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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
Readings – Robert Parry: New York Times and the New McCarthyism
Robert Parry of consortiumnews.com writes about a “New McCarthyism” fomented by the New York Times and other media in furtherance of a “New Cold War.” –o-O-o– New York Times and the New McCarthyism Robert Parry, September 7, 2016 Traditional U.S. … Continue reading
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
Can Occam’s Razor Still Cut?
by Terry Welshans I have been interested in conspiracy theories for some time. I suppose there has always been a dissenting point of view on about everything, but some of these theories fly in the face of Occam’s Razor with … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Conspiracy, History, Politics, Terrorism, US Military, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Occam's Razor
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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
On the Cover of the Rolling Stochastic Terrorism
By ann summers So whenever threats come up and/or actual events, this term gets tossed around: stochastic terrorism is an imprecise idea that while easily uttered and sounding scientistic, does not contain sufficient objectivity in a democracy that demands actionable expectation … Continue reading
got Constitution? got cold dead hands?
By ann summers Protesters at a Donald Trump rally in Maine held up pocket copies of the Constitution, echoing a dramatic moment from the Democratic national convention. The Republican nominee briefly stopped his speech as protesters were escorted from … Continue reading
purge those free radicals – eight years is not enough
By ann summers Family resemblance in language is like relative autonomy in philosophy, because academic ideologies’ democracy is the Other to anti-intellectual reactionaries across the political spectrum, but are they the same as those of low-information voters (LIV), and more importantly, … 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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Political Correctness & how plagiarism goes off the light rails at the RNC
By ann summers Apparently the revolution will be televised, but the counter-revolution comes from a “series of tubes”. And it will be led by a pernicious Political Correctness (PC) that can only be eradicated by a strong, fearless, leader for the genuinely uninformed. … Continue reading
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