On December 5 – Venezuela: follow-through or dial-down? – I provided in single paragraph summaries the arguments for and against the likelihood of American piracy in the Caribbean escalating into full-on war to effect regime change in Caracas. I concluded … Read More »
Given the plethora of information now available to anyone taking a little effort, and possessed of the capacity to join the dots and reflect on that information, it is unacceptably naive – yet for reasons beyond my scope here dismally … Read More »
An opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post yesterday: December 21, 2025. Bondi massacre was not about free speech – it’s the cost of normalizing antisemitism It’s written by one Sharon Pardo, who begins: The Hanukkah attack in Sydney was a terrorist … Read More »
Screengrab: Novara Media on fake, AI generated podcasts * For several weeks I’ve been aware of fake videos purporting to be talking head podcasts from pundits who, while I have my differences with them, get my respect as useful contributors … Read More »
Says the Mail yesterday: Police have made their first arrests after two people allegedly shouted chants involving ‘calls for intifada’ amid a crackdown after the Bondi Beach shooting. Five people were taken into custody yesterday at a pro-Palestinian demonstration held … Read More »
Unless you’re one of them there coincidence theorists, you might suspect co-ordinated effort to capitalise on Bondi Beach to delegitimise protest at Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people. Several of my posts – here and here and here and here – since Sunday have in different ways warned of precisely that. … Read More »
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Guardian, December 15 2025 * David Rich is director of policy at a Community Security Trust described three days ago by the Guardian, apropos the Primal Scream brouhaha, as “offer[ing] security, advice and training to protect British Jews”. In an opinion … Read More »
Before I get to Owen’s magisterial twenty-five minute take, let me summarise the five point response I gave yesterday, just minutes after learning of the Hanukkah murders. One, it’s a terrorist atrocity. Two, so is the Gaza genocide whose daily … Read More »
Guardian, December 14 2025 * I only learned of this minutes ago. Initial thoughts: It’s a terrorist atrocity. So, on a vastly more industrial scale, is the Gaza genocide whose daily war crimes must massively exceed a dozen slain to … Read More »