Category: World Events

After the First World War, Germany was subject to the Versaiiles Treaty which subjected Germany to enormous reparations as loser to the war. In this atmosphere, it was easy for a demagogue to rise up and explain that all Germany’s problems were caused by the Jews. Since January 20, 2025 in the United States, a…

I have started to read the book written with Virginia Roberts Guiffre entitled https://amzn.to/3J1jowh This book is an important book as it deals deals with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell as well as the man formerly known as the Duke of York and it is to be hoped will soon not be known as Prince…

Trump pardoned all the people convicted of the January 6 attack on Congress. So it will not be a surprise that now he has commuted the sentence of George Santos, a former Republican Congressman who was found guilty if several offences. Trump said that he was a Republican so not all bad. Reminiscent of the…

Donald Trump and his “friends” are totally beyond the pale.Who are these “friends”?J.D. Vance, Vice PresidentMike Johnson, Speaker of the House of RepresentativesRepublican members of the House of RepresentativesSenator Lindsay Graham, South CarolinaSenator Mitch McConnell, KentuckyRepublican Senators Justice Clarence ThomasChief Justice John RobertsU.S. Supreme JusticesFox NewsRobert F. Kennedy, Jr, Secretary of Health and Human Services…

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Trump has left the U.K. after a very swift and laid back State Visit. Why the U.K. Government invited him for a second State Visit, unique to anyone to have a second, was an absolute disgrace and showed how craven the British Government is in sucking up to America. At the State dinner, speeches were…

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/opinion/charlie-kirk-mourning-political-violence.html Charlie Kirk was a young Trump supporter so I was not a fan. However, he was assassinated yesterday, the day before the anniversary of 9/11. The left leaning New York Times published the above editorial. The United States cannot be shocked at this because of previous assassinations: John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin…

Something is radically wrong in American politics. Trump, of course, McConnell and the Republican Party in Congress and potentially the worst of all the lack of any opposition by the Democrats.

This article shows how Congress has abdicated its Constitutional responsibilities and allows Trump to be viewed as a dictator. A terrible indictment of the Republican Party in today’s America. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/us/politics/trump-congresss-power.html?rsrc=flt&unlocked_article_code=1.kE8.qzC4.1ly6hSxDIKJy&smid=url-share