by Heather Hastie | Dec 3, 2017 | US Politics
The big news all over the world continues to be that US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI. He has pleaded guilty to one count, although the court documents detail evidence of other lies. This is...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 24, 2017 | Great Britain & Europe, International Politics, Middle East, Russia, US Politics, USA
The official name of the Iran Nuclear agreement is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA. It was signed in Vienna on 14 July 2015 between the Islamic Republic of Iran on one side and France, Great Britain, China, Germany, Russia, and the US on the other. The...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 14, 2017 | Religion, US Politics
Amongst all modern US presidents, Donald Trump stands out for his dishonesty, ignorance, and lack of morality. There’s hardly a demographic that he hasn’t upset as a result of his boorish behaviour. So you’d think that a group that claims to be the...
by Heather Hastie | Aug 26, 2017 | Tweets
Well, he’s done it again. Every time you think Trump can’t get any worse, he does. A couple of days ago in my Top Tweets post I wrote about Trump’s rally in Phoenix, Arizona. During his “speech” he floated the idea of pardoning a former...
by Heather Hastie | Aug 21, 2017 | Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, USA
As I said in my post on Charlottesville, the destruction of a statue is one I don’t agree with. I think that has a lot to do with my education in history, and perhaps also a general dislike for that sort of action. I suspect everyone here would agree with me...
