Rescue workers remove bagged body parts after Israel’s August 10 mass murder at Al-Taba’een school I don’t as a rule do censorship but one image that came my way yesterday had me reaching for the steel city blue pencil. It showed … Read More »
The man who saved the world: Soviet Lieutenant-Colonel Stanislav Petrov That we have not yet destroyed the world with nuclear weapons is a miracle of good luck that cannot last forever. On at least twenty occasions we have nearly had … 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 »
I visit Facebook maybe thrice a decade but yesterday a link took me to this, posted two months ago. Disregarding the fact no source is given for its figures, does anything strike you as weirdly awry here? Gob-smackingly specious, even? … Read More »
I daren’t read the article of course. I know its author of old and his secondary arguments will be awash with false premises and weak opinions strongly held. I doubt my ability to resist the urge to do as … Read More »
Roll over, Nick Park! Here’s the Mail Online yesterday: Other British media ran with the same. If you’re not bored already, click on the screenshots to see how each covered it. Heartwarming to see such foul racism garnering the righteous … 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 »
Incredibly disappointing to see the Labour government fail in its primary responsibility to lift children out of poverty. The idea that we cannot afford to do so is ludicrous. Scrapping the policy would cost £1.3 billion. A 1% tax on … 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 »