Category Archives: Countries

Pilot Fish and Zombies: G20 and why Trumpian Mad Cows have eaten our brains

Posted on July 10, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The pilot fish is sometimes used as a metaphor or simile; “they are like the pilot fish to the shark, serving to lead him to his victim”. Pilot fish are also used as a metaphor or simile … Continue reading →

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Flowers of the Forest – A short history of an historical lament, and this time it is personal

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Chuck Stanley

by Chuck Stanley It was September 9, 1513. The place was, and still is, a meadowland on a low hill just south of the village of Branxton, Northumberland, UK.  If one looks at satellite images of the area, you can … Continue reading →

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President Bannon and his orange sidekick Leeroy Jenkins gives a Polish speech

Posted on July 8, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers 40 people dressed in Trump masks and suits rolling into the surf. The world despises the unhinged traitorous & ignorant Trump. pic.twitter.com/mqP1xJvmsv — RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) July 8, 2017 Ever the self-promoter, Trump’s speech crafted no doubt by … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: EXTRAVAGANT

Posted on June 30, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There is just a breath of Purtianism lurking in most American poetry. We admire the winnowing of excess words, the spareness of poets like Frost and Sandburg and the prose of Hemingway and Steinbeck. American poets … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … Agent Orange whines about his lies hoping you won’t notice Kaspersky’s problems

Posted on June 28, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers a full page of the Sunday NY Times was devoted to Trump’s lies Trump is beginning to get touchy about the tabulation of verifiable lies … as the history of other network shenanigans occurs online and … Continue reading →

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TCS: GUMPTION

Posted on June 26, 2017 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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Day 31 of Trump’s war against ISIS … Twenty-Twenty … Fore!

Posted on June 25, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Trump surviving Kremlingate until 2020 remains a possibility, even as he obstructs justice, lies, and demonstrates either incompetence or malevolence. And then there’s all that golfing against ISIS. If he sacrifices enough underlings (and the American Experiment … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … President Outliar … Watergate wasn’t performed by the KGB

Posted on June 24, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers There is so much there, there … so much still not known, but what is known are money-laundering, data-laundering, and more recently verification of intention to disrupt the 2016 election with a preference for Trump. And then … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia … Ron Wyden drops a hold, Treasury gives up documents, and Why was money connected to Putin pouring into Trump projects?

Posted on June 21, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Trump-Soho financial documents will now become available to the Senate Intelligence committee, as a Tim O’Brien article in Bloomberg News describes the increased attention of the Special Counsel…following the money. Robert Mueller is examining whether President Donald Trump obstructed … Continue reading →

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#TrumpRussia’s Money-Laundering, Politically Exposed Persons include … Trump?

Posted on June 19, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “What does count as suspicious behaviour, however, is the White House’s response to the public’s legitimate interest in a political appointee’s previous job, which involved significant dealings with Russia in a context of financial risk. The White … Continue reading →

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