Category Archives: Politics

Iconoclastically applying Mary’s geologist handle to The Donald

Posted on August 24, 2015 by ann li-summers

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 →

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Plunder the Lox: Trump would let Daesh sack Rome

Posted on August 22, 2015 by ann li-summers

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 →

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How posse comitatus or Commadus’s posse is already here

Posted on August 15, 2015 by ann li-summers

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 →

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The Election of 2016 is a remake of Arsenic and Old Lace

Posted on August 8, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers What if Strindberg wrote Hellzapoppin’ or as we’ve seen, 10 Downing Street wrote a memo about WMDs or President Obama gave Syria away like the Sudetenland with the current Iran Nuke deal? With all due respect to … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Capitalism, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Countries, Democracy | Tagged | 7 Comments

BREAKING NEWS: Is Hillary Clinton Just More Of The Same Old Pay To Play Politics?

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Gene Howington

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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Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Has Reportedly Asked the FBI to Investigate a Threatening Tweet He Allegedly Received from the Son of a Mexican Drug Lord Who Escaped from Prison

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro John Santucci of ABC News reported yesterday that presidential candidate Donald Trump had asked the FBI “to look into a threatening tweet he received in the wake of a post on the social network he wrote about … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Countries, DHS, Government, Humor, Immigrants, Immigration, Mexico, Politics, Propaganda, Society, United States | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Justice Antonin Scalia: The Bard of the Bench? (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said that it only seemed fitting “to use Antonin Scalia’s own words for a poetry slam, since the justice’s snarky dissents are filled with so many poetic gems.”  Fiore noted that the … Continue reading →

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Technology is taking the informal economy for a ride

Posted on July 8, 2015 by ann li-summers

By Ann Summers “Why has informal employment expanded so much in the context of neoliberal globalisation?” An informal economy could be the transfer of commodities ranging from adults buying alcohol for teenagers hanging about convenience stores to the proliferation of … Continue reading →

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New Texas Social Studies Textbooks Whitewash and Rewrite American History

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Sunday, Emma Brown (Washington Post) reported that millions of public school students in Texas “will begin using new social studies textbooks this fall based on state academic standards that barely address racial segregation.” In addition, she … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for July 7, 2015: “White Culture’s Thug Youth”

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro From Matt Bors: “White Culture’s Thug Youth”

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