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Step away from the #2 pencil — you failed the ideological screening test!
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
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Government, History, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Political Science, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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More Mediated than Stochastic Terrorism: Trump as the dog whistler
By ann summers In Wilmington, N.C., on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said: “Hillary wants to abolish—essentially abolish the Second Amendment. By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks. Although the Second Amendment people—maybe … Continue reading
raw Turkey and martial law’s disasters, natural & cultural
By ann summers Shock Doctrines in 2016 are at work in the current historical context and its appeals for “law and order” are more about shock and awe in their discourse, however constructed. Emergencies caused by natural or cultural events … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Austerity, Capitalism, Civil Liberties, Economics, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Police, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Cliven Bundy, martial law, Officer Involved Shootings, Turkey
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Hate gets a pass…racial profiling as political correctness
By ann summers Because of a “mouth-feel” like styrofoam peanuts, I hate baked Cheetos or their generic imitators even as I definitely like fried Cheetos. So much for common sense about what is healthy snack food— fortunately it probably isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, Government, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Gun Violence, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, profiling, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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Public Safety in the post-Pulse era
By ann summers Orlando’s horrific domestic extremist attack demonstrates that with the constant, cyclical negation of private and public rights there cannot be win-win solutions in a modern democracy that has foundationally resisted the notion of a theocratic state. An … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Afghanistan, Civil Liberties, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Homeland Security, Homosexual Rights, Immigrants, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, News, Police, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, Malheur Wildlife Refuge, police, Terrorism
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Goodbye Person of Interest, gone but forever prescient
Despite appearances, I am not that avid a Person of Interest fan, I just like the strength/flaws of Shaw/Root…a symphony. The program was basically the problem of machine intelligence and the role of human ethics in its construction with a … Continue reading
Posted in 9-11, Big Brother, Capitalism, Celebrity, CIA, Civil Liberties, Communism, Conspiracy, Corruption, Crime, Democracy, Equal Rights, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Genocide, Government, Government Propaganda, Heroism, Imperialism, information Technology, Internet, Justice, Law Enforcement, Libertarians, Media, Nanotechnology, Neoliberals, New York, NSA, Oligarchy, Police, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Propaganda, Science, Socialism, Society, Technology, Television, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized, US Military
Tagged CBS, jonathan Nolan, Media, person of interest, television, television series
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Why yes, that is an equation in my pocket, and no, I’m not happy to sit next to you!
By ann summers Use a differential equation, get profiled… Pasta sauce is called “gravy” in South Philly but if you look too “foreign” and know some math, you could get in trouble. Gonna be a tough time at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Aviation, Breaking News, Civil Liberties, Democracy, DHS, Government, Humor, Immigrants, Italy, Law Enforcement, Media, Pennsylvania, Propaganda, Racism, Science, Society, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, airlines, Law Enforcement, police, Republicans, security theater, Terrorism, TSA
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Frisco Flix Fascist Nix
By ann summers Hollywood North is not San Francisco South, nor North Hollywood or South San Francisco. But maybe in an age of media crime fascination there can be high-tech tours of location specific cinematic crime, something better than the Alcatraz … Continue reading
Posted in Art, California, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Crime, Fascism, Free Speech, History, Labor Movement, Law Enforcement, Media, Movies, Murder, Propaganda, Socialism, Television, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Black Maria, California, cinema, Crime, Hollywood, HUAC, Media, police, red scare, san francisco, television, Thomas Edison, Virtual Reality, VR
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Lookout Wimmins iz in your can
By ann summers Family Restrooms have been commonplace for many public institutions and darned if defending family values and traditional marriage has come under attack by well, non-traditional families, darn those sister-wives, extended families, single parents, and orphans. There … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Biology, Child Abuse, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Equal Rights, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Federal Courts, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Local Government, Media, Mental Health, Neoconservatives, North Carolina, Pedophillia, Police, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, RNC, SCOTUS, State Courts, Tea Party, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bigotry, Law Enforcement, lgbtq, North Carolina, Republicans, restrooms
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