Tag: russia
Trump bombs, heads explode
Trump’s cruise missile attack on a Syrian army base, where supposedly the recent gas attack against civilians originated, was largely smoke and mirrors (Russians, and therefore Syrians, have been warned …
Read More
The Problem from Hell
Some 14 years ago, Samantha Power, the then Professor of Human Rights Practice at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, wrote a weighty and important tome, titled “A Problem from Hell”: …
Read More
St Petersburg
A shrapnel bomb full of nails exploded on St Petersburg metro at 2:40pm local time, killing 11 and wounding 50. Second bomb, disguised as a fire extinguisher has reportedly been …
Read More
Yes media, there were reds under the bed
In another fake outrage story and anti-Trump hyperventilation, CNN has come across a recording of an interview by Steve Bannon with a journalist and an author Diane West, where the …
Read More
Party like it’s Chernobyl again
Just over three decades on and another mysterious radioactive cloud is hanging over Europe: Scientists are struggling to explain why traces of Iodine-131 have been discovered in Norway, Finland, Poland, …
Read More
Out like Flynn
I’m on record being consistently concerned by and opposed to Donald Trump and people in his circles playing footsie with Putin and being soft on Russia. As such, I can’t …
Read More
Will Putin still respect me in the morning?
PEOTUS (but certainly not poetus) continues to make nice with the strong man in the Kremlin: The president-elect took to Twitter on Saturday to discuss the potential U.S.-Russia relationship under …
Read More
House of War, House of Peace
The Islamic theology divides the world into two parts: Dar al Islam and Dar al Harb, or the House of Islam and the House of War. Sometimes, the House of …
Read More
No, Russia did not hack the election, hack 2
Since my original “No, Russia did not hack the election” post a few days ago I’ve coped a bit of criticism questioning my partiality and patriotism – though not as much …
Read More
The best books in 2016
Confession: I read a lot. Always did, since I was 5. Perhaps too much. Which is why, to avoid bankruptcy, I don’t buy new books. My readings range widely and …
Read More
No, Russia did not hack the election
OK people; I’m looking at you, Democrats, and your cheer squad in the media in particular. I know you keep talking about the election being hacked because it muddies the …
Read More
Boxing Day Sale to end all Boxing Day Sales
Yesterday, for the first time in years, I decided to brave the crowds of manic shoppers and visit a Boxing Day sale at a nearby outlet centre. This was more …
Read More
Forecast: cloudy with a chance of mushrooms
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, says that the American-Russian relations are at the worst point in more than 40 years, since around the time of the Arab-Israeli …
Read More