The Muslim Brotherhood wants open borders

Find out about CAIR before you decide to support them: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/28/terror-tied-group-cair-causing-chaos-promoting-protests-lawsuits-as-trump-protects-nation/

Cate Blanchett has one of the most incisive political minds around

Being an actor is no small thing. At the same time, learning lines and impersonating people or interpreting characters does not automatically mean you are a political thinker. It is possible to be an actor and an intelligent political thinker, but that would require something more than sweeping statements backed up by no argument at all. So, no, I was only joking, Cate - your performance on the Jimmy Fallon Show was crude and lacked any sentient points. The tragedy for lefty lovelies is that nobody pushes them to rise above empty gestures. Sad. And, seriously, if you don't believe me, read this and see if she makes a single point about Donald Trump that a six-year-old couldn't make: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/26/cate-blanchett-on-donald-trumps-presidency-its-absurd-and-ridiculous         

Australia Day 2017

Here is an amusing piece by James McCann on Australia getting a new National Anthem: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/opinion-our-anthem-sucks-and-its-time-to-get-a-new-one/news-story/83c6d0dc11fecf9cf17bb49128f158fe

Turkey's longstanding conspiracy against the Kurds

It is a terrible and tragic story: http://ekurd.net/crushing-kurds-unravelling-2017-01-24

Great news! Erdogan is disturbed by Trump's remarks!

Nobody is sure what President Trump remarks exactly have disturbed President Erdogan, but the fact that the Tribune of Anatolia is disturbed at all can only be good news: http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/ca0f7428-1d94-42ea-95a3-9ac9fd979bcc/Remarks-by-Trump-disturbing--Erdogan

A Fourth Detente?

First there was Eisenhower/Khrushchev, then Nixon/Brezhnev, followed by Reagan/Gorbachev. Each time a Republican president tried - not always successfully - to bring about an understanding with Moscow. We are now in the Trump/Putin era. Here is a good piece in the Nation on the chances of a Fourth Detente: https://www.thenation.com/article/the-fight-over-a-trump-putin-detente-begins/

January 20, 2017: President Trump's Inauguration

Courtesy of ABC News

Here is a transcript of President Trump's speech: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-text-full-read-a7538131.html