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‘Windmills of Your Mind’ Rap Re-working by Hugo (mash-up video)

‘Windmills of Your Mind’, the seminal hallucinogenic break-up ditty first known to English-speaking audiences as the signature sound track song to the Thomas Crown Affair, is itself a cover of a French song. This masterful poetic piece has been performed by everyone from Dusty Springfield, to Barbara Streisand, the Muppets and Sting, so now I’d [...]

After Dark: British Intelligence

Part 1 This edition considers british intelligence, spies and traitors. Discussion Participants: Rt Hon Merlyn Rees MP Former Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland H. Montgomery Hyde Writer and former MI6 Officer Robert Harbinson Writer, composer and lecturer Air Commodore Alastair Mackie Former Cabinet Secretary on the Joint Intelligence Committee and Vice [...]

This Is What Winning Looks Like (Part 2/3)

“This Is What Winning Looks Like” is a disturbing new documentary about the ineptitude, drug abuse, sexual misconduct, and corruption of the Afghan security forces as well as the reduced role of US Marines due to the troop withdrawal. In part two, we see on-the-ground footage of fighting between the Afghan forces and the Taliban [...]

100 Days of Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Special Coverage

May 16 marks a dark milestone in the history of the world’s most maligned prison – 100 days of a mass hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay. Out of 166 inmates – 130 are on strike according to prisoners, while the military only admits to 102. At least a third of them are being force fed [...]

This Is What Winning Looks Like (Part 1/3)

“This Is What Winning Looks Like” is a disturbing new documentary about the ineptitude, drug abuse, sexual misconduct, and corruption of the Afghan security forces as well as the reduced role of US Marines due to the troop withdrawal. In part one, we see just how chaotic and hopeless the situation is in Sangin, one [...]

The Truth IS anti-Semitic

Response to “is Britain corrupt?” John Humphreys