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As some of you already know by now Ed Teague, Lord Patel, passed away earlier today.I'll be replacing the text of this post with something more appropriate, in accordance with the wishes of Ed and his family, in due course.
However, other bloggers have already written tributes to Lord Patel, so it seems only fair to mark Lord P's passing with a post here now
Lord Patel's regular readers represented a diverse range of political beliefs and world views
The common factor was, is an appreciation of Lord P's anti-authoritarian, liberationist stance taken on, well, lots of issues
That, and his elevation of typos to an art formI'm missing him already
S.
Update 13/6/09:
A list of on-line tributes to Lord Patel as I find them...
A read through these tributes, and the accompanying comments, is a sad reminder of the quality of the friend we have all lost
As a contributor to the July 7th Forum wrote a couple of days ago...
"I have been thinking lots about the Postie & I have been feeling a wee bit empty - it's hard to explain..."
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The Postman Patel blog was one of Spy Blog's favourite blogs, with particularly interesting facts and commentary about Climate of Fear terrorism hype and on Russian oligarchs etc.
ReplyDeleteHe was kind enough to comment intelligently on several Spy Blog articles.
Edward Teague will be missed, but hopefully some of his wisdom and wit will be preserved in cyberspace digital archives.
His blog was absolutely brilliant. He seemed to me to be highly intelligent and knowledgeable. He was straight to the point and didn't care who he insulted. He penetrated the surface. He was really funny and I loved his use of language. What a man!
ReplyDeleteTerrible to finally hear, but he will be remembered well.
ReplyDeleteGod rest his soul.
ReplyDeletehe will be missed
ReplyDeleteThank you S. What a sad day for us all. His insight, courage and strength of purpose will be very much missed.
ReplyDeleteWarmest of sympathies to Mrs T and his daughter. He had a huge and very appreciative readership who loved him.
I'll miss this blog.
ReplyDeletethe more i read in the various tributes, and the more of his writings people link to, the more clearly the loss comes into focus, too sad for words but words are the blog medium
ReplyDeletethank you Edward Teague for your efforts, your sheer humanity
the biggest tribute i can think of now is to try to aim for something at least in the direction of his level of, well, everything
now without him, but we can all try to carry some of his spirit, his fire, his wit and his persistence in the face of all the things that are today's conspiracy theory, and, if we don't do all we can to make good, tomorrow's actuality
who amongst you is Spartacus ?
Fare thee well,
ReplyDeletePostman Patel,
A blogging giant
a man amongst midgets
(thanks Steff)
So sad to lose you again, this time for good.
ReplyDeleteSome time ago I lost Ed Teague's e-mail address and contact when changing my internet provider.
Then found Postman Patel's blog - came back to it often because it resonated with me - and I sometimes posted his stunningly insightful and in-depth information on several progressive/libertarian Inernet sites, [took the liberty of editing some of the typos LOL]
sorry I didn't think/recognize it was you Ed, stupid me :(.
Should have followed your good advice three years ago to buy gold,
yes, it would have looked good on my wife, regardless of the economics :),
well, you will be remembered as a good guy, an outstanding person, a courageous character, a memorable man,
someone shure worth missing.
Lot's of love to your family and close friends,
thanks for letting him share himself with all of us out here in cyberspace,
Ekk
My condolences to Ed's family. I will truly miss his blog, it was brilliant. RIP Ed, Lord Patel.
ReplyDeleteA straight to the point good and honest fellow, bless his soul. Our loss, heavens gain.
ReplyDeleteIf the saying 'knowledge is power' is true, then Edward Teague was one of the most generous men I (n)ever met. RIP Postie.
ReplyDeleteThe bravest the world has known and the devil himself was afeared to go to sea with him. And 'maybe one day there'll be a human society in a world which is beautiful, which isn't just disgust'
ReplyDeleteA gent and a scholar. There's a hloe in the blogosphere now.
ReplyDeleteHeartbroken.
ReplyDeleteArdent Observations: Postman no longer delivering the mail
ReplyDeleteHubritic Anomaly: Long Live Lord Patel
I didn't know who you really were but through your writing which I viewed religiously I knew a part of you & what a great part it was. I'll miss you Postman.
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Thanks for your great blog Postman. You will be long remembered.
ReplyDeleteCondolences to your family and friends.
Sad. Peace and comfort to the family.
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ReplyDeleteBYE BYE
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