Category Archives: Politics

The GOP has been Trumpunk’d

Posted on May 29, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers This 2016 national election is a scaled -up version of the celebrity prank program Punk’d. It is a spectacle on the scale of big Dada rather than big data. We’re now stuck with a prairie fire of well-combed Astrorturftm. … Continue reading →

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Rebranding The Donald as The Saint Ronald

Posted on May 28, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers With revisionists spinning tehDonald as the rebirth of Lincoln or Reagan, so much will be made of the early, recent closeness of polling for Hillary versus tRump. And certainly Hillary is no Jimmy Carter, centrism notwithstanding. And even … Continue reading →

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John Barron-Miller: Harbinger of a V for Vendetta Business Plot

Posted on May 22, 2016 by ann li-summers

Thomas Cole (1801–1848) Destruction from The Course of Empire. 1836 painting  39 ½ x 63 ½ in (100.33 x 161.29 cm) New-York Historical Society   By ann summers November 8, 2016 could signal the end of the Republic when the American … Continue reading →

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Never Trump should be Always Hillary

Posted on May 21, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers   Nate Silver wrote an extensive mea culpa that ostensibly ignored those media industry resources that ESPN had available to study Trump success. Nate’s omitting the multi-modal effects of looking at Trump’s celebrity media reputation and Q-scores as well as … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – “Make CANADA Even Greater!”

Posted on May 19, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading →

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Hillary must resist the temptation to Triangulate

Posted on May 19, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers More surprising is that there is a literature going back to 2010 urging that the Democratic party move past the linear model of political triangulation as a strategic messaging option. There are serious reasons why Hillary’s triangulating her … Continue reading →

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Trump Nationalism on the Links where pivots are divots

Posted on May 12, 2016 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers Gonna be winning for The Donald, regardless of the 8 November outcome.   The Trump brand will benefit, and his global legacy has already been assured, even in its vulgarity. All Trump golf courses are branded … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Trump Pie!

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Jonathan Pie: —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Campaign Art

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Slate: When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, an art piece by Shepard Fairy became synonymous with his campaign. Campaign art isn’t … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Couch Commander

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From The White House:  “At his last White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Obama shares an inside look into his plans after the Presidency.” —oooOooo– … Continue reading →

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