Dear Jong
North Korean parliamentarians (I’ll give you a moment to chuckle at that concept), or more precisely, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s […]
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HOLIDAYS IN PYONGYANG – Where do I not sign? North Korea has opened its doors to Russian tourists, issuing a license for the first travel […]
Continue reading »KIM JONG KARDASHIAN FOLDS, FOR NOW – I guess Guam can go back to worrying about climate change: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has […]
Continue reading »GUAM VERSUS CLIMATE CHANGE – A pretty silly, but inevitable, tweet from The New York Times: What’s a greater threat to Guam? North Korea, or […]
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Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining
Everything old is new again. Thanks to Kim (Jong Un, not Kardashian for a change), the millennials can now experience what it is like to […]
Continue reading »MORAL EQUIVALENCE RIDES AGAIN – Party like the Communist Party is still around, get hot under the collar as if it’s still the Cold War. […]
Continue reading »CHINA DENIES THE RIGHT TO BEAR’S ARMS – My favourite children’s character falls foul of China’s police state: Oh, bother. Winnie the Pooh has been […]
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Holidays in hell
The death of Otto Warmbier six days after the North Korean authorities have released his near-comatose body to his parents demonstrates once again the salutary […]
Continue reading »JUST A REMINDER… – It’s not just Manchester. If you follow the news, you would of course be familiar with these outrages, but just to […]
Continue reading »VIRGIN ON THE RIDICULOUS(LY EXPENSIVE) – If there were no buyers, there would be no sellers, but nevertheless stories like this make me feel quite […]
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Let God kill them all AND sort them out
Some very concerning news from our neighbour up north, where the outgoing governor of Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, was sentenced to […]
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North Korea versus Northern Territory
As the northernmost capital city of Australia, Darwin has had its share of bad luck, from the Japanese bombing in 1942, through Cyclone Tracy in […]
Continue reading »EVERY WHICH WAY IS KIM – “The Guardian” continues its No Childish Op-ed Left Behind editorial policy with the publication of the following gem […]
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How China censors your movies
Remember the outrage late last year about Matt Damon playing the lead role in “The Great Wall”? The movie’s trailer sparked criticism in the US […]
Continue reading »NORTH KOREA – IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? – Words of wisdom from a former British Olympic rower: .@jamescracknell says North Korea is one […]
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Who’s your mummy? Who’s your daddy? World leaders and their missile envy
Feminists are right; there is something phallic about bombs and missiles, and something very guy-esque about the fascination with their, ahem, size, penetration ability, and explosive […]
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Happy Easter War everyone!
That disturbing sound you’re hearing is alt-right, populists and isolationists crying themselves to sleep. How’s that whole Trump thing going? So far he seems to […]
Continue reading »PYONGYANG, 100,000,000° CELSIUS, MUSHROOM CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF FALLOUT SHOWERS – L’il Kim is getting crazier and the peninsula is getting hotter by the minute. […]
Continue reading »FINE YOUNG CANNIBAL – Everyone’s favourite Islam populariser Reza Aslan goes where CNN has not gone before: Religious scholar and television host Reza Aslan is […]
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House of War, House of Peace
The Islamic theology divides the world into two parts: Dar al Islam and Dar al Harb, or the House of Islam and the House of […]
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