The Mysterious Case of a Georgetown Party
As the FBI investigates the accusation that Judge Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault Christine Blasey Ford when in high school, maybe they can dig deeper into this little mystery that …
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One year on, Vegas in the dark
What goes in Vegas stays in Vegas. Monday is the first anniversary of the worst mass shooting in American history: Marquees at resorts along the Las Vegas Strip will go …
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Corbyn’s Labour chooses side
And it’s not the side of the Middle East’s only liberal democracy, which is surrounded by hundreds of millions of people who would love to see the second Holocaust happen: …
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Flakey inputs, Flakey outputs
Doesn’t that picture just look like a Renaissance painting? “The Last Temptation of Flake” by Rembrandt. Anti-Trump retiring Republican Senator Jeff Flake has brokered a compromise of sorts: U.S. Sen. …
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American Horror Story: Confirmation Hearings
Senator Lindsey Graham described today’s proceedings in the US Senate as “the most despicable thing I have ever seen in politics.” From across the pond, Piers Morgan called it “a …
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Till debt do us apart
I feel like the voice crying in the wilderness. I have been writing about government debt, both in the United States and in Australia, for a long time because I …
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Hitler versus Lennin – who will win the rematch?
This is terrible, yet funny at the same time: Hitler is trying to seize power in a small town in Peru, but he is facing fierce competition from his opponent: …
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Congratulations Poland, you’ve made it!
It’s been a rather rough three centuries for this formerly largest and one of the most powerful countries in Europe. During its golden age, Poland – or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth …
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Republicans: the more popular the more in trouble?
Two sets of numbers, seemingly contradictory: Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September’s 36%. It is the party’s …
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Not getting Uber rich
Just as I am sceptical of the social claims of tech boosters, I prefer to take my breathless futurism with a grain of salt. Yes, new technology can be disruptive, …
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Blowing up all over Iceland
Just over a year ago, I was walking in the shadow of one of Iceland’s largest and most unsettled volcanoes. Katla – kettle or cauldron in Icelandic – looms like …
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“A stupid slutty Tory bisexual who loves Brexit”
A 21-year old Conservative Councillor from Holme Valley Parish Council in West Yorkshire shows them how it’s done: A Tory councillor who fell victim to death threats and vile sexist …
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The left’s Pizzagate
I have not so far written about the absolute bloody circus into which the Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have turned out to be, partly …
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Michael Moore bombs
Anti-Trump books continue to haunt the top of the bestseller lists (most recently Bob Woodward’s “Fear”) but the movies not so much: Unless traffic picks up, Fahrenheit 11/9 is headed for …
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Undocumented, unaccounted and undercounted
You almost feel sorry for them, considering how unpopular this study will make them – this story of three Ivy League academics setting up on a quest to establish that …
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Is the internet making you miserable?
Kanye West seems to think so, at least in regards to the social media: “There are people who are committing suicide due to not getting enough likes,” Ye tweeted Saturday …
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No sexy Halloween Handmaid for you
You all know of course by now that you can’t appropriate other cultures’ artefacts, but did you know you also can’t appropriate wokeness? It turns out maybe oppression isn’t sexy …
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What do metalheads and Papuans have in common?
A lot apparently, according to an anthropologist: Heavy metal fans have evolved to communicate with each other like remote tribes in Papua New Guinea, a study by anthropologists has found. …
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Congratulations Asians, you’re now honorary Caucasians!
The other day, in the context of the dummy spit that Serena Williams has thrown while losing to a half-Japanese, half-Haitian Naomi Osaka, I joked on Facebook that in the …
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Public sector workers’ paradise
How many people are employed in Australia by all three levels of government? If you have answered “too many”, you are correct. If you have answered “almost 2 million”, you’re …
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