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A Very British Holiday: BOXING DAY
Originally posted on December 26, 2017, as part of The Coffee Shop series ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Boxing Day is December 26, the day after Christmas, and is celebrated in Great Britain and in most areas settled by the English (the U.S. is … Continue reading
Summer Poem for the Southern Hemisphere
It’s Winter in the top half of the world, but south of the equator, the Sun is smiling. Hone Tuwhare (1922 -2008) was born in Kaikohe, Northland, New Zealand into the Maori Ngapuhi tribe. Well-known and much-loved in his own country, … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Poetry
Tagged Hone Tuwhare, Maori, Summer Poem for the Southern Hemisphere, Toroa ~ Albatross
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BURNING THE CLOCKS (Redux)
Updated – Originally posted December 11, 2017, as part of The Coffee Shop series by Nona Blyth Cloud _____________________________________________ The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. – William Blake
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, United Kingdom
Tagged Brighton & Hove, Burning the Clocks, Burning the Old Year, Naomi Shihab Nye, Same Sky, William Blake, Winter Solstice
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Trump’s total commitment to whole cloth
By ann summers Trump continues to claim that the media covered protests of his Pittsburgh visit as riots. Nobody covered the protests as riots. The reality is that Trump deliberately tried to incite violence in Pittsburgh on Tuesday by forcing … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Free Speech, History, Hypocrisy, Judaism, Media, Murder, News, Pennsylvania, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged antisemitism, Domestic Terrorists, Donald Trump, Journalism, Politics, Religion
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“…one of the worst cover-ups in the history of cover-ups” This is a job for Sideshow Ed Whelan!
By ann summers Trump knows from cover-ups. Because “fudged” interviews, “enemies of the state”, and SCOTUS nominees, Sideshow Ed should have run this assassination. “They had a very bad original concept. It was carried out poorly and the cover-up … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, Government, History, Media, Murder, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, khashoggi, Politics
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J’Accuse Chinese food – an hour later you want to chokehold someone again
By ann summers Disinformation is getting a bad name these days, but then again isn’t bad naming what it’s about? Saudi Arabia’s cascade of excuses for killing Jamal Khashoggi hinge on not making it seem like an official act, but … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Crime, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Media, Murder, News, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, Society, Turkey, Uncategorized
Tagged jamal Khashoggi, Journalism, News Media, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
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Apparently “no public evidence has emerged showing that Trump’s campaign conspired with Russia” -yet(i pubes)
By ann summers Today’s long-form NY Times story by Shane and Mazzetti is worth reading if only to remind oneself about the relentless work of rigged Russian witches, and that there’s a viable timeline for #TrumpRussia. One can only hope … Continue reading
The only thing we have to trump is fear itself
By ann summers Only the blind led the blind in Trump Tower, especially in June 2016. But more interesting is Barbara Res telling stories about her former boss, challenging the notion of the “adults in the room” and their agendas. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, DOJ, FBI, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Justice, Media, Political Science, Politics, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bob Woodward, Donald Trump, John Dowd, Media, New York Times, Politics, White House
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“Let’s hope to God we don’t have a crisis” … too late
By ann summers High Holy Days, Batman. 9/11 is the release day for Bob Woodward’s book, Fear and the Trump regime is scrambling. It now seems more obvious the anonymous Op-Ed in the NY Times was designed to offset Woodward’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Government, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, SCOTUS, Society, Treason, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bob Woodward, Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media
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not-so-secret Hitler of the anonymous Op-Ed
By ann summers The anonymous op-ed in the NY Times has shown that Trump may have (only) one dissenter in his WH. It’s still a game of Secret Hitler, and the unhingery continues. John Miller/Baron’s cabinet has bad hinges. But … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Conspiracy, Democracy, Government, Government Propaganda, Graphic Arts, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Humor, Journalism, NY Times, op-ed, Politics, secret hitler, White House
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