Three quick reads; natural follow ups to my post yesterday on Trump’s ‘beautiful armada’ and WW3. First there’s Caitlin Johnstone, punchy as ever, writing today: Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran It is not okay to be a grown adult … Read More »
Business tip for the tangerine narcissist. When you urge another party to “make a deal or else”, two simple steps increase the likelihood of success. One, try not to have form on pretending to negotiate while preparing a lethal strike. … Read More »
On Thursday I’ll join protestors in Farnborough, UK, where an arms fair – let that cuddly phrase sink in a moment: an arms fair … – will open to showcase to buyers around the globe the current state of the … Read More »
BTL comment on the Kernow Damo podcast featured below * Yesterday I welcomed – “with all due tepidity” – a Guardian piece earlier in the week by Owen Jones on the violence in Iran; the welcome bit for its opening sentence: “What … Read More »
Guardian, January 13 2026 * I read two pieces yesterday by men of whom I have decidedly mixed feelings. One being Owen Jones, writing in the Guardian on the attempted and I hope abortive ‘colour revolution’ in Iran. On this … Read More »
Today I bring four third-party pieces, all short, but I start with a correction. In my post five days ago, on the prima facie murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, I got two details wrong; one of them critical. … Read More »
I’m kicking myself. In my rushed post two days ago, the first of two on the subject, I gave three reasons why I will not cheer for regime change in Iran: Our politicians and corrupt media have every interest in … Read More »
The Guardian, January 12 2026 When you overthrow a government you leave a power vacuum, and somebody’s going to step into it. There is no clear movement, faction, or successor in Iran strong enough to secure power against whichever group … Read More »
I’ve got to a point where the reasoning of liberals has begun to sicken me. (Others hit that point years ago and have taken me to task for my foot-dragging on this score.) Whomsoever the most powerful narrative managers on … Read More »
The document attempts to make the argument that in the two months leading up to the Bondi attack there was an epidemic of antisemitic “hate speech” online, absurdly insinuating that those of us who were criticizing Israel and its abuses … Read More »