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Brexit supporters swarmed through the streets of London on Friday as lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal for a third time. … The protest comes after Prime Minister May was forced to ask the EU for an extension to the Article 50 process in order to avoid a no-deal Brexit, after her… Read more.
Shooting began on the latest Bond film earlier this week. Reports are that this will be the last one featuring Daniel Craig as 007, hence all the speculation afoot about his replacement. No speculation has been more fevered than the prospect of a black actor playing James Bond. But frankly my friends, the campaign behind… Read more.
Evidently, America’s evangelical Christians think so. What’s more, one of their deacons induced Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to say as much: In an interview in Jerusalem, the Christian Broadcast Network’s Chris Mitchell asked Pompeo, ‘could it be that President Trump right now has been sort of raised for such a time as this, just… Read more.
I was wrong. The day after the Justice Department appointed Robert Mueller, I wrote the following in “Special Counsel to Investigate Trump-Russia Ties. Checkmate!” May 18, 2017: ____________________ With past being prologue, it could take months, if not years, for Mueller to complete his investigation. Alas, [Republican] congressional committees will continue their dog-and-pony investigations, and… Read more.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand on Thursday announced a national ban on all military-style semiautomatic weapons, all high-capacity ammunition magazines and all parts that allow weapons to be modified [the way the Las Vegas shooting did to carry out his massacre]. … Ms. Ardern is expected to encounter little resistance to the weapons… Read more.
I have been among those crusading for years for every online platform to ban anonymous comments. This, based on the self-evident truth that people would be less inclined to bully, insult, lie, harass, defame, etc. if they had to own their comments. I disabled the comments feature on this site years ago. Far too many… Read more.
Nebraska Ice chunks the size of small cars ripped through barns and farmhouses; baby calves were swept into freezing floodwaters, washing up dead along the banks of swollen rivers; farm fields were now lakes. The record floods that have pummeled the Midwest are inflicting a devastating toll on farmers and ranchers at a moment when… Read more.
Unlike some commentators, I am loath to recommend books. Not least because I suspect I’m already pushing my luck by expecting you to read my commentaries. But I am recommending one today because it explains the cult of Donald Trump – just as Helter Skelter explains that of Charles Manson. And, understanding what makes the… Read more.
British MPs have voted for a delay in the Brexit process for three months or more, after struggling to agree on what terms the UK should leave the European Union on 29 March. You might think, after months of division, infighting and uncertainty that surely, surely, this means everything will go smoothly from here. Well…… Read more.
