Author Archives: ann li-summers

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About ann li-summers

retired professor, independent scholar

all this rigging comes from Trump’s Leninist: Smash State!

Posted on October 25, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers All elections are “rigged” considering the problems of decentralized pluralism, but given that reality, can we now move on to democracy. Reality TV is not really TV   Unlike other nations, we don’t schedule our elections as … Continue reading →

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Trump gets first major newspaper endorsement (sort of)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The 2016 election demonstrates why newspaper editorial endorsements of candidates might not (ever) make any difference but at least Trump has one, finally; even if the paper is owned by Sheldon Adelson. Follow Jon Ralston @RalstonReports BREAKING: First … Continue reading →

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Send in the Trumpian overlords

Posted on October 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Will Trump turn the election into a snuff film — his bread is in the form of debt, but regardless, the GOP will be toast after the election.  Berlin, 1945 Trump flak tower for Alamo rent-a-wrecks   One might very well … Continue reading →

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factory for Conspiracy-Theory machines: more Putin-Puppetry

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers WaPo’s editorial board now uses the explicit term, “Putin’s Puppet”, to identify Donald Trump, and there is some MSM spin that claims a false equivalence between WikiLeaks and a FOIA, considering some clear technical errors in some of … Continue reading →

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After Trump’s defeat, a new American Warlordism

Posted on October 12, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Trump’s now inevitable loss will signal perhaps a Democratic age for at least two years until the residual misogyny gains yet another mid-term resurgence of reactionary fervor as they did in 1994 (class), 2010 (race), and 2018 (gender). … Continue reading →

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Cadet Trump Mongers War: more George C. Scott & Gregory Peck than Patton & MacArthur

Posted on October 11, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Why Trump only mentions two generals: Patton and MacArthur. Did he lose it at the movies: Patton (1970) and MacArthur (1977). Breitbart comes over the Southern Border for your Wildlife Refuge   Trump’s generational fascination with the Playboy … Continue reading →

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Trump as existential threat & October supplies

Posted on October 6, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Make America Great Pumpkin has demonstrated that “Existential threats” always seem dire around election day, and as it gets closer everyone needs to reassess their own position on GOTV, and of course get concerned about voter eligibility. These are at least … Continue reading →

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America Great Pumpkin and the Cuban Revolutions

Posted on October 2, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers View image on Twitter Follow Bloomberg ✔@business Why Mark Cuban changed his mind on Donald Trump http://bloom.bg/2cIGlnz  12:19 PM – 1 Oct 2016 358   358 Retweets 638   638 likes   How many elections have had this kind … Continue reading →

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Now self-radicalized police act as official lone wolves to kill People of Color

Posted on September 21, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Apparently some police officers, each in their own jurisdictions and with disproportionate community representation and oversight have decided  to engage in their own stochastic terrorism, where random LEOs have taken it upon themselves to exceed authority and in some … Continue reading →

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Political-Media Complex: the factory sites for Conspiracy-Theory Machines

Posted on September 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

Hillary Clinton (6 September 2016): “I believe I have created so many jobs in the conspiracy theory machine factory, because honestly, they never quit. They keep coming back.” By ann summers While an elaboration of the “vast RW conspiracy” that … Continue reading →

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