‘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
So… the long anticipated and much hyped ‘JFK files’ document dump. Some 80,000 pages of files have been made public, as per promises President Trump had made during his election campaign. But does it really tell us anything? Does this massive release of documents actually bring us any
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A curious disc-like object pouring smoke and hovering over buildings was recently found in a monastery wall painting believed to date to the 16th century; the image is painted in a 14th century church in Sighisoara in Romania. The photograph (below), taken by tourist Catalina Borta, is perceived by some
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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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I’m not going to spend too long on this; as
The riddle of the Roman ‘ghost legions’ is one of
Should it be of concern to the general public that
The ‘joke’ about Puerto Rico wasn’t the worst part at
Have you noticed that *mainstream* politicians and media are now
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First of all, Han should always have shot first! But
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
Didn’t have enough time to properly, fully eulogise concerning the
The release of the Laurel and Hardy film biopic Stan
In anticipation of release of the latest Star Wars film
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For at least two months after Chris Cornell died a
It has been 100 years since the birth of the
In September, a 20th anniversary edition of In Utero is
If you haven’t seen the music videos for ‘Blackstar’ or
Every couple of months, in the last few years, it