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Your home heating prices will go up because Giant Yam won’t bring back coal jobs
By ann summers Clueless natural Gasbag’s “post-truth” promises to cull votes with more coal jobs will now make your home heating prices go up with little effect on returning coal jobs to the US coal belt. But that was … Continue reading
Orange Gasbag’s Strategy of Tension continues with RWNJ classics … flag burning, HUAC …
By ann summers Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016 The current political … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Conspiracy, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, HUAC, Media
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Orange Gasbag’s alt-white consequences of “peaceful ethnic cleansing”
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
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, History, Immigrants, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged alt right, american apartheid, Donald Trump, Media, Politics
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Trump’s neo-feudal minarchism: voting for the wrong lizard with a $#!+ load of dimes
“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
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascists/Corporatists, History, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Racism, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, minarchism, neofeudalism, Politics, Steve Bannon
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Orange Gasbag’s soft despotism: Emoluments Clause & Mrs. Claus
By ann summers Trump on his businesses/conflict q’s: “The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.” â Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016 So apparently Executive Privilege is simply a version of Absolute … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Financial, Government, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, Politics, soft despotism, spoils system, U.S. Constitution
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There will be a Trumpian war, but will it win its Berlusconi time slot
By ann summers Truck Nutz Nation will get its war, what becomes important is that while there will be protest, resistance (and enlistment), and ultimately destruction and death regardless of outrage, the consequences and aftermath must be anticipated. After all, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascism, Foreign Policy, Genocide, Government, History, Homeland Security, Italy, Media, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized, United States, War, War on "Terror", World History
Tagged bannon, Berlusconi, Department of Defense, deplorables, Donald Trump, KKK, nihilism, Racism in the United States, War
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It Takes 290 to Win
Terry Welshans On November 8, 2016, ballots will be cast to elect the 45th President of the United States. We elect our President in a two-step process that was established at the Constitutional Convention September 6, 1787. The first step … Continue reading
Word Cloud: AFTERIMAGE
NONA BLYTH CLOUD Writing poetry in reaction to headline news is risky business. Even some of the best poets have written work so momentary about a particular incident it’s glaringly out-of-place in their future collected works. But when a poet … Continue reading
Posted in Mississippi, Poetry, Racism, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Afterimage, Audre Lorde, Homophobia, Lynching in America, Police Killing, Sexism
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Official U.S. State Dogs: ALASKA
Since Maryland first chose the Chesapeake Bay Retriever as its State Dog in 1964, the idea of having a state dog has been growing in popularity. In 2010, Alaska became one of 12 states which have designated an official state dog. … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, United States
Tagged Alaskan Malamute, Official State Symbols, U.S. Official State Dogs
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ON THIS DAY: July 4, 2016
July 4th is: Sidewalk Egg Frying Day National Country Music Day Independence From Meat Day AND National Barbecued Spareribs Day National Holidays from Around the World Cayman Islands – Constitution Day Columbia – Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, History, Holidays, On This Day, Rock and Roll, United States
Tagged Crab Nebula, Freedom of Information Act, Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk, John Adams, Rolling Stones, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman
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