[NOTE: Events move so quickly these days that I often do a whole bunch of research on something, but by the time I write the post the caravan moves on. This is one of those posts. But the issues remain … Continue reading →
…and Obama can’t refrain from praising the protests against his successor. No surprise there. He does it through a “spokesman,” of course, rather than directly. Here’s the text of the statement: “President Obama is heartened by the level of engagement … Continue reading →
First of all, let’s get the legalism out of the way: Obama didn’t pardon Manning. The verdict stands. Obama shortened Manning’s sentence by a huge amount, commuting the original 35 years (of which Manning has served 6) to time served … Continue reading →
During Obama’s 2008 campaign and for the entire near-decade that’s passed since them, the press has almost-uniformly adored him and been his willing handmaiden and booster. With Donald Trump, it’s a bit more complicated. And that’s putting it mildly. At … Continue reading →
I suggest you read this excellent piece by Scott Johnson at Powerline. It’s a summary of what Obama actually accomplished in his seemingly-passive abstention in the Israel vote at the UN, and what it means for Israel. Please read the … Continue reading →
What a long strange trip it’s been. Eight years of speeches that I mostly haven’t listened to; I read them instead. And I certainly didn’t listen to Obama’s farewell speech tonight. I relied on others to do it for me. … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of posturing going on near the border of Russia with Poland, Belarus and Lithuania: Lithuania’s foreign minister Linas Linkevicius confirmed Russia’s military activity in Kaliningrad is terrifying the region. He said: “Iskander missiles capable of carrying nuclear … Continue reading →
This from Putin, in response to Obama’s sanctions on Russia, has got to hurt: We regard the recent unfriendly steps taken by the outgoing US administration as provocative and aimed at further weakening the Russia-US relationship. … Although we have … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Esther.”] There once was a candidate named Barack Obama. He was a breath of fresh air. He promised a lot of things. He promised hope and change. And he promised this: That was from a speech that … Continue reading →
It strikes me (and not for the first time) that Obama must detest Hillary Clinton: President Barack Obama still believes in the message of “hope and change” he campaigned on in 2008 ”” so much so that he believes it … Continue reading →
As I wrote on Saturday, Obama’s decision that the US should abstain in the UN and allow a vote against Israel on measures very similar (and even worse) than those he had vetoed in the past was possible—and to him, … Continue reading →
According to this report, President Obama “personally directed Friday that the U.S. abstain from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, seeing the escalation of settlement building as an increasing threat to the viability of a two-state … Continue reading →