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
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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While no one is likely to dispute Muhammad Ali’s claim to the title of Greatest Sports Star of All-Time, it was his potency and relevance as an inimitable cultural and social icon that many more people beyond the realm of sport will always remember him for.
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In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the time of its broadcast. Up until the beginning of 2011, that video was available on You Tube. Once the international community had made up its mind – after
MoreWeird Stuff
If ever proof were needed that we inhabit an increasingly
Tapping into the hype surrounding the return of The X-Files
I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various
Is that a tongue-in-cheek title? Not really. It isn’t much
You want to know something weird? Of course you do.
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X-Men Apocalypse isn’t quite the disaster some reviewers thought it
One of the biggest complains that some fans had with
First of all, Han should always have shot first! But
Whilst the Star Trek franchise is generally as mainstream as
A brief moment to pay tribute to someone that people
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Music
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
Yep, another of those ’20 year anniversary’ posts that I’ve
Malala Yousafzai, the now world-famous (and Nobel Prize winning) Pakistani
The news that broke yesterday that Mark Lanegan had died
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll