The hapless refugees and asylum seekers made the hazardous journey (the Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world) in wonky dinghies, and the demagogic Tories created a media splash by threatening to have the Royal Navy intercept the “invaders”. The “invasion” brouhaha was sufficient to incite neo-Nazi gangs to patrol beaches in search of “invaders”, and an exhausted arrival was beaten-up by a fascist thug as the former disembarked from his dinghy. The hoodlum in question was arrested and is now due for a court appearance. More

Insofar as Donald Trump is campaigning in, as opposed to subverting, the 2020 presidential election, his main selling point is Law and Order. That might at first seem odd. Crime is not Americans’ top issue right now. We are preoccupied first and foremost with trying not to die from the pandemic that Trump has deliberately fanned across the nation and with trying to keep our economic heads above water during the epic recession that has been fueled by that pandemic. Crime is a marginal concern compared to those concerns. More

I have lived in Claremont, California for 12 years, and never have felt so much heat as I did Saturday, September 5, 2020. That was a very hot day. The temperature hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit.  More

His transmission seems to be slipping, at least one of his cylinders is misfiring, the brakes are not grabbing and the stability of the “very stable genius” appears to be wobbling. Why? Did he really have “mini-strokes” in November? More