Cirque di Shariai
Perhaps rejoicing at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US forces from Afghanistan, Taliban are working hard not to become Talitubbies when the time for the next offensive comes: Taliban …
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Politics is getting nastier because we’re getting dumber
An interesting argument from a British politician and writer Dan Hannan: The fall in IQ scores in the West is perhaps the most under-reported story of our era. For most …
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#UnderageLoveWins in Germany
No age of consent? No problem: According to the German publication Die Welt, the court ruled it unconstitutional for Germany to outright ban child marriages that were lawfully conducted abroad. “In …
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Don’t throw the Kurds with the Baath water
One thing about Trump – he is consistent in his policies, or perhaps better call them political instincts. If not strictly speaking an isolationist, Trump has always believed that the …
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The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World, Part 3
Dedicated to my uncle Stanislaw from Lodz, Poland, who is the biggest fan of the series so far. Nevertheless, I hope that all of you will find something insightful and …
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Boys Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part III
As I said yesterday, here at The Daily Chrenk we are the equal opportunity mockers and judgers. It has been a while between the drinks – a year and a …
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XII
OK, OK, OK… This is a serious politics, culture and news blog; all killer no filler; no clickbait, listicles or celebrity gossip. On the other hand, those of you who …
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Am Nasty To Women International
Note: Apologies for the continuing sporadic blogging as the internet issues at The Daily Chrenk HQ sadly continue. After I came to Australia and started high school, I joined my …
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Baby It’s Woke Inside
In this week’s chronicles of outrage and offence: “Radio stations around the U.S. and Canada have dropped the 1944 Christmas tune from their lineups over lyrics including, ‘I ought to …
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Should we laugh at evil?
Theodor Ardano had once famously written, “After Auschwitz, no poetry”. One can understand the sentiment even today. But there is poetry. And there is comedy. But not about Auschwitz, of …
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Radioactive mutant wolves of Chernobyl
Where would we be without tabloids to inform us about important scientific news? Scientists fear wolves living in Chernobyl’s radioactive forbidden zone may be spreading mutant genes across Europe. The …
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Three reasons the Liberal Party is heading for the slaughter
Try as I might I can’t imagine any possible, even unlikely, scenario where the Coalition government in Canberra manages to get returned in the widely expected May 2019 general election. To …
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“We require deep transformations of our economies and societies”, Part 3
Once you see it once, you start seeing it everywhere: New York City’s incoming socialist congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, says there will only be benefits, and no costs, to passing a …
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The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World, Part 2
I won’t lie and say that “The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World” are back by popular demand. Unlike the still often remarked upon and secretly missed “Girls …
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“We require deep transformations of our economies and societies”, Part 2
An apt follow up to my blog post yesterday about political activists using the climate change issue as an excuse and a cover to push for a radical transformation of our …
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“We require deep transformations of our economies and societies”
Earlier this year I blogged about the important distinction between supporters and activists. When we look at left-wing political, social, economic and other causes and movements we need to distinguish …
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Men are so good they even make better women
Miss Universe might soon go where no men (ahem) has gone before: Miss Universe is breaking new ground at this year’s pageant with the first transgender contestant to ever compete for …
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Let them eat carbon
I’m glad that I got the chance to walk down Avenue des Champs-Elysees from Arc de Triomphe towards Louvre when doing so did not mean getting gassed by the police …
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