Mark Rutte, the former “Teflon” prime minister of the Netherlands for 14 years, adept at ducking scandals, will be the new head of NATO from October 1. He won praise for building a rapport with Donald Trump during his presidency and calming his aggressive outbursts about European defence spending. He is known as an effective … Read more
Rabble-rousing, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones amplified the appalling suffering of the parents of the 20 Sandy Hook children killed by a mass shooter in December 2012 by claiming it was a “false-flag operation” and the parents were paid ‘crisis actors’. What was worse was that he did not believe a word of his hoax claims … Read more
Hunter Biden has been found guilty on all three felony counts relating to buying a handgun while being a user of crack cocaine. Whether it will have much effect on the election seems undecided though it will take a personal toll on the president, who is already under scrutiny for his advancing years. Sentencing will … Read more
France was always due for an almighty upheaval this year running alongside panic and confusion as Emmanuel Macron calls a surprise election in the face of considerable losses in the French sector to the far-right in the EU election (overall the centre-right was the winner). All of which coincides with high-stress turbulence on Macron’s Presidency … Read more
The Republican Convention to anoint Trump or not falls between 15th and 18th July in Milwaukee – and they could not have chosen a more incendiary moment. It opens on an explosive Mars Uranus Algol conjunction in Taurus which by day 2 will be opposition the Scorpio Moon. This also coincides with the Solar … Read more
Trump’s legal woes just lightened with the Florida judge Aileen Cannon, whom he appointed, kicking his classified documents case down the road, possibly past the election. And the Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case to inquire into the relationship between the DA Fani Willis and the special prosecutor. ‘The … Read more
American royalty of yesteryear is being highlighted in a biography of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F Kennedy Jnr, who was killed with her husband in a plane crash in July 1999. A review describes it as ‘cloying’ and more hagiography than a balanced view of her life. John was born in November … Read more
“There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.” Shakespeare, … Read more
The Supreme Court in the USA continues to lose respect and popularity for their abortion rulings and interventions in Trump’s behalf. The overturning of Roe versus Wade may prove to be the second worst decision in their long history and equally as politically damaging as the first. The Dred Scott decision of 6 … Read more
Amidst concern for Biden’s progress towards the election, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have stepped up to help raise a healthy $25 million for campaign funds. He is running neck and neck with Trump though polls are never much of a guide but there are concerns about his fitness and the damage caused … Read more