America

The Morgenthau Plan

19th December 2019 well_chuffed 0

The idea for this came from some bar steward who read a comment I had made, imagine that , people reading the comments, perfidy I tell you. Anyway it seems the Morgenthau Plan may not [more…]

President Donald Trump Rally – Hershey, Pennsylvania

10th December 2019 Swiss Bob 0

Start time midnight. Featured image: Gage Skidmore – Licence CC BY-SA 2.0

President Donald Trump Rally – Sunrise, Florida

26th November 2019 Going Postal 0

Start time midnight. Featured image: Gage Skidmore – Licence CC BY-SA 2.0

In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, as the old jingle reminds us, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. But at the very moment that Columbus first set foot on that bright, sunlit isle in the Antilles there [more…]

When Popes Took Coke

19th November 2019 Tachybaptus 0

The rise and fall of coca wine Coca leaves have been used as a stimulant in South America for over a thousand years, especially in the Andes to overcome the fatigue of living and working [more…]

Bashar al-Assad’s Journey

6th November 2019 well_chuffed 0

As we stand on the cusp of the Syrians and Turks continuing diplomacy by other means it may be an opportune time to have a quick look at Bashar al-Assad. The son of the former [more…]

Queerness, Civilization and its Discontents

1st November 2019 honey the monster 0

Foreward: I’m cross posting this in a couple of places. It’s bound to be a dramatically unpopular piece wherever I post it, but I’m providing it in hopes to stir thought on the subject, if [more…]

Jeri Ryan and Barack Obama

23rd October 2019 well_chuffed 0

Jeri Ryan, or you may know her better as Seven of Nine from Star Trek Voyager, and Bathhouse Barry you say, what can they possibly have in common. Seven of Nine is fiction and Bathhouse [more…]