Friday Links - 27 August

In a week dominated by news and blog postings about Afghanistan, we start with an unorthodox (by my rules) article from Politico. U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate

“Basically, they just put all those Afghans on a kill list,” said one defense official.

OldAFSarge from Chant du Départ - In Case You Didn't Know... In which OAFS makes something clear in the middle of making something else clear.

SIDE NOTE: The AF, in Old AF Sarge, really does stand for "Air Force" and not, as some have suggested, "As F**k," as in "Old As F**k." Though it fits, it really does stand for the service in which I spent 24 of my formative years.

Gun Free Zone - Thursday cynicism

Manhattan Contrarian - More From Murray's "Facing Reality" A review of a very non-PC book. Statistics ahead.

Pirate's Cove - Biden’s Afghanistan: Americans Told To Leave And Avoid Airport Over Security Threat

The Other McCain - R.I.P., Charlie Watts He was the drummer for The Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death this week.

Lone Star Parson - The Art Of War I'm thinking this is more the Joe Biden Special Edition than the original by Sun Tzu.

The Daley Gator - Team Biden learns the media might not be that into them anymore

SiGraybeard - What if Taiwan Gets Taken Over On the sad state of US semiconductor manufacturing, and how that impacts national security.

Battleswarm Blog - Cuomo Leaves His Dog Behind

As if we needed even the slightest bit more evidence that Andrew Cuomo was a scumbag, he left his dog behind when he left the governor’s mansion.

Again from The Other McCain - Biden Turns His Back on America

Again from Lone Star Parson - Farewell to Kings?

The Feral Irishman - Space Shuttle Program History.. Started in 1968

The Post Millenial - BREAKING: Trump calls out Biden for evacuating Afghans before Americans

"How many terrorists will Joe Biden bring to America? We don’t know!" Former President Donald Trump said.

Tatum Report - Kamala Harris Bursts Into Ghoulish Laughter When Asked About Deadly Afghanistan Disaster

Again from Gun Free Zone - Once again we’re shown that it’s not an insurrection when the Left does it

Moonbattery - Democrats Brainstorm on How to Rescue Americans They Stranded

Again from SiGraybeard - Relativity Space and A Worthwhile Video

The Raconteur Report - Get Used To This The New Normal includes a lack of medical staff.

So you're going to get even slower and shittier medical care going forward, most places, to a certainty.

One more time from The Other McCain - ‘Gosh, I Wonder Why Hunter Biden Is Such a Hopeless Basket Case of Failure?’

Said no one, ever.
At least not after the past week

Da Tech Guy - Don Surber notes the “What” Glenn Reynolds provides the “Why”

Chicago Contrarian - None in Chicago Dare Call It Treason A review of Chicago's summer, so far, and the Progressive policies that destroyed an American city.