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March 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IN WHICH THE DAILY CHRENK LINKS TO THE WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE – With all the caveats – yes, it’s the commos, and yes, the commos shouldn’t be relied on accurate …

Politics

March 7, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HOW MEDIA TRIVIALISES NEWS, PART 836 – Good news from the Korean peninsula: The secretive state could also impose a ban on further nuclear and missile tests during talks with …

Politics

March 6, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM – What the rise of China has wrought: In Vietnam’s capital Hanoi there are lots of museums about past wars the Vietnamese have fought, including against the …

Politics

Tanks on the streets

February 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Trump sure as hell knows how to stir up the left: President Trump has asked the Pentagon to explore holding “a celebration” for Americans to show their appreciation for the armed …

Politics

January 27, 2018January 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SORRY, NO WEHRMACHT; WE’RE GERMAN – Postcards from pacifism: For the largest economy in Europe, Germany’s military — the Bundeswehr — sure is small. In fact, although smaller missions, like …

Happiness / Life / Politics

January 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT TO DO AFTER APOCALYPSE POSTPONED – 1. Kiss my lowed ones. 2. Call my friends. 3. Pray thanksgiving. 4. Walk outside and hug a stranger. 5. Nah, scrap all …

Culture / Politics

January 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I WASN’T PLANNING ON SEEING “PITCH PERFECT 3” – Until I read this: There was no discernible reason for this film to be set on military bases… From top to …

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 6, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I HEART MATTIS – The man is a legend and a badass. I hope we will never find out how good a wartime Defence Secretary he can be, but war …

Politics

While Chrenkoff Slept

December 21, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Back in September, while on the road in Europe, I reported on the welcome I was about to receive: With an impeccable timing, The Daily Chrenk will arrive in Warsaw …

Politics

December 1, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEARL HARBOR 2.0 – Is another world war in the Pacific about to start over the attempts to strangle the energy supply to a trouble-maker? U.S. Ambassador to the United …

Politics

On the way to Lubenia

September 12, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

With an impeccable timing, The Daily Chrenk will arrive in Warsaw only hours before one of the largest joint Russian-Belorussian military exercises directed against Poland and Lithuania is about to …

Politics

August 15, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

KIM JONG KARDASHIAN FOLDS, FOR NOW – I guess Guam can go back to worrying about climate change: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided not to launch a …

Politics

August 12, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

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 climate change? https://t.co/bPuBrFULC5 — New …

Politics

Every mushroom cloud has a silver lining

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

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 live in the shadow of …

Politics

June 11, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S NOT TREASON WHEN THE LEFT DOES IT – Bradley Manning used to leak when it was still cool, i.e. when it merely damaged the United States as opposed to …

Politics

May 1, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THOSE POOR ENCIRCLED RUSSIANS – An “independent Lebanese geopolitical commentator” Sarah Abdallah asks an important question: Why does Russia keep putting its borders so damn close to NATO's ever-expanding network …

Politics

While you were sleeping…

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

…American armour – in Syria – is interposing itself as a shield between Turkey and the American backed Syrian Kurdish rebels: U.S. armored vehicles are deploying in areas in northern …

Politics

North Korea versus Northern Territory

April 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

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 1972, to, well, being Darwin …

Politics

Who’s your mummy? Who’s your daddy? World leaders and their missile envy

April 16, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

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 power. If you enter the …