Brexit
MEMBERS ONLY: Would You Vote For Trump If He Was Progressive? I Wouldn't, And Here's Why.
Over the holiday season, I spent time with an uncle in the U.K who is decidedly more right wing than I am. He supported Brexit, and views liberal pc culture as one of the biggest problems in British society. My uncle is a highly intelligent man, a professor, lecturer, and ...read more
Is Russia Behind The Yellow Vest Protests In Paris?
Over the past few weeks, Paris and France at large have been rocked by the gillet jaunes ('yellow vests'), who have taken to the streets. The protestors were ostensibly motivated by French President Emmanuel Macron's fuel tax, that puts disproportionate stress on rural French ...read more
MEMBERS ONLY: The Movie Russia Doesn't Want You To See
Having satirized British politics (The Thick of It/In the Loop) and American politics (the multiple Emmy-award-winning Veep), Armando Iannucci has now brought his hammer - and sickle - down on Mother Russia in The Death of Stalin, a farce that not only lives up to his previous ...read more
American Social Media Troll Mistakes British Defence Secretary Resignation as Holdover from Obama Administration
(Satire) Today, Michael Fallon, UK’s Defence Secretary, resigned his position amidst a growing scandal involving allegations of sexual harassment some stemming as far back as fifteen years. While no formal allegations have been made, Fallon tendered his resignation to British ...read more
Britain and the World Needs Jeremy Corbyn, Not a Trump Lackey Like Theresa May
Today, global politics is in turmoil with several dangerous heads of major states actively trying to increase the likelihood of conflict. As Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duerte and Kim Jong Un ramp up rhetoric against other countries, their own citizens, and even ...read more
The French Election is the Most Important in Recent History
Standing between the complete break down of the international framework that has kept world peace for the past 70 years is one man -- Emmanuel Macron, the independent centrist who made it to the second round of the French presidential election this past weekend. Macron will be ...read more
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The Biggest D*ckhead in British Politics Just Joined The Biggest D*ckhead in American Politics
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the quasi-fascist UK Independence Party (UKIP) will be forever known as the man who helped ensure his country left the European Union, then ran away when the shit hit the fan. Literally days after the referendum results were released, the ...read more
The Brexit Movement Has Fallen Apart After Spineless Leaders Abandon Ship
If you thought the fallout from the Brexit debacle in the UK could not get any worse, two of the leading voices of the Brexit movement have now abandoned ship, abdicating responsibility for the gigantic mess they have created. First, Boris Johnson abruptly quit the conservative ...read more
Watch The Most Hated Man in British Politics Get Skewered on Live Television
Andrew Marr's interview of Michael Gove on the BBC this weekend was akin to watching a rabbit get skinned alive, roasted and eaten. From the get go, Marr tore into Gove, the pro Brexit conservative running to lead his party after betraying his longtime friend Boris Johnson, ...read more
Quote of the Day: "Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, We Won't Forget What You Did"
The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland lets the architects of the Brexit crisis Michael Gove and Boris Johnson have it with both barrels: Just look at what this act of vandalism has wrought. There has been a 500% increase in the number of hate crimes reported, as migrants are taunted ...read more
Britain Gone Wild: Boris Johnson Gets The Julius Caesar Treatment in Brexit Madness
The on going drama in the wake of the Brexit vote in Britain has now quite literally reached House of Cards proportions. In what has to be one of the most bizarre days in modern British history, key Brexit proponent and heir apparent to David Cameron Boris Johnson shockingly ...read more
MEMBERS ONLY: Matt Taibbi's Embarrassing Article on Brexit and Democracy
As a big fan of Matt Taibbi's excellent journalism over the years, I was dismayed to read his latest Rolling Stone column on the Brexit debacle in Europe that was, quite frankly, shockingly ignorant. Taibbi's piece, sardonically titled "The Reaction to Brexit is The Reason ...read more
As Britain implodes, Voters Learn That Brexit Was Giant Con All Along
The pro Brexit politicians who whipped up fear and stoked divisions in Britain are being exposed as charlatans who lied to voters about what leaving Europe would mean. Boris Johnson, the poster boy for pro Brexiters and the betting favorite to replace David Cameron as Prime ...read more
Sarah Palin Horrifically Mangles Brexit, Spouts Insane New Conspiracy Theory
Leave it to Sarah Palin to utterly mangle the Brexit debacle in Europe by not only falsely equating it with American independence, but adding a completely insane conspiracy theory about a 'One World Government'. Palin posted this latest little rant on her facebook page in the ...read more
John Oliver Eviscerates Brexit, Sends Bleak Warning to America About Trump
After sending a bleak warning to his fellow Brits last week not to leave the European Union, John Oliver returned in the wake of the 'Brexit' to lament the decision that has screwed not only the British economy, but the entire global financial system. Oliver went after the U.K. ...read more
Donald Trump's Idiotic Logic Summed Up in a Single Tweet
After a series of unbelievably stupid tweets in the wake of the EU referendum in Britain, Donald Trump laid this nugget of wisdom for his followers on why Hillary Clinton would be a "disaster" as a leader: Translation: Hillary Clinton predicated an outcome of an extremely close ...read more
Brexit Walks into a Bar...
We open in a British living room. BREXIT is talking to his wife EU. BREXIT: Fuck you and fuck this. You and the kids are holding me back, man! I'm a talent. Maybe I'll start a band, man. I've still got IT. I'm outahere on my new motor bike and I'm gonna FUCK ME SOME CHICKS! With ...read more
David Cameron Resigns as Brexit Sends World into Complete Chaos
If anyone thought the Brexit was a good idea, a cursory glance at the state of the global economy and political climate today should be enough to dispel any notion that this was Britain's 'Independence Day'. It wasn't -- the Brexit is going to be a disaster, and in our ...read more
Britain Votes to Exit Europe, Paves Way For Frightening Rise of Global Right Wing Nationalism
The image of Britain as an open, diverse, and modern nation now lies in tatters as voters decided to leave the European Union last night and plunge the nation into the unknown. With (as of writing this) an almost 1 million vote lead, Britons who wanted out of the EU voiced their ...read more
John Oliver's Anti Brexit Plea is Marvelous
Britain may well vote to leave the European Union this week -- a move widely criticized by the international community and the British prime minister himself. In a passionate and hilarious plea to the British public, John Oliver called for sanity and dismissed right wing ...read more