January 2017 -

January 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LET’S NOT OFFEND PREGNANT BLOKES – The idiocy of the day comes courtesy of the British Medical Association which in its internal document, “A guide to effective communication: inclusive language …

Politics

January 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

VIRTUE SIGNALLING FROM THE RIGHT – Trump’s executive order restricting entry to the US for certain categories of people strikes me as another example – this time from the right …

Politics

January 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

POLE LETS RIP – This is absolutely glorious – actor Shia LaBeouf (which sounds like a title of a French comedy about the Middle East) has set up an “art …

Politics

Mr Mayor, tear down this analogy

January 29, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Mayor of Berlin joins the fray: Walls are really having a rough time at the moment. It’s like it’s perfectly OK to have a fence around your house and …

Culture / Life

Dancing on Jewish graves

January 29, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

This is brilliant – though a sad sign of the times that it needs to be done: What is wrong with these people? Selfies in a holocaust memorial? pic.twitter.com/jMjkbc7AH6 — …

Politics

January 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PUT TARIFFS ON SHARIA – This is getting rather tiresome: The study of 900 migrants, by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, found 40 percent of migrants thought their religion always took precedence …

Politics

January 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IF YOU LIKE YOUR WALL, YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR WALL – I’m not opposed to the concept of a wall. As I wrote before, I believe both a wall …

Politics

Women’s March in 10 iconic images

January 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I’m a big fan of protests. Or to be more precise, I’m a big fan of the right to (peacefully) protest. I remember being about ten and watching from the …

Life / Politics

I was a teenage invader

January 26, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I have a confession to make: I’m one of the invaders. My ancestors did not come to these shores with the First, the Second, or even the Fifty-Second Fleet. In …

Life / Politics

The first rule of Whine Club is…

January 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The first rule of Whine Club is: you constantly talk about Whine Club. You talk about it, you Facebook it, tweet it, Snapchat it, YouTube it, write about it, email …

Politics

January 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

CAN’T HANDLER RIGHT-WING WOMEN – “Comedienne” Chelsea Handler continues to have a go at the First Lady Melania Trump over her accent and language abilities: Chelsea Handler took a swipe …

Politics

January 24, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

INSTAPUNDIT NAILS IT – As always, the good Professor Reynolds is spot on: One of the most striking things about Donald Trump’s accession to the presidency has been the over-the-top …

Politics

Resistance is compulsory

January 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Yes, it was clickbait, and yes it worked – “Taylor Swift faces backlash over Women’s March”. What could she have possibly said? That it’s all well but it’s not going …

Lifestyle / Photography / Travel

I’ve got 21 beaches but the Gold Coast ain’t one

January 23, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Another international ranking, another slap in the face of Queensland (“beautiful one day, perfect the next”). My local pride does not allow me to take it lying down on the …

Politics

For all the prezes I loved before

January 21, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The President is gone, long live the President. The past eight years is history – a bad history – and the next four or eight years is uncertainty – a …

Culture / Politics

Right thinks Left wrong, Left thinks Right evil: the Inauguration edition

January 19, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As my regular readers would know, one of my favourite dictums about politics is the oldie but a goodie that the right thinks the left is wrong, but the left …

Politics

January 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

JUST LIKE THE COLD WAR, ONLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND – According to the latest Pew polling, Democrats and Republicans find themselves in a switcheroo on Russia: It’s good to …

Culture / Politics

January 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ZOMBIES AND CAPITALISM – Answering the questions you would have asked if you knew there was a question to be asked: why are the stars of “The Walking Dead” getting …

Happiness / Life

“You’ve matched with STD!”, or the moral panic over dating apps

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Initially I wasn’t going to comment on this story, but this morning I saw it made it onto Drudge (Dating apps rampant promiscuity; Sex with 10 people a day…), and …

Politics

January 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SWANNING AROUND THE UN – In an Australian fairy-tale of the past few decades, he was an ugly duckling from Queensland who turned into a giant turkey in Canberra. And …