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Turkey Greenlights Sweden’s NATO Membership – After Giving Members a Near Heart Attack

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 at 6:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan straddles Western democracies and Eastern autocracies, much as Turkey straddles Europe and Asia. His politics are as ambidextrous as Turkey’s geography is strategic. And Erdogan has used Sweden’s application for NATO membership to display his ambidexterity. Turkey greenlights Sweden’s NATO membership Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine scared Finland and Sweden straight. It moved both to… Read more.

Erdogan Wins Turkish Election. Despite Polls, There Was Never Any Doubt.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 6:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Turkey’s presidential election on Sunday. And he did so in a relative landslide with 52.2%. Kemal Kilicdaroglu was the unified opposition candidate. He led in all the polls. But he fell short with 47.8%. Erdogan wins Turkish election There was never any doubt about the outcome. Yes, polls and media reports… Read more.

Actually, Neo-Nazis in Sweden Have Nothing on Neo-Nazis Across Europe

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 8:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Much is being made about the historic gains a neo-Nazi party made in Sweden’s national elections on Sunday. The far-right, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats who rose from the white supremacist and neo-Nazi fringe, saw their share of the vote rise from 12.9 percent in 2014 to 17.6 [which] represents the largest gain by any party in… Read more.

Brutal Police Incite Riots in France; Ignorant Trump Incites Riots in Sweden

Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 8:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Most news organizations cover riots, terrorist attacks, and natural or manmade disasters more as boon for ratings than tragic events. Now they’re covering the presidency of Donald J. Trump … as both. But one can hardly blame them. After all, his Barnum & Bailey-esque antics are such that even his news conferences are like high-wire… Read more.