On February 3rd, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was murdered in his home in Zintan, Libya. Four unidentified gunmen invaded the property and opened fire. The 53 year-old son of the late Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have tried to fight back,
Where to even begin? Implied murders? Missing babies? A reinforcement of Pizzagate…? And plenty of ambiguity and continued enigma. And that’s barely scratching the surface. The release of some three million files relating to Jeffrey Epstein on January 30th kicked up
Some kind of US attack on Iran seems to be imminent. Iran hasn’t been out
Have you illegally invaded another country and waged war? Do you stand convicted of war
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“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him.
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning point, according to some. Then again, maybe
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in Venezuela. But the situation appears to be
So, no one really needs a recap of what transpired in Caracas on the third day of the new year. Essentially, US
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out
A first century BC villa on the fringes of Rome is likely to be destroyed by a modern housing development. And not just a first century villa, but the villa believed to have belonged to Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus; the historical character immortalised by actor Stephen Boyd in the 1959
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If you’ve never heard of Smedley Butler, it wouldn’t be your fault. But we all should have heard of him. Let’s rewind 80 years or so and remember the case of the Retired Marine General Smedley Butler: what he did, what it meant and what the implications are. Butler uncovered a
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100 years ago, the First World War was a devastating conflict in which many millions of people lost their lives and in which the political, social and even geographical state of the world was changed forever. But, far from being the “war to end all wars”, the consequences of World
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The apparent Russian attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol
The Rapture is happening, FYI. Or it’s just happened. Did
‘The world is a stage’, the saying goes. Lately, I’ve
The ‘joke’ about Puerto Rico wasn’t the worst part at
It has become increasingly evident in the last several years
Film
The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total
X-Men: Days of Future Past is good. Really good. I
Whenever I get into a conversation about what the best
To mark Easter Sunday, I’ve decided to pay respect to
Instead of doing the usual thing this Halloween, like watching
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Music
Kristin Hersh’s debut solo album Hips and Makers, released in
Alright, so ‘saved my life’ might be a slight overstatement.
“The song is about a person who’s beyond depressed; they’re
It so happens that so many of the albums made
I don’t think too many people, other than absolute PJ