It is famously said that the United States and Great Britain are two nations separated by a common language, but when it comes to the vocabulary of racism it seems we are not that different at all. Of course, it … Continue reading
It looks as though Hillary Clinton will escape the State Department email scandal without being indicted, but she did not escape comedian Trevor Noah Tuesday without taking a few shots. In a press conference led by FBI Director James Comey … Continue reading
“American voters are rightfully pissed off by a perplexing electoral system – or as John Oliver calls it, “an erratic clusterfuck every four years” – where a presidential candidate can win a primary or caucus yet receive fewer delegates than … Continue reading
Within hours of the death of Antonin Scalia at the weekend, the leader of the Republican party in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, issued a statement saying President Obama should not be allowed to appoint a new justice to the … Continue reading
John Oliver‘s Last Week Tonight show returned on Sunday with a typically acerbic attack on Republican-controlled states that have created new voter registration laws that deliberately target ethnic minorities and the poor aka largely Democratic party voters. You can find more … Continue reading
On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert interviewed former George W Bush henchman Donald Rumsfeld who had agreed to visit the Late Night with Stephen Colbert studio primarily to talk about his new “Churchill Solitaire” app. After some initial soft soaping, Colbert … Continue reading
Last month’s race to be the next Speaker of the US Congress, brought forth some interesting candidates. None more so than Republican congressman Kevin McCarthy. Stephen Colbert was quick to highlight a number of issues with McCarthy’s candidacy including his comments … Continue reading
“For nearly all of Jon Stewart’s opening segment on his final Monday night Daily Show it seemed as if Donald Trump would be left entirely unmentioned. That’s because this time the target of the host’s scorn was this past weekend’s … Continue reading
Earlier this year Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown of California told ABC’s This Week “It is true that there’s virtually no Republican who accepts the [climate change] science that virtually is unanimous. I mean there is no scientific question. There’s just political denial … Continue reading
On Tuesday morning, Radio 4’s Today Programme and a number of centre left papers ran a story about the ‘living’ wage. Unfortunately, this important story was then swamped by the hacking trial circus later in the morning. The reality is that the … Continue reading
Last week when Tea Party member Dave Brat beat Eric Cantor in the Republican party primary he ended any chance for immigration reform in the US during Obama’s final presidential term. In the same way that UKIP have led the anti-immigration debate … Continue reading
The US, it seems, has reached the point where it simply accepts that mass shootings and mass murder are part of the American way of life. Due to copyright restrictions in order to watch the clip you need to type or copy and … Continue reading
“The annual NRA convention was held [26/27 April] in Indianapolis, and its message was clear: you should be terrified of everyone and everything, and only guns can protect you.” The Wire 27 April 2014 Due to copyright restrictions in order to watch the … Continue reading
According to Republican party big-wigs, the government should never be involved in picking winners and losers but if that is the case how do they explain becoming so exercised about (and directly involved in stopping) the possible unionisation of the … Continue reading
“Stephen Colbert offered a tongue-in-cheek defense of Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen on Wednesday’s “Colbert Report,” citing that there’s no way his much-maligned latest column was as racist as his critics said. After all, he explicitly said he wasn’t racist … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 