
To burqini or not to burqini
After Cannes and Villeneuve-Loubet on the French Riviera, Sisco on the island of Corsica became the third municipality to ban wearing of burqini on local beaches. The ban follows on …
Read MoreAfter Cannes and Villeneuve-Loubet on the French Riviera, Sisco on the island of Corsica became the third municipality to ban wearing of burqini on local beaches. The ban follows on …
Read MoreTime for a terrible confession: I was a young communist. The only things I can put up in my defence are: I was 6 years old, and only for less …
Read MoreIn early December, Sydneysiders and Australians in general will remember the second anniversary of the deadly Lindt chocolate café siege. After a sixteen-hour stand-off, one of the eighteen hostages inside …
Read MoreBy labelling every mainstream conservative extremist, bigoted, sexist, racist, homophobic, and probably a fascist, the left has devalued these descriptions to such an extent that it’s completely unprepared to face …
Read More(I don’t know what it is about the UK, London and its new Lord Mayor Sadiq Khan that just makes me write tabloid headlines – see also my earlier post …
Read MoreThis presidential election ostensibly pits Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton. In reality, though, there are good reasons to think of the contest in terms of a choice between Trump and …
Read MoreAs everyone knows, there are a few things that bore me more than sport, and particularly reading and writing about it, but we’re talking about my backyard (literally; I think …
Read MoreThe bizarre story of the day comes courtesy of Hungary, whose right-wing government (and by right-wing I mean in European terms, i.e. nationalist, populist, with slightly authoritarian tendencies) hasn’t been …
Read MoreNinety-six years ago, the Poles saved Europe, and I bet most of you don’t even know about it. On 14-15 August 1920, newly-formed Soviet Red Army, commanded by the legendary …
Read MoreYesterday, a group of yobbos known as the Party for Freedom staged a noisy anti-Islamic protest during the Sunday mass at the Gosford Anglican Church. I wasn’t previously aware of …
Read MoreTwo stories, linked to next to each other on Drudge, recently caught my attention. The titles pretty much say it all: “He Likes Trump. She Doesn’t. Can This Marriage Be …
Read MoreDear Fidel Can I call you Fidel? We haven’t met, but I feel like I know you quite well, or at least your ilk. I’m normally more formal and respectful …
Read MoreOne day, when I’m rich and famous, I’m going to set up the Daily Chrenk Foundation to train journalists who write stories and sub-editors who write the headlines to know …
Read MoreThe adult animated comedy “Sausage Party†has hit the cinemas (or theatres, depending on where you live) this week, and is drawing fire from the Social Justice Warrior squad for …
Read MoreI might be verballing some of the people quoted in the BBC reporting, but not by much. On 24 March this year, Glasgow shopkeeper Asad Shah was brutally murdered in …
Read MoreAnyone can become a refugee. According to a United Nations Refugee Convention definition, refugee is anyone who cannot remain in their own country because of a well-founded fear of persecution …
Read MoreRevelations about the Clintons’ donations-for-favours scandal continue with a new batch of leaked emails: Hillary Clinton put the State Department up for sale, with top aides pulling strings and doing …
Read MoreOne a father of an Army hero, the other a father of a terrorist villain. The common thread – the Hillary campaign. Khizr Khan, flanked by his wife Ghazala, spoke …
Read MoreGaza – not an Islamist hellhole, after all, but a sparklingly exotic Mediterranean oasis, full of shiny happy people – at least according to this Hamas election ad. The Hamas …
Read MoreIf Donald Trump thinks the elections are rigged right now, just wait until some bright, tech-savvy spark in charge decides to introduce electronic voting. Whole cemeteries voting Democrat and fistfuls …
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