DUTERTE VERSUS GOD – The world is increasingly becoming a meme. And we’re in the middle of it: The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage […]
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FROM CHINA WITH LOVE – This is very disturbing: A NSW Labor MP has come under fire over an extraordinary speech promoting China which an […]
Continue reading »DON’T MERCILESSLY SMASH AMERICA ANYMORE – As I cautioned before, it’s way too early to hand out Nobel Peace Prize, but this is an interesting […]
Continue reading »EVERYONE HAS GONE FREAKING INSANE – And the insanity is bipartisan. Example 1: Self-identified Republicans now have a marginally more favorable view of Kim Jong Un than […]
Continue reading »HOW SOON BEFORE WE START RENAMING EINSTEIN INSTITUTIONS? – One of the greatest scientists of all time and an all-round humanitarian has had some nasty […]
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The Kim and Don Show
As the Good Book says, by their fruits ye shall know them. Summits mean nothing, their consequences everything. We should resist the impulse of many […]
Continue reading »THE RUSSIANS HAVE THE WAYS TO MAKE YOU SMILE – As Lil’ Kim discovers on a state visit: A Russian TV station appears to have Photoshopped […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK… – Exposed to the fresh air of New Zealand, Hillary Clinton takes a break from blaming everyone and everything for her […]
Continue reading »CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, A FARCE IN FOUR ACTS – Act 1: An American girl wears a Chinese dress to her prom. Act 2: SJW outrage ensues […]
Continue reading »THE MANCHURIAN EX-AMBASSADOR – Malcolm Farr reports on a “brutal assessment”: Our relations with China are under increasing strain and a former Australian ambassador to […]
Continue reading »NORTH KOREA, BACK TO THE FUTURE – Adjusting the clocks: North Korea will shift its time zone 30 minutes earlier to align with South Korea starting May 5 […]
Continue reading »WHO KILLED THE PROM QUEEN? – Welcome to our new woke times, when wearing a traditional Chinese dress to a prom can get you crucified […]
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Dragon energy across the 38th parallel: 7 points about the Korean summit
Some have already called it one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. While prematurely optimistic, the borrowing is quite apt, since it […]
Continue reading »GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHO’S GOOD OR NAUGHTY – Last month I wrote about the soft Orwellian system of social control that the Chinese communist government are […]
Continue reading »SELLING THE GENOCIDE – Once in a while (actually, quite often nowadays) a story pops up that makes you question whether seemingly intelligent people have […]
Continue reading »SURPRISE, SURPRISE – Item 1: The chief of US Fleet Forces Command has told US Congress that Beijing has built up enough military infrastructure in […]
Continue reading »SECRET TALKS – Shhhhhh, don’t tell anyone! Thanks, CNN.
Continue reading »ASSEMBLED IN CHINA – Your interesting longish read of the day is an extract from a new book, “China’s Great Wall of Debt” by Dinny McMahon: While […]
Continue reading »RED ON RED – OK, OK, I admit it, I am deriving a certain satisfaction from watching Clive Hamilton being accused of racism, xenophobia and […]
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