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Virginia Giuffre & Prince Andrew – both in crisis
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s teenage acquisitions, who won a multimillion-pound payout from Prince Andrew after claiming she was trafficked to have sex with him at the age of 17, appears to be in a crisis. She claimed she had only ‘four days to live’ after suffering kidney failure in the crash despite … Read more
Israel and Palestine – no end in sight to suffering
Israel’s miliary occupation of Gaza, intended to encourage a mass exodus of the local population, and to pressure Hamas to release the remaining 59 captives, 24 of whom are believed to be alive, has been pushed down the news agenda. Against the protests of hostage families, the ceasefire brokered by Trump’s emissary is fading into … Read more
Trump tariffs – sound the trumpets for a disaster?
Trump’s grandstanding ‘liberation day’ as he launched a trade war with tariffs for all the world like a gameshow host has fulfilled one of his aims, namely drawing the attention of the world to him. He timed his bombshell announcement unwittingly with astrological precision at 4pm Washington, DC time. The destructive Fixed Star Algol … Read more
Val Kilmer – a talented and troubled soul
Actor Val Kilmer, renowned for Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died after a long battle with throat cancer. He gained a reputation as “temperamental, intense, a perfectionist and sometimes egotistical.” Numerous spats with directors and co-stars, plus a series of flops, dented his later career. Batman director Joel Schumacher called Kilmer “the most psychologically … Read more
Corey Booker leads a Democrat pushback
Democrat Corey Booker has broken the record for the longest speech in US Senate history after speaking for more than 25 hours without a bathroom break to deliver a marathon protest of the policies of Trump. He said the threats to American democracy were “grave and urgent”. Born 27 April 1969 1.10 am Washington, DC … Read more
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Peter Thiel – right-wing with a mind of his own
Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist, net worth stood US$16.2 billion, a co-founder of PayPal, gave money to the Trump 2016 campaign but not this one. He is an elusive character, describing himself as a conservative libertarian. He has criticized economically-liberal attitudes towards free trade and big tech, is pro stricter border control, … Read more
Stock Markets in shock as tariffs loom
Stock markets across the world fell heavily after Trump suggested that new tariffs he is expected to announce this week would hit “all countries”. An explanatory piece in the FT pointed out he is driven by realpolitik which is practical, not moral or ideological. “If Trump thinks tariffs will help him, he won’t care who … Read more
Marine Le Pen – knocked off course ++ La France in turmoil, Bardella etc
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has been banned from standing for office for five years and sentenced to jail after being convicted of embezzling EU funds. She was handed a four-year jail sentence, of which two years are suspended, would only begin once no further legal recourse after appeals remains. She was also … Read more
Richard Chamberlain – a screen icon of yesteryear
Actor Richard Chamberlain, once renowned as the “king of the mini-series” for his leading roles in Shogun and The Thorn Birds, as well as in the 1960s medical drama Dr Kildare has died aged 90, a day before his birthday. He was born 31 March 1934 6.20pm Los Angeles with an alcoholic, emotionally abusive … Read more