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
As a few days ago marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of Muammar Gaddafi, I decided to mark it with a more low-key, fun-ish look back at Libya’s former national figurehead. A more serious piece on the life and character of one of the most controversial world figures of
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April 30th marked 70 years to the day since Adolf Hitler is recorded by history to have met his infamous end; taking his own life in a Berlin bunker as the city lay in ruins around him, the war lost. The image of a defeated, deflated Hitler confined to his
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Whatever we may or may not think about Fidel Castro and his long era in Cuba (all of which is difficult, complex and debatable), it has to be said that there is something poetically pleasing about the fact that he survived some 634 assassination attempts, outlasted nine US Presidents and
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A recent announcement in the press says an ancient ring
Donald Trump never did anything inappropriate with young girls. Neither
I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various
Along with the twentieth anniversary of Live Through This, a
I happened to notice that a week or so ago
Film
So a new blockbuster called Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has just
With all the focus on whether Luke Skywalker got the
Hollywood movies and other media being used for propaganda purposes
35 years after the original film, the sequel to the
Whilst the Star Trek franchise is generally as mainstream as
Comics
Music
“I’ve always detested mechanized dance music, its stupid simplicity, the
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
This summer is the 20th year since the release of
As a little kid, one of my very first musical
I wanted to make sure I put up something –