Category Archives: USA

At The Supreme Court of King Donald

Posted on April 3, 2025 by davidsberry

“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit.”—Ronald Reagan 40th President of the USA This week Trump brliebes he has anvhotrf hid place in history by ctrstimg ‘`Libreration DayAs … Continue reading →

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Can the GOP Survive Trump?

Posted on October 26, 2024 by davidsberry

With only ten days of media orgy of the US election to go, the finely balanced contest is making many people both there, and in the rest of the word(except autocrats like Orban, Maduram Putin,L Lukashenko and their like) nervous … Continue reading →

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Orban’s Heritage?

Posted on March 23, 2024 by davidsberry

On March 8th, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán visited Donald Trump at his palatial Mar-a-Lago retreat, where media reported much bonhomie and mutual respect. Almost unreported was Orbán’s visit to Washington, where he met Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation … Continue reading →

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Channelling Carnegie

Posted on March 2, 2024 by davidsberry

Next week, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will stand up in parliament and present the last Tory budget before the general election. To satisfy the unruly Tory right and many of their wealthy supporters, it is widely expected to contain tax cuts, … Continue reading →

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Mine Eyes Have Seen No Glory

Posted on February 24, 2024 by davidsberry

“If you don’t think this country is sliding towards theocracy, then you haven’t been paying attention.” —Charles M. Blow New York Times, Feb. 21st 2024 Democracy in America, that self-styled “leader of the free world” is in trouble. People may think the … Continue reading →

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What Iowa Portends

Posted on January 16, 2024 by davidsberry

Republican former President Donald Trump won the Iowa caucus by 30%, leaving his closest rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in the dust…and setting a new record for victory margins in the Iowa Republican caucus. Despite horrendous -28degC winter weather, … Continue reading →

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Another Tea Party?

Posted on December 17, 2023 by davidsberry

Today marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, when 30 men boarded three East India Company vessels in Boston Harbour. They broke open 342 chests of tea and, carefully avoiding causing any other damage, dumped about 90,000 pounds … Continue reading →

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This “Maga Saga” Is Nothing New

Posted on November 24, 2023 by davidsberry

This month, tantrums by the Maga wing of the Republican control of the US House of Representatives got even worse. On November 15th, they shut down House business by refusing to pass a procedural vote to take up a spending bill. … Continue reading →

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Our Nomenklatura *

Posted on September 17, 2023 by davidsberry

“You must believe in something. I believe I’ll have another drink.” The return of MPs to the hallowed halls of Westminster after their summer break has not gone well for the Government. P.M. Sunak came back empty-handed from the G20 … Continue reading →

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Trump is Toast

Posted on August 20, 2023 by davidsberry

Despite what US Civics and uber-patriots might have you believe, the USA is not the “perfect union” that the Founding Fathers conceived a quarter of a millennium ago, embodying their noble principles in the US Constitution. More than two dozen … Continue reading →

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