Category Archives: Presidential Elections

Trump gets first major newspaper endorsement (sort of)

Posted on October 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The 2016 election demonstrates why newspaper editorial endorsements of candidates might not (ever) make any difference but at least Trump has one, finally; even if the paper is owned by Sheldon Adelson. Follow Jon Ralston @RalstonReports BREAKING: First … Continue reading →

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Send in the Trumpian overlords

Posted on October 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Will Trump turn the election into a snuff film — his bread is in the form of debt, but regardless, the GOP will be toast after the election.  Berlin, 1945 Trump flak tower for Alamo rent-a-wrecks   One might very well … Continue reading →

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Cadet Trump Mongers War: more George C. Scott & Gregory Peck than Patton & MacArthur

Posted on October 11, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Why Trump only mentions two generals: Patton and MacArthur. Did he lose it at the movies: Patton (1970) and MacArthur (1977). Breitbart comes over the Southern Border for your Wildlife Refuge   Trump’s generational fascination with the Playboy … Continue reading →

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America Great Pumpkin and the Cuban Revolutions

Posted on October 2, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers View image on Twitter Follow Bloomberg ✔@business Why Mark Cuban changed his mind on Donald Trump http://bloom.bg/2cIGlnz  12:19 PM – 1 Oct 2016 358   358 Retweets 638   638 likes   How many elections have had this kind … Continue reading →

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Political-Media Complex: the factory sites for Conspiracy-Theory Machines

Posted on September 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

Hillary Clinton (6 September 2016): “I believe I have created so many jobs in the conspiracy theory machine factory, because honestly, they never quit. They keep coming back.” By ann summers While an elaboration of the “vast RW conspiracy” that … Continue reading →

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It Takes 290 to Win

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Terry Welshans

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 →

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On the Cover of the Rolling Stochastic Terrorism

Posted on August 10, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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got Constitution? got cold dead hands?

Posted on August 4, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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Dearest Abigail Adams

Posted on July 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams penned a letter from their farm Peacefield to her husband, John Adams, laboring with the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to bring forth a new nation: “…I long to hear that you have declared an … Continue reading →

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raw Turkey and martial law’s disasters, natural & cultural

Posted on July 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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