Category Archives: Propaganda

The Orange Gasbag’s post-truth Transparency of Dunces can help us reveal kleptocracy

Posted on November 30, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Truth, even pre-truth, may be more instructive, without privileging the narcissistic self-demolition that drives the hateful yam, because it does lay bare the naked avarice of modern capitalism. The building of wealth both a class inheritance and … Continue reading →

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Trump’s neo-feudal minarchism: voting for the wrong lizard with a $#!+ load of dimes

Posted on November 27, 2016 by ann li-summers

“That must be Lord Farquaad’s castle… Do you think he’s maybe compensating for something?” By ann summers   Profane male TV gasbag seems so much more appealing to that ethno-nationalist base than lifelong feminist policy wonk. And then there’s Trump’s … Continue reading →

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“… as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror” – so begins the Trumpian Dark Age

Posted on November 16, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Four years of political and cultural retribution are coming as are the fruition of eight years of privileged obstruction with which it remains unclear how much the Democratic party will be able to mount a Congressional resistance. This … Continue reading →

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“Strategy of Tension” week almost over at the factory for Conspiracy-Theory Machines

Posted on November 4, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers They’ve broken out of mothballs or scraped the bottom of the barrel of favorite CTs, only this time it seems the FBI has decided, in their best J. Edgar finery, that tension at the polls needs a … Continue reading →

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Trumpism becomes a tense ethno-nationalist party of werewolves, There!

Posted on October 27, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Blame-gaming escalates as Election Day approaches and the Crème brûlée is about to crack. Brown, White, and Black Eggs matter to founders’ states of baker’s dozens. If all politics is local, all racism is localism. Expect a term … Continue reading →

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all this rigging comes from Trump’s Leninist: Smash State!

Posted on October 25, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers All elections are “rigged” considering the problems of decentralized pluralism, but given that reality, can we now move on to democracy. Reality TV is not really TV   Unlike other nations, we don’t schedule our elections as … Continue reading →

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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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factory for Conspiracy-Theory machines: more Putin-Puppetry

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers WaPo’s editorial board now uses the explicit term, “Putin’s Puppet”, to identify Donald Trump, and there is some MSM spin that claims a false equivalence between WikiLeaks and a FOIA, considering some clear technical errors in some of … 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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Hail Hyperbole! North Korea endorses Trump and bans Sarcasm…

Posted on September 9, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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