Category Archives: United Kingdom

Ivanka’s Loser Dad, Lord Dampnut, will fail at most trade negotiations

Posted on February 8, 2017 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers  Not exactly “self-improving global culturalism” because nativist claptrap… and stealing migrant underpants Retweet and tell your friends to join the resistance. pic.twitter.com/m1qZG0Wceh — Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) February 8, 2017 GREEDO ALWAYS DRAWS FIRST because Lord … Continue reading →

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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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TCS: A Very British Holiday – BOXING DAY

Posted on December 26, 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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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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“It’s Not the End of the World at All”

Posted on June 30, 2016 by wordcloud9

“It’s not the end of the world at all,” he said. “It’s only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan’t be in it. I dare say it will get along all right … Continue reading →

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Being on the right side of neoliberal Water

Posted on June 26, 2016 by ann li-summers

“Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb … Continue reading →

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BREXIT: not that bad despite Trumpian resemblance

Posted on June 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

Brexit will take many years to complete and some legal experts are even suggesting that it cannot even be completed considering other matters like NATO. That it seems like a reaction against cheap labor migration amidst austerity makes it seem … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – The House of Dreams

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Mark Cersosimo: Starting in 1998, The House Of Dreams is a project conceived by Stephen Wright and his former partner Donald Jones. The … Continue reading →

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Bring me the head of Diego Garcia: blaming the Brits for being Dodos about Disposession

Posted on December 1, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers In 1966, the head of Britain’s Colonial Office, Lord Denis Greenhill, wrote about Chagos, “The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours; there will be no indigenous population except seagulls who … Continue reading →

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The Triumph of the Old New Left: UK Labour moves away from the centre

Posted on September 12, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers A perhaps stunning victory for a party frustrated with recent defeats, and with perhaps the infusion of underrepresented elements, the leadership of the UK Labour Party has risen/fallen in a 59% vote for a repudiation of the … Continue reading →

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