Category Archives: 2016 Election

Trump’s unpresidented overreaction after a next terrorist attack

Posted on December 18, 2016 by ann li-summers

Trump says he doesn’t need daily intelligence briefing because he’s “smart” https://t.co/x6EsLJeElR pic.twitter.com/xiFymeNJRu — HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) December 18, 2016 By ann summers Lacking any precedent for appreciating intelligence and relying on negotiating based on posture and force, Trump will for … Continue reading →

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Larry Kudlow: CEA chair or Batman villain

Posted on December 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers Trump ‘Mulling’ Larry Kudlow for CEA Chair https://t.co/Kahv2aWJsy — The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) December 16, 2016 It seems normalizing that someone unfit for POTUS would float the name of someone equally unqualified for chair of the … Continue reading →

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It all began with “Thank you for your service”

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Terry Welshans

My wife and are are now home from the events at the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. It was a long trip, about twelve flying hours in a coach seat, thankfully overnight for half of the trip. We … Continue reading →

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Tin-Pot Chrome: Trump’s tweets as insider trading under 2012 STOCK act … SAD!

Posted on December 12, 2016 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers PEOTUS Trump is now no better than CNBC/FBN/Bloomberg stock touts, whose ranks have given us the ‘bagger party as well as Cramer-clones. High-frequency Trading or just high. Darn that asymmetric information. How many crony millionaires could be created … Continue reading →

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General Trump’s pizzeria uno chickenhawk policy

Posted on December 10, 2016 by ann li-summers

Trump biographer Michael D’Antonio elaborated, “Stop overestimating him — he’s a cross between a junkie and a hungry chicken.”  By ann summers Look, maybe fighting a war with China is a good idea. But it should be for a better … Continue reading →

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The story of 2017: first as tragedy, second as farce

Posted on December 8, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Narrativity gets to take it in the neck next year as the electoral shock wears off, only to continue the strategy of tension necessary for the current state of nonlinear political warfare. Donald Trump’s presidency is shaping … Continue reading →

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Bannon/Trump’s Make America crypto-fascist (Again) … #MAGA just like the 1930s

Posted on December 5, 2016 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers What are the directions for the disinformation campaigns of the now post-truth Trump regime that will repress populations by means of contradictory rationalizations or outright lies. So much traditional ethnic hatred, so little time. Modernity’s issues … Continue reading →

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TCS: The Better Angels

Posted on December 5, 2016 by wordcloud9

Good Morning! _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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Tainted Love or Yuppie Scum: the lathe of Heaven on Earth

Posted on December 3, 2016 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers “Sometimes I feel like … huh-huh, immanentizing the Eschaton or gnarfulling the Garthok” pleased to announce President Obama will be joining Eschaton World Industries — Atrios (@Atrios) December 2, 2016 After 8 November 2016, all we … Continue reading →

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The Orange Gasbag’s post-truth Transparency of Dunces can help us reveal kleptocracy

Posted on November 30, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Truth, even pre-truth, may be more instructive, without privileging the narcissistic self-demolition that drives the hateful yam, because it does lay bare the naked avarice of modern capitalism. The building of wealth both a class inheritance and … Continue reading →

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