Authoritarianism
Are we the new Nazis?
I used to wallow, absolutely wallow, in self righteousness. The reason was simple. There was no chance we could ever sink so low as to be like those dreadful Nazis were. We, as a nation, [more…]
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Politics
Arts
A snapshot of the Grauniad
A quick(ish) perusal of the Grauniad headlines on the 22nd November. It is eclectic. No 10 says it would arrest Netanyahu, Poland says there is a real risk of escalating war turning Global Gatwick Airport [more…]
Human Interest
A Celebration of Perversion
The two biggest influences in this 2024 Presidential Election have, in my mind, been Elon Musk buying twitter and the arrest of P Diddy, aka Sean Combs. Oh there was also the campaigning style of [more…]
20th Century
Whittaker Chambers, Part Three
In 1938 Whittaker Chambers defected. Well they call it defected but he was an American in the USA who worked for the NKVD but saw the light and severed relations with the Soviets. Defection is [more…]
America
Faithless Electors
Most of this article comes from Stickypedia though I did a fair bit of cross checking. We have just witnessed a US Presidential election and it was all about Electoral College votes. 539 are up [more…]
Authoritarianism
Keith extracts the yellow liquid
Dishonesty runs deep in this gummint. Keith is your classic bully and a coward and may even be an android so devoid of human characteristics is he. They are all liars but that is only [more…]
America
The Blame Game
Now that it is (almost) all done and dusted the aftermath of the American Elections can begin and begin it certainly has. While the Republicans and especially the Donald are basking in glory the Democrats [more…]
18th Century
Reparations for Slavery
Free Gear Kier has said reparations are off the table only to find that the Commonwealth leaders have put it firmly on his table. The prediction has to be that this weakling will cave in [more…]