Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Christmas Greetings From Mia Khalifa
Mia Khalifa who lost her job due to speaking up for Palestine as I outlined back here, wishes us a great Christmas. I've been researching the industry she worked or maybe still works in with other partners. I don't know her status on that topic and I don't care. What I do care is that Mia is OK as I've been on the end of those death threats from the same gang, but I think we know the answer after watching her video clip. I have so much more that I'll be sharing but you might want to bookmark some of the links in essential resources I've added as I'm on Google's platform and remain here at their pleasure.
In fairness they've been very very good to me on quite a few issues and I'm grateful for that although they don't approve of me sometimes and that's fine.
I've already explained that Mia's no dummy but I think the video reveals to us a lot more about her character and it's clear she's charming and fun. There's a lot more fascinating information to write up and there's also a very troubling side to the business which nobody has published with evidence yet, and I'm going to do that when the time is right, which is as soon as people are ready to learn the information. Now is too early, but not for much longer.
Saturday, 25 December 2021
Christmas Behind Bars
Monday, 2 November 2020
If Only There Was A Vaccine - There's Never Been A Vaccine Like This
Sunday, 20 October 2019
Blame It On The Muslims
Friday, 5 October 2018
Wednesday, 26 December 2007
Recombinant Christmas Culture

Across Asia the desire to get into the Western tradition of Christmas spirit is quite notable. There are variations from country to country. Thailand as a Buddhist country or Indonesia as an practioners of Islam for instance don't celebrate the day itself. Thus Santa Claus (mashed up with Minnie Mouse above) are ubiquitous right across the continent at this time of the year, but often references to biblical characters such as Jesus or characters from the Nativity are erased. Worth a mention was the countdown on Christmas Eve at midnight. The crowd at the nightclub we visited, really went for it with more gusto than I've seen in many European capitals. Its fair to say that Christmas celebrations are beginning to transcend culture as a period of celebration that city dwellers (in the main) can find accessible.
This young lady was hamming up a little at the bar and shortly after left as if nothing had happened. A sort of faux intoxiqué if you like. I've experienced this behaviour across different cultures, genders and age groups and concluded that reasoning with these folk is the same as trying to reason with a drunk - completely unpredictable. Although they know what they are doing, they can play oblivious at any point. I do like the face in bar action going on here. Its the little touches that can convince. Merry Christmas Everyone.
Sunday, 2 December 2007
Merry Bleeding Chrimbo

I'm rereading Bulgakov's The Master and the Margarita at the moment (thanks Sasha) and I'm still blown away by that scene where Pontius Pilate has a splitting headache and fundamentally doesn't want to crucify Jesus but is under enormous pressure from the president of the Sanhedrin, the high priest of Judaea to crucify this awkward vagrant philosopher and let the common criminal Barabbas go free instead, as was the custom during the Passover to commute a sentence for one individual. Its so vivid that it might well be one of my most favourite chapters in any book ever. It brings to life, a life and death decision that possibly changed the world.
Why am I talking about this? Well as I've pointed out elsewhere if you try and bring up politics and religion in general discourse today people think you're nuts. They really think you've lost the plot. Yet is it just me that looks at the insane Christmas consumption frenzy (as the planet heats up) and thinks that the rest of the world has gone nuts? Don't get me wrong I think its a great time for children along with an opportunity to talk about some the ideas that were shared a couple of millennium ago. But what we have now, is so far removed from the idea that started it all I now have no time at all for the whole Shitmas gig.
Just last night I took a scout around Beijing's Nan Jiu Ba Jie in the SanLiTun area to see if I could find any decent DJ's and sure enough I did, although I had to work my way through the usual expat dribble of crap hip hop, drunk for life anthems and low-so discourse. But on leaving one place I saw this poster and as much as I think too few women know how important top quality lingerie really is I couldn't help concluding that this poster captures the essence of Christmas in the 21st century. A self indulgent piss up with the chance for an office party leg over followed by mince pies, Christmas pudding, liquor galore and gifts all round without a hint of what the gift of giving is really all about.













