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The Triumph of the Nanny-State: Lock-down those classrooms or I’ll hit you with my heroic lunch-box
By ann summers “We wanted to nip the problem in the bud,” (1990) A Second Grader in Widefield, CO, was subjected to investigation and evaluation after he responded to an assignment as to what he saw in the clouds by … Continue reading
What is a Democratic Socialist?
One of the running conversations here that carried over from that other place is between me, Bron and the other participants here trying to explain to him what socialism, and in particular democratic socialism, means. It is a fun interaction … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Political Science, Socialism
Tagged democratic socialism, Senator Bernie Sanders
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Iconoclastically applying Mary’s geologist handle to The Donald
By ann summers Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. The Trump campaign moved tonight’s rally to a larger stadium to accommodate demand. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Celebrity, Christianity, Conservatives, Democracy
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates
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Plunder the Lox: Trump would let Daesh sack Rome
By ann summers “I’d say ISIS wants to get you,” Trump said. “You know that ISIS wants to go in and take over the Vatican? You have heard that. You know, that’s a dream of theirs, to go into Italy.” … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Celebrity, Christianity, Conservatives, Democracy
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Catholic Church
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Losing it at the movies is now so much 19th Century Security Theatre
New literal forms of Security Theater make going to the movies so 19th Century where life is a panopti-diorama, old chum. By ann summers From the theatrical large-scale hand-cranked diorama giving urbanized music hall culture new life to the post-WWII … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Capitalism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Democracy
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How posse comitatus or Commadus’s posse is already here
by ann summers Regardless of the degree of derangement, lone gunmen are always the decentralized form of terror, whether domestic manslaughter or random carnage. The problem despite some neologistic tendencies by the MIC to organize fear or procurement of weapons … Continue reading
Despite the BP oil spill and Arctic exploration, simulated exploitation is at your fingertips
By Ann Summers Imagine if seismic analysis was not applied to the oceans, a more open frontier despite the Law of the Sea but to the task of fracking, what kind of multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) could be … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Capitalism, Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Countries
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BREAKING NEWS: The BSA and Deceptive Headlines
Headlines on the Web read something along the lines of “Boy Scouts of America End Ban on Homosexual Leaders”. While technically a true statement, reading the story tells a slightly different tale. Not of an organization embracing equal rights but … Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Is Hillary Clinton Just More Of The Same Old Pay To Play Politics?
by Gene Howington There are many Clinton supporters who tout her as a bonafide progressive bent on reform that will/should benefit all citizens and not just the usual host of monied interests. Despite this, she has been fighting off both … Continue reading
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