It has become standard procedure. Can’t justify your policies? Then attack your critics. If you can’t defend your actions, then simply make accusations against your accusers. It’s the Israeli playbook – so naturally it has become the American playbook. So
It’s happened! The whole Epstein conspiracy has been blown wide open! Justice prevails. The truth has finally been exposed. Finally, we can– Oh, no, wait, sorry… what I meant to say was the exact opposite of all that.
There’s something I call the ‘codification of shared myth.’ Or, phrased another way, the reinforcing
Something very serious, and truly dystopian, happened after midnight on Saturday morning in the UK.
It’s all just useful distraction tactics, isn’t it? We see it over and over again. Find something to change the narrative and/or
A few nights ago, the call was for ‘unconditional surrender’. Not long after, the E-4B Nightwatch, also known as the ‘Doomsday Plane‘,
Between the threats, accusations and strange decisions, it’s hard to keep up with it all. On the same day that President Trump
Why isn’t Iran allowed to have a nuclear weapon? That’s a question I continually ask myself wherever thinking about this particular geo-political
What really happened in Los Angeles in recent days? Was it really a ‘warzone’, as Trump and co called it? And what
Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic – of the 20th century. And also the greatest sports star probably of all time.
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Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro and his long era in Cuba (all of which is difficult, complex and debatable), it has to be said that there is something poetically pleasing about the fact that he survived some 634 assassination attempts, outlasted nine US Presidents and
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“…in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death…” “…I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us
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As Mossad operations go, this one was technically impressive. Not
Right now, some over-excitable people are fretting or evangelizing about
Did anyone see the official Republican response speech to Biden’s
The ‘Omicron Variant’, despite sounding like a sci-fi novel title,
Alright, it’s Halloween, so let’s get to the weird shit.
With the classic Monty Python line-up being talked about a
On the matter of J.J Abrams’s 2009 Star Trek reboot
Well, obviously, I wouldn’t be asking the question if I
So, let’s talk about one of the most overlooked, underrated
Some have referred to it as ‘the Return of Captain
This summer is the 20th year since the release of
“The song is about a person who’s beyond depressed; they’re
I’ve already published a long reaction/opinion piece on the Chris
It has been 100 years since the birth of the
Being something of a social outcast and regular grouch, it