Month: November 2016

Against secular blasphemy laws
So Donald Trump created quite a bit of a stir with this tweet suggesting flag burners should be punished with jail or revocation of their citizenship. No, don’t even try …
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The terrible truth about Santa
ABC asks all the important questions like “Should you tell your kids the ‘truth’ about Santa?” – and answers them: “Is Santa a damaging or wonderful lie? Do yourself and …
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Abdul gets stabby
Nine have been injured at Ohio State University (thankfully none life-threatening) when a perpetrator rammed his car into the crowd, jumped out and proceeded to stab people with a butcher …
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On greatness
Just finished reading Robin Harris’ “Not For Turning: The Life of Margaret Thatcher”, a fine biography from a Thatcher insider, though far from the best historical or political biography I’ve …
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The Daily Chrenk’s useful guide to translating mainstream media’s Castro obits
If, like me, you are now reading mainstream media obituaries of Fidel Castro – or Canadian PM Justin “he got his brains from his mother and his hair from his …
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The hell is ready for Fidel Castro
You know that saying “You shouldn’t speak ill of the dead”? Fuck it. Three months after his 90th birthday, the man that many call “Mr Castro”, and I call a …
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