...And perhaps for a reason. Maybe not exactly the right reason on this instance, but the reason we all want to believe we should be freaking out for. Do bear with me ( Read more... )

Kerry and I watched a live broadcast of it from some reporters standing in the midst of the protesters. It was a legit news channel though I forget which one. We heard the helicopters circling overhead, as our little house is only about a mile away from the Berkeley campus.

( We were both more amused than anything... )

So, the Donald has done what in his first days as president? Embarked on a tweet-storm presenting it as "policy", going after the media, intimidating the press, placing a fake-news guru on the security council, dropping joint chiefs of staff...

Also: stripping abortion-supporting organisations from funding, essentially depriving them of their ( Read more... )

Dear Leader has invited the press to a private rendez-vous in his glass tower, but if you thought the plan was to mend bridges with them, you were wrong. In a Dear Leader style that's becoming the norm, he scolded them for having been mean to him, and singled out some particular guys whom he deems the meanest of the mean:

http://economictimes. ( Read more... )

This is what has caused Erdogan's wrath, and has made him file one of hundreds of lawsuits for defamation. It's also what has made Merkel bend over backwards and start persecuting journalists and satirists for the sake of appeasing the new Ottoman sultan, lest he unleash the hordes of refugees upon poor Europe, as has been pointed here the other ( Read more... )

Robert De Niro, Tribeca Film Fest Pull Anti-Vaxxer Documentary

Poor Robert! He was just trying to "stir up a debate", that guy. And give platform to all the good men* who've been keeping up the good fight, flipping the bird to Big Pharma! But they were so violently suppressed, their mouths shut. Such a bad day for freedom!

I know, I know. It's ( Read more... )

"Turkey summoned Germany's ambassador to protest a two-minute song lampooning President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was broadcast on German television, a diplomatic source told AFP on Tuesday. "We summoned the ambassador last week to communicate our protest about the broadcast that we condemned," the source told AFP, speaking on condition of ( Read more... )

"I certainly do not condone violence at rallies" - Trump.

Yes you do.

"I hope I haven't played a role in inciting the violence with some provocative language".

No you don't, and yes you have.

Go home to your mama? To your dead mama?
You're sooo classy, Donald!

Come on, Donald. You've said it yourself. You want to be back in the "good old days" ( Read more... )

So, Turkey was supposed to be our buddy now, wasn't it? They were going to keep our borders from the dirty unwashed Middle Eastern refugees, weren't they? In exchange for a few billion euros, that is. Well, guess what. Our new buddies don't give a shit about free speech. Still want to keep that negotiation for EU entry with Turkey, Merkel?

Turkey’ ( Read more... )

Hey, fellow indifferent hypocrites sensitive, peace-loving folks. Can't deny, I was eagerly looking forward to seeing the newest Charlie Hebdo front-page, and their stinging new cartoon that was certainly going to mercilessly lambast and "show it" to the terror perpetrators in Paris.

So now that it's come out, I couldn't help feeling disappointed ( Read more... )