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February 28, 2022
Minor Blip Against The Cold, Or The New Face Of Dissident Loyalism?
Dr John Coulter ✒ This month’s ‘massive’ anti-Protocol rally in Markethill will be remembered for the heckling of East Antrim DUP MP Sammy Wilson rather than Unionism’s strategy to combat the Protocol. But as the TPQ Monday contentious political commentator. ponders, was this a minor blip because of the stormy weather, or dissident loyalism firing a broadside against political Unionism?Watching
February 27, 2022
War On Ukraine
Anthony McIntyre ✒ Perhaps now, with the war against Ukraine under way, all the social media experts, previously peddling their wares on Covid will switch lanes and proclaim a new expertise, this time in Russia-Ukraine relations.Predictably, a barrage from the internet equivalent of Stalin's Organ shall be fired off in the direction of those not persuaded of the purported expertise, with plenty
Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Forty Two
Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousUEFA strip Russia of Champions League final and confirm new venueThe eastward expansion of NATO is the cause of crisisUkraine: Anti-war groups, left
Man Accused Of Blasphemy Stoned To Death By Mob In Pakistan
Philadelphia Inquirer ✒ Police say an enraged mob has stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran inside a mosque in a remote village in eastern Pakistan.Multan, Pakistan (AP)An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran inside a mosque in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday. Three police officers also were
“Christian Values” Statement Has No Place in Our Government
TheHumanist.com ✒ “(Donald Kauerauf) is outspokenly pro-life and morally opposed to abortion. Missourians know that I share these beliefs and would not have nominated someone who does not share the same Christian values.” Kate Uesugi The above statement, made earlier this month by Missouri Governor Mike Parson, quickly prompted criticism and concern for the separation of religion and government.
NSS ✑ Ending Abortion Pills By Post A “Regression In Women’s Rights”
National Secular Society ✒ has warned the government's decision to end abortion 'pills by post' is a "regression" in women's rights.The government has today announced that a policy enacted in response to Covid-19 to allow early medical abortions at home in England will be scrapped at the end of August.The move follows interventions from the Church of England, which opposes abortion on
US Far Right Adores Vladimir Putin’s Christian Nationalism More Than Freedom and Democracy
Right Wing Watch ✒ Lauren Witzke, the Republican Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate from Delaware in 2020, gushed with praise for Vladimir Putin this week after the Russian dictator unleashed a military invasion against Ukraine.Peter Montgomery While somewhat shocking given the timing, Witzke’s admiration of Putin’s “Christian nationalism” has a long precedent among U.S. Christian right leaders,
February 26, 2022
No Greater Love … The Memoirs of Seamus Kearney
Henry Joy 🔖A copy of this autobiographical account by a former Republican prisoner fell into my hands recently – on loan from a friend . . . an afterthought accompaniment to a departing gift of a bottle of Kentucky bourbon.On returning home, both were placed in the cupboard. Neither holding immediate appeal. February is a short month. Therefore, a good one to go ‘on the dry’. And these days
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