Tag Archives: Iraq

LinkSwarm for September 6, 2019

For all this talk of hurricanes, it’s rained like five minutes in the last eight weeks here in Austin… Imagine that there’s a long, informative paragraph here explaining the latest twists and turns of the Brexit saga, because I have … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 23, 2019

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Why evangelicals support Trump: Recall that Trump was running after eight years of President Obama. Those eight years saw the federal government attempt to force nuns, literally the Little Sisters of the Poor, to violate … Continue reading →

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Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update for July 29, 2019

The next debates loom, Gabbard sues Google, Moulton shoots people in a graveyard, billionaire Steyer begs for pennies, a lot of polls, and your periodic reminder that polls are useless. It’s your Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update! Also, consider this … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for June 14, 2019

Welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Border control, Social Justice Warriors, Iran and Geto Boys all feature in today’s roundup… The idea that we can go back to a “Pre-Trump Normal” is an illusion. Washington sophisticates, and the DC press corps … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for May 31, 2019

Important traffic notice for Austin residents: Half of I-35 is going to be closed between 290 and Rundberg starting at 9 PM tonight and lasting through 5 AM Monday, June 3, while they take down the St. John’s bridge and … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 12, 2019

At long last, the FISA abuse/FBI spying on the Trump campaign scandal is finally being dragged into the light again. At the same time, Wikileaks head honcho Julian Assange has been extracted from the Ecuadorian embassy arrested, pending extradition to … Continue reading →

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War Against the Islamic State Update: Hajin Pocket Squeezed

Despite President Donald Trump’s announcement of a pullout of American troops from Syria, the war against the Islamic State contains apace. Information is scanty, but Syrian Democratic Forces appear to be systematically crushing what remains of the former Hajin pocket. … Continue reading →

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The Islamic State: Not Quite Dead

President Donald Trump is evidently pulling combat troops out of Syria, having declared: We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018 This is not … Continue reading →

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Islamic State Expands Hajin Pocket

I’ve needed to write this for a few weeks, but the torrent of election news and general busyness kept me from it. Instead of gradually being crushed as I (and most observers) expected, an Islamic State counterattack against Syrian Democratic … Continue reading →

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The Islamic State Counterattacks

The outcome of the investment of the Hajin pocket seemed perfectly clear: As in Raqqa and Mosul, U.S. backed forced would slowly but surely reduce the pocket in grinding urban warfare until all of its Islamic State defenders were dead … Continue reading →

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