Juchee Vs McWorld – On The Perhaps Surprising Twilight Of The Idols Commencing In North Korea
So North Korea might be getting a McDonalds. Gosh, the bonanza of boons as a result of this nuclear climb-down just keep proliferating!
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Happy 200th Birthday Karl Marx
May the fifth marks the 200th birthday of Karl Marx – philosopher, political economist and revolutionary. A few days before the celebrations begin he granted this extraordinary interview at an unnamed ale house in Auckland.
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By suing Wikileaks. the DNC has shown how desperate they are to blame everyone but themselves
Opponents of Trump like to point to the Russian interference in the election to explain Trump winning, but I think blaming Russia for ‘hacking’ the US Election is deeply counter productive.
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Russia: An Alternative View
BEFORE CRITICISING THOSE who continue to treat Russia as an “evil empire”, I should first explain why I don’t. It’s not only because I know that without the extraordinary sacrifices of the Russian people during the Second World War (twenty million dead!) the United States and British Empire losses would have been much, much higher.
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The obscenity of the March For Our Lives
That naked and crucified truth, that these children are begging for safety while they learn, is too enormous and too profane to ignore and any attempt to distract the focus from those children pleading to be safe in their schools is beneath our collective dignity and intelligence.
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Teaching Their Parents Well
Forty years of right-wing counter-revolution has left its mark on the Baby-Boomers. For too many of them it proved a lot easier (and much more profitable) to give up the fight for a kinder, gentler America. For those “of tender years”, the trick will be to convince their parents and grandparents that the March For Our Lives is a march for their lives too.
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Trump’s tariffs, trade war with China, Evangelist voters & Porn Stars and his enormous North Korean gamble
…the latest sackings at the Trump White House & Casino this week show Trump is now so comfortable in his ignorance that he will throw any semblance of caution to the wind and surround himself with people who flatter his ego rather than serve the Office.
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GUEST BLOG: Maire Leadbeater – 60 Years of diplomatic relations with Indonesia: black marks on the record card
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a snazzy theme to promote the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Indonesia: ‘60 years as friends for good’.
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On Trudeau’s Indian Posturing
A brief word on this whole Trudeau thing. The recent one, I mean…
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Dow Jones crashes 1175 points
The grim reality that the wealth creation built since the GFC in 2007/2008 is an illusion that can only survive on record low interest rates and insane Quantitate Easing is starting to sink in with the Dow Jones following up the 666 point loss on Friday with a horror 1175 point plunge today.