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Islamic State Launches Several Attacks Around Kirkuk

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Like Wesley in The Princess Bride, the Islamic State is just mostly dead, not dead dead. This was driven home by several recent attacks near Kirkuk, which was officially liberated from the Islamic State by Kurdish forces since 2014, and … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 16, 2018

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Lawrence Person

This has probably been my busiest February on record. Enjoy a complimentary Friday LinkSwarm, try the waitress and tip the veal: “It’s doubtful you can find a more succinct example of TDS than a seemingly inebriated Democrat Senator asking the … Continue reading →

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U.S. Blows Up Russian Tank in Syria

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Now the question is whether it was a Russian tank or a Russian tank: An American drone destroyed a Russian-made T-72 battle tank operating in eastern Syria on Saturday, according to the U.S. military’s command unit responsible for forces in … Continue reading →

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Israel Hits Multiple Targets in Syria

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Here’s a story you may have missed (I certainly did) over the weekend. In summary: Iran sends drone from base in Syria through Jordan and into Israeli airspace. Israeli Apache helicopter shoots down drone. Israel launches surgical strike against drone … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 9, 2018

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Have relatives coming into town, so the LinkSwarm may be a tad light today. A farewell to death panels. Nancy Pelosi stages a breathtakingly pointless filibuster while Sen. Chuck Schumer is selling DACA out. (Hat tip: Stephen Green at Instapundit.) … Continue reading →

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Abandoning the Palestinian Delusion

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Scott Adams said that Donald Trump’s election was going to change a lot of things about the way we view the world. One of the things it seems to be killing is the delusion that the current Palestinian ruling class … Continue reading →

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Turkey Invades Syria To Crush Kurdish Forces

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Turkey just launched a major military operation in the Afrin region of northern Syria in order to crush U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in the region: Turkish war planes have launched air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Syria, in a move … Continue reading →

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UT: Hey, Look At This Sweet Communist Chinese Money! Ted Cruz: DON’T EVEN! UT: 😥

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Lawrence Person

It’s been a few month since the administration of the University of Texas came up with a really bad idea, so naturally they were ready to latch on to a doozy (accepting propaganda money from Communist China) until Ted Cruz … Continue reading →

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Clinton Corruption Update: It’s All One Scandal

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Got slammed by the holidays, so this Clinton Corruption update is both extra late and extra huge. Unless I just start throwing stuff down wherever it even remotely fits, I’ll never finish this update. So let’s jump in! (But first, … Continue reading →

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Sabre-Rattling Over Indo-Pakistani Nuclear War

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Lawrence Person

Forget that false missile alarm in Hawaii. The biggest chance for someone dropping The Big One this week comes not from crazy North Korea, but from the long-simmering Indo-Pakistani conflict, where two nuclear-armed nations are once again trading shots: India … Continue reading →

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