No ‘happy birthday’ for Angela Merkel as Palestinian girl video goes viral
by Rashmee
Posted on July 18, 2015
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, probably had a perfectly ghastly birthday yesterday, July 17. It …
Read MoreIran talks: What journos do when a story endlessly doesn’t happen
by Rashmee
Posted on July 13, 2015
Today’s supposed to be the finally final day of the deal – yes, the one …
Read MoreGreece needs an in-out decision from Europe. Else these 8 things will linger
by Rashmee
Posted on July 12, 2015
The European Union will discuss Greece today – and it is to be hoped that …
Read More#BobbyJindalisSoWhite He’s a coconut, brown on the outside & pale within
by Rashmee
Posted on June 27, 2015
Bobby Jindal is such a brainy man, you have to wonder why he says and …
Read MoreListen up, there’s a reason there was a film called ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 26, 2015
Language can be used to abuse reality. Or to disabuse people of the reality of …
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s words weren’t key; just the way that Apple heard them
by Rashmee
Posted on June 24, 2015
Everyone is saying that Apple was quick to hear Taylor Swift’s complaint about the injustice …
Read MoreUnknown unknowns: What if Greece fell off the map and into Hellas?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 21, 2015
Ahead of Monday’s emergency European Union summit on Greece and its tangled affairs, here’s a …
Read MoreOutrage is being weaponised. Think Paxman & Titanic row over Belfast
by Rashmee
Posted on June 17, 2015
Outrage is being “weaponized” say Guy Benson and Mary Katherine Ham, whose new book ‘…
Read More@JemayelK & end of discussion: Outrage makes for ‘sham of discourse’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2015
Jemayel Khawaja @JemayelK, managing editor of Thump (from the Vice group) metaphorically shakes his …
Read MoreEnd of discussion? Sir Tim Hunt, Seinfield and the wild outrage index
by Rashmee
Posted on June 14, 2015
The Outrage Index is out of control. Consider the case of the British scientist Sir …
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