Everyone’s a Nazi – except you
One of the few out-of-the-closet entertainment industry conservatives, comedian Tim Allen, a few days ago on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” invoked fascism to describe the plight […]
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Blessed are those who don’t give a s*** for they shall inherit the Earth
On the pages of The Sydney Morning Herald (of course), an ANU climate scientist (of course), Sophie Lewis, agonises whether or not it is right […]
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Beware of female trolls
The science is settled: women tend to be more polite and nicer on the internet than men. Most trolls who engage in anti-social behaviour online […]
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How to win friends and influence people, the Turkish edition
Contrary to the impression you might get from reading The Daily Chrenk, I don’t at all dislike Turkey or the Turkish people. In fact I […]
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Make them spend
For a supposedly great communicator and negotiator, Trump has great problems with English language, distracting and detracting from the political points he is trying to […]
Continue reading »‘ZOO SUES PRODUCERS FOR “TRAUMATISING” RACCOON WITH AN “EROTIC VIDEO” SHOOT’ – This is quite possibly the best headline of the week. Employees at a […]
Continue reading »PRIVATISING CRUSADES – Throughout the Middle East in particular, the last remaining Christian communities, which managed to survive there for almost two thousand years, are […]
Continue reading »NO FINGER IN THE DYKE – The current Dutch Prime Minister’s centre-right People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy will continue as the biggest party in […]
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Get your government out of my engagement
If you visited this planet as a guest from outer space and quickly scanned Australian media and social media, you would probably get the idea […]
Continue reading »TURKEY SLAPS EUROPE – Unhappy that “fascist” countries like Germany, Austria and the Netherlands won’t let him whip up the expat Turk enthusiasm for a […]
Continue reading »TOY SOUTH AUSTRALIA, BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED – Last year, Australia’s most mendicant state has discovered it’s hard to reliably power whatever economy it has got […]
Continue reading »“HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA RELATED TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WERE USED BY PARTICIPANTS IN SEXUAL ACTS” – This, quite possibly, is the best line to ever appear […]
Continue reading »FROM THE MOUTHS OF THE PORNSTARS – You don’t need to be a fan of Trump (I’m not) to appreciate a good comeback: I’m told […]
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A voice crying in the Wildersness
As you are reading this story, the Dutch people are voting in their much-anticipated – more so by the outside world than the Dutch people […]
Continue reading »THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS – All the senior figures have passed away over the years, only the rank and file, young at the time, […]
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Looking the dead in the eye
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Death ends, not just in a physiological sense, but also metaphysically. The dead are unreal; they remain only as […]
Continue reading »ARE YOU NAUGHTY OR NICE? – The science says you’re not the best judge of that: If you give money to a homeless man or […]
Continue reading »IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SECEDE, TRY AGAIN – Scotland’s leader delivered a shock twist to Britain’s EU exit drama on Monday, announcing that she will […]
Continue reading »CONSERVATIVES IN THE CLOSET – The LA Times reports on the precarious existence of a perennially endangered specie living in one of the world’s most […]
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We are all Hitler
I never quite understood the promiscuous political enthusiasm of so many dual citizens in Australia and elsewhere. Politics in one country is usually dreadful enough; […]
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