Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Giant Explosion Rocks Norway. Jihad-Related?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Fox News is reporting one person dead and several injured. JihadWatch is saying that the explosion might possibly be related to terror charges against Mullah Krekar, founder of the Kurdish Islamist group Ansar al-Islam. Norway had declared Krekar a danger … Continue reading →

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Anti-Semitism: The Flowchart

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Over at Talking Squid, Chris Lawson has come up with a flow chart to determine whether criticism of Jews and/or Israel is anti-Semitic or not. Since its seems pretty useful, and since Lawson says “Anyone else is also free to … Continue reading →

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This Month in Jihad

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Well, I’m not really updating it weekly anymore, am I? So here are some notable Jihad-related stories from the last month or so: Geert Wilders acquitted. Pakistani generals helped sell nuclear secrets to North Korea. Lovely. Christopher Hitchens, who is … Continue reading →

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Portugal’s Bonds Downgraded to Junk

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

By Moody’s. Between strikes in Greece, constitutional challenges to the Greek bailout in Germany, and other agencies rating the latest Greek bailout as tantamount to default, efforts to prevent a Euro-default contagion may fail sooner rather than later…

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“When in the Course of human events…”

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Lawrence Person

…it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s … Continue reading →

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The Unexpected Return of This Week in Jihad

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I stopped doing This Week in Jihad because it was eating up too much of my time. But this week there were enough big Jihad-related stories to justify putting one up: Michael Totten has an interesting interview with Claire Berlinski … Continue reading →

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Wealthy Entrepreneurs Leaving China?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Lawrence Person

According to this Forbes piece, yes. This seems to be partially a reaction to the government pouring more money into the public sector. What does that mean? Hell if I know. But it makes sense. After all, if you could … Continue reading →

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Update on the Coming Euro Collapse (and Our Own)

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Andrew Lilico in the Telegraph (via McArdle, via Insta) has a sobering look at what will happen when Greece defaults (“It is when, not if”). It starts out: Every bank in Greece will instantly go insolvent. The Greek government will … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 2, 2011

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Taking some time to get back into the post-Memorial Day swing, so here are a few links of interest: California passes new Let’s-Drive-As-Much-Business-to-Texas-As-Possible law. Thanks, California Democrats! Another interesting Michael Totten piece, this one on Jewish settlers in Hebron. Just … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 19, 2011

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Lawrence Person

My main computer is still in the shop, so here’s another roundup of brief updates… Erick Erickson at RedState tears into David Dewhurst six ways to Sunday, actually comparing him to Florida’s turncoat governor Charlie Crist. That’s got to sting… … Continue reading →

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