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Professional sports have been defined by its media, pay its participants and let students remain so.
By ann summers Brackets and rankings help set betting odds, and should those revenues get taxed also to benefit the participants besides the bettors. But in terms of the collegiate sports industry, it shouldn’t be about pie-slicing envy, … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Corruption, Labor Movement, Media, Politics, Society, Sociology, Sports, Television, Uncategorized, Women's Rights
Tagged Media, NCAA, Sports
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who knew? Victoria Nuland is the Deep State
By ann summers Like WWII Gremlins, the Deep State is responsible for every snafu made in the factory for conspiracy theory machines. So it makes sense when Oleg Deripaska writes his op-ed in the Daily Cellar, that pizzeria basement where all … Continue reading
On paying college athletes, no.
By ann summers I tend to watch college sports on television because the promotional video for the institution usually shown around halftime is more interesting in terms of representing the institutional identity. But they are representations that are at risk … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Corruption, Education, Education Policy, inequality, Racism, Society, Sports, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Media, NCAA, Sports, sports highereducation
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Looking at Jeff Flake’s anti-Trump speech on the media
By ann summers The collective false consciousness that is US democracy has many manifestations, so without casting aspersions on Arizona GOP senator Jeff Flake’s motives, his speech on the floor of the US Senate is useful if only to … Continue reading
Does everyone really know he’s an idiot
By ann summers A melange of mercenaries continue to wheel out the orange Moloch idol for the cult of personality as they now do to keep the Trumptanic afloat. This past week has featured an interesting intersection of the release … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Corruption, FBI, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Media, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Presidents, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Michael Wolff, Politics, trumprussia, White House
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Still no smoking gun, still more like a smoldering arsenal
By ann summers The retreat to the #TrumpRussia bunker continues and the mashed potatoes are not yet ready. Experts don’t think the trolls behind Russian Facebook accounts could have determined who to target on their own, but the question … Continue reading
Oh look, moving the US embassy will make them forget about everything else …Not
By ann summers Since November, the accidental president has been trying to escape having won by the perfect storm of Russian intervention, voter suppression, covert sexism/racism, and strategic dirty tricks. #TrumpRussia continues its dogged march, with Mike Flynn’s deal with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, CIA, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Islam, Judaism, Society, Terrorism, Uncategorized, War on "Terror"
Tagged Biglygate, Donald Trump, donaldtrumpjr, Israel, jared kushner, Media, Politics, Russia, Saudi Arabia, trumprussia
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“The Declaration of Independence is an ‘Enlightenment-era rule written by anti-government extremists’” and other FCC pay toilet fictions
By ann summers If the @FCC kills #netneutrality, everyday people lose. ItâÂÂs not good for science because it puts up barriers to accessing information and spreading ideas. This isnâÂÂt a partisan issue â itâÂÂs about keeping the playing field … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Capitalism, Free Speech, Government, History, inequality, information Technology, Internet, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged ajit pai, FCC, Media, Net Neutrality, Politics
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Will Trump return Philippine war trophies
By ann summers Trump could salvage what has been a mediocre trip to Asia by a small political act, even if it might give him the same Executive Order troubles he’s experienced with Congress. There have been several decades … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Celebrity, Congress, Countries, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Imperialism, Media, Political Science, Politics, Society, Uncategorized, US Military
Tagged Donald Trump, duterte, Media, Philippines, Politics
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Titling the post-Trump biopic… Get The Bigly Shorty, or Derp in Paradise Papers
By ann summers There probably have been numerous Trump biography projects already underway, perhaps even one started when we thought he would lose the Electoral College vote. We already have some interesting, even landmark films about a variety of financial scandals, … Continue reading
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