Category Archives: American History

a Nixon for the Milennials … when will TrUmp resign to focus on his business interests

Posted on January 12, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Miss Arizona in 2001, said she was subjected to Trump’s voyeurism.www.google.com/… One doesn’t need Bebe Rebozo or Berlusconi’s Bunga-Bunga parties to believe that TrUmp is, among many things, an archetypal opto-phallocrat — voyeurism and power gets him … 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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Reflections on a Pearl

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Terry Welshans

By Terry Welshans This view looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance. A torpedo has just hit USS West Virginia on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other … Continue reading →

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Orange Gasbag’s alt-white consequences of “peaceful ethnic cleansing”

Posted on November 28, 2016 by ann li-summers

the other white-majority nation-meat By ann summers Like other civil conflicts involving ethnic cleansing, the fevered fantasies of some Americans can all go sideways quickly, even as their cults have existed informally and formally in US history. Now we have … Continue reading →

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Trump’s neo-feudal minarchism: voting for the wrong lizard with a $#!+ load of dimes

Posted on November 27, 2016 by ann li-summers

“That must be Lord Farquaad’s castle… Do you think he’s maybe compensating for something?” By ann summers   Profane male TV gasbag seems so much more appealing to that ethno-nationalist base than lifelong feminist policy wonk. And then there’s Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Election Day 2016 – Some Thank Yous

Posted on November 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

Status of Women’s Voting Rights 1913 U.S. Election Day 2016 It’s customary to thank all the people who helped you reach a milestone, so on behalf of all the Americans who voted today for the first time for a woman … Continue reading →

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The Pony Express in Prose and Poetry

Posted on August 28, 2016 by wordcloud9

____________________________________________________________ On April 3, 1860, a mail pouch containing 49 letters, five telegrams and miscellaneous papers was handed to a young rider in St. Joseph, Missouri. Amid great fanfare, a cannon was fired, and that first unnamed Pony Express rider … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 26, 2016

Posted on August 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 26th is National Women’s Equality Day * National Dog Day * World Daffodil Day * Cherry Popsicle Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Abkhazia – Official Recognition Day Bangladesh – Janamashtami (breaking fast after Lord Krishna’s birthday) Bhutan … Continue reading →

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Step away from the #2 pencil — you failed the ideological screening test!

Posted on August 16, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called for a system of ‘extreme vetting’ for immigrants that would include an ideological test” “‘In the cold war we had an ideological screening test … The time is overdue for a … Continue reading →

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Dearest Abigail Adams

Posted on July 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams penned a letter from their farm Peacefield to her husband, John Adams, laboring with the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to bring forth a new nation: “…I long to hear that you have declared an … Continue reading →

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