Four days ago, in Georgia on my mind, I referred to the talented but indefatigably absurd Julie Burchill as “morally insane”. A pugnacious Zionist and wannabe Jew, she defends Israel not by the denialism most Western apologists resort to, but … Read More »
Believe me, I get how frustrating the selective stupidity of brainwashed humanity can be for we who see that we are ruled by criminals, lied to by our media on stuff that matters, and led down the garden path by … Read More »
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The Guardian yesterday, August 26 * If you’re wondering why on earth Iran would want to direct antisemitic attacks on synagogues down under – or whatever term is used for the antipodes in Western Asia – you’re not the only … Read More »
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London last month A state whose economy is tanking while its leader prefers to strut the world stage, eyes fixed on (and $billions poured into) Project Ukraine as living standards plummet for his own citizens? … Read More »
* I urge a read of yesterday’s post, on Israel’s indefatigable capacity for bare-faced mendacity, by Caitlin Johnstone. Always delivering punchy but cogent reads, she has the literary adroitness of a Julie Burchill but without the moral insanity. I was … Read More »
Yesterday in the first twenty-five of seventy minutes with an interviewer unnamed and unknown to me, John Mearsheimer demonstrated both the astuteness and gravitas which keep me tuning in, and the limits to the “Offensive Realism” school of which the … Read More »
I start with Owen Jones. In ten minutes he moves from the disastrous findings for Keir Starmer and his Labour Government of last week’s Ipsos, YouGov and other pollsters, to the unnamed new party of Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana. … Read More »
Terrorism in red paint? Palestine Action leaves a calling card at RAF Brize Norton Last Sunday, August 17, while I strolled the shores of Derwentwater, UK home secretary Yvette Cooper took to The Observer with an opinion piece. Here it … Read More »