As a non-musical lover of music I’m a sucker for those who can show me, at the technical level of their construction, how the songs that move me actually work. And I’ve as big an appetite as the next guy … Read More »
Two days ago, on August 14, Simplicius the Thinker, clearly a fellow addict of the BBC’s Line of Duty drama series, posted one of his frequent “SitReps” under the header, Zelensky Doubles Down as Front Collapses. In the main it’s … Read More »
Many of us ask ourselves, “what would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow south? Or apartheid? what would i do if my country was committing genocide?” Well the answer is, you’re doing it. Right … Read More »
In the UK, Islamophobia is so bipartisan, so normalised, that BBC reporters refer to anti-Muslim pogromists as ‘pro-British protesters’ Middle East Eye yesterday, August 13, cited by Jonathan Cook I’ve a confession to make and, no, I’m not being tongue … Read More »
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 »