Stepping in at short notice for the Triller Fight Club pay-per-view contest after original combatant Oscar De Le Hoya was ruled out with Covid, Holyfield had already set fans on edge when footage of his labored sparring and pad work was shared ahead of the bout. Holyfield last fought competitively …
Read More »Whoever wins in the Israeli election, it’s clear that the Palestinians will be the losers
Benjamin Netanyahu heads into Tuesday’s election, the fourth in only two years, with a deeply divided political opposition. The Israeli premier is running against 10 opposition parties, as opposed to four main parties in last year’s election. And as he bids to win not only an election but also evade …
Read More »Whoever wins in November, here’s six reasons why America is on the brink of a complete political and social breakdown
America is facing unprecedented political and social crises, no matter who wins November’s presidential election. The broad outline of these looming problems is already apparent and they have their roots in the toxic political culture that has developed in the country over the past 30 years. The six key indicia …
Read More »Whoever replaces Shinzo Abe, Japan’s slow rot & subservience to US will likely continue
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister is stepping down, and the nation appears to be in shock. But people are stunned simply because the protocol was broken (even if unwell, ill, a Japanese leader is not supposed to abandon his post, abruptly), not because they are fearing or expecting great political, economic, …
Read More »Trans activists have turned the word ‘CIS’ into a slur to rainbow-bash whoever they want – and get away with it
By definition a ‘slur’ is “an insulting or disparaging remark” and I fail to see how ‘cis’ doesn’t match that description. Spend just a few minutes on social media, and it quickly becomes apparent how the label is weaponized. Cis men are portrayed as the beneficiaries of an uber privileged …
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