21 March 2018

Shooting White People While Being Mohamed Noor

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Last July, a nice Australian woman called 9-11 to report a rape incident. When the police car arrived at the scene, she was shot by one of...
18 March 2018

Will Trump Fire Mueller? A Second Take

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I pondered this question last December and my answer was that it was rather likely. A month later, we found out that Trump had indeed tri...
15 March 2018

Tillerson Firing and the Irrelevance of the State Department Under Trump

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Most pundits believe that it was Rex Tillerson calling the Orange Man " a fucking moron " that did him in. Credit Reuters T...
10 March 2018

Why The Rocket Man Offered to Meet The Orange Man

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Even to a cynical observer like the resident contrarian of this humble soapbox, the breathless coverage of Kim Jong-un's reported offer ...
25 February 2018

Why Fleeing ISIS Fighters Are A Huge Problem for Europe and Turkey

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In November 2017, the  BBC ran a piece about how coalition commanders facilitated the escape of ISIS fighters with their families from Raqq...
20 February 2018

Will Trump Use Nuclear Weapons in Non-Nuclear Conflicts: New NPR

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Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is a document that outlines America's policies and positions regarding the size and nature of its nuclear a...
17 February 2018

Mueller Misdirection About Russia Collusion

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Last Friday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted of 13 Russian nationals for attempting to change the outcome of the presidential elect...