Jenna Abrams, Russia’s American Twitter Sock-Puppet
The Daily Beast has a well-researched article examining the mysterious Jenna Abrams, a minor right-wing “celebrity” in the United StatesContinue Reading
Category: Politics
1.8 Million Fake Breathalyser Tests Recorded By An Garda
Am I the only one who believes that the “breathalyser tests” scandal in An Garda Síochána is failing to receiveContinue Reading
The United States Has Spent $1.46 Trillion On War-Fighting Since 2001
Over the last few years I’ve published several articles examining the financial costs of the United States’ global “War onContinue Reading
President Michael D Higgins Did Not Say That Compulsory Irish Is A Mistake
Yet again, don’t believe everything that you read in the press. Or at least, what you might read in Ireland’sContinue Reading
Kurdish Infighting Handed Valuable Kirkuk Region To Baghdad And Tehran
Reading this report in the Guardian by Martin Chulov, the newspaper’s veteran Middle East correspondent, it seems that my analysis ofContinue Reading
Dublin’s Brexit Solution: A Super-Majority Clause And An Irish Sea Border?
A thought occurs to me reading a Comment by a reader under the discussion on Leo Varadkar’s suggestion that aContinue Reading
Fake Democracy: A Super-Majority Requirement For A United Ireland
The former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, John Taylor, has taken to making the headlines in recent yearsContinue Reading
The Unexpected Kurdish Retreat From Kirkuk
The precipitous withdrawal of forces nominally loyal to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the oil-rich Kirkuk region of northernContinue Reading
Will Britain Give Explicit Guarantee On No Brexit Border In Ireland?
There’s a plausible report by Dara Doyle on the business and current affairs website, Bloomberg, claiming that the Fine Gael-led governmentContinue Reading
The DUP Orders UK Conservative Party Government To Push For Hard Brexit
The finance minister of the United Kingdom, Philip Hammond, is regarded by most commentators as one of the less enthusiasticContinue Reading
Donald Trump Is The Silvio Berlusconi Of American Politics
While hyperbolic comparisons with Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini have become commonplace when discussing the wayward presidency of Donald Trump, aContinue Reading
Liam Cosgrave, A Fine Gael And Free State Reactionary To The Last
The recent passing of the former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Liam Cosgrave, had led to much eulogising by theContinue Reading
Official Review Concludes, Ireland Engaged In Mass Surveillance Of Virtually Entire Population
Back in January 2016 the former Chief Justice of Ireland, John L Murray, began his review of the country’s rarely discussedContinue Reading
When It Comes To America’s Guns, The Las Vegas Strip Shooting Will Change Nothing
The confusion experienced by foreign journalists and news media when dealing with the complex firearms’ debate in the United StatesContinue Reading
A Fine Gael-Sinn Féin Coalition Government? Not This Side Of A Reunited Ireland
If one were to believe the country’s right-leaning press, from newspapers to current affairs’ websites, Sinn Féin is a partyContinue Reading
Theresa May’s Disastrous Speech, Complete With P45, Coughing And Falling Slogan
When Theresa May made her speech this morning at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, very few people indeed couldContinue Reading
Spanish Police Attack Voters During Catalan Independence Referendum
It’s turning into a day of shame for Spain as the reactionary government in Madrid seeks to deny the CatalanContinue Reading
The British Government Is Culpable For House Expulsions By British Terrorists In Belfast
On the 5th of June 2017, just four days before the general election in the United Kingdom, a group known asContinue Reading
The FBI, The IRA, And Warren Hinckle, Gonzo Journalist And Editor
The name Warren Hinckle will probably be unknown to most ASF readers but for a time he was one ofContinue Reading
Seven English Language TV Channels In Ireland Vs. The Lone Irish Language Channel
At the present moment in time, there are two national television networks broadcasting in the English language across Ireland. TheirContinue Reading
A Tentative Brits Out Response To Brexit From Official Ireland?
Here’s something I thought I’d never see in my lifetime. Former Labour Party spin-doctor-in-chief Fergus Finlay expressing the frustration andContinue Reading
Lyndon B Johnson And The Vast Resources Committed To The Vietnam War
Lyndon B. Johnson, the Texas-born vice-president who succeeded John F. Kennedy in the turbulent latter half of November 1963, has always heldContinue Reading
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