Have you illegally invaded another country and waged war? Do you stand convicted of war crimes? Is there an outstanding warrant for your arrest? Or are you just an entrepreneur looking for development opportunities in a post-genocide landscape?
“Venezuela’s struggle is Israel’s struggle…” Guess who said that? It sounds like something Netanyahu would say. But no, it wasn’t him. While Western media and political response to the US action in Venezuela has been mixed, one thing has
The killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by ICE agents could be a turning
The protests in Tehran have been somewhat overshadowed by what the US just did in
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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 friend of mine reached out to me on Christmas Eve, in dire need. I’ve known her primarily through her online blogging
So, a few things I’m lumping together here. But all around the theme of Christmastime. In truth it has all become a
So, a quick follow on from the post on the Bondi beach terror attack. The previous post was more focused on the
On October 19th 2011, a convoy of cars left the city of Sirte, carrying Libya’s beleaguered figurehead Muammar Gaddafi. On October 21st, an American/CIA drone (being operated from Las Vegas) spots the convoy and alerts NATO bombers, which immediately begin bombing the vehicles.
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You might’ve heard announcements this week that the mysterious Shroud of Turin has apparently been successfully dated to the time of Jesus. After decades of claims and counter-claims, this latest claim – which purports to be decisive, but will probably be contested further – seems to suggest the legendary cloth
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The Lockerbie bombing in 1988 was perhaps the 9/11 of its time: and today marks 30 years since it happened. While it didn’t result in the kind of phony Global ‘War on Terror’ that was conducted after 9/11, it did give the US and Britain the platform for beginning a
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Everyone will have noticed the sudden explosion of new Michael
People’s stupidity genuinely baffles me sometimes. Well, it’s either stupidity
Jerusalem is regarded as an international city, under a world
‘The world is a stage’, the saying goes. Lately, I’ve
You know, sometimes you start out with a simple question.
Film
Leaving Neverland is a very difficult thing to react to.
The recent War of the Worlds movie was a total
A diary kept by the late actor Heath Ledger while he
The X-Men film franchise in general has been a mixed
On the 10th anniversary since the sad passing of Christopher
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Music
Considered the ‘darkest album in the history’ of music, and
Very little that could be deemed exciting seems to happen
Soundgarden has just been inducted into the Rock n’ Roll
Yep, another of those ’20 year anniversary’ posts that I’ve
“You mean like a funeral?” the producer of Nirvana’s MTV