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War is always hell, but even more so if you are ‘in charge’ of moving a multitude of chess pieces, all designed to work in your favour. by James Porteous Photo: FILE – Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File) 20…
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.” By James Porteous Photo: ©UNICEF/ Almahbashi. Millions of children across Yemen face serious threats due to malnutrition, in particular, and the lack of basic health services. All these threats are caused by the…
The ‘media’ is always telling us not to trust the media. Isn’t it time we started to listen to them? By James Porteous 14 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News by James Porteous In theory, North East West South (news) just happens. Much like the myth that the word ‘news’ was derived…
The murder of Shireen Abu Akleh is a horrid, despicable snapshot of the relentless, manufactured violence that has become part of our daily lives. By James Porteous UPDATE: Today (13 May 2022) the funeral service for Shireen Abu Akleh was held in Jerusalem. If you live in the West, it is unlikely that you have…
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We have marched from The Fog of Covid into the Fog of War and leaders are sending lawyers, guns and money and telling us to ignore the food and fuel crisis Photo: Sky News 21 April 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News From the Fog of Covid to the Fog of War by…
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We have traveled a long and tortuous road from the ‘Sanity Clause’ to ‘Catch-22’ to Elon Musk’s De Facto Town Square of World Freedom Graphic: Twitterville: The Town Square of World Freedom. Graphic by James Porteous UPDATE: 19 April 2022 The day after posting this item to various anti-social platforms I can offer wonderful, first-hand…
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Putin, Biden and Zelenskyy are all actors in the latest installment of the massive, inhumane pissing match universally known as The War for Oil 28 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News The Wars for Oil: When you Live by the Sword James Porteous Well, it took an act of violence to finally…
Faces: Kenney Jones | Ronnie Wood |Ian McLagan | Rod Stewart | Ronnie Lane | Say no more The Faces perform in Detroit, Michigan, September 6, 1972. Faces were an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of Small Faces after lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie. The remaining Small Faces—Ian McLagan (keyboards), Ronnie Lane (bass guitar, vocals), and Kenney Jones (drums…
Clipper Media Watch: Today: Media coverage of the war, Ukraine Propaganda, Stonehenge, Team Penske, Pickleball, Shanghai Disneyland Photo: The National Trust cares for more than 800 hectares of the landscape surrounding the Stonehenge monument. Photograph: James Dobson/National Trust 21 March 2022 | James Porteous | Today: Media coverage of the war, Ukraine Propaganda, Stonehenge, Team Penske,…
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‘A colour is simply a colour. It is not in any way connected to Ukraine. Otherwise, we would have to recognise its rights to the yellow sun in the blue sky.’ Photo: [Roscosmos via AP] 20 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News The Masters of Truth & Liberty have taken exception to the…
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No one listens anymore. I said no one listens anymore. To anything. Hell, you won’t even bother to read this tale of woe about no one listening anymore. Photo: The Fan / James Porteous 18 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Recently, the wee fan in the washroom of my small, one-room…
We trace the path from actual ‘war correspondents’ to our rather odd, antiseptic, human-interest version of ‘war.’ Photo: Screenshot: Opening Night of Shock and Awe – CNN 16 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News By James Porteous | 16 March 2022 In so many ways, unfortunately, there is nothing ‘new’ in the…
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