Iran: dreaming of revolution

Iran: dreaming of revolution

Iran is at the crossroads once again. While bombastic left-wing activists and journalists are strangely quiet about Iranians fighting a theocracy that kills gay people, oppresses women en masse, and murders dissidents, it might be timely to remind the West what Iran, the once proud Persian lion, has been forced to become under the Ayatollahs. There is ...
Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Shortly after midnight, Iran launched two long-range missiles towards the US base at Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal citing multiple US officials. This indicates a strike range of up to 4,000 kilometres. Neither missile struck the base, but the attack marked ...
The bittersweet death of Lycra

The bittersweet death of Lycra

There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly female film stars. The latest victim is the Lycra Company, which has filed for bankruptcy after sinking into a whopping $1.2 billion (£897 billion) of debt. That’s a lot of leotards! Invented in 1958 by ...
What did I miss?

What did I miss?

The most important issue this week was Labor’s desperate ‘don’t panic!’ messaging. Government officials claimed the problem was not a low fuel supply, but high demand. Australia has a jerry can apocalypse. There is a surge of ‘farm thieves’ cutting locks and raiding rural properties. Tractors are being drained and parked cars siphoned like it’s season ...

Iran: dreaming of revolution

Iran: dreaming of revolution
Iran is at the crossroads once again. While bombastic left-wing activists and journalists are strangely quiet about Iranians fighting a theocracy that kills gay people, oppresses women en masse, and murders dissidents, it might be timely to remind the West what Iran, the once proud Persian lion, has been forced to become under the Ayatollahs. There is ...

Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands

Iran tries to attack the Chagos islands
Shortly after midnight, Iran launched two long-range missiles towards the US base at Diego Garcia, the joint US-UK military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal citing multiple US officials. This indicates a strike range of up to 4,000 kilometres. Neither missile struck the base, but the attack marked ...

The bittersweet death of Lycra

The bittersweet death of Lycra
There are a lot of things that Ozempic & Co. have killed business for. Weight Watchers. Diets from cabbage soup to the boiled egg. Fat-but-jolly female film stars. The latest victim is the Lycra Company, which has filed for bankruptcy after sinking into a whopping $1.2 billion (£897 billion) of debt. That’s a lot of leotards! Invented in 1958 by ...

What did I miss?

What did I miss?
The most important issue this week was Labor’s desperate ‘don’t panic!’ messaging. Government officials claimed the problem was not a low fuel supply, but high demand. Australia has a jerry can apocalypse. There is a surge of ‘farm thieves’ cutting locks and raiding rural properties. Tractors are being drained and parked cars siphoned like it’s season ...