Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Lebanon Seizes Ship Loaded With Stolen Ukrainian Grain

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Lawrence Person

A small story with possibly big implications: Lebanon has seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour while it determines whether the cargo may have been stolen from Ukraine, said Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat. The Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for July 29, 2022

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Lawrence Person

The Biden Recession picks up downhill speed, liberals are spending $160 million to seize control of elections, Biden wants to starve your children until you accept transgenderism, and another Soros-backed DA gets the heave-ho from voters. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! … Continue reading →

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Scenes From China’s Slow-Motion Collapse

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Remember the bank runs in China story after all those bank accounts in Hunan were frozen? I’ve been looking for signs of wider contagion amidst the Chinese banking sector, and mostly haven’t seen it. But I have seen a lot … Continue reading →

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Semiconductor Update for July 18, 2022

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Enough links have filtered into the semiconductor bucket to be worth doing a roundup. This one touches on China and the corruption of our political elites. The congressional Democrats’ attempt to throw money at the problem is going nowhere fast. … Continue reading →

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Two Doses of Neil Oliver

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Lawrence Person

First up: Scottish commentator Neil Oliver wonders about all the questions we’re not allowed to ask about Flu Manchu. Daily Mail online carried a headline on the 8th of June: Healthy young people are dying suddenly and unexpectedly from a … Continue reading →

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An End To The German Economic Engine?

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Lawrence Person

With Russia shutting down the NordStream gas pipeline for maintenance, Peter Zeihan wonders if the end of Germany’s vaunted economic engine is nigh. Some takeaways: NordStream has made Germany “horrendously” dependent on Russia for energy. Russia is blackmailing Germany to … Continue reading →

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Democrats Behaving Badly

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Lawrence Person

This is a catch-all post of various instances of Democrats acting badly I meant to include in the last few LinkSwarms and just didn’t manage to squeeze in. You know that oil Joe Biden foolishly released from the strategic oil … Continue reading →

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Tank News Roundup: America Gets A New Light Tank

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Enough new tank news has popped up recently to justify a roundup. First up: The U.S. army selects a new light tank. The U.S. Army on Tuesday selected General Dynamics Land Systems to build a light tank meant to improve … Continue reading →

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Russia Defaults; Finland, Sweden Get Greenlight To Join NATO

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Here’s some news from the periphery of the Russo-Ukrainian War. First up: Russia is in default over debts because it’s been cut out of SWIFT. Russia on Sunday defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since 1918 after … Continue reading →

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Sri Lanka Is Screwed

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Lawrence Person

Remember how Sri Lanka managed to wreck agricultural yield by forcing the country to use organic fertilizer? “Not only had Sri Lanka’s ban on fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides, and fungicides resulted in massive food shortages, it also led to the doubling … Continue reading →

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