The DiploMad 2.0

Wracked with angst over the fate of our beloved and horribly misgoverned Republic, the DiploMad returns to do battle on the world wide web, swearing death to political correctness, and pulling no punches.

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Back in NC from OC

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Back in my beloved home in the NC woods. Gruesome days in Orange County, California with my father's death, burial, and the start of t...

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Monday, May 28, 2018

Memorial Day 2018, and Thinking of Tommy Robinson

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I wrote some years back on another Memorial Day that, Writing this post on Memorial Day, my thoughts, of course, turned to those who foug...

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Saturday, May 26, 2018

Thanks

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We had my father's burial ceremony yesterday. All went very well. The folks at the Memorial Park were superb, and even the Rabbi held ba...

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Death Wins One

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Back in California. Just made it in time for my father's death. He was 94, and, as the all-knowing "they" say, he had a pret...

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Saturday, May 19, 2018

A Friendly Snark: The Royal Wedding

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Heading back to California tomorrow for a family emergency. Just going to put up a quick and snarky post. OK, OK. I should pretend as some...

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Friday, May 18, 2018

A Thought or Two on "Resist!"

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It's almost midnight at the quasi-baronial Diplomad estate. There is a huge tropical storm raging outside with some spectacular lightnin...

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Monday, May 14, 2018

Embassy in Jerusalem: Reality as a Foreign Policy

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I thought I would never live to see the day when the US Embassy would be in Jerusalem. It seems that only Israel has to fight to have its ca...

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DiploMad: W. Lewis Amselem, long time US Foreign Service Officer; now retired; served all over the world and under all sorts of conditions. Convinced the State Department needs to be drastically slashed and reformed so that it will no longer pose a threat to the national interests of the United States.

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