Category Archives: Foreign Policy

Gaza ReBoomed

My assessment that the recent Gaza flareup might have bought the new coalition government of Naftali Bennett “several months of relative peace in which to operate” appears to have been premature: Israel’s military said it launched airstrikes at the Gaza … Continue reading →

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The Fall Of Netanyahu

I’m not going to pretend to understand the intricacies of Israeli politics, a nation who’s fragile coalition governments rival Italy for their fractious, unstable nature. The difference is that between March 2009 and yesterday, Italy had seven separate Prime Ministers … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 4, 2021

The pandemic may almost be over, but Mao Tze Lung is still in the news! Katherine Eban at Vanity Fair is shocked, shocked to discover that the Wuhan Coronavirus may have come from a lab! On February 19, 2020, The … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 28, 2021

Like inflation and unemployment, crime rates are rising again. Biden is really the 1970s gift that keeps giving! Democrats are weaker than they appear: Vulnerable red- and purple-state Democrats need some bipartisan cover if they’re going to vote for another … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 21, 2021

Biden behaving badly, Palestinian backers beating Jews, Portland crime soars, and the latest pause to the latest Israel beatdown of Hamas. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm! Dispatches from the swamp: “Former FBI director Louis Freeh gave $100,000 to a private trust … Continue reading →

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This Is Your Skyscraper On Chinesium

Only recently did I learn the word Chinesium, a much needed neologism describing the crappy, subpar metal that cut-rate Chinese manufacturers build their products out of. So what happens when you build skyscrapers out of Chinesium? This happens: Engineers were … Continue reading →

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The Lab Leak Hypothesis Revisited

If you’ve been following the blog since 2020, you know that we’ve looked at the lab leak hypothesis several times. Now Nicholas Wade, a science writer who’s worked on the staff of Nature, Science and the New York Times has … Continue reading →

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Followup: IDF To Hamas: Psych!

In yesterday’s LinkSwarm, I mentioned it was unclear whether IDF ground forces had actually entered Gaza or not. Well, it turns out there’s a reason for that. It was a ruse. Just after midnight Friday the Israeli Defense Force spokesman … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 14, 2021

The Biden Recession blooms, Bibby bombs, Baltimore burns, inscrutable Flu Manchu somehow infects the vaccinated, and Canada’s institutional religious hostility inflicts its revenge on the pastor that defied them. It’s the Friday LinkSwarm!  Carter Malaise II: Inflation Boogaloo: The … Continue reading →

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Palestinians Do What They Do Best: Firing Rockets At Israeli Civilians

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but Palestinians are reigning raining down terror rockets on Israel from Gaza, and Israel is pounding the snot out of Hamas military targets in Gaza in retaliation. “Over 700 rockets fired at … Continue reading →

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