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Hate gets a pass…racial profiling as political correctness
By ann summers Because of a “mouth-feel” like styrofoam peanuts, I hate baked Cheetos or their generic imitators even as I definitely like fried Cheetos. So much for common sense about what is healthy snack food— fortunately it probably isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, Government, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Gun Violence, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, profiling, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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Censusless: This book needs to be read not just before 2020 or even November 2016
By ann summers Is Howard Dean, Tim Kaine, or DWS responsible for the poor leadership on what remains the real negative consequences of what should have been a better outcome for PBO’s 2008 election in the midst of an economic … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Conservatives, Democracy, Equal Rights, History, Justice, Legal Theory, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Pennsylvania, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, RNC, State Government, States, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Congress, geographic information systems, GIS, maptitude, reapportionment, redistricting, Republicans
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Readings – Moyers & Company: Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ No question, Donald Trump must not prevail in his bid for the presidency. In this article, Bill Moyers and Michael Winship trace a particular American virus “feed[ing] on fear, paranoia and bigotry” from Joe … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Readings
Tagged Bill Moyers, Donald Trump, Edward R. Murrow, Have you no sense of decency, Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Welch, McCarthyism, Republicans
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Readings – How does Mitt Romney sound?
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ Apparently Donald Trump is no more popular with some conservatives than he is with liberals. Will Rahn of CBS News makes the case for Mitt Romney to step in. –o-O-o– Commentary: Run, Mitt, run! … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Readings
Tagged CBS News, Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Will Rahn
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Public Safety in the post-Pulse era
By ann summers Orlando’s horrific domestic extremist attack demonstrates that with the constant, cyclical negation of private and public rights there cannot be win-win solutions in a modern democracy that has foundationally resisted the notion of a theocratic state. An … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Afghanistan, Civil Liberties, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Homeland Security, Homosexual Rights, Immigrants, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, News, Police, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, police, Terrorism
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Readings – Hillary Clinton’s ‘Entangled’ Foreign Policy
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ In her foreign policy speech last week, Hillary Clinton spent a lot of time bashing Donald Trump, implying as Daniel Lazare says, “that because Trump is bonkers, Hillary must be the opposite, i.e. thoughtful and mature,” … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, Readings
Tagged Consortiumnews.com, Daniel Lazare, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
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Orlando Massacre: Pulse One = Stonewall too
By ann summers The framing of that meme of “the worst act of mass shooting in US history” comes not only as an “act of terror and an act of hate” but also raises some other peripheral issues in the early … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Afghanistan, Breaking News, California, Conspiracy, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Holidays, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Law Enforcement, police, Terrorism
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“Our elections should be shaped by voters’ voices—not bought and sold by corporations & special interests” —Hillary: https://t.co/QUJomlql0N — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 9, 2016 ____________________________________ *alternately said, Read my mind.