The Left’s hard-on for crisis
“Never let a good crisis go to waste”. This short and catchy dictum was articulated by Rahm Emanuel, former Clinton White House chief of staff and mayor of Chicago, at …
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The scandal that is Sanders
Imagine a credible candidate for a significant elected office – never mind the Presidency of the United States of America, the elected office in the world – who has spent …
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We need a globalisation insurance
What has the virus wrought? In some ways it is a perfect weapon: it doesn’t kill that many people in a greater scheme of things but it terrorises whole societies …
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Melancholy News from Afghanistan
Not the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end: the United States and the Taliban sign a preliminary agreement in Doha, Qatar, on a conditional withdrawal of the last …
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How everyone pays for Bernie
In the magical socialist world of Bernie Sanders, everything is free – which means that someone else is paying for it. Usually it’s the billionaires or the rich or the …
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Trump and his Mini Me
The entry and the rapid rise of Mike Bloomberg in the Democratic primaries is something to behold. The Democrats at the moment are dealing with a double Trump-like outsider insurgency …
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We’re fine but the world is going to hell
According to Gallup, Donald Trump has been Making America Happy – or Happier – Again. Well, of course they don’t frame the issue like that, but the results of their …
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Make Architecture Great Again
Exciting news – if it will happen – from the White House about other future houses: While the country was riveted by the President’s impeachment trial, a Washington rumor was …
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Those That Trust Trump, or Who Hearts America?
A fascinating update, courtesy of Pew Research Center, on attitudes towards the United States around the world, best summarised in this table: It’s personally interesting to note that Poland is the …
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Is Australia still there?
Myself, as well as other people with families and friends overseas, are getting concerned and panicky messages to check if we’re safe in light of the catastrophic megafires that have …
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THOTs and prayers – and other ways to help the fireys and victims
There are many ways to raise money for the victims of natural disasters, from charity concerts to social media donation drives, but some enterprising young women in Australia and the …
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Donald Trump: Making American Sex Great Again
The stock market is up, unemployment is down, wages are rising, manufacturing jobs are returning. And now this: A recent survey of 2,000 sexually active American adults asked respondents to …
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Russia and China after your internet
Nothing good ever comes of when these two take interest in something: The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, …
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Hurry up and die, you Tory scum
The old communists, if they didn’t like you, would simply kill you. The new woke left merely wishes you would die to make a way for a better, more caring …
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Avocado cartels
Because it’s 2019 and the world has gone crazy: The cartel members showed up in this verdant stretch of western Mexico armed with automatic weapons and chainsaws. Soon they were …
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The Great Malaise continues
At PJ Media, my old friend Richard Fernandez muses about the current upheaval: Bloomberg editors have noticed that the world is on fire. There are demonstrations and unrest in Lebanon, Chile, …
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The Deep State and the Shallow State
As one of my friends is fond of saying, one man’s perversion is another man’s great night (and woman’s, one might add). The same can be said about politics – …
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From socialism and terrorism to feces and urine
If you thought that the streets of San Francisco drowning in human excrement were bad enough and a disincentive to visit, you’ve seen – and smelled – nothing yet, as …
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The left – always getting the walls wrong
Yesterday we remembered the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Everyone, including The Daily Chrenk, has been excited about it, and now Italy’s Democratic Party is joining …
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Eat the Rich, Shit the Poor
Socialism. Mathematics. Only one is a science. And never the twain shall meet. The old Soviet Union fan, Bernie Sanders, is raging all over social media about the billionaires. Other …
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