August 20 2024 – “Hotties for Harris” pose at the DNC in Chicago An Orwellian disconnect haunts the 2024 Democratic National Convention. In the isolation of the convention hall, shielded from the outside world behind thousands of armed police, few of … Read More »
“I’m not a foreign agent but a journalist. What the US government did yesterday was a frontal assault on a free press. That the Russian government and I have coinciding views on critical issues of the day might reflect that … Read More »
Yesterday I featured the response of Caitlin Johnstone to the rapturous welcome given the day before – Wednesday, July 24 – by both Houses of Congress to Israel’s criminal prime minister, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. Criminal? What else should we call … Read More »
Yesterday, July 24, Benjamin Netanyahu addressed both houses of Congress in Washington. Here’s the response of Australian blogger, Caitlin Johnstone. Netanyahu’s Speech Was As American As It Gets You couldn’t ask for a better example of everything Washington stands for than … Read More »
It’s been a long time since I wrote about Syria (samples here and here) and longer still since I cited one of the few Western journalists to document the dirty war on that country on the basis of frequent visits. … Read More »
I have my differences with Alex Christoforou and Alexander Mercouris. As I said in yesterday’s post, “I find them a tad soft on Trump [but] even that’s a welcome change from the absurdities of pro Democrat media both sides of … Read More »
I took a week out to go fishing – or would have if I hadn’t quit fishing decades ago. These days vanning and camping does it for me. On my first morning, Sunday last, I awoke by the lovely Stour … Read More »
Don’t be fooled by the title, “Russia is DESTROYING Ukraine’s Army”. It’s misleading. And not because Russia isn’t doing precisely that but because this video is about something else. Don’t be fooled either by Scott Ritter’s folksy manner. In just … Read More »
Bolivia’s President Luis Arce with General Juan Jose Zúñiga on the Day of the Army, December 2022. ON TUESDAY Bolivia’s President Luis Arce fired General Zúñiga for threatening to detain former President Evo Morales should he seek another term in … Read More »
Are the stewards steering the imperial ship beginning to panic? Take the three hottest arenas of global tension. On Russia’s southwest border the US proxy war is not going at all to plan. That Ukraine is losing does not greatly … Read More »