Still Life of The Author in this New America
Random thoughts and musings on President Trump, the game of soccer, and a truly historic election.
Monthly Archive: November 2016
The White Party
The success of Trump demonstrates just how committed white Americans are to ethnic nationalism.
So. That Happened.
In which Burt Likko tries to convince you, and himself, that it’s not going to be that bad.
Linky First Tuesday After The First Monday Of November
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
Election 2016: Last Call for Predictions
What do you think is going to happen? Let us all make fools of ourselves.
Washington Post: Watch Obama defend a Trump supporter’s rights at a Clinton rally
“Hold up, hold up, hold up,”
PJ Media: This Badass Kurd Plunged His Bulletproof BMW Into ISIS Snipers to Save 70 Lives
After the ground offensive to retake Mosul from ISIS was launched in mid-October, Islamic State terrorists attacked Kirkuk, Iraq.
Nearly 90 civilians and Peshmerga were killed by ISIS in the surprise counterattack Oct. 21, which included suicide bombers and gunmen targeting police stations and a city power plant.
But the death toll could have been higher if one Kurd and his armored BMW hadn’t stepped in.
Ako Rahman, a member of the Peshmerga’s 116th Brigade in Tuz, volunteered to plunge into the fighting to save more than 70 people who had been wounded by ISIS, putting them in his own bulletproof car and rushing them to the hospital.
“My aim was to prevent any captives, wounded or martyrs falling into ISIS’ hands,” he told Rudaw news. “What really made me sad… many of the wounded, we reached them too late and they bled to death.”
From: This Badass Kurd Plunged His Bulletproof BMW Into ISIS Snipers to Save 70 Lives | PJ Media
The World Series Futility Index
The Cubs never were the most futile club, their fans notwithstanding.
Linky Friday #191: The End Is Nigh
This Week: Creatures, Entertainment, Business, Resources, and Media
Krugman Channels Rawls in Sympathy for the Free Trade Losers
Paul Krugman still defends free trade, but does so while channeling John Rawls in favor of the “free trade losers.”
Haugh: Cubs’ drought-ending World Series title has no peer in Chicago sports history
Not since the days when William Howard Taft sought the Presidency…
BBC: Brexit court defeat for UK government
Turns out some judge thinks Great Britain is a Parliamentary democracy, not a direct democracy.
GOPocalypse, Part 5: The Miner and Sapper
Ted Cruz’s role was more indirect than that of his rivals. But he could have done more.
