German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said there is no need to “overreact” to an insulting statement made by the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin. Andrey Melnik had earlier compared Scholz to an “offended liverwurst.” The chancellor told t-online news outlet on Sunday that it was not necessary to be overly “sensitive” to every …
Read More »WATCH Biden insult reporter over inflation
Asked about political impact of inflation, US President Joe Biden called the reporter who shouted the question a “stupid son of a b****.” The remark was captured before his microphone was cut off, at Monday’s meeting of the White House Competition Council. The White House press corps was invited to …
Read More »Pop star sparks protests over insult to Islam
Iconic Turkish singer Sezen Aksu has come under fire from government and religious officials who accuse her of insulting Adam and Eve in lyrics to her 2017 song ‘Sahane Bir Sey Yasamak’ (which roughly translates to ‘Living is a wonderful thing’). The controversy erupted after the pop diva shared the …
Read More »Little Amal: why a Syrian refugee puppet is an abomination and an insult
A bug-eyed and waxy-skinned effigy of a 10-year-old Syrian girl, Little Amal was designed and built by British activists and South African puppeteers, and set out this summer on an 8,000km (5,000-mile) ‘walk’ from the Syria-Turkey border all the way to the UK. Her journey was intended to symbolize that …
Read More »‘Stop singing that word’: Ex-Man United ace Park tells fans to drop dog meat chant because of its ‘racial insult to Korean people’
United supporters sang the song towards Hee-Chan Hwang, the South Korea international who plays for Premier League side Wolves, when they traveled to Molineux for a match in August, according to the former Old Trafford favorite. The Seoul-born midfielder says that he believes the chant will have made Hwang feel …
Read More »Liberal efforts to hype up the threat of right-wing terrorism insult the thousands left dead in Islamist terror attacks like 9/11
Those of us around at the time clearly remember the events of 20 years ago, watching on TV in open-mouthed disbelief as two huge aircraft slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, a third slammed into the Pentagon just outside Washington DC and a …
Read More »World of WOKEcraft: Players notice removal of ‘greenskin’ insult from online role-playing game
In the universe of World of Warcraft, the Battle for Stromgarde pitted Danath Trollbane’s human warriors against a band of orcs led by Eitrigg. Before both sides knocked lumps out of each other, Trollbane taunted his opponent with the racially-charged (at least in this fantasy world) insult “greenskin.” However, the …
Read More »Ultimate insult? Taliban fighters mock iconic Iwo Jima flag raising photo, posing in seized US military gear
In a photo that ruffled many feathers, mostly among American conservatives, the members of Taliban’s commando unit Badri 313 are seen donning full camouflage and fancy tactical gear, including night vision goggles – seemingly recreating an iconic WWII photo of American troops raising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi during …
Read More »Pay Taliban reparations? UK anti-war fruitcakes’ plan is an insult to the thousands of Afghans and Allies killed by Islamist thugs
There have been some poor decisions made about Afghanistan during the 20-year-long war but nowhere, no-how at no time has the suggestion of paying reparations to the murderous Taliban ever been considered, until it was suggested on Sunday by the Stop The War Coalition. A ragtag collective of clueless no-hopers …
Read More »EU’s attempt to sanction and isolate Hungary is an insult to the entire idea of a European community
The Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban has lost a suit at the EU’s Court of Justice challenging the legality of a 2018 motion by the European Parliament calling for investigation of Budapest’s alleged violations of the EU’s rule of law, that could lead to sanctions and to reduced …
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