Ach

I was going to write something about the scumbags that have crawled out from under their stones and spouted their lunatic theories about the atrocity perpetrated by Anders Breivik and their apologia and support... and the scumbags that were never under stones.

But what is the bloody point? Arseholes abide regardless of what I think.

Meanwhile in Norway a nation mourns the loss of innocents in a senseless and evil attack

Jens Stoltenberg on the Utøya and Oslo atrocities

This is the speech that Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg gave at the mass  at the Oslo cathedral earlier today:


Your Majesties,
Dear Eskil,
Dear all of you,


It is nearly two days since Norway was hit by the worst atrocity it has seen since the Second World War. On Utøya, and in Oslo.


It seems like an eternity.


These have been hours, days and nights filled with shock, despair, anger and weeping.


Today is a day for mourning.


Today, we will allow ourselves to pause.


Remember the dead.


Mourn those who are no longer with us.
92 lives have been lost. Several people are still missing.


Every single death is a tragedy. Together they add up to a national tragedy.


We are still struggling to take in the scale of this tragedy.


Many of us know someone who has been lost. Even more know of someone....
I knew several.
One of them was Monica. She worked on Utøya for 20 years or so. For many of us she was Utøya.


Now she is dead. Shot and killed while providing care and security for young people from all over the country.


Her husband John and daughters Victoria and Helene are in Drammen Church today.


It is so unfair. I want you to know that we are weeping with you.
Another is Tore Eikeland.


Leader of the Labour Youth League in Hordaland and one of our most talented young politicians.


I remember him being met with acclaim by the whole Labour national congress when he gave a stirring speech against the EU Postal Directive, and won the debate.


Now he is dead. Gone for ever. It is incomprehensible.


These are two of those we have lost.


We have lost many more on Utøya and in the government offices.


We will soon have their names and pictures. Then the full extent of this evil act will become apparent in all its horror.


This will be a new ordeal.


But we will get through this too.


Amidst all this tragedy, I am proud to live in a country that has managed to hold its head up high at a critical time.


I have been impressed by the dignity, compassion and resolve I have met.


We are a small country, but a proud people.




We are still shocked by what has happened, but we will never give up our values.
Our response is more democracy, more openness, and more humanity. But never naivity.


No one has said it better than the Labour Youth League girl who was interviewed by CNN:
“If one man can create that much hate, you can only imagine how much love we as a togetherness can create.”
Finally, I would like to say to the families all over the country who have lost one of their loved ones:


You have my and the whole of Norway’s deepest sympathy for your loss.


Not only that. The whole world shares your sorrow.


I have promised to pass on the condolences of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin, Frederik Reinfeldt, Angela Merkel and many other heads of state and government.
This cannot make good your loss. Nothing can bring your loved ones back.


But we all need support and comfort when life is at its darkest.


Now life is at its darkest for you.


I want you to know that we are there for you.

The speech is from the website of the Office of the Prime Minister.

I will not try to parse the ramblings of the sick. evil man who perpetrated this atrocity. That a person can do this is beyond my ability to comprehend.

There are plenty of idiots supporting his philosphy, if not quite his actions (just like we saw apologist shits we saw after 9/11 and 7/7). Others will see this creature as a hero.

On top of that there are already plenty of idiot conspiracy theorists spouting rubbish bout false flags, black ops, Mossad, NWO and the like (Just go to the Telegraph comments to get a flavour).

Ach I could go on. Prime Minister Stoltenberg's statement says it far better than I ever could

Trafigura and more pollution problems

Having gotten away with a derisory payment of just £30m to victims of an appalling pollution disaster in Abidjan, the Independent reports that it has refused to co-operate with an investigation into an explosion in a Norwegian fjord involving waste from one of its ships.

Hundreds of residents of the Norwegian village of Slovag fell ill in May 2007 when a huge tank holding waste from low-quality oil processed on behalf of Trafigura caught fire and exploded, leading to one of the worst pollution incidents in Norway's history as a cloud of sulphurous smoke rose over the surrounding area.

A prosecution of three individuals linked to Vest Tank, the Norwegian company which ran the processing operation on Norway's west coast, is due to begin in November and will hear evidence of how Trafigura sent six shipments totalling 150,000 tonnes of cheap and dirty coker gasoline to Slovag in 2006 and 2007.

Trafigura is not being prosecuted in Norway in relation to the explosion and there is no suggestion it was responsible for the disaster. But Norwegian police told The Independent that the company has refused repeated requests to interview a number of its employees involved with the shipments.

Tarjei Istad, a senior investigator from Norway's national economic and environmental crime force Okokrim, said: "As a result of our investigation [into the 2007 explosion] we are interested in speaking to some Trafigura employees who were on the side of the business that dealt with Vest Tank. This has not happened. Trafigura have attempted to set conditions before they decide whether to allow these interviews. Our understanding is that Trafigura is not willing to allow these interviews. We are satisfied we have sufficient evidence from elsewhere, but it is a pity that Trafigura will not agree to co-operate."

The explosion on 24 May 2007 took place after Vest Tank struck a deal with traders in Trafigura's London offices to treat its coker gasoline – bought at bargain prices from Mexico – with caustic soda, so as to create a low-octane petrol. The resulting substance was further treated at a refinery in Estonia to create a fuel with a high sulphur content, which meant it could not be sold in Europe but was permitted for sale in Africa.

The Norwegian authorities allege Vest Tank did not hold the correct permits to carry out the caustic soda "washing" of Trafigura's gasoline or to process the waste from the procedure which contained mercaptan sulphur. Vest Tank insists it did have permission.

The Slovag explosion took place nine months after waste from the Probo Koala, a tanker chartered by Trafigura, was illegally dumped in the Ivory Coast port of Abidjan by a sub-contractor. The foul-smelling waste was produced while the Probo Koala was anchored off Gibraltar conducting the same caustic soda treatment on a cargo of coker gasoline as that used in Norway. Trafigura insists the waste was dumped in Abidjan without its knowledge.

The first Slovag residents knew of the process being conducted at Vest Tank's terminal was when a plume of mercaptan-laden smoke rose into the air. Norwegian authorities said hundreds of people fell ill.

A spokesman for Trafigura said it would not comment on a continuing investigation, adding: "Trafigura complied fully with the relevant regulations in its dealings with Vest Tank's owners."

Trafigura have denied any responsibility for the pollution problems in Ivory Coast, expressing utter shock that the contractor disposed of their waste irresponsibly. I’m sure they are just as “horrified” at event in Norway. But then their dealings in the dregs of the oil business gives some indication of the measure of the company: a bunch of unprincipled bottom feeders.

I would like to think that their reputation is mud but I can only imagine that among their peers they are nothing special.