Here’s another blistering sermon from the pen of the Presbyterian minister and Pulitzer prize winner, Chris Hedges. In my previous post, Washington cuckoos its allies, I wrote: In the case of the aggression on Iran, my efforts are focused less … Read More »
Cuckooing is when criminals take over someone’s home to use for dealing drugs, storing weapons, sex work or other illegal activities. They target vulnerable people: someone with a drug or alcohol problem, money troubles, a mental health issue or disability, … Read More »
I guess I like inserting the word ‘stupid’ in post titles. Here’s my reply to a comment by Anne on that of April 14, Blockade: US empire is evil, not stupid! For brevity I’ve omitted her comment, while retaining in block … Read More »
That I despise Trump and all he stands for no more means I prefer his predecessors … … than the fact that I despise the venal warmonger who ran against him in 2016 … … meant I preferred Trump. Either … Read More »
In response to my post of March 21 – Why are America’s rulers allowing this? – American writer and scholar Ed Curtin emailed to say: Trump is not an anomaly except with his mouth, which is planned. He is carrying … Read More »
I know the feeling, Dr Shola. Unlike Tucker I do “hate Israel” just as I hated that other apartheid ethno-settler colony, South Africa. Unlike Tucker I don’t believe in the last analysis that Israel, under Bibi or any other leader, … Read More »
In the Guardian two days ago, Peter Beaumont asked why Israel is raining terror on Lebanon. What was the point of Israel’s surprise mass strikes on Lebanon that killed more than 300 people and drew widespread international condemnation? Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other … Read More »
Guardian, April 8 2026 * So, Persian civilisation won’t be ending quite yet. I’m featuring four reactions – with a fifth likely later today – to this morning’s news. Having had no time to gather my own thoughts, I add … Read More »
Easter Monday. By now you, me and the cat next door have heard what POTUS No. 47 saw fit to post yesterday on his laughably named Truth Social. For her part former Trumpian stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene – “Christian, Mother, … Read More »