You might’ve noticed a number of news items about the government advising people to stock up on food and emergency supplies. I noticed these warnings appearing in the headlines about a month ago; but they’ve reappeared more explicitly today as
Russell Brand’s trial has begun in the UK, as the celebrity grifter/influencer begins defending himself against various sexual abuse allegations. Obviously, I’m not going to comment on the specific allegations or on the legal proceedings. But I have been meaning
So, we’re told a major terror operation was just heroically thwarted: involving a potential hijacked
The RAF Fairford Incident is still veiled in mystery. I have a sneaking suspicion it
News
There’s almost nothing left to say about 9/11 that hasn’t been said already by someone at some point. And there’s nothing new
Admittedly a strange one, this. I almost wasn’t going to post it at all: but I’ve decided to just do it anyway.
So. The 2026 FIFA World Cup. The biggest show on Earth. I’ve been working on this article for weeks: but I decided
So, Disclosure Day is here. The movie, that is. This article contains no spoilers, by the way: I haven’t seen the movie
“The greatest World Cup ever…” is what he’s calling it. Of course he is. And that’s what ‘FIFA peace prize’ winner Trump
9/11. We must never forget. Of course. Never forget the almost three thousand innocent people who lost their lives in one of the biggest acts of mass murder in modern history. The plight and the suffering of all those people is burned into our collective consciousness and should never be
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With the fiftieth anniversary of the My Lai massacre, it freshly occured to me that the harrowing subject of My Lai actually also sheds some light on the reality of the decline in real journalism in the modern age. I would assert that you can track the decline in the
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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.
MoreWeird Stuff
Amid all the recent provocation and manuevering concerning Russia, Ukraine
Everyone will have noticed the sudden explosion of new Michael
Right now, some over-excitable people are fretting or evangelizing about
And yes, some people genuinely think an alien invasion is
As ominous ‘black rain’ was falling over Tehran, the US/Israeli
Film
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
‘Yes’… is the short answer. I wouldn’t have bothered writing
There is an art to the theatrical poster for a
Whilst the Star Trek franchise is generally as mainstream as
On the 10th anniversary since the sad passing of Christopher
Comics
Music
Twenty years ago, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were in
I don’t usually do these kinds of subjects, for various
December marked 20 years since the release of Pearl Jam’s
I wanted to make sure I put up something –
“The song is about a person who’s beyond depressed; they’re