I was having a recent conversation with a fellow shrew about a friend of theirs who was having difficulty with a very basic employment situation. Most of you—especially the Canucks among you—are aware of the issues regarding our Tim Hortons employment here in Canada. Tim Hortons is…
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has called for the withdrawal of all US soldiers from the country. Tino Chrupalla, the far-Right party’s co-leader, told a meeting on Saturday that it was time to remove allied troops and nuclear weapons from Germany in order to pursue an…
“Law grows with the growth, and strengthens with the strength of the people, and finally dies away as the nation loses its nationality.”— Friedrich Carl von Savigny On Tuesday, October 3, 1995, the verdict in the O.J. Simpson criminal trial was broadcast live across the globe, a truly defining moment…
Suez crisis left Britain diminished, indebted and shorn of illusions — Trump’s Iran adventure could likewise end the American era. There is a particular kind of strategic catastrophe that announces itself dressed in the garb of bold necessity. History’s statesmen rarely declare that they are about to…
. . . the proud, “self-doomed” Satan deteriorated into a babbling old devil, he remained among the company of the damned.[1] In a press conference held on Air Force One after a funeral service for seven dead soldiers at…
War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting old men’s power games. It is…
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the man who many believe is de facto running the country during wartime, has said United States is busy plotting a ground attack despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts aimed at finding a ceasefire. Fresh reporting in The Washington Post suggests he could be…
Five years after digital vaccine passports were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is partnering with an investment firm linked to COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech and the Gates Foundation to roll out “interoperable digital health wallets.” The WHO announced earlier this week…
The US and Israel have sown death and destruction throughout the middle east for generations, creating generation after generation of survivors who hate them and want them gone, and then it cites the existence of people who hate them and want them gone as the reason why the…
“Boots on the Ground” coming next but that’s not all The past week has seen the usual mixture of developments flowing from the United States government that make one either want to laugh or cry. On the humor side, though with more than a bit of extreme…
