but that was all i picked up .

[drinkfeckarse]

British sniffer dogs have found specks of blood on the wall which showed up under ultra violet light and reports suggest that someone may have attempted to clean it. The police now suggest that their line of enquiries may concentrate on Maddy being killed in the room.

The obvious question is how the Portuguese police missed this. It reflects terribly on their whole operation and shows how inept they have been.

I get the feeling that reporters have the question of "did the McCanns murder her?" bubbling away under the surface but considering it is a holiday apartment and hundreds of people will have stayed there over the years, I personally doubt it.

They are currently testing the blood for DNA but I doubt it will lead anywhere. What gets me in this case also is the reported sightings. I mean the one last week in Belgium was apparently taken very seriously but why didn't the woman phone the police at the time instead of reporting it later?

Surely if you were sure it was her you would phone the police there and then?

[Macy]

what has been going on macy? i see they went back to murats house with the english cops but that was all i picked up .

Yer man is virtually in the in the clear at this stage. It was bs in the first place if you ask me - he was brought in initially on the basis of hacks saying he was being too helpful, coincidentally just when the story was dying down the first time. I think he/ his legal rep requested being an official suspect as it gets you more rights than just "helping them with their enquiries".

Blood spatter apparently found on the walls, yet to be confirmed. Abduction doesn't seem as likely as it did, certainly not that she was taken alive. Like I said, the UK media have totally stepped back from the pro-McCann line they've taken which resulted in reprimands for people daring to question them or their story - it wasn't even one of the lead stories. Considering the previous wall to wall coverage, and the line the media took, it'd make you suspicious about they know.

Drinkfeckarse - like or loath them (and there's plenty of reason to loath them) the UK cops are one of the top forces at forensics afaik. Thought the possible Belgian sighting the couple legged it when they spotted them calling the cops?

[the 12 th man]

RE the Belgian sighting-

I think they are awaiting DNA tests on the bottle that the child drank out of ?

Some other guy -Irish chap living in Portugal ( in paper-yesterday) has come forward to say he saw someone with a child over their shoulder on the night in question- this is now 100+ days after the event

[drinkfeckarse]

Thought the possible Belgian sighting the couple legged it when they spotted them calling the cops?

Didn't know that Macy. If true it adds weight to the theory that she is still alive. Why else would they run?

[alansmithccfc]

Didn't know that Macy. If true it adds weight to the theory that she is still alive. Why else would they run?

Becasue they thought they might of been arrested

[Lionel Ritchie]

Drinkfeckarse - like or loath them (and there's plenty of reason to loath them) the UK cops are one of the top forces at forensics afaik. Thought the possible Belgian sighting the couple legged it when they spotted them calling the cops?

I might've too. Pointed out a while back I've a cousin who is near the same age and bears little more than a passing resemblance to the misfortunate McCann child. Now while I haven't spoken to her parents in a month or more -last time we did speak they were afraid to take their daughter into town, into a shopping center or wherever (especially the Da!) for fear some hyped up NOTW reader'll drop his/her shopping bags, point a finger and start screaming at them. Spooky stuff.