Tuesday saw another rocket attack in Iraq against a US military base. A total of 10 rockets were launched at the Ain al-Asad facility, where American and coalition forces are stationed. As in a previous attack at Irbil last month, one allied civilian contractor was killed. The last time this …
Read More »US needs to choose between new ICBMs & nightmare of nuclear deterrence OR meaningful disarmament through arms control
The US Senate recently passed the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), allocating some $1.5 billion for research and development of a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) known as the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD). The funding of the GBSD occurred despite pressure to divert some or all …
Read More »‘This city needs a new hero’: Man in BATMAN suit arrested at unsanctioned rally in Moscow (PHOTOS)
A protest in support of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny in the Russian capital took an unusual turn on Sunday, as photos surfaced on social media of police officers detaining somebody dressed like Batman. Photos shared on social media show a black-clad man wearing a Batman mask and a …
Read More »Ben Shapiro’s first ‘movie for conservatives’ isn’t bad, but he needs to show it somewhere other than his right-wing echo chamber
Run Hide Fight, written and directed by Kyle Rankin, is a new action thriller film that tells the story of Zoe Hull, a female high school student fighting back during a school shooting. The movie, which stars Isabel May as Zoe and Thomas Jane as her father Todd, is basically …
Read More »2021’s nostalgia trip will see Sex And The City & Sopranos revivals, but what the world REALLY needs is a comeback from Tony Blair
It’s alright… we’re saved… never fear… Super Tony Blair is here! Man, I don’t know about you, but it’s a massive relief to know Super Tone has slipped into his external underwear and cape and is now sweeping down from the clouds to save the world from the pandemic and …
Read More »Britain needs a wealth tax to pay for Covid lockdowns and to reduce inequality. But will our craven politicians even consider it?
It seems the rich are even richer than we thought. Just in time for them, the lucky dears. For the rest of us, as we look into 2021, we’re staring unemployment, debt, and rent arrears and poverty in the face. Without state intervention, hundreds of thousands of Britons will be …
Read More »I know this may be controversial, but a Tony Blair & Nigel Farage dream team is what Britain needs to tackle Covid-19
Cometh the hour, cometh the men. Covid-19 has ravaged Britain and turned it into plague island, eliciting a little sympathy and some brickbats from around the world. It has Europe’s second-worst death toll, now at around 75,500, and while most other nations have ramped up travel regulations to stop the …
Read More »The five lessons a post-Trump Republican party needs to learn from the president… and five things it would do well to ditch
Although his time as president seems to be at an end, I believe that Donald Trump has a great many things to be proud of. It’s safe to say that Trump did well for the Republican Party, given his significant achievements in foreign policy and the fact that the only …
Read More »Trump says Covid ‘relief’ bill adopted in Congress ‘a disgrace’ & needs to be amended, calls for $2,000 per American
“Congress found plenty of money for foreign countries, lobbyists and special interests, while sending the bare minimum to the American people, who need it,” Trump said in a video address, tweeted from the White House on Tuesday evening. “I am asking Congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously …
Read More »The rich are running to the bank while poor Americans starve. Biden needs to use all his powers to quickly fix our broken society
Many liberals think that they’ve averted the end of the world simply by keeping the Republicans out of the White House, but the real challenge lies in fixing our broken society and our Covid-induced economic catastrophe. The Intercept released a leaked audio on December 10 from a meeting between President-elect …
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