On the eve of what turned out to be a disastrous mid-term elections for Trump and the Republicans, the President made an interesting statement. He declared essentially that the yearly US military aid funding to Israel ($3.8 billion a year)
It’s the eve of the US mid-term elections. And the Trump Republicans have already been playing the usual game of casting doubt on the legitimacy of the process before any of it has even happened. This same strategy of
‘With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought
You might’ve noticed a number of news items about the government advising people to stock
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WandaVision really is a masterpiece. And I don’t throw that word around lightly. I always loved it, but ahead of the approaching
Russell Brand’s trial has begun in the UK, as the celebrity grifter/influencer begins defending himself against various sexual abuse allegations. Obviously, I’m
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked plane headed for Israel. A dramatic mid-air
The RAF Fairford Incident is still veiled in mystery. I have a sneaking suspicion it might actually remain unresolved, going forward.
There’s almost nothing left to say about 9/11 that hasn’t been said already by someone at some point. And there’s nothing new
With the fiftieth anniversary of the My Lai massacre, it freshly occured to me that the harrowing subject of My Lai actually also sheds some light on the reality of the decline in real journalism in the modern age. I would assert that you can track the decline in the
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It is interesting, as the tensions and provocations between North Korea, the US and China continue, that it wasn’t that long ago when South and North Korea appeared to be moving mutually towards more cooperation and friendlier relations. Things, it appeared, could’ve been very different. Before South Korea’s more conservative
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There is something innately fascinating about, not so much the judicial process as a whole, but the institution of the trial itself. That’s why court-room dramas are so popular. From classic films like To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Angry Men or even the trial of Kirk and McCoy in Star
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April 30th marked 70 years to the day since Adolf
So. The crucifixion. And the resurrection. A story, a myth,
It was a bit funny that at more or less
There was a pre-9/11 world and a post-9/11 world. And
About the Orlando Massacre narrative: subsequent oddities and inconsistencies in
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Why on earth has Ben Hur been re-made? If we’re
This is going to be nothing like as long-winded as
With the classic Monty Python line-up being talked about a
Star Wars “purists” who’ve for a long time been waiting
Someone asked me the other day why I’ve been so
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While Glastonbury has been getting headlines recently, it’s worth saying
The ‘turning down Amy Winehouse’ bit is admittedly a slightly
Alright, so ‘saved my life’ might be a slight overstatement.
I wanted to make sure I put up something –
As a lifelong Nirvana fan, it has always stuck out