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February 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NOTHING TO DO WITH MARX – Judging by this NPR interview with the director Raoul Peck, “Young Karl Marx” (just like “Young Frankenstein” but not funny) is going to be …

Politics

February 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TRY THE NEW MIRACLE CARACAS DIET! – Venezuelans reported losing on average 11 kilograms (24 lbs) in body weight last year and almost 90 percent now live in poverty, according …

Politics

February 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NUCLEAR WINTER OLYMPICS, CONT. – You too would be cheering your heart out and playing to win: It’s from “The Sun” but it’s true. Indulging dictators in international forums is …

Politics

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

CZECH MATE – The spy who came from Islington North: Jeremy Corbyn was a paid informant of the Czech secret police at the height of the Cold War, a former …

Politics

February 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

AUSTRALIA WINS GOLD AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS – Not with any competitor; with a Kim-lookalike: #EXCLUSIVE: Kochie & Sam chat with the Kim Jong Un lookalike who’s been trolling the …

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February 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NUCLEAR WINTER GAMES, CONT. – The American media wins gold for fawning over a totalitarian nightmare (thanks to the wonderful T Becket Adams who trawled through the sewage to come up …

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February 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NUCLEAR WINTER OLYMPICS – CNN hearts She-Kim: Kim Jong Un's sister is stealing the show at the Winter Olympics https://t.co/ian9ZiurVm pic.twitter.com/fBXuFEyXAj — CNN International (@cnni) February 10, 2018 If “diplomatic …

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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 …

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Talking straight about shithole countries

January 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Trump is in trouble for using unpresidential and undiplomatic but very Trumpian language: President Trump on Thursday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti …

Politics

January 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DISPLEASING TSAR VALDIMIR – In the post-Soviet Russia, it’s not the leaders whose sanity is questioned, but those who question the leaders: A Russian historian whose exposure of Soviet leader …

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Anti-FaComIS

January 7, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Yesterday, on my morning walk through my quiet and semi-leafy neighbourhood of Wooloowin, in the outer inner north of Brisbane, Australia, I was confronted by an unexpected sight. Overnight, someone …

Politics

January 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FIFTY SHADES OF KIM – Good news from North Korea: The light-grey suit and matching tie that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un donned for his New Year’s address was likely …

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 …

Politics

December 29, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GUARDIAN’S “UTOPIAN THINKING” – Abi wants your money: Step 1: Work your whole life, with the government taking a large proportion of your earnings and spending most of it to fund welfare and other …

Culture / Politics

Star Wars has always been a leftie fantasy

December 19, 2017December 20, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The latest of the Disney “Star Wars” franchise is out, and it’s already dividing the audiences – and not just on its artistic and storytelling merits. Scanning the media commentary, …

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December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ALWAYS OUR FAULT – Sometimes, according to “The New York Times”, hunger just mysteriously happens, like an act of God, in Venezuela, for example. Other times, hunger happens and it’s …

Politics

December 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SOCIALISM. NOT EVEN ONCE – A harrowing photo essay and news story from Venezuela, once the richest country in South America: “Sometimes they die in your arms just from dehydration.” …

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December 7, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FIFTY YEARS MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE – Pew Research Centre asked 43,000 people in 38 countries: The biggest “better” – the country which is slowly extricating itself from communism. The …

Politics

December 4, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

KOW-TOWING TO CHINA’S MASTERS OF THE INTERNET – Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made his first appearance at China’s World Internet Conference, using the surprise keynote to call …

Politics

December 4, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SOCIALISTS, BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS – One simple graph that explains everything for “all the idiots out there with no idea what socialism is”, like myself, I guess: Left-wing capitalism …