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May 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SPOONING, SWEDISH-STYLE – Sweden invents yet another clever use for a trusty old spoon: A Swedish city is advising girls who fear being taken abroad for forced marriage or female …

Happiness / Life

May 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FOR WHOM THE TINDER TOLLS – It’s not as bad as you all think, and I know I’ve played my part in sullying its reputation (albeit not for a while …

Politics

Are Thomas and Winnie safe?

May 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

After a social media storm, Melbourne City Council is assuring parents that it does not plan to ban from its libraries children’s classics like “Thomas the Tank Engine” and “Winnie …

Politics

May 21, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THERE IS NO FAKE NEWS LIKE POLISH FAKE NEWS – Some in the Western mainstream “legacy” media no doubt reason in those terms but no one has yet dared to …

Politics

May 21, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“AN ELITIST SHIT DEN OF HATE” – No, not a review of The Daily Chrenk: A debate in Palo Alto over permits, traffic, and safety turned into frenzy of internet …

Politics

May 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

AIDING PALESTINE – Priorities: The Palestinian Authority is now using half of its foreign aid to reward terrorism. The new PA budget boosts support to terrorists in prison by 13 …

Politics

Happy Ramadan from the Greens

May 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Australian Greens like to troll the conservatives around the time of religious holidays. It’s all good and harmless fun, you know. Cheer up, Tories; we live in a secular …

Politics

May 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DEEP ROOTS – In case you were wondering, Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of Koran: Muslims arrived in America as early as the 17th Century. pic.twitter.com/4rn3vLNSM6 — Al Jazeera English …

Life / Politics

Shooting epidemics and other deadly memes

May 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Another day, another school shooting in the US – though contrary to CNN, it wasn’t the 23rd this year, unless you count, as CNN does, events like robbery attempts outside …

Happiness / Life / Politics

May 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ROYAL WEDDING – Best wishes to Prince Harry and Angela Merkel on their royal wedding from everyone at The Daily Chrenk (i.e. me)

Politics

May 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

CANADIAN GRIEVANCE OLYMPICS: TRANS VS MUSLIM – Who will win? In one corner: The owner of a local waxing spa is mounting a public campaign to clear the name of …

Happiness / Life

May 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GO AND MARRY YOURSELF – People can do whatever they want with their money and their dignity, but it strikes me as sad: An Italian woman has married herself in …

Politics

May 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE HAMAS AUCTION – Two days ago, Hamas officially published a list of ten of the “peaceful protesters” killed by Israel at the border with Gaza: Hamas says 10 of …

Politics

May 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LIGHTS DON’T LIE – Lies, damned lies, statistics, and authoritarian statistics: China, Russia and other authoritarian countries inflate their official GDP figures by anywhere from 15 to 30 percent in …

Life

May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ANGELS HAVE VERY SMALL HEADS – Are photos taken by a motion sensor-activated camera in East Jordan, Michigan, of an angel, a moth, an illusion – or maybe the Mothman? You …

Politics

May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ALT RIGHT HEARTS CTRL LEFT – United by anti-Semitism… sorry, anti-Zionism: If you didn’t know, Mike Cernovich is an alt-right social media luminary and Jill Stein is the former Greens …

Politics

May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HEALTH WARNING – DO NOT TRY TO BREACH A HEAVILY DEFENDED BORDER – Another day, another protest on the border between Gaza and Israel, except this time at least 50 …

Politics

May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHEN A DOWNER IS A GOOD NEWS – One of the perennial complaints is that we need more women in politics, particularly on the centre-right of politics. We certainly need …

Politics

May 14, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TEACHING AMERICA ABOUT LGBTQ – What can it indeed? One thing that Iran can teach America about the fight for LGBTQ rights is that it’s hard to fight for LGBTQ …

Politics

May 14, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A PLAGUE UPON BOTH HOUSES – Jared and Ivanka are in Jerusalem for the opening of the new American embassy. Jared and Ivanka also received a blessing from Sephardic Chief …