Category: International
Redistribute my ass
Massive sexual assault trigger warnings. There was a vehicle murder in Toronto recently. A guy drove his car into a large group of people and so far he has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. On his Facebook page, the attacker wrote “The Incel rebellion has begun”. And if you didn’t know what incels are then you’re probably lucky.
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The case for Democrats to be obstructionist
Over in the dumpster fire that is the United States Government, Trump has announced his Supreme Court nominee, one Justice Gorsuch. A known Christian conservative. This appointment is to replace the late Justice Scalia who died in February last year.
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Between a Trump and a Russian place
I saw an article yesterday that came from early December about the current intelligence community and its panic over Donald Trump. The article, from Reuters, says that Canada is concerned about Trump’s comments around using torture and other ethical atrocities as well as his ties to Russia
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When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar.
Since *that* election I have read myriad reasons why it played out the way it did
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A complete abdication of responsibility
It was a fascinating day yesterday, watching the Brexit results come in and seeing how divided United Kingdom had become.
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Why Donald Trump is good for democracy
Hello friends, I’m not going to be writing a whole lot of these pieces but I thought I’d dip my toe back into the punditry land, if only for a brief swim.
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Comedy fest review: Beth Vyse in Funny as Cancer
Write what you know. That’s what they tell you when you start doing comedy. Beth Vyse got breast cancer, so she’s written about that. And it’s funny as hell.
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Trump, the View From Moon Zealand
For a while now I’ve wondered when exactly we should start taking seriously what is going on in US politics around Donald Trump. How foolish of me. The time is now.
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The American Election II: Who’s Cruz?
We all know somebody like Ted Cruz. You know, that guy who ran for class president every year?
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The American Election: Trump For Dummies
It’s unlikely that New Zealanders, Americans, or anyone else in the world will be looking at President Trump in 2016.
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This is Raro: and how I learnt to not be an imperialist
Last week I spent five nights in Rarotonga. It was my first time having an “island” holiday. The closest I’d come was a week in Phuket. It was not what I expected.
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Meet the socialist running for US President
Bernie Sanders is, on first blush, a grumpy old man with crazy white hair who’s constantly yelling numbers into microphones about income inequality. He’s been doing it for decades.
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American Political Batshit: With malice towards none
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.”
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Never transit through Shanghai-Pudong
1020 – Descent (ascent) into Hades. The terminal boasts a giant billboard picturing blue sky.
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Letter to White America
Dear White America For better or for worse, your country is the leader of the Western world.
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Documentary Edge Festival review: War of Lies
The Iraq war started twelve years ago, briefly after the invasion of Afghanistan following the attacks on New York City in 2001.
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Baltimore of the same
There’s a whole lot of frustrated people in Baltimore right now. Not without reason either, it’s been a pretty frustrating few weeks.
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