Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Jeremy Byrd Just as Effective at Knocking Off Benjamin Netanyahu as he Was Knocking Off Greg Abbott

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Lawrence Person

You might remember that Obama dispatched Battleground Texas head Jeremy Byrd to Israel to help defeat incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Polls closed in Israel at 5 PM CDT. The results? Netanyahu just declared victory and will likely have enough … Continue reading →

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Maureen Dowd Smacks Hillary

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Maureen Dowd, a deeply uneven writer, is never more interesting than when she’s taking down hubris-swollen Democrats, especially if their last names happen to be Clinton. This is manifestly true of her most recent column, an open letter to Hillary. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 13, 2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Lawrence Person

It’s Friday the 13th, spring is in the air, and SXSW crowds are flocking into downtown Austin. Here’s a LinkSwarm: Nothing says “Religion of Peace” quite like threatening to burn children alive. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) Any deal with Iran … Continue reading →

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Greece Snarls At The Hand That Feeds It

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Angela Merkel tamped down a party revolt to extend the Greek bailout terms by four months. And her reward for extending that lifeline? Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reviving demands that Germany pay World War II reparations to Greece. Before … Continue reading →

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Boko Haram Pledges Alliegence to the Islamic State

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Lawrence Person

So Boko Haram (or Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad, if you prefer the full name) has now pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. It’s like the Voltron of Radical Islamic Lunatics. Significance? Maybe very little, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 6, 2105

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to Friday! With so much being written about Hillary Clinton’s secret email server (well, secret to mere peasants like you and me, if not foreign governments…) and the King v. Burwell ObamaCare hearings, I didn’t include anything on them … Continue reading →

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What Did Netanyahu’s Speech Accomplish?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Over on Ace of Spades HQ, DrewM is pessimistic that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech accomplished anything. While his central premise is correct (the deal won’t prevent the Obama Administration from making a criminally stupid deal with the Islamic … Continue reading →

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Complete Video and Text of Netanyahu’s Address to Congress

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the complete video of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking before the United States Congress (minus a handful of petulant Democrats) today: Skip to four minutes into the speech to miss the thunderous applause/walking in portion… And here’s the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 27, 2015

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Welcome to the Friday LinkSwarm, where two themes are jihadis enjoying the benefits of the welfare state, and Hillary Clinton enjoying treating campaign finance laws as “optional suggestions.” 96% of Australian jihadis who joined the Islamic State were on welfare. … Continue reading →

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Greece Suspends Soccer

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Greece has suspended their top soccer league due to violence: The new Greek government suspended competition in the top-flight Super League indefinitely after violence at a weekend match between the top two football clubs in the country. Sunday’s game between … Continue reading →

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