Monthly Archives: December 2016

Lawrence Lessig Was Talking Out His Ass

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Let’s take a look at a small sideshow act to this year’s Electoral College circus: Lawrence Lessig’s Amazing Disappearing Faithless Electors. The Harvard professor, Creative Commons founder, and all around political gadfly boldly declared a few days before the election … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections | Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrats, DNC, Donald Trump, Elections, Electoral College, Harvard, Hillary Clinton, Lawrence Lessig, Trump Derangement Syndrome | Leave a comment

Tracking 2016 Electoral College Voting

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Lawrence Person

You can track the electoral college voting as it happens today here. So far there have been no faithless electors or other surprises, though one Maine elector has announced he’s voting for Bernie Sanders rather than Hillary Clinton. Update: Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections | Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Bernie Sanders, Colin Powell, Colorado, Donald Trump, Elections, Electoral College, Faith Spotted Eagle, Hillary Clinton, Maine, Minnesota, Ron Paul | Leave a comment

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Shot Dead

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Lawrence Person

This could be what people call “a pretty big deal“: The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, has been badly wounded in an armed assault in Ankara according to Turkish press. According to CNN Turk man opened fire in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, video | Tagged Aleppo, Andrey Karlov, Ankara, assassination, Chechnya, Foreign Policy, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Mert Altıntas, Middle East, PKK, Russia, Turkey, video, Vladimir Putin | 2 Comments

Tanks For the Memories

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Reading up on The Battle of the Bulge brought research on just how quickly the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant (where a quarter of all American tanks were built) was assembled. Here’s a video on how the the Detroit Arsenal Tank … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged logistics, Military, tanks, video, World War II | 1 Comment

72 Years Ago: The Battle of the Bulge

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Lawrence Person

On December 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched The Battle of the Bulge in a last desperate effort to stave off defeat. It failed due to a combination of stiff American resistance and German shortages of materials and manpower, but it … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 16, 2016

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Next week come two joyous events: Christmas, and Donald Trump being confirmed President by the electoral college. The first is a time of family celebration, and the second means liberals can finally shut the hell up about their asinine cockamamie … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Budget, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged 2016 Election, 2016 Presidential Race, Border Controls, Budget, California, Chris Suprun, David Brock, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Detroit, Donald Trump, Dripping Springs, Economics, Eric S. Raymond, feminism, Foreign Policy, Guns, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, India, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jim Goad, John Georgelas, Llewellyn Rockwell, Media Matters, Media Watch, Michael Flynn, Narendra Modi, New York Times, Russia, Scott Adams, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Tranny Bathrooms, Ukraine, Wikileaks, Yahya Abu Hassan | Leave a comment

More on How Clinton Lost

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential race by rewriting the rule book. Conversely, Hillary Clinton seems to have lost the race by simply ignoring the same rule book. This Politico piece on how Hillary Clinton’s arrogant campaign lost Michigan is … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections | Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Democrats, DNC, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Michigan, Politico, Robby Mook, thermocline of truth, unions | Leave a comment

Aleppo Falls

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Lawrence Person

The Syrian city of Aleppo has fallen to pro-Assad forces. This was an all-but-inevitable result, given the Russian airpower backing Bashar Assad and the disorganized nature of the opposing forces and the desultory backing those forces received from the likes … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad | Tagged Aleppo, Bashar Assad, Foreign Policy, Hafez Assad, Iran, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen | Leave a comment

Corrupt Democrat Sentenced (No, Not Her)

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Remember Philadelphia Democratic congressman Chaka Fattah, who “used millions of dollars from nonprofits, some of them taxpayer-backed, to pay ex-staffers, friends, and their relatives“? Well, he’s been convicted and sentenced: Former Democratic Rep. Chaka Fattah was sentenced Monday to 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats | Tagged bribes, Chaka Fattah, corrupt scumbags, corruption, Crime, Democrats, Philadelphia | Leave a comment

Trump To Tap Rick Perry For Secretary of Energy?

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Lawrence Person

So read the tea leaves: Donald Trump has selected Rick Perry to be energy secretary, according to two sources directly involved in the transition and selection process. He had been summoned to Trump Tower for a meeting Monday to discuss … Continue reading →

Posted in Republicans, Texas | Tagged Department of Energy, Donald Trump, pipeline, Republicans, Rick Perry, Texas, Trump Cabinet | Leave a comment

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