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Category Archives: Foreign Policy
Trump’s unpresidented overreaction after a next terrorist attack
Trump says he doesn’t need daily intelligence briefing because he’s “smart” https://t.co/x6EsLJeElR pic.twitter.com/xiFymeNJRu — HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) December 18, 2016 By ann summers Lacking any precedent for appreciating intelligence and relying on negotiating based on posture and force, Trump will for … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, China, CIA, DHS, FBI, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Homeland Security, Iran, Iraq, Law Enforcement, Media, Police, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Russia, Syria, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Donald Trump, game theory, intelligence, Media, MI6, Terrorism
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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
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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Hail Hyperbole! North Korea endorses Trump and bans Sarcasm…
By ann summers Launch more missiles, run more nuclear weapons tests, and ban sarcasm… perhaps the North Korean media is being ironic in praising Donald Trump. Brilliant, but only if you know better than your generals as long as they can be your generals. … Continue reading
all Trump has left is Islamophobia and Sinophobia in the swing-states
By ann summers tehDumpster fire that is the Trump campaign is now trolling the LIVs in swing states with the usual xenophobia and GOP talking points. Trump’s disinformation campaign could even favor TPP because HRC is against it. Recall … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, China, Conservatives, Countries, Economic Policy, Economics, Foreign Policy, History, Investing, Labor Movement, Media, Neoliberals, News, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, States, Stock Market, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, TPP
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EU Disintegration and BREXIT: sanctimony & pseudoscience
“The EU’s disintegration is now running at full speed.” By ann summers Like Wile E. Coyote going off the Dover Cliffs, anti-immigrant discourse fervor and the MOE made the destruction of the UK Tory party inevitable but can Labour and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Austerity, Countries, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, England, European Union, Foreign Policy, History, Immigrants, Media, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Scotland, Society, Stock Market, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Brexit, Donald Trump, EU, European Union, Racism, Terrorism
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BREXIT: not that bad despite Trumpian resemblance
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
Readings – Hillary Clinton’s ‘Entangled’ Foreign Policy
~ Readings features content from elsewhere. ~ In her foreign policy speech last week, Hillary Clinton spent a lot of time bashing Donald Trump, implying as Daniel Lazare says, “that because Trump is bonkers, Hillary must be the opposite, i.e. thoughtful and mature,” … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Foreign Policy, Readings
Tagged Consortiumnews.com, Daniel Lazare, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton
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A historic moment revealing a Pyhrric defeat for Trump
By ann summers Even as Trump tried to make canceling a Sanders-Trump debate this week in Caifornia into a positive meme (“I don’t debate second-place candidates”), he lost because his ditching a debate in the Iowa GOP primary using the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Celebrity, CIA, Conservatives, Corruption, Economics, England, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Financial, Foreign Policy, Fraud, Government Propaganda, History, Imperialism, Islam, Law Enforcement, Libertarians, Media, Movies, Murder, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Oligarchy, Organized Crime, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Racism, Society, Television, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, BBC, Bernie Sanders, California, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, primary election, Republicans
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