Category Archives: Foreign Policy

LinkSwarm for May 5, 2017

Happy Cinco de Mayo, the holiday that celebrates the French army getting their asses kicked by Mexicans! A bunch of big news that everyone and their dog has been covering at the top of the LinkSwarm: Big News 1: Despite … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 28, 2017

It’s been a week, so enjoy an extra-late Friday LinkSwarm There’s lots of meat in President Trump’s tax reform proposal: Individual Reform Tax relief for American families, especially middle-income families: Reducing the 7 tax brackets to 3 tax brackets of … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 21, 2017

Yesterday’s huge Texas vs. California update sucked up all my time, so today’s LinkSwarm is a little lite. Texas residents should remember that tomorrow kicks off a preparedness sales tax holiday, giving you a chance to purchase batteries, fire extinguishers, … Continue reading →

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UK PM Theresa May Calls Early Elections

This is unexpected (at least to me): UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced a plan to call a snap general election on June 8, despite the ruling Tories already having won an absolute parliamentary majority in 2015. Her statement: I … Continue reading →

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No One Has A Functioning Mental Model of Trump

For previous occupants of the White House, close observers could guess what actions a President might take in any given situation based on his ideology, personality, personal history, etc. No one seems to to have a working mental model for … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 14, 2017

Good news, everyone! Your tax returns aren’t due until April 18th this year. So you can panic slightly later than usual… How Trump won: by “consolidating the Republican base and then earning massive levels of support from whites without a … Continue reading →

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Clinton Corruption Update for April 13, 2017

With Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign due out April 18, it’s high time for a Clinton Corruption update. (And you may quibble that “Hillary being a nasty person” doesn’t qualify as “corruption,” but if I started doing separate “Hillary … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 7, 2017

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! I’m still not wild about President Trump’s decision to strike a Syrian airfield with cruise missiles last night, but the decision makes more sense if you look at it less of a tool to make … Continue reading →

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Intervening in Syria is STILL a Bad Idea

Note: This post is 75% rerun by weight from this piece, because pretty much all the reasons listed there are still valid. Following a new report of chemical weapons use by the Assad regime in Syria, certain factions of the … Continue reading →

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Pat Condell: “Hello Angry Losers”

Pat Condell has a message for those who are still fighting Brexit: “Your bitter and abusive response to Brexit makes the fact that you lost almost as pleasing as the fact that we won.” Some choice quotes: Now that Britain … Continue reading →

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