Month: April 2017

The Strange Role of Racism in the 2016 Election

The headline blaresĀ “Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism” but Thomas Wood’s piece at the Washington Post is a bit more nuanced than that. Before we talk about it, though, let’s look...

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So God bless America, and God Save the Queen

Sorry, my bad! All tin foil hats have been taken. Best laugh I had over Easter, another gem by the “investigative journalist” from the stable of Rupert Murdoch, Australia’s very own Mossad spook and backer of...

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Byzantine Palace Indeed

Pat Lang’s Sic Semper Tyrannis has another interesting data point.  I think there is more to the story of Bannon and Flynn not wanting a US Middle East war.  Like I say, politics becoming Byzantine and byzantine....

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Global Jihad from the Caucasus to Kyrgystan

○ Picturing Islam in Kyrgyzstan Youth in Kyrgyzstan has little faith in the future due to rampant corruption, decaying infrastructure, and the country’s lack of bankable natural resources. Unlike other parts of the...

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