April 01, 2004
BORN TO FISK
Robert Fisk’s surname was a verb years before we bloggers realised it, as Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary reveals:
Fisk, v. i. [Cf. Sw. fjeska to bustle about.] To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.]
Obsolete? Hardly. The supplied contextual sentence shows that some things never change:
He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.
(Via reader K. Hill)
Posted by Tim Blair at April 1, 2004 02:20 AMThis reminds me..
"If you think the world will end today.. it's already tomorrow in Australia."
Cheers.. ;)
=darwin
Posted by: Darwin at April 1, 2004 at 05:25 AMTim, I still say that you were the first to coin "fisk" as it's used today.
Posted by: Lawrence at April 1, 2004 at 05:58 AMLawrence’s link leads to a Tim posting which concludes:
Where is that gang of bloodthirsty Fiskers when you need them?
posted by Tim Blair at 12/19/2001 11:00:33 AM
The link leads to something that I had to register myself at the Guardian in order to read!
Independent journalist excuses attackers
Jessica Hodgson
Monday December 10, 2001
The Independent's distinguished Middle East correspondent, Robert Fisk, who was stoned by an angry Afghan refugees at the weekend, has said he would have done just as they had if the boot had been on the other foot.
Yeah, maybe Tim does deserve the credit. What’s the opposing view & its evidence?
Posted by: ForNow at April 1, 2004 at 09:08 AMHOLD IT, look at the Pilger article which Tim was quoting back on December 19, 2001 (note: I herein update contained link to the Pilger article itself):
Pilger’s most recent article, by the way, hints at US collusion in the attack:
"The twin towers attacks provided Bush's Washington with both a trigger and a remarkable coincidence. Pakistan's former foreign minister Niaz Naik has revealed that he was told by senior American officials in mid-July that military action against Afghanistan would go ahead by the middle of October. The US secretary of state, Colin Powell, was then travelling in central Asia, already gathering support for an anti-Afghanistan war ‘coalition’."
Where is that gang of bloodthirsty Fiskers when you need them?
posted by Tim Blair at 12/19/2001 11:00:33 AM
Pilger has evidence that the Bush Administration was MOVING BEFORE 9/11/01 TO ACT AGAINST THE TALIBAN. Pilger, without knowing it, counters Clarke’s charges that the Bush Administration didn’t take Al Qaeda seriously enough!
Posted by: ForNow at April 1, 2004 at 10:26 AMLOL!
How do you archive a web page!?!?!?! It ought be to done before Pilger deletes it.
Hmmmmm......has anyone told Pilger?
Posted by: JeffS at April 1, 2004 at 10:36 AMIn Outlook Express, while at the Web page, click on File, Save as, etc.
Posted by: ForNow at April 1, 2004 at 10:38 AMPilger has evidence that the Bush Administration was MOVING BEFORE 9/11/01 TO ACT AGAINST THE TALIBAN. Pilger, without knowing it, counters Clarke’s charges that the Bush Administration didn’t take Al Qaeda seriously enough!
Sharp eyes, mate. :)
Posted by: Sortelli at April 1, 2004 at 09:12 PM