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October 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOOD LUCK, PRINCE CHARMING; YOU’LL NEED IT – Saudi Arabia’s next king, 32-year old Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is making the right noises: “We want to …

Politics

October 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

KILL THEM ALL AND LET GOD SORT OUT HIS OWN – Don’t want battle-trained jihadis coming back home to your country? No problem. The forces fighting the remnants of the …

Politics

White Eagle over Raqqa

October 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Earlier this week, after several months of heavy urban fighting, the capital of the ISIS caliphate, Raqqa, has been declared liberated by the Syrian opposition forces, composed largely of Kurdish …

Politics

If ISIS falls in a desert, and Obama is not the President, does anyone hear about it?

October 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Raqqa, the “capital” of the ISIS caliphate straddling Syria and Iraq, has fallen. The rolling back of the Islamic State, a terrorist organisation which over the course of an unexpected …

Politics

October 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN AND PORN IN RAQQA – Things you find on a laptop belonging to a Belgian-Moroccan ISIS bride in Syria: Some nights she was busy searching for …

Politics

Las Vegas shooter’s white privilege

October 5, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Behold, a new media talking point is born – apparently the Las Vegas mass murdering shooter Stephen Paddock enjoys, posthumously, white privilege, because everyone calls him a “lone wolf” instead …

Politics

I can’t even

October 3, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

What does one say in the face of horror that unfolded yesterday? Twenty-two thousand men and women enjoying a country music festival in the middle of Las Vegas, watching Jason …

Lifestyle / Politics / Travel

Egyptian notes

September 14, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Much of Egypt looks like it has suffered through a decade of civil war bookended by powerful earthquakes. It hasn’t either; that’s just Egypt, a country so in love with …

Lifestyle / Politics / Travel

Luxor Massacre – 20 Years On

September 11, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Almost exactly twenty years ago, in the morning hours of 17 November 1997, six Islamist terrorists slaughtered two guards and 56 foreign tourists at the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut …

Politics

Hands off Khalifa!

August 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As a non-Muslim, if given a choice I would much rather live under Mia Khalifa than under the Khalifate. Not that I ever envisage being given this choice, but still, …

Politics

August 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BARCELONA – ISIS has claimed responsibility for another terrorist attack where a van driven by an Islamist was used to mow down and kill at least a dozen people and …

Politics

Ten commandments of the media coverage of violence, crime and terrorism

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Lo and behold, I went up Mountain CNNMSNBCABCNPRNYTWaPoHuffPoSalon and stole two stone tablets on which those who want to control the narrative have inscribed the rules of covering stories, to …

Politics

August 3, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BON GIORNO, BONGIORNO – Paul Bongiorno, who over his career migrated from news outlets that people pay attention to “The Saturday Paper”, doesn’t like a more popular columnist: Panahi is …

Politics

Waleed Aly – now nailing Australia in America

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I miss the regular nailing. No, this is not a line I just saw on a Tinder profile. It’s an acknowledgment that my life is so much poorer for not …

Politics

July 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD… – The fact there have been no major terrorist attack on Australian soil (though a number of Australians of course died on September 11 …

Politics

In Raqqa, gays now throw jihadis off buildings

July 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Well, that’s probably an exaggeration. Shoot them, more likely Is the story true, or fake news? Funny and poignant if it is, still funny if not. IRPGF describes itself as …

Politics

July 10, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOOD NEWS FROM IRAQ – The Iraqi forces have declared victory over ISIS in Mosul, as AFP declares victory for Obama: The Iraqi military’s hard-fought victory over the Islamic State …

Politics

July 5, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

JIHAD FOR FUN AND PROFIT – Nice for some: Canada’s Liberal government will apologise to former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr and pay him around C$10 million in compensation, two …

Politics

July 3, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

INTERSECTIONALITY OF PALESTINIAN IDIOCY – The “rally” looks pretty unimpressive, despite its prime location, but I strongly suspect these sorts of views are worryingly representative of the Palestinian community in …

Politics

June 26, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TOLERANCE BARRIERS SPRING UP ALL OVER THE WORLD – They keep chanting “bridges, not walls”, and we end up with walls on bridges, like the concrete blocks now adorning the …