In 2013 California, J.C. Penney’s Michael Graves-designed Bells and Whistles kettle billboard sparked Hitler comparisons/ Image: X In late May 2013, a roadside billboard in Culver City, California, advertising a stainless-steel tea kettle for US retailer J.C. Penney unexpectedly became the centre of an online storm. The advert, positioned beside the busy 405 Freeway, featured […]
Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro (ANI image) Tensions between Colombia and the United States have escalated sharply after Colombian President Gustavo Petro labeled US President Donald Trump as “rude and ignorant” and accused him of doing “to Latin Americans what Hitler did to the Jews.”The latest flare-up follows Trump’s announcement on Sunday to end all […]
US president Donald Trump faced protests on Tuesday evening while dining at a restaurant in Washington DC. As Trump entered Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, near the White House, a small group of demonstrators chanted “Free DC” and “Free Palestine,” calling him “the Hitler of our time.” Other diners booed the protesters.Trump responded […]
File photo: US Vice President JD Vance (Picture credit: AP) US Vice President JD Vance has drawn widespread ridicule after suggesting that the Second World War ended through “negotiations,” while defending President Donald Trump’s push for a diplomatic settlement in Ukraine.Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Vance told host Kristen Welker, “This is […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) Fewer than 1 per cent German soldiers harbor “consistent right-wing-extremist attitudes,” according to a new study conducted by the military’s own Bundeswehr Center of Military History and Social Sciences (ZMSBw).The study found that only 0.4 per cent of soldiers show right-wing-extremist attitudes. Among the military’s civilian personnel, the proportion is 0.8 per […]
The ‘dual-state theory’ explains how authoritarians bend the law to their will. Source link
