‘With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied… chains us all irrevocably…’ So said Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in the classic Star Trek episode ‘The Drumhead’. He continued,
You might’ve noticed a number of news items about the government advising people to stock up on food and emergency supplies. I noticed these warnings appearing in the headlines about a month ago; but they’ve reappeared more explicitly today as
Russell Brand’s trial has begun in the UK, as the celebrity grifter/influencer begins defending himself
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked
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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
Admittedly a strange one, this. I almost wasn’t going to post it at all: but I’ve decided to just do it anyway.
So. The 2026 FIFA World Cup. The biggest show on Earth. I’ve been working on this article for weeks: but I decided
So, Disclosure Day is here. The movie, that is. This article contains no spoilers, by the way: I haven’t seen the movie
Is this picture the proof conspiracy theorists have sought for so long that Adolf Hitler did not die in that Berlin bunker in 1945 but in fact lived well into old age halfway across the world? According to writer and investigator Simoni Renee Guerreiro Dias, author of Hitler in Brazil
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Much has been made in the days since the death of Muhammad Ali about the ‘whitewashing’ of his life and legacy.
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He walked up to the podium to address the UN General Assembly. All eyes in the chamber were on the strange, eccentric figure, whose invitation to New York had been the subject of great controversy and coverage. Staring out at all the delegations of world government, he acted out ripping
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In case you missed it, there was just another little
If you think you understand what’s going in the Middle
We already looked at reasons why the Orlando Massacre was
It gets tedious after enough time to keep going on
The ‘joke’ about Puerto Rico wasn’t the worst part at
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There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
I wasn’t necessarily disappointed by the Justice League film –
Kylo Ren – or Ben Solo – the primary antagonist
Now that we have The Last Jedi, let’s revisit the
Someone asked me the other day why I’ve been so
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December marked 20 years since the release of Pearl Jam’s
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
So. I was supposed to be at the Pearl Jam
The sudden and untimely death of the Cranberries frontwoman Dolores
So this feels really weird now. After Chris Cornell’s death