What “community standards” did this comment breach? #15
I don’t comment on the Guardian anything like as much as I used to, it has become largely pointless due to the massive and dishonest moderation. But the recent...
Reuters (finally) realize there are Nazis in Ukraine
Kit Knightly
Two days ago Reuters published this report, headlined “How Trump can show he’s tough on anti-Semitism”. I’m not sure why Trump – who has never been called an anti-Semite...
MSM headlines ignore heightened tensions in Syria conflict
The US shot down a Syrian warplane a few days ago, the pilot is currently being “held” by Kurdish forces on the ground. The plane was targeting moderate fighters...
Two Years of "Wrong" Votes: The Media Take Aim at Democracy
Jeremy Corbyn has won two leadership contests, and gained the largest vote share for Labour in decades. Hillary Clinton had to cheat to get past Bernie Sanders, and was...
Jonathan Freedland's Corbyn Apology
In an attempt to restore some his fast-disappearing credibility, Jonathan Freedland gives a half-hearted, over-qualified apology to Jeremy Corbyn. It's self-serving, dishonest, and far more revealing than he meant...
General Election 2017 – Polling Day is Here
For the first time in my living memory a General Election is happening with a real choice on offer. Not just a political either/or, but a real moral decision....
JFK at 100: The War on Our Heroes Part 1
If the bullets hadn't flown, John Fitzgerald Kennedy might have been one hundred years old today. Granted, it's not likely, put definitely possible. If the parade route hadn't been...
“Is free-speech really worth all this hassle?” – Gaby Hinsliff
Kit Knightly
I’ve never written a response to a Gaby Hinsliff column before. I’ve never felt the need. In much the same way that I’ve never written an online review of...
Comey’s “incompetence” gets dropped down the Memory Hole
So - seven months ago we were being told again, and again that Obama must fire Comey. Today we are being...
VIDEO: U.S. Crimes of Genocide against Korea
Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, via Global Research Video: Michel Chossudovsky’s Presentation to the Japanese Foreign Correspondent’s Club on US Aggression against the People of Korea, Tokyo, August 1, 2013 The...
French Election Hack: What do we know so far…
More elections. More hacking. The same headlines with slightly different words. This time it’s in France. This time the “victim” is Emmanuel Macron. The “outsider”, “independent” candidate, a man...
Endgame: Comparing results and intentions in the terrorism narrative
Generally speaking, ideas are like plants and animals. Over time, they evolve, things change - we keep what works and throw away what doesn't. Humans don't have tails. Dolphins...
Why did the American Military take precautions to prevent "fanciful" impossibilities?
by Kit Late last night, The Pentagon stated that their attack on the Syrian Government air-base near Homs was not targeting the regime’s supposed chemical weapon stocks. Despite “all...
BBC redacts article on Idlib to hide unwelcome facts
The push for “action” following the alleged chemical attack in Idlib, Syria is reaching fever pitch. Indeed, it may already have had disastrous consequences. The spokespeople for power that...
Idlib chemical attack: A sign no change of policy is on the horizon
The alleged chemical attack, reported yesterday, is the latest in a series of atrocities notionally carried out by the Syrian government ("The Regime", in the partisan parlance of the...
The establishment needs to make up its mind: do "false flags" happen, or not?
Just hours after the alleged terrorist attack on a St Petersburg metro station, a BBC news reporter stated (see the video above): Well, there have been demonstrations – political...
"Experts" reveal their "evidence" of Russian "hacking"
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convened today, hearing testimony from three “star witnesses”. If you have a spare three hours, and a strong stomach, feel free to watch...
Article 50 triggers strong reactions on both sides…but what will change?
There is a wonderful episode of South Park from 2008, based around the first election of Barack Obama. As the results are announced the democrats...
Global Laundromat update: "Bank did bank things with famous person"
Perhaps this is the beginning of a new series for the Guardian? Maybe in the future we can expect stories entitled “Man who voted Brexit regularly beats wife” and...
"There is no American Deep State…it just looks like there is"
Last week the New Yorker, and yesterday Salon magazine, published editorials arguing against the very existence of an "American Deep State". The arguments presented are very...interesting. Both are, perhaps,...