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
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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Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic – of the 20th century. And also the greatest sports star probably of all time.
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“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent a great deal of time exploring Syria, wrote specifically of Palmyra; “Nothing in this scorching, desolate land could be so refreshing”. It might also have been Lawrence who
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