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July 17, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PROBABLY THE BEST THING YOU WILL READ ON TRUMP AND PUTIN – From Tom Stanley in “The Daily Telegraph” (but in the SMH for free) – among many quotable parts: …

Politics

July 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DEAR DONALD, JUST STFU – This is pretty outrageous: Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged …

Politics

July 13, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THEY DIDN’T ELECT A DIPLOMAT, DID THEY? – No surprises here; we all knew what Trump’s style is like all along. Donald Trump today accuses the PM of wrecking Brexit …

Politics

July 9, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT’S GUIDE HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ANTAGONISE PEOPLE – Poor Alan Dershowitz, he didn’t understand that the right to remain silent is really the duty to remain …

Politics

July 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BRAVELY SPEAKING STDS TO POWER – Could she possibly get any less funny? Quite possibly: If you thought Michelle Wolf would ease up on the Trumps after her recent speech controversy, …

Politics

July 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THEIR DAMNED HISTORY – Warning: Ignorance of history is harmful to the health of political debate (and to your mental health): Nearly one third of Americans think …

Politics

The myth of political civility

June 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The two statements below are equally true: 1. The Left’s Trump Derangement Syndrome, from screaming at the sky to the now routine comparisons with Nazi Germany, seems particularly hysterical and …

Culture / Politics

June 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NO, YOU JUST WEREN’T THAT FUNNY IN THE FIRST PLACE – The overwhelmingly liberal comedians used to really enjoy having Trump to kick around in 2015-16. Imagine (or recall) all …

Politics

June 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DON’T MERCILESSLY SMASH AMERICA ANYMORE – As I cautioned before, it’s way too early to hand out Nobel Peace Prize, but this is an interesting development nevertheless: Over the past …

Politics

June 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WALLS, NOT BRIDGES – Apparently only the West needs to have open borders. Item 1: Turkey has completed the construction of a 764-kilometer (475-mile) concrete wall along its border with …

Politics

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

EVERYONE HAS GONE FREAKING INSANE – And the insanity is bipartisan. Example 1: Self-identified Republicans now have a marginally more favorable view of Kim Jong Un than they do for House Minority Leader …

Politics

June 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DEEP STATE IN DEEP SHIT – Honestly, Trump has got the worst enemies, as John Podhoretz observes: Trump is fortunate in his political enemies. He ran against the worst possible …

Politics

The Kim and Don Show

June 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As the Good Book says, by their fruits ye shall know them. Summits mean nothing, their consequences everything. We should resist the impulse of many of Trump’s supporters to instantaneously …

Politics

June 6, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FAKE NEWS – This sort of stuff happens so often that it’s not funny: Bullshit: nearly 4,000 retweets Truth: 200

Politics

June 4, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WE’RE NOT WORTHY – Ironically at “The New York Times”, Maureen Down finally realises she has disappointed Barrack Obama. We all did: As president, Obama always found us wanting. We …

Politics

Questions for Alexander Downer

June 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It has been a few months now since “The New York Times” first reported on the curious story how an Australian diplomat might have been the starting point of the …

Politics

June 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A BEE IN THE BONNET – Comedian (?) Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c***” an basically suggested she seduces her father to make him change his immigration policies, …

Politics

May 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MR PRESIDENT – take a break from Twitter. Trump is getting rightly hammered for his Memorial Day tweet where he conscripted the dead to cheer …

Politics

May 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PEOPLE WHO CALL OPPONENTS NAZIS COMPLAIN ABOUT GANGSTERS BEING CALLED ANIMALS – Seems to me as good a summation about the recent furore (as most summations, it’s also a generalisation, …

Politics

May 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT A TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME LOOKS LIKE – (Or: Don’t Be This Guy, Ever) The Action: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a posthumous pardon to boxer Jack Johnson, …