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- Change on a ‘war footing’: India reshapes its military, seeks strategic balance with China
India’s armed forces are undergoing a long overdue transformation, with several new military commands being rolled together and modernized. How does the latest move affect stability in the region? - Boy Scouts declaring bankruptcy to avoid facing sex abuse victims while keeping its doors open to predators & fresh recruitsBoy Scouts of America are declaring bankruptcy, so they can afford to pay off thousands of still-uncompensated sex abuse victims. In a move both craven and irresponsible, however, they are staying open for business.
- Bloomberg can run from Trump comparisons by declaring him ‘Bernie’s New Bro,’ but he can’t hideBillionaire Democrat candidate Michael Bloomberg has tried to equate his democratic socialist rival Bernie Sanders with the party’s bogeyman, President Donald Trump. But if anyone resembles Trump, it’s Bloomberg.
- 'More interested in pipelines than indigenous people': Trudeau faces activists' wrath over yet ANOTHER contentious energy projectWith Canada paralyzed by anti-pipeline blockades that shut railways and crippled traffic, Justin Trudeau canceled a Caribbean trip to manage the crisis — but indigenous people opposing the project have little reason to trust him.
- ‘Low-key noble?’ I can’t believe there are STILL people defending Jussie SmollettThe alleged faking of a hate crime by Empire star Jussie Smollett deserves all the mockery it gets, but instead of cutting their losses some public figures are still trying to defend him, this time calling him ‘noble.’
- Why’s Mike in Africa? Pompeo’s not visiting Senegal, Angola & Ethiopia for fun – he’s there to fight ChinaThe US Secretary of State’s visit to Africa has more to do with China than anything else. After unveiling the first limb of its “Prosper Africa” strategy, the US finds itself further locked in a geostrategic battle against China.
- London Mayor Khan puts knife crime in the ‘too tough’ tray and takes on climate change for votes in election run-upAs the no-win row over funding in the fight against London knife crime continues, Sadiq Khan changes tack in the run-up to Mayoral elections, and chooses climate change over safer streets in a far riskier strategy to win votes.
- Priorities: Boris Johnson fails to visit flooded areas in UK, yet makes time to extend Syria sanctionsUK PM Johnson hasn’t visited victims of the Storm Dennis floods, or called an emergency ‘COBRA’ meeting, but his government has had the time to announce it’s going along with more sanctions on Syria.
- ‘OK, Boomer’ mentality: Academics want to label old age a disease, in case you had any respect left for the elderlyProminent academics are pushing for the World Health Organization (WHO) to include old age on its list of diseases. They say it will improve old people’s lives – but in reality, it will give everyone the excuse to write them off.
- Philippines quitting military alliance with US may cause domino effect & is sure to spoil Washington’s anti-China drumbeatThe scrapping by the Philippines of a military partnership with the US occurs with rather embarrassing timing for Washington, as it seeks to rally its allies to adopt America’s hostile line towards China.
- Turkey faces strategic defeat in Idlib after failing to live up to its commitments on SyriaUnder the 2018 Sochi agreement, Turkey was supposed to disarm and disassociate itself from the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Its failure to do so has sown the seeds of Turkey’s inevitable defeat in Syria.
- Workplaces are imperfect, but they don’t need Orwellian ‘thought police’ tech to enforce inclusivityIn an effort to quash any ‘implicit biases’ that may be lurking inside of the Western workplace, researchers are busy as beavers creating smart devices to ‘ensure equality’ across the board. What could possibly go wrong?
- Change on a ‘war footing’: India reshapes its military, seeks strategic balance with ChinaIndia’s armed forces are undergoing a long overdue transformation, with several new military commands being rolled together and modernized. How does the latest move affect stability in the region?
- Boy Scouts declaring bankruptcy to avoid facing sex abuse victims while keeping its doors open to predators & fresh recruitsBoy Scouts of America are declaring bankruptcy, so they can afford to pay off thousands of still-uncompensated sex abuse victims. In a move both craven and irresponsible, however, they are staying open for business.
- Bloomberg can run from Trump comparisons by declaring him ‘Bernie’s New Bro,’ but he can’t hideBillionaire Democrat candidate Michael Bloomberg has tried to equate his democratic socialist rival Bernie Sanders with the party’s bogeyman, President Donald Trump. But if anyone resembles Trump, it’s Bloomberg.
- 'More interested in pipelines than indigenous people': Trudeau faces activists' wrath over yet ANOTHER contentious energy projectWith Canada paralyzed by anti-pipeline blockades that shut railways and crippled traffic, Justin Trudeau canceled a Caribbean trip to manage the crisis — but indigenous people opposing the project have little reason to trust him.
- Priorities: Boris Johnson fails to visit flooded areas in UK, yet makes time to extend Syria sanctionsUK PM Johnson hasn’t visited victims of the Storm Dennis floods, or called an emergency ‘COBRA’ meeting, but his government has had the time to announce it’s going along with more sanctions on Syria.
- Why’s Mike in Africa? Pompeo’s not visiting Senegal, Angola & Ethiopia for fun – he’s there to fight ChinaThe US Secretary of State’s visit to Africa has more to do with China than anything else. After unveiling the first limb of its “Prosper Africa” strategy, the US finds itself further locked in a geostrategic battle against China.
- London Mayor Khan puts knife crime in the ‘too tough’ tray and takes on climate change for votes in election run-upAs the no-win row over funding in the fight against London knife crime continues, Sadiq Khan changes tack in the run-up to Mayoral elections, and chooses climate change over safer streets in a far riskier strategy to win votes.
- ‘Low-key noble?’ I can’t believe there are STILL people defending Jussie SmollettThe alleged faking of a hate crime by Empire star Jussie Smollett deserves all the mockery it gets, but instead of cutting their losses some public figures are still trying to defend him, this time calling him ‘noble.’
- Philippines quitting military alliance with US may cause domino effect & is sure to spoil Washington’s anti-China drumbeatThe scrapping by the Philippines of a military partnership with the US occurs with rather embarrassing timing for Washington, as it seeks to rally its allies to adopt America’s hostile line towards China.
- American Civil Liberties Union has abandoned civil liberties for crowd-pleasing gestures, former director warnsThe ACLU, once the flagship US civil liberties organization, has abandoned its post right when it’s most needed. Unlike other groups that have sold out for political expediency, it can't be easily replaced.
- Russian GRU agents prowl undersea internet cables off Irish coast in the Times’ latest spy thrillerTeams of Russian agents have been dispatched to Ireland to map undersea fiber-optic cables, with a view to “cutting communications in time of conflict.” A damning indictment that sounds suspiciously like a spy flick.
- France gave asylum to ‘political martyr’ Pavlensky, but it got an unstable anarchist insteadThe French love an outre liberal cause, until the point comes when that cause makes them look un petit fou – as their recent infatuation with anti-Kremlin artist-activist Pyotr Pavlensky is proving to turn out.
- ‘OK, Boomer’ mentality: Academics want to label old age a disease, in case you had any respect left for the elderlyProminent academics are pushing for the World Health Organization (WHO) to include old age on its list of diseases. They say it will improve old people’s lives – but in reality, it will give everyone the excuse to write them off.
- Stronger than sanctions: What’s driving countries from Turkey to India to buy Russia’s S-400?The S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defense system is taking the globe by storm. After NATO member Turkey, India is next in line and even Iraq is reportedly interested, despite US threats of sanctioning anyone who buys weapons from Moscow.
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