Open Thread: The Amesbury Couple and the Reborn Novichok Saga
1. Are we supposed to believe that this "novichok" incident is directly related to the alleged poisoning of the Skripals? How so? 2. If this IS the same chemical, why...
Times Headline: Fears Over Prospect of Peace
OffGuardian was founded on the idea that he media should be held to account, corrected, fact-checked and interpreted. A lot of the time that’s job that needs to be...
"Right to Die", or Right to Kill?
Kit Knightly The Guardian’s “Comment is Free” section makes for predictable reading this morning. John Harris says Brexit is bad and Corbyn is to blame, Shon Faye writes that...
Obama v. Trump: How the New York Times Lies About Lies
Eric Zuesse Although the New York Times says that President Donald Trump lies vastly more than did President Barack Obama, the definite liar in that comparison — based on the factual...
The Parallel Universe of BBC Panorama
The folks at Panorama LOVE Putin, or at least love to hate him. In the last two years there have been no less than five (five!) episodes devoted to...
WATCH: Robert F. Kennedy’s Speech Mourning Martin Luther King Jr.
On April 4th 1968 Martin Luther King was shot and killed in Memphis Tennessee. New York's Senator Robert F Kennedy was in Indianapolis, on the campaign trail for the...
VISA Payment Crash and the Dangers of a Cashless World
Yesterday, Visa's payment system crashed in Europe. Millions of people were unable to complete purchases. Some found themselves trapped overseas. It was a small glitch, apparently, but could have...
MH17: "New evidence", same issues
Nearly four years since the incident, and over two years since they last reported any progress, the MH17 Joint Investigative Team (JIT) have held a press conference. To underline...
Profile: Guardian Pass Notes
A quick run-down of that bit of the Guardian where ill-informed anonymous authors take cheap pot-shots at easy targets. Name: Guardian Pass Notes Age: Launched in 1992, canned in...
Gina Haspel and the Normalising of Torture
Gina Haspel is almost certainly going to be the next director of the CIA. This shouldn't happen, but it will. For those unfamiliar: Haspel was deputy head of the Agency...
Reality Check – the Tories DID NOT win the local elections.
We were never supposed to be here. This was never supposed to happen. Corbyn keeps ruining plans and breaking rules and gaining votes and making sense. He says reasonable...
US Court Finds Iran Liable for 9/11
by Kit A US court has just handed down the verdict that the Islamic Republic of Iran owes the families of those who died on 11th September 2001 6...
Corbyn should learn his lesson: compromise with the devil is not an option
Corbyn's team decided to play soft and weak, in the hopes that letting a little blood would sate the thirst of the media. But you don't abate a feeding...
Western Press Descend into Insanity as Syria Narrative Collapses
Kit Knightly Syria has disappeared from the front pages of the Western press recently, and for good reason. It’s not going well over there, as far as the “allies”...
The Guardian, "Russian bots" and the dehumanisation of dissent
Heather Stewart, The Guardian's chief stenographer political editor, has copied and pasted a press release written a new article all about "Russian bots". The trouble is she doesn't...
WATCH: Tony Benn Speaks to Parliament
Tony Benn would be 93 years old today, and in tribute to greatest Prime Minister Britain never had, we publish this video, showing at once how right he was...
Skripal Poisoning – The UK’s Case for Russian Involvement
Kit Knightly Earlier this week, over 130 Russian diplomats were expelled from over 20 separate countries. It was billed as a “massive show of unity”, and claimed as further...
WATCH: Robin Cook's resignation speech, 15 years on
by Kit Today marks the 15 year anniversary of Robin Cook MP’s resignation from the Cabinet, in protest over the US/UK plan to invade Iraq. The speech, given just...
UPDATED: The Skripal Case: an open thread
The reality behind the alleged poisoning of Sergey Skripal and his daughter remains murky and apparently contradictory. Six days in to the investigation and little more is known beyond...
Reality Check: The Guardian Restarts Push for Regime Change in Russia
The alleged poisoning of ex-MI6 agent Sergei Skripal has caused the Russophobic MSM to go into overdrive. Nowhere is the desperation with which the Skripal case has been seized...
