Category Archives: Elections

The Republican Andrew Yang?

If I were tracking the 2024 Republican Presidential Primaries the way I tracked the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primaries (I’m not; the Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update was a huge pain in the ass and I don’t have the time to … Continue reading →

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Haley? No. Pence? No. Pompeo? No. Sununu? No.

Now that it’s less than two years before the 2024 Presidential election, a small crop of Republicans whose last names are not “DeSantis” or “Trump” seem to have convinced themselves that they’re viable Republican presidential candidates. These people are either … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 10, 2023

Here’s a longer-than-usual LinkSwarm, since last week’s edition was wiped out by the ice storm power outage. The leftwing corruption of all government institutions continues apace. “US lost 287,000 jobs while government was reporting +1 million in gains.” (Hat tip: … Continue reading →

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India’s Semiconductor Push: More Smoke Than Fire

India has been trying to get into semiconductor fabrication for a while now, and after announcing a $10 billion investment fund, and with China locked out of so much semiconductor technology, there have been a lot of news bubbling up, … Continue reading →

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Japan, The Netherlands Join China Semiconductor Ban

Japan and The Netherlands have evidently decided to sign onto the Chinese semiconductor ban. The talks between the US, Japan, and the Netherlands over wider bans on exports of semiconductor technology to China have reportedly seen the three agree to … Continue reading →

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Which Democratic Party Kingmaker(s) Want Biden Out?

As revelations continue to roll out about a third set of classified documents being illegally kept by Joe Biden, and crackhead son Hunter Biden paying The Big Guy $50,000 a month to rent his house (which would have meant that … Continue reading →

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Joe Rogan Interviews Peter Zeihan (Part 2: China, Cartels and Drug Wars)

Here’s Part 2 of my coverage of Joe Rogan’s interview with Peter Zeihan. (Part one is here.) First up, covering familiar ground for BattleSwarm readers, why China is screwed. The rich world was a population column from [as opposed to … Continue reading →

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Dave Barry’s 2022 Year In Review

Happy New Year, everyone! As is now tradition, we turn over our 2022 review duties to the capable hands of Dave Barry. January The national mood is gloomy, and it’s taking a heavy political toll on President Biden, as voters … Continue reading →

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What If Russia’s Partial Mobilization Is Actually A General Mobilization?

In a non-embedable video, the YouTuber formerly know as The Russian Dude announced that he had been called up for military service as part of Putin’s “partial mobilization” to throw more cannon fodder into the Ukrainian meatgrinder. (I’m pretty sure … Continue reading →

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