On Sunday (8/9/13) the US Secretary of State John Kerry travelled to
London, UK for a Monday (9/9/13) meeting with representatives from the
Palestine political party Fatah to discuss peace negotiations. Despite
declaring at the start of this process that the US would publicly
announce all such meetings of this type Kerry attempted to keep this one
secret by disguising the purpose of his visit to London as discussions
about Syria. Part of this charade forced Kerry to give a press
conference on Syria alongside the UK Foreign Minister William Hague. At
this press conference Kerry made an off hand comment about the Syrian
government giving up its stockpiles of chemical weapons. This triggered a
bizarre chain of events that caused the US Congress to cancel a vote on
military action against Syria, both France and Russia table resolutions
at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) only to immediately
withdraw them and Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
getting press ganged into a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday
(12/9/13).
With such a clear example of the devastating effect the wrong word
uttered at the wrong time can have I am obviously hesitant as to what to
say next.
However on Tuesday (10/9/13) Rihanna flew into London in order to attend
a launch party for the autumn collection of her River Island high
street fashion line and record an appearance on the Channel 4 chat-show
"Alan Carr: Chatty Man." The UK's real reason for inviting Rihanna to
London was to show the world that it had prime access Rihanna just
before the start of the final leg of her Diamonds World Tour. The UK
also hoped to lay the ground work for the illegal drugs element of that
tour by getting Rihanna hooked on cocaine. The idea being that Rihanna
would do a little big of the drug during the launch party that was
attended by the habitual cocaine user Cara Delevingne. Rihanna would
then do a little bit more in order to help her get through the Chatty
Man recording which also features Miley Cyrus with who Rihanna has a
little bit of tension. Having been delayed by the Chatty Man recording
the stress of rushing to China is likely to mean that Rihanna would want
to do a little bit more just to get through the Macau show. With a
small war breaking out in the Philippines ahead of Rihanna's next tour
date the stress of the tour and the pain of the comedowns both getting
worse will mean that the temptation for Rihanna to do ever more cocaine
will only grow. Obviously Rihanna attempting to transport quantities of
an illegal drug like cocaine through international border post creates
the same sort of legal worries as transporting quantities of marijuana
only with stiffer legal penalties.
Obviously because even in espionage circles deliberately getting someone
addicted to a drug like cocaine in order to destroy them is still
considered a little taboo the UK tried to cover this aspect up by
putting on a barrage of inflammatory news stories mainly centred around
rape a paedophilia. For example the verdict was reached in the trial of
Micheal Turner (aka Micheal Levell). This is the second time that Turner
has been acquitted of sexual abusing young children. The first case
centred around the abuse of a young boy while this trial centred around
the abuse of a young girl. As Turner is/was a member of the soap opera
"Coronation Street" alongside William Roache this drags up all the
connections with Roache's weird interview with New Zealand TV in which
he seemed to argue that paedophilia was a Protestant religious duty.
Also the UK have been trying really hard to draw comparisons between
Turner and myself dragging up all the issues surrounding my Criminal
Damage Court case. Then the Deputy Speaker of the UK House of Commons
Nigel Evans resigned after being charged with multiple counts of rape
and sexual assault. Mr Evans is gay so all these allegations relate to
adult men. In nations where homosexuality is either deeply frowned upon
or out and out illegal this is likely to lead to quite a lot of
confusion. Finally Alan Carr the presenter of Chatty Man rose to fame as
part of a double act with Justin Lee Collins. Lee Collins' career ended
after it was revealed that he is a seriously strange domestic abuser
who subjected his girlfriend/wife to years of physical and psychological
abuse. That has an obvious connection to Rihanna's relationship with
Chris Brown.
For their part the US were keen to use Rihanna's trip to London as a way
to put the boot into Israel while laying the ground work to the
immigration element that is going to be a feature of Rihanna's Caribbean
and US concerts at the end of the tour. This involved Rihanna's
management putting out a rumour that "Pour it Up" will be
released as Rihanna's next single. That was intended to provoke the
obvious response that Rihanna shouldn't bother releasing anymore singles
from the "Unapologetic" album and instead should concentrate on getting
back to her music career once her stint as a CIA agent has ended. This
problem of people being forced to take a break from their careers while
they complete compulsory military service has resonance in any nation
that has compulsory national service but is an especially hot button
issue in Israel especially with the Israeli military moving away from
the manpower intensive infantry model to a smaller, more specialised
model. The fact that Rihanna is not a citizen of the nation that is
forcing her to do this compulsory service promotes discussion about US
immigration policy because a stint in the US military is quite a common
route for immigrants, especially from the Caribbean, to obtain US
citizenship.
Both the US and the UK are also trying to use the visit as a way to
promote discussion about Rihanna's safety and security on this tour.
Although I won't give out the specific location Rihanna is currently
staying in a hotel close to London's Park Lane road. Most of the other
hotels in this area are currently full with delegates attending the
"Defence Systems Exhibition International (DSEi) which is the worlds
largest arms fair. In previous years the presence of DSEi delegates has
attracted large, noisy and disruptive protests to the Park Lane area.
The hope is that these scenes will be repeated during Rihanna's visit
restricting her movement as she has to avoid road blocks and clashes
between police and protesters. Although I haven't checked Rihanna
doesn't appear to be travelling with her usual security detail made up
of former US Secret Service agents who are well trained and experienced
in dealing with this type of threat. The prospect of Rihanna taking a
less qualified security team on her tour creates obvious worries about
her safety especially in places like South Africa and the Philippines.
However it must be said that this argument is unlikely to gain much
traction though because Rihanna is clearly acting as a US agent so if
they choose not to protect her that's their decision.
I suppose we're all supposed to spend today frantically looking for
rumours about whether will attend the Chatty Man recording which is not
scheduled for broadcast for a few months yet or simply blow it off so
she can get to China on time. Rihanna will obviously attend the
recording but I personally think that's a shame because Chatty Man is
the type of program Rihanna ignore without any great consequence. In
fact it brings to mind that old proverb of "If a tree falls in the
forest and there's no-one there to hear it does it make a sound?"
12:10 on 11/9/13.
Edited at around 09:15 on 13/9/13 to add;
Rihanna has either just arrived in China or is just about to arrive in
China so I just should quickly point out that while Rihanna was in
London none of that stuff about cocaine use or protests outside the
hotel actually happened.
After what I'm assuming was a relatively quiet night Rihanna went off to
record her appearance on "Alan Carr: Chatty Man" around lunchtime/early
afternoon. As part of that appearance Rihanna announced that "What Now"
will be her next single which is intended to reinforce the idea that
Rihanna and Chris Brown have broken up in an attempt to trick us into
thinking there is no need for Chris Brown's restraining order to be
reinstated. It also rather unsubtly poses the question of "What Now for
Rihanna?" which attempts to feed the compulsory military service debate.
Although it was recorded much later in the day the episode of Alan Carr:
Chatty Man featuring Miley Cyrus also featured the UK comedy duo "Mel
& Sue" who present a BBC2 show called "The Great British Bakeoff."
The latest series of this has been promoted by this trailer;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUzUfP8VHkg which is very much inspired
by Rihanna's song "Birthday Cake" and all it's vaginal
references. Added to that as a 'gift' to celebrate the launch of her
River Island line UK designer Stella McCartney sent Rihanna a clutch bag
featuring the image of a penis. What the UK will claim they were doing
was putting pressure on Rihanna to make her reconsider her relationship
with Chris Brown. In reality what they were doing is putting pressure on
Rihanna in order to make her head spin in an effort to encourage her to
take more cocaine. To make matters worse Sue Perkins is gay while Mel
Giedroyc is straight. This obviously promotes discussion about how they
are able to maintain a close but non-sexual relationship that's possibly
very similar to Rihanna's relationship with Melissa Forde. It can't
have helped that Sue Perkins is from my native Croydon.
Rihanna spent Wednesday evening in a studio recording vocals for a song
by a mysterious artist who has yet to be named. The intention here was
they everyone would be provoked into searching really hard to find out
who this mystery artist is. In reality though everyone in the business
would simply look at that and see the UK doing everything in it's power
to delay Rihanna's departure to China in order to increase her stress
levels and encourage her to do more cocaine. On the plus side China
appear to be taking a very welcoming and supportive stance towards
Rihanna so she should be looking forward to quite a pleasant stay in the
country.
(Originally Posted on 11/9/13)
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