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April 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD? – This is terrible on so many different levels: I’ve spent the best part of the last fortnight urgently trying to track …

Culture / Politics

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PRODUCING POPULAR CULTURE FOR HALF THE POPULATION – So it’s only half popular. As the “Roseanne” reboot smashes TV ratings in the US (18 million viewers and all that), some …

Politics

March 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WONDER WOMAN NOT SO WONDERFUL – You’re not safe tweeting nice things about the dead because some people will think they are not nice: [Gal] Gadot, like many celebrities, paid …

Culture / Politics

March 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WARNING: OSCARS AHEAD – The night of self-congratulating nights is coming. Prepare for more “courageous political statements”, hypocrisy, and, for a change, no one thanking Harvey Weinstein. Needless to say, …

Culture / Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HEADLINES THAT ONLY MAKE SENSE IN 2018, FOR $100 – The story here. Questions the media never asked: Is TV Oversaturated with Trump-Hating Comics?

Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ACTORS PLAYING LIBERTARIANS ARE NOT LIBERTARIANS – In case this needed to be made clear to anyone: Ron Swanson is a fictional character played by a man who would hate …

Politics

February 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HAVE NO FEAR, J-LAW IS HERE – She strips, she acts, she protects: “I’m going to take the next year off,” Lawrence outlined. “I’m going to be working with this …

Politics

February 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

INTERNATIONAL IRONY ALERT – Mr De Niro goes to the Emirates: Hollywood star Robert De Niro took aim at the Trump administration’s stance on climate change, telling a packed audience …

Culture / Politics

February 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LIFE IMITATES HARRY POTTER, AGAIN – Whoopi Goldberg talking to David Axelrod: GOLDBERG: “There was a lot of fear. There is fear anyone in power abuses it. It’s scary for …

Politics

February 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF IT WORKS – According to News.com.au, Rihanna shapes Australia’s foreign aid policy: This is what star power looks like. A tweet from …

Culture / Politics

January 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

#GRAMMYSSOBLACK – No one complains and campaigns when the America’s premier music awards become completely dominated by rap and R’n’B – possibly because no one cares, SJWs love it, and …

Culture / Politics

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I’VE GOT 99 PROBLEMS BUT THAT BITCH JAY-Z AIN’T ONE – Rap star lectures about language and civility: Hip-hop legend Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter described President Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” comment as …

Politics

January 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHEN CORY HARANGUED KIRSTJEN – A male Senator spent ten minutes being angry at a female official because her recollection of a meeting (she was there) was different to the …

Culture / Politics

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SAVAGE BERNARDI – Musicians get quite touchy about their music. It is their baby after all, and who wants their baby touched by a filthy right-wing hand? Hence, Heart sends a cease-and-desist …

Politics

January 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

QUOTE OF THE DAY – Not original, I’m sure, but the ex-Democrat, fine actor, and a solid citizen James Woods continues to deliver: If every illegal alien violating the sanctity …

Politics

January 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S ALL OUR FAULT – It always is: We've got to understand that North Korea is holding onto these nuclear weapons because they think it is their only protection from …

Politics

January 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MARGARET ATWOOD IS A BAD FEMINIST AND NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED – The Canadian author live in her own Handmaid’s Tale: It seems that I am a “Bad Feminist.” I …

Culture / Politics

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

OPRAH 2020 – It’s official; 2020 will be a battle of TV hosts and the United States will get another President O – its first female, black and lesbian president: …

Culture / Politics

January 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BLACK IS THE NEW BLACK – The entertainment stars are arriving at the red carpet for the 75th Golden Globe awards, most of them wearing black in solidarity with #MeToo, …

Culture / Politics

Do They Know It’s Christmas?

December 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A lifetime ago, a charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid made the UK recording history. Released on 3 December 1984, by the last day of the …