I don’t expect much from politicians, corporate tycoons, the presidents of prestigious universities, billionaire philanthropists, celebrities, royalty or oligarchs. They live in narcissistic and hedonistic bubbles that cater to their self-worship and moral depravity. But I do expect a lot … Read More »
The lawsuit itself doesn’t matter. The threat is the point. Deep of pocket, thin of skin and lacking the cognitive capacity to fight barbed humour on its own turf, the writ-happy Trumps are big on lawfare. The oval office tangerine … Read More »
For the time being I’ve said all I have to on matters Minnesota. Likewise Gaza, Ukraine and Epstein – though all are connected within the overarching context of a US oligarchy masquerading as a democracy and determined at all costs, … Read More »
A thought experiment – imagine detailed emails surfacing of a suicided blackmailer, pimp and all round pervert with ‘friends’ in the highest echelons of Western government having had close ties with – even procuring cyberweaponry for – Russia. Wouldn’t corporate … Read More »
Tomorrow, for the first time in over half a century – since Brezhnev and Nixon signed the first SALT agreement in 1972 – the brakes are completely off. Zero constraint on the expansion of nuclear superpower capacity to end life … Read More »
I still get emails from readers asking why they no longer receive alerts to steel city scribbles. My bad. Moons ago I decided to slim down my distribution list; a good idea badly implemented. I emailed all to say I’d … Read More »
Like I said early in my post the same day – Has the US empire hit zugzwang? – a shoulder injury ruled out my being at Saturday’s Palestine march in London. I know my absence was noted because on Sunday … Read More »
Nothing is isolated; everything connected. If I’ve neglected Palestine of late, that’s not all down to surging demand on my time during the most epic few weeks, on the global stage, of my life. Contrary to what many otherwise invaluable … Read More »
Yesterday I offered a short read on the idiots who, from diverse political worldviews – and with levels of enthusiasm ranging from bring it on gung-ho, through peg on nose ‘lesser evil-ism’, to pious condemnations which give slyly de facto … Read More »
Three quick reads; natural follow ups to my post yesterday on Trump’s ‘beautiful armada’ and WW3. First there’s Caitlin Johnstone, punchy as ever, writing today: Only Idiots Believe The War Propaganda About Iran It is not okay to be a grown adult … Read More »