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Category Archives: Equal Rights
What Do People Mean When They Say I Want My Country Back?
Author’s Note: In light of the recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, I’ve chosen to republish my essay dated March 29, 2015, originally entitled “What Do Conservatives Mean When They Say “I Want My Country Back?” Minor revisions have been made … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Rights, Democracy, Equal Rights, History, inequality, North Carolina, Racism
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Expert Discourse and using IEDs to “neutralize threats”
By ann summers So Trumpians, RWNJs, and lesser neoconservatives might be described as the following: “They talk a lot about justice. They talk a lot about freedom. They want to change the society into a positive direction. They believe that they’re doing … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Equal Rights, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Terrorism, Terrorists, Texas, Uncategorized, War on "Terror"
Tagged Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Terrorism
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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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Censusless: This book needs to be read not just before 2020 or even November 2016
By ann summers Is Howard Dean, Tim Kaine, or DWS responsible for the poor leadership on what remains the real negative consequences of what should have been a better outcome for PBO’s 2008 election in the midst of an economic … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Conservatives, Democracy, Equal Rights, History, Justice, Legal Theory, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Pennsylvania, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, RNC, State Government, States, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Congress, geographic information systems, GIS, maptitude, reapportionment, redistricting, Republicans
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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
43 Comments
Orlando Massacre: Pulse One = Stonewall too
By ann summers The framing of that meme of “the worst act of mass shooting in US history” comes not only as an “act of terror and an act of hate” but also raises some other peripheral issues in the early … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Afghanistan, Breaking News, California, Conspiracy, Crime, DHS, Equal Rights, FBI, Florida, Government, Heroism, Holidays, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Law Enforcement, 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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Morning Open Thread – Drones, the new UFOs
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. It would be hard to guess if one tries to follow TV news, but other things actually occur in the world besides election primaries. British … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking News, Christianity, England, Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Mental Health, State Government, Tennessee, Weird News
Tagged Drones, LGBT, UFO
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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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