September 06, 2004

Friends fall out

Posted by Chris

Those who have been following the decline and fall of the Conrad Black empire (a group which surely must include those bloggers fond of quoting the ravings of his wife, Barbara Amiel ) will be amused to learn that his friend Richard Perle has now deserted him.

… last week, Mr. Perle’s view of Lord Black changed. Issuing his first public statements since being heavily criticized in an internal report for rubber-stamping transactions that company investigators say led to the plundering of the company, Mr. Perle now says he was duped by his friend and business colleague.

Read the whole thing, as someone-or-other once said.

Posted on September 6, 2004 05:18 PM UTC
Comments

“From his vacation home in southern France late Friday, issuing the outlines of his legal defense for the first time, Mr. Perle “

Did I read that right? France?!?

Nice to see unravelling and panicking from that bunch. Le Lord est mort! Vive le Lord!

Posted by WeSaferThemHealthier · September 6, 2004 06:43 PM

How long before Steyn jumps ship? Anyone fancy a pool on this one?

Posted by dsquared · September 6, 2004 06:45 PM

If you’ll forgive me, he has just taken the logical step of putting Perle before swine.

Posted by Dick Durata · September 6, 2004 06:54 PM

“How long before Steyn jumps ship? Anyone fancy a pool on this one?”

All Steyn’s media outlets are Hollinger owned, AFAIK. My guess is that he’ll have nothing al all to say about this in the hope that the new regime will forget about his previous role as Lord B’s court jester.

Posted by jamie · September 6, 2004 07:59 PM

WeSaferThemHealthier :

Bremer too is a closet french real estate owner -along with a few other, i’d bet. I can even imagine the barbeuque with blair, who’s usually around for holidays.

As useful as these vulgar prejudices of the unwashed masses may be, they shouldn’t deter us from appreciating a good champagne in a nice place, should they?

Posted by yabonn · September 6, 2004 08:45 PM

I saw an article from Steyn in the Atlantic Monthly, does that belong to Hollinger? I heard Hollinger may be sold to two conservatives, so he wouldn’t be out of place. Otherwise, he can just go from working from Black to working for Murdoch.

Yabonn,

” they shouldn’t deter us from appreciating a good champagne in a nice place, should they?”

Santé!

On the other hand, I think real patriots who want to show their solidarity with Israel in the WOT should switch from Beaujolais to Manischewitz.

Posted by WeSaferThemHealthier · September 6, 2004 09:00 PM

WeSaferThemHealthier :

So i’m a real patriot. Anything But Beaujolpif.

Posted by yabonn · September 6, 2004 09:24 PM

My complete and utter ignorance of wines has been unmasked then ( white is the type you can easily see through and red is the type you can’t right?.. ).

In any case, none of the above are as delicious as Beyerstein’s title.

Posted by WeSaferThemHealthier · September 6, 2004 09:37 PM

I’m surprised at the scale of this little sham: $1 to $6K a month on a credit card? Total of $5 million embezzled - by the guy who’s invading Mesopotamia, waging war on Baghdad, Babylon and Samara? Sheesh. Is this pathetic or what?

Posted by abb1 · September 6, 2004 09:50 PM

We can only assume that ‘Shit’ Steyn is now on a cast-iron long-term contract; or that he has the negatives.

Posted by nick · September 6, 2004 10:16 PM

white is the type you can easily see through and red is the type you can’t right?

I all depends after how many glasses you try.

About wine knowledge, imho, the only real question is : “do i like it”? …That, and avoiding beaujolais.

Posted by yabonn · September 6, 2004 10:30 PM

A little theory: right wingers so often assume that their ideological enemies are abusing their political power to make money (think Whitewater) that they have come to think that financial fraud is what one is supposed to do when the opportunity presents itself.

Posted by Jim Harrison · September 6, 2004 10:42 PM

I like Beaujolais and I buy loads of it every year. It may be out of fashion at the moment because it’s not big or tanniny, but it’s actually very good wine.

Posted by dsquared · September 6, 2004 11:19 PM

I don’t read Steyn very often, so I can’t say where he writes, but Hollinger International owns very few major media outlets anymore. It sold its Canadian assets two years ago, while Black was still in charge. It sold the Telegraph to the Barclay Brothers last month. The core assets now consist of the Chicago Sun Times, the Jerusalem Post, a wad of cash and a billion dollar lawsuit against Black.

Posted by pj · September 7, 2004 01:23 AM

Poor Mr Perle. And after that nice Mr Chalabi let him down too. To lose one friend may be deemed unfortunate, to lose two …

Posted by derrida derider · September 7, 2004 08:41 AM

dsquared :

Ah, we’re back to rule n°1 “it’s good if you like it”, then.

Must admit i didn’t even try the thing these last years, simply because i’m used to bordeaux.

Posted by yabonn · September 7, 2004 09:43 AM
Followups

→ Black Prince delisted from Friendster.
Excerpt: Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him [NYT permalink] Perle used to be one of Black's staunchest defenders. They were a good team, the conservative media mogul and the foreign policy guru: But last week, Mr. Perle's view of LordRead more at Majikthise
→ Black Prince delisted from Friendster.
Excerpt: Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him [NYT permalink] Perle used to be one of Black's staunchest defenders. They were a good team, the conservative media mogul and the foreign policy guru: But last week, Mr. Perle's view of LordRead more at Majikthise

This discussion has been closed. Thanks to everyone who contributed.