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Women’s March in 10 iconic images

January 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I’m a big fan of protests. Or to be more precise, I’m a big fan of the right to (peacefully) protest. I remember being about ten and watching from the …

Life / Politics

The first rule of Whine Club is…

January 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The first rule of Whine Club is: you constantly talk about Whine Club. You talk about it, you Facebook it, tweet it, Snapchat it, YouTube it, write about it, email …

Politics

January 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

CAN’T HANDLER RIGHT-WING WOMEN – “Comedienne” Chelsea Handler continues to have a go at the First Lady Melania Trump over her accent and language abilities: Chelsea Handler took a swipe …

Politics

Resistance is compulsory

January 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Yes, it was clickbait, and yes it worked – “Taylor Swift faces backlash over Women’s March”. What could she have possibly said? That it’s all well but it’s not going …

Politics

For all the prezes I loved before

January 21, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The President is gone, long live the President. The past eight years is history – a bad history – and the next four or eight years is uncertainty – a …

Culture / Politics

Right thinks Left wrong, Left thinks Right evil: the Inauguration edition

January 19, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As my regular readers would know, one of my favourite dictums about politics is the oldie but a goodie that the right thinks the left is wrong, but the left …

Politics

January 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

JUST LIKE THE COLD WAR, ONLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND – According to the latest Pew polling, Democrats and Republicans find themselves in a switcheroo on Russia: It’s good to …

Politics

January 16, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S FUNNY BUT SHOULD IT BE IN A NEWSPAPER? – There are real media outlets, there are satirical media outlets (“The Onion” being the pioneer in a now crowded field), …

Culture / Politics

Be brave or else…

January 15, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Meryl Streep think that Hollywood is the most vilified segment of American society. She’s wrong, but even if she was right the most vilified segment of the most vilified segment …

Politics

January 12, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

AM I NOT PRETTY ENOUGH? – An Australian study – who funds these things? – concludes that right-wing politicians are better looking than left-wing ones. I don’t know, there seems …

Politics

January 11, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PLATONIC HATE – British students are proving to be whiny little Kants: Students at a prestigious London university are demanding that figures such as Plato, Descartes and Immanuel Kant should …

Culture / Politics

Check your actor privilege, Meryl

January 10, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

What is there to say about Meryl Streep’s speech at yesterday’s Golden Globes that hasn’t been said by someone else already? Probably nothing, but bear with me anyway. One of …

Politics

January 9, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DEAR FLYOVER COUNTRY, YOU SUCK – So this, from a San Francisco businesswoman, has been creating a bit of a commotion lately: Byerley claims to have been a “republican til …

Politics

January 7, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST – Old and busted: Dissent is the highest form of patriotism New and hot: Not supporting the President is treason Old and busted: How can we ever …

Politics

January 7, 2017January 7, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“SEEING THE DEVASTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE RUINS OF ALEPPO” – Some people look at the ruins of Aleppo and see the devastation of war; op-ed writers for Los …

Politics

Hate loves Trump

January 6, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Once, the media covered stories; now they cover them up. Prefacing it all with the standard “allegedly” – in Barack “Racial Healer” Obama’s home town of Chicago, four young (three …

Books

The best books in 2016

January 4, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

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 …

Culture / Politics

Keep Muhammed in Christmas

December 27, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

One reason why I was so concerned over the recent reports of Queen Elizabeth II’s health problems is because this idiot is next in line to replace her: Normally at …

Culture / Politics

December 27, 2016December 27, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SELF-LOVE HATES TRUMP – or, “the right thinks that the left is wrong; the left thinks that the right is evil”, part 457. Which is why the blind Italian opera …

Politics

November 30, 2016 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ARE THESE THE MOST GLAMOROUS PROTESTERS EVER? – John Carney at my otherwise favourite tabloid “The Daily Mail” must have been masturbating excessively to come up with this story about …