Besieged from three sides, the Dictator embraces a dictator

By Robert A. Vella In the last months of World War II, fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was besieged from three Continue reading →

A dangerous precedent, a deep crisis in democracy, and Trump’s megalomania is running amok

By Robert A. Vella Late on Tuesday, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that shocked legal Continue reading →

Sunday Topics, Glaciers, bunkers, blasts, demonstrations, racial hatred, credentials, and NRA’s Russia ties

By Robert A. Vella In a bizarrely prophetic ritual, Iceland officially commemorated the first loss of one of its glaciers Continue reading →

‘Panama Papers’ claim first major casualty as Iceland’s PM resigns; Americans named in exposé

The prime minister of Iceland resigned Tuesday as the weekend exposé of off-shore tax matters found in the so-called “Panama Papers” claimed its first major casualty. Continue reading →

World Leaders Hid Wealth Via Shell Companies, Report Alleges

Leaked files from a Panama law firm that creates shell companies show that politicians, criminals and celebrities worldwide have used Continue reading →

Iceland sentences 26 bankers to a combined 74 years in prison

Unlike the Obama Administration Justice Department, the Icelandic Supreme Court and Reykjavik District Court have found the five top bankers Continue reading →

No joke: Iceland’s Pirate Party surges into first place in the polls

attribution: Daniel Donner […] The Pirate Party is a strange beast that has no political analog in the United States, Continue reading →

40km Long Fissure Is Ripping into Violent Askja, Linking Iceland’s 3 Largest Volcanoes: Updated

Code red has been downgraded to Code orange by Iceland’s Met Office because eruption is not imminent, but experienced vulcanologists Continue reading →