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July 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEOPLE CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES – The same scenario unfolds with regularity: Person A does something stupid and gets rightly criticised for it, but then some idiots without self-control and self-reflection jump …

Politics

July 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

2.5 DEGREES OF GUN SEPARATION – Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the United States but also some of the highest rates of gun-related crime. Just because …

Politics

July 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“MEDIATE” MY ASS – Victorian police has sent the organisers of the Lauren Southern speaking tour a bill for $68,000 “for the use of police resources”, or, to translate it …

Politics

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY – I don’t carry any water for Lauren Southern as I’m not a big fan of social media celebrity controversialists a la Milo, whether of the alt or …

Politics

July 9, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT’S GUIDE HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ANTAGONISE PEOPLE – Poor Alan Dershowitz, he didn’t understand that the right to remain silent is really the duty to remain …

Politics

July 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ALL THE NARRATIVE THAT’S FIT TO PRINT – A 30-year old man stabs nine people, including refugees, some critically, in Boise, Idaho. Check how the media handles the story with …

Politics

July 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

JUSTICE WILLETT’S “ODD SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS” – Don Willett is on Donald Trump’s list (albeit towards the bottom) of potential candidates to replace the retiring Justice Kennedy on the Supreme …

Politics

June 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DISCRIMINATION: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY – With another day of social media outrage and counter-outrage about Sarah Sanders being refused service at a restaurant in Virginia, I …

Politics

June 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BAN THOSE ASSAULT KNIVES – There is no reason why an average person should possess a fully automatic, large-capacity magazine, assault-style knife: A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file …

Life / Politics

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MEN MUST CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOUR – A 22-year old Melbourne stand-up comedian, Eurydice Dixon, was murdered while walking home through a park from her gig one night earlier this week. …

Politics

June 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DEEP STATE IN DEEP SHIT – Honestly, Trump has got the worst enemies, as John Podhoretz observes: Trump is fortunate in his political enemies. He ran against the worst possible …

Politics

June 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SHOOTING YOUR WAY TO FAME – A few weeks ago, in the aftermath of the Santa Fe school mass shooting, I wrote about the phenomenon of mass shooting, and particularly …

Politics

May 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE SECOND GUNMAN – Having just finished watching the adaptation of Stephen King’s “11.22.63”, this is quite fascinating: Just before Christmas, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pulled up to the massive …

Politics

May 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE CASE OF TOMMY ROBINSON – Something weird is happening in the Great Britain (or country formerly known as Great Britain; you know, the birthplace of liberalism and modern freedom …

Politics

May 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEOPLE WHO CALL OPPONENTS NAZIS COMPLAIN ABOUT GANGSTERS BEING CALLED ANIMALS – Seems to me as good a summation about the recent furore (as most summations, it’s also a generalisation, …

Politics

May 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LOOK WHO’S CREEPY – As I mentioned this morning, an American court has ruled that Donald Trump blocking people on his Twitter violates their First Amendment rights. It is a …

Politics

May 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

UNBLOCK – Fascinating court decision regarding the First Amendment: It is unconstitutional for public officials, including the president, to block Twitter followers who criticize them, a court ruled today in …

Politics

May 23, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

550 GROOMERS IN NEWCASTLE – This is astonishing if true: More than 550 child sex groomers from the same city are to be kicked out of Britain. Police have passed their …

Life / Politics

Shooting epidemics and other deadly memes

May 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Another day, another school shooting in the US – though contrary to CNN, it wasn’t the 23rd this year, unless you count, as CNN does, events like robbery attempts outside …

Politics

May 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

CANADIAN GRIEVANCE OLYMPICS: TRANS VS MUSLIM – Who will win? In one corner: The owner of a local waxing spa is mounting a public campaign to clear the name of …