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Sunday, January 03, 2016

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: LAW SUIT AGAINST TREASURY DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF FUNDS FLOWING FREELY TO ISRAELI SETTLERS UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED - BUT ISRAEL'S SYSTEMATIC INJUSTICE CERTAINLY WILL END ONE DAY JUST AS THAT OF THE SOVIET UNION ENDED

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN If Obama uses a so-called Executive Order to change the rules for gun ownership, the r...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE GUARDIAN'S COUNT OF ONE YEAR'S 1,134 KILLINGS BY AMERICAN POLICE - CONCLUSIONS ABOUT DISPROPORTION OF BLACK VICTIMS DOES REQUIRE SOME CAUTION

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN I applaud the statistics gathered by The Guardian . The FBI has never kept such numb...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: JUST A FEW OF THE MANY FLAWS IN THE WARREN COMMISSION'S REPORT - A SHAM INVESTIGATION THAT TRULY INVESTIGATED NOTHING

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COMMENT ON ASPECTS OF THE WARREN REPORT Way back with the publication of the Warren Report, Bertrand Russell, who regarded it as a ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: AMERICA ACTUALLY BOMBS SOME TERRORISTS IN WHAT'S LEFT OF IRAQ - WHY CAN'T IT DO THE SAME IN SYRIA?

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN SPUTNIK For some, American actions may seem a little confusing, bombing in one place while ignori...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: JIHADI TERRORISTS AS A SMALL SUBSET OF THE GENERAL CLASS OF TERRORISTS - WHO ARE IN FACT THE WORLD'S MOST THREATENING TERRORISTS TODAY?

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN I'm glad you made the distinction "jihadi” terrorists. They are in fact a...
Saturday, December 26, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S HIGHLY SELECTIVE WORDS ABOUT ISIS ATROCITIES - THE MANY THINGS HE IGNORES INCLUDING THE CREATION AND SUPPLY OF THE TERRORIST THUGS IN SYRIA

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT AND THE GUARDIAN The Archbishop of Canterbury's words are highly selective. ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY CLAIMS CHRISTIANS MOST PERSECUTED RELIGIOUS GROUP - AN EXAGGERATION AT BEST AND SOME HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN CRIMES AND ABUSES

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT I don't agree with the claim that Christians are the most persecuted religious ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE ESTABLISHMENT'S DISCOMFORT WITH PEOPLE'S QUESTIONING THE OFFICIAL VERSIONS OF EVENTS - THE GUARDIAN'S THIRD "CONSPIRACY THEORY" PUT-DOWN ARTICLE IN A FEW WEEKS - TRUTH ABOUT CONSPIRACY IN MODERN STATES

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN Please, yet another "conspiracy theories" put-down. You've done at l...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: METHODS OF NEWSPAPER PROPAGANDA - YET ONE MORE THINLY-DISGUISED ATTACK ON JEREMY CORBYN IN THE GUARDIAN

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN "Why I joined the Labour party – and why I’m thinking of leaving" is the one...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE MEDIOCRITY OF BRITAIN'S HILARY BENN PROMOTED YET AGAIN TO DISPLACE JUST-ELECTED PARTY LEADER, JEREMY CORBYN - BENN'S STUPID WORDS ABOUT WAR

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT Hilary Benn is pretty much my idea of a jerk as a politician. He goes on about ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: SEYMOUR HERSH REVELATION OF PENTAGON GENERAL ASSISTING ASSAD WITH INTELLIGENCE SECRETLY AGAINST AMERICAN GOVERNMENT POLICY - ROLE OF ISRAEL LOBBY IN AMERICAN POLICY

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA TODAY This is a remarkable story, if accurate. But then Seymour Hersh is one of the worl...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: DONALD TRUMP AND JIMMY KIMMEL - THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UN-AMERICAN

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARITCLE IN THE INDEPENDENT Well, this is really silly. Jimmy Kimmel might have called Trump's comments...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: AMERICA'S SECOND AMENDMENT OFFERS NO PROTECTION AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE OR GOVERNMENT TYRANNY - AND IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO

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COMMENT ON THE IDEA OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AS PROTECTION AGAINST TYRANNY Much as I hate the way American police and military behav...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: BRITAIN'S DAVID CAMERON, PHONY BLUBBERER ON DEMOCRACY, PARTNER TO THE TYRANT SAUDI KING IN ALL HIS MURDERS AND DESTRUCTION

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT What can you say about a man who insists his is the democratic tradition while he v...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ASSAD MUST GO: I DON'T THINK SO - JUST WHY AMERICA OPPOSES ASSAD

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COMMENT TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARIAN Your headline does not reflect the facts. Assad has agreed to elections in future. Tha...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: STEPHEN HARPER COMPARED TO JUSTIN TRUDEAU - DARKNESS VERSUS LIGHT - OUR VOTING METHOD BADLY HURTS DEMOCRACY

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COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY ROBERT FISK IN THE INDEPENDENT Yes, darkness and light are no exaggerations of our recent politica...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: MORE NONSENSE ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES - PLUS LEFT AND RIGHT EXTREMISTS - ALL FROM ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S CHIEF PROPAGANDISTS, NATALIE NOUGAYREDE - VOTES HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON GOVERNMENT BEHAVIOR

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COMMENT POSTED TO A COLUMN BY NATALIE NOUGAYREDE IN THE GUARDIAN I am one of those people who appreciates dependability and traditi...
Friday, December 18, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: WHY SO MANY AMERICAN CONSPIRACY THEORISTS? GREAT POWER ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY SECRECY AND MANIPULATION - THE PROPAGANDA OF CONFLATING REAL CONSPIRACY CONCERNS WITH PARANOIA

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT It's actually simple to explain, Mr. Ben Judah. One, America has a population...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL STRIKES HUCKLEBERRY FINN FROM ITS CURRICULUM - WHY THIS IS A GOOD DECISION HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH BOOK CENSORSHIP

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN Mark Twain’s novel, Huckleberry Finn , has not been banned, it has merely been dropped...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: BANNING THE OPPRESSIVE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - AS ONE SCHOOL HEAD HAS DONE

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE ON BLACKLISTED NEWS Banning the Pledge of Allegiance from public school is not shameful in the least. ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: RUSSIA'S EXTRAORDINARY PUTIN - AND THE STUPIDITY OF CURRENT AMERICAN POLICIES TOWARDS HIM

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST Putin is without a doubt the most remarkable leader to emerge in any major co...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: DAVID CAMERON PRETENDS TO TAKE THE HIGH GROUND ON A PETITION TO BAR TRUMP FROM BRITAIN - CAMERON'S "HIGH GROUND" WITH HIS INSULTS ABOUT JEREMY CORBYN

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT Cameron is just laughable. So often making claims to high ground. Was it hi...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: WHY HASN'T ZUCKERBERG REMOVED TRUMP'S MUSLIM COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK? SELECTIVE OUTRAGE? TRUTH ABOUT CONCEPT OF HATE CRIMES

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EXPANSION OF A COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT It is an interesting question why Mr. Zuckerberg hasn’t removed Trum...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: MUSSOLINI - ER, I MEAN TRUMP - SPEAKS OF CLOSING DOWN PART OF INTERNET

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT Well, I have to say this is a new stupidity on Trump's part. The more new ...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN ARTICLE: DONALD TRUMP IS ELECTABLE AS PRESIDENT, BUT…

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DONALD TRUMP IS ELECTABLE AS PRESIDENT, BUT… John Chuckman I think it entirely possible Donald Trump could be elected Presiden...
Sunday, December 13, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ON THE NATURE AND INEVITABILITY OF ROBOTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE

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COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT Robots are the future, full stop. We should view them as part of a long and co...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ANOTHER BENT POLL FROM THE INDEPENDENT ATTACKING JEREMY CORBYN - THE NATURE OF POLLS AND HOW THEY CAN BE EASILY MANIPULATED

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT You just don't stop, do you? The Independent displays a genuine case of Ob...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: SECULARISM AND FRANCE - THE RISE OF TRUMP AND LE PEN - AND CONFLATING FASCISM WITH ISLAM: EXACTLY WHAT ISRAEL AND APOLOGETIC COLUMNISTS HAVE DONE FOR YEARS

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN Another hopeless, uninformative piece from Natalie Nougayrède. Do you really want ...