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Category Archives: Richard Nixon
SUPREME COURT: Imagine if Republicans Had Changed the Rules in 1970
April 8, 1970 – The Senate votes on President Richard Nixon’s nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. A combination of the high-reversal rate (58%) of his decisions on appeal, his support decades earlier of racial segregation and white … Continue reading
The Trumpists have now Lucy’d themselves
By ann summers Zippy, aside from all that disinformation regarding those verifiable Russian/Wikileaks contacts he’s made (like no one knows about burner phones), is now trying the whatabout game of Tu Quoque. He always has alternative facts, our Roger so … Continue reading
a Nixon for the Milennials … when will TrUmp resign to focus on his business interests
By ann summers Miss Arizona in 2001, said she was subjected to Trump’s voyeurism.www.google.com/… One doesn’t need Bebe Rebozo or Berlusconi’s Bunga-Bunga parties to believe that TrUmp is, among many things, an archetypal opto-phallocrat — voyeurism and power gets him … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Corruption, Media, Political Science, Politics, Richard Nixon, Russia, Terrorism, Treason, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, Journalism, nixon, Politics
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Twitter capitalism: a waterfall of cockroaches
By ann summers Wall of zombies in World War Z (2013) … The film stars Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who must travel the world to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Art, Economics, information Technology, Media, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Science, Silicon Valley, Society, Television, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, Media, Politics, Ronald Reagan
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virtue signalling Trumpites don’t care if politics, like pro wrestling, is sport or entertainment
By ann summers Do voters subscribe easily to Personality Cults? And can one base entire political candidacies on them as signalling and identify them by their discourse? Are they examples of pro-/con- discourse games as the Democratic candidates spar towards Philly and opportunistic mischief-makers … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Blogs, Celebrity, Conservatives, Democracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Free Speech, Humor, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Politics, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Propaganda, Richard Nixon, RNC, Ronald Reagan, Society, Sports, Television, Trolls, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Republicans
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How I Went From Casablanca To Hoosiers On The Republican Party
By Mark Esposito A fascinating trope making the rounds on the right-wing blogs this week (here‘s one from the Mothership) concerns Michigan Communications Professor Susan Douglas and her provocative article originally entitled I Hate Republicans. In it, Douglas lays out her indictment … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Art, Blogs, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, Education, Equal Rights, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Heroism, History, Hypocrisy, Immigrants, Immigration, Jimmy Carter, Jurisprudence, Justice, Liberals, Movies, Neoconservatives, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Racism, Richard Nixon, RNC, Short Video, Society, Sports, United States, War
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Of Winters Court, Milhous, And Me
by James Knauer Overture “For everything, there is a first time, Mr. Saavik.” – Captain Spock. These matters concern my real life experiences as a television addict during the years 1973 to 1977. The location of these events took place at … Continue reading