A BBC report: Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the UK. The oil is payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang has sent Moscow to…

Many are today asking why Islamic Republic officials—chief instigators and perpetrators of the ongoing Middle East conflict, as well as responsible for the murder, torture, and oppression of millions of Iranians—are not prosecuted by the ICC. Since the regime in Iran does not… — Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن (@elicalebon) November 22, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…

Brad Polumbo is doing the old "culture wars" routine against Nancy Mace: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is making waves after introducing a resolution explicitly targeting her transgender colleague, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., that would bar McBride and other transgender women who work in the Capitol from accessing women’s restrooms or other gender-based facilities. House Speaker…

Her name is Roshank Molaei—a woman who dared to defend herself against sexual assault in public. But guess what? In the twisted logic of this regime, it’s not the assault that’s the crime; it’s the fact that her hair was showing while she did it. So now, instead of punishing the… https://t.co/W8jGIL0uIV pic.twitter.com/hyxeDOvBtX — Masih…

🚨Under the leadership of Governor Walz, at least FIVE violent trans-identified male inmates have been transferred to the women's prison in Minnesota. This includes two sexual predators, one of whom raped two 6-year-old girls. READ: https://t.co/naHmRnEEOu https://t.co/uZU47AaXle pic.twitter.com/5FkBJaKlPv — REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) November 21, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Since Israel started its destruction of Hezbollah, it seems like more and more Lebanese are speaking out against the Iran-backed cuckoo in their nest. From MEMRI TV: In an October 23, 2024 appearance on MTV (Lebanon), Lebanese academic Imad Chamoun stated that Palestinians do not have the right to the land. He pointed out that…

More Hampstead colour: First two – maple – in the Kitchen Garden.

I've just finished Adam Kirsch's On Settler Colonialism. It's not much over 100 pages, so an easy day's read. As he notes, it started out with academics in the US, Australia, and Canada, searching for new ways to celebrate the wickedness of their countries – founded as they were by stealing the land from the…

The fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of North Korea’s human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council earlier this month made a number of ecommendations. They were all, of course, rejected by Pyongyang: In the UPR draft report circulated on November 11, 2024, North Korea effectively rejected 88 recommendations, including those calling for cooperating…

LGBT Youth Scotland – the troubled charity that pushes gender ideology in Scottish primary schools – makes the news again. From the Times: The chairwoman of BBC’s Children in Need charity has quit, alleging “institutional failure” over grants awarded to a youth transgender charity hit by ­child abuse scandals. Rosie Millard, 59, a writer and…