As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli Holy War in Iran entered week two. There’s a lot else too. All we can do at this stage is keep taking notes: documenting the insanity as it continues to
“The President was shocked this morning when he learned of the new Israeli bombardment of west Beirut…” and ”expressed his outrage.” No, of course we’re not talking about Trump and Netanyahu here. The above description is of Ronald Reagan‘s
“President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to
The devastating attacks on both Iraq (2003) and Libya (2011) were launched on symbolically significant
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Well, one ambiguity from the recent drop of Epstein files was promptly cleared up. The initially redacted name of the sender of
Hey, have you seen the footage?! Jeffrey Epstein is alive! Here he is, filmed in Israel! Yes, this clearly AI-generated imagery is
On February 3rd, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was murdered in his home in Zintan, Libya. Four unidentified gunmen invaded the property and opened
Where to even begin? Implied murders? Missing babies? A reinforcement of Pizzagate…? And plenty of ambiguity and continued enigma. And that’s barely scratching
Some kind of US attack on Iran seems to be imminent. Iran hasn’t been out of the news for weeks, since protests
On September 1st 1918, Damascus fell. Or was liberated – depending on your perspective. It fell to the Arab Revolt, carried out in the name of the Hashemite Prince Faisal of Mecca, and aided by the famous T.E Lawrence. The capturing of Damascus, the oldest inhabited city in the
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History is cyclical, they say. Or, to quote George Lucas, “it’s like poetry, it rhymes.” That idea has been very much in mind as I’ve watched this Imran Khan saga and the degradation in Pakistan’s politics unfolding. I examined the important details concerning Khan’s removal from office here: and, crucially,
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Every few Christmases, I tend to re-read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as the book has always had a hold on me ever since I first read it as a child. When I read it as a child, I had no real social conscience or understanding, of course – I simply
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Should it be of concern to the general public that
The apparent Russian attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol
The recent Apple Maps picture of an unidentified object in
The more I look at the entire paradigm, the stranger
There’s a robot head on the Moon. Did you know
Film
I’ve already published a proper review of the Captain Marvel
On the matter of J.J Abrams’s 2009 Star Trek reboot
Modern cinema sometimes feels like a revolving door, with films
There has been, ever since The Force Awakens came out,
One of the biggest complains that some fans had with
Comics
Music
Nineties Indie kids might be pleased by the return of
So. Soup. If you’ve already heard it, you probably don’t
I wanted to make sure I put up something –
For at least two months after Chris Cornell died a
I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various