Thomas Sowell: The gun control farce
Professor Sowell wrote this article in 2016. Little has changed since then, except that I doubt that today’s Associated Press would dare publish it. Surely murder is a serious subject, which ought to...
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“The media could not be played”, and that frightens me even more
The video embedded in this tweet from Laurence Fox apparently shows someone being arrested for tweeting. I cannot see the video, but the top comment says, “Chap shares a post by @LozzaFox and the...
View ArticleOhh, Jeremy Corbyn
Remember this? “Glastonbury 2017: ‘Ohh Jeremy Corbyn’ chant sweeps festival as revellers get political” Last year, it was the universal disdain for the Brexit vote, myself waking up to megaphones...
View ArticleSalman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York, condition unknown
“What’s on your mind?” asks the WordPress dashboard at the top of the little box where you put your content. This. This is on my mind. Salman Rushdie getting stabbed. Back in the 1990s I bought a copy...
View ArticleCan you see the parallels between Saigon and Kabul now, Mr President?
Reporter #1: “Is the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan now inevitable?” President Biden: “No. It is not. Because you have the Afghan troops have 300,000 – well-equipped- as well equipped as any army in...
View ArticleDiscussion point: the car bomb that killed Darya Dugina
On 20th August 2022 a car bomb near Moscow killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of the Russian ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin, who was probably the intended target. I am away from home at the moment...
View ArticleThe riding list
All twelve of the firefighters who were working in my husband’s firehouse died on 9/11. The “riding list,” handwritten in chalk, listing all the men who were on duty that day, still hangs on the...
View Article“We don’t have to feel like prey”
Fair play to the Guardian for running (sorry) this article, which will have gone against the preconceptions of many of its readers: ‘We don’t have to feel like prey’: the female joggers running with...
View ArticleDiscussion point: what do you think of the apparent sabotage of Nord Stream 1...
On February 7th, Joe Biden said, “If Russia invades…then there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.” Today the Guardian reports: “Fears of sabotage as gas pours into Baltic...
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Let’s make all crimes legal over Christmas
Remember this movie? One night a year, all crime is legal. THE PURGE Survive the night. According to Wikipedia, The Purge posits that ‘In 2014, a political party called the “New Founding Fathers of...
View ArticleNo, this is not genocide.
I was depressed to see Ros Kaveney tweeting this: I've sometimes been accused of being a psychopath and a liar for accusing GCs and their fascist allies of promoting genocide of trans people. The...
View ArticleA helpful Finnish instructional video from 1979
Dear all, As we wind down for Christmas, it is important to ensure that we keep ourselves safe, and I have found this wonderful but short instructional video, purportedly from Finland c. 1979,...
View ArticleSwatted by Siri
“How a personal trainer’s smart watch caused 15 armed police officers to turn up to his Sydney gym while he was teaching a client” – Daily Mail. Apparently, Jaime Alleyne, who is a a Muay Thai and...
View ArticleThis brings a whole new meaning to “brigading” on social media
What is the 77th Brigade for? According to its own website, the mission of this unit of the British Army is to CHALLENGE THE DIFFICULTIES OF MODERN WARFARE. Despite the capital letters I do not feel...
View ArticleThe British Government is going to hijack your phone…
We are now forewarned that the British government has chosen St. George’s Day, 23rd April 2023, to trial a new ‘alert’ system by sending alerts to the phones of everyone in the UK. It seems that you...
View ArticleDiscussion point: Jack Teixeira
I don’t know where to start. How much will the leaked information help the Russians and harm the Ukrainians? How much of it was not already common knowledge? How did Teixeira come to have access to...
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