December 2017 -

Do They Know It’s Christmas?

December 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A lifetime ago, a charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid made the UK recording history. Released on 3 December 1984, by the last day of the …

Love

Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XI(a) – Farewell to 2017

December 31, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Where has the year gone? Wherever it is, swipe left on 2017, though it’s a bit too late now. In any case, good riddance. This one is dedicated to all …

Politics

December 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN – It’s too early to get excited, since the Iranian regime has got a good form on suppressing anti-mullah protests, but it’s always the time to support …

Politics

December 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY – In an outer suburb of Cairo, Helwan, Copts targeted again: At least nine people have been killed after a gunman opened fire on …

Politics

December 29, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GUARDIAN’S “UTOPIAN THINKING” – Abi wants your money: Step 1: Work your whole life, with the government taking a large proportion of your earnings and spending most of it to fund welfare and other …

Culture / Politics

December 29, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

YOU ALL KNEW, YOU EFFING HYPOCRITES – Black is the new black: The red carpet will go black at this year’s Golden Globes – and it’s not stopping with the …

Politics

December 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

37 THINGS BLACK PEOPLE RUINED IN 2017 – If you’re asking yourself a question “Is my generalisation racist?”, there’s a pretty simple test to check: substitute the group you’re generalising …

Politics

December 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TRUMP TRAIN – IT’S FINALLY REAL – In Israel: Israel wants to name a train station after Donald Trump to thank him for recognising Jerusalem as its capital, but the …

Politics

“ISIS has lost 98 per cent of its territory”

December 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The military defeat of ISIS is one of the great good news stories of 2017, something I blogged about before (“If ISIS falls in a desert, Obama is no longer …

Politics

December 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHO’S UP, WHO’S DOWN – Forecasting is not an exact science, but interesting nevertheless: The 2018 World Economic League Table, released today, projects that Australia will jump two spots to …

Politics

The Pope, the feminist, and Newsweek celebrate Christmas

December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

There is no punchline. The Pope: Pope Francis has likened the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem to the migrations of millions of people today who are forced to …

Culture / Politics

December 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SHE WILL NEVER BE ROYAL – Another one bites the dust: Lorde has cancelled a performance in Israel scheduled for next summer after appeals by pro-Palestinian activists. The New Zealand …

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Life

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Merry Christmas to all The Daily Chrenk Readers. Here we don’t judge whether you have been naughty or nice. OK, we do judge, but about other, more important things, such …

Culture / Politics

December 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FASCIST THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE – Is it because he always runs on time? The left are truly insane – take a bow, Elissa Strauss at CNN: “Parents like to …

Culture / Politics

December 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

POP MUSIC IS GLOOMY AND IT’S TRUMP’S FAULT – Kinda. “The New York Times” surveys 2017’s pop music landscape and finds it mired in gloom, doom and not-so-silent desperation: The …

Politics

December 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE WAR ON OBSESSION – The wolves are not just lone, they’re also obsessed: Victorian police are preparing to investigate up to 300 so-called “fixated persons’’ as part of a …

Politics

December 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE MOTIVE… OR AT LEAST UNTIL OCTOBER NEXT YEAR – This really is the strangest mass shooting in history: Want to finally know why Stephen Paddock …

Politics

December 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FALSE FLAG – What the media has wrought: Facebook is getting rid of its fake news red flags because they were making fabricated media reports appear more believable to its users. …

Politics

December 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHY THE UN IS A JOKE, PART 457 – In two tweets from CNN’s Jake Tapper: Citing @UNWatch, Israeli embassy says from 2012-2015, the UNGA adopted 97 resolutions criticizing countries; …

Politics

Ice Ice Baby or Ram-a-dan?

December 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Is he or isn’t he? For the first few hours after a 4WD vehicle rammed into pedestrians at the intersection of Spencer Street in Melbourne CBD, the authorities would not …