“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again…’ So said the ‘Prince of Peace’ in a badly judged and widely condemned public statement on Tuesday. Yes, much has been made of Trump’s ominous statements about annihilating
A simple proposition: is the long-awaited destruction of the Al-Aqsa mosque about to be carried out… by Iran? This has started to seem like a real possibility. Could the Israelis stage an event to look like an Iranian missile
“He’s no Churchill…” President Trump famously said of the British Prime Minister weeks ago. This
So, it looks like Bibi isn’t dead: but it was a fun diversion for some
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As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too.
“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No,
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon…” Events unfolding in the Middle
The devastating attacks on both Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011) were launched on symbolically significant dates. So too with this war on
Well, one ambiguity from the recent drop of Epstein files was promptly cleared up. The initially redacted name of the sender of
Mainstream and online media outlets have been pouring over the release of thousands of documents pertaining to the JFK assassination. But the result, near as I can tell, appears to be that we’ve learnt a great deal – and nothing at all. And this was probably how it was meant
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You might’ve heard that the US has left Afghanistan. After twenty years there, the US and the international forces have pulled out. They tried to do it pretty quietly. So quietly, in fact, that the overnight departure from the Bagram Air Base was something the Afghan commander there didn’t even
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The last couple of days have seen a resurgence in the popular interest surrounding the 125-year mystery of Jack the Ripper. This being in the wake of amateur investigator Russell Edwards declaring he has decisively exposed the identity of the infamous serial killer. Websites and newspapers in the passed two
MoreWeird Stuff
The Minneapolis school shooter was a weird guy. Robin/Robert Westman
Did anyone see the official Republican response speech to Biden’s
Have you fallen down the ‘Q-Anon’ rabbit hole yet? Let’s
I wasn’t intending to post a full article on Musk’s
Widely published ‘reports’ in the last week or so claimed
Film
X-Men Apocalypse isn’t quite the disaster some reviewers thought it
Hollywood movies and other media being used for propaganda purposes
The mysterious death of movie legend Natalie Wood might be
The passing of Peter O’Toole in December 2013 was a
I wasn’t necessarily disappointed by the Justice League film –
Comics
Music
Between 1987 and 2001, Kat Bjelland (vocals, guitar), Lori Barbero
I’ve already published a long reaction/opinion piece on the Chris
With Courtney Love currently rocking out venues in the UK
I can’t believe Debbie Harry turned 70 today. Whatever that
December marked 20 years since the release of Pearl Jam’s