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Trump’s immigration policy as ethnic cleansing prescription
By ann summers So we now have heard from an orange realtor pitching the US a Southern Wall timeshare that Mexico will pay for. And being Latino is not illegal, nor is being Muslim, yet that is what is now … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Capitalism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Democracy, History, Immigrants, Justice, Mexico, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Immigration, Racism, Republicans
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flag/anthem/pledge blasphemy cuts only one way – either everyone or no one is politically correct
By ann summers In the case of one of the SF 49er quarterbacks, the negative reaction to his personal act of sitting during the playing of the national anthem has been sadly opportunistic and disproportionate even as the scale of the documenting … Continue reading
Now what are they going to do?
By Terry Welshans This last week has brought us some unexpected changes in the political arena. Donald Trump has replaced the upper management at his campaign headquarters, replacing his Russian power-broker with Steve Bannon who is registered to vote in … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Hypocrisy, Immigrants, Racism
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Step away from the #2 pencil — you failed the ideological screening test!
By ann summers “Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called for a system of ‘extreme vetting’ for immigrants that would include an ideological test” “‘In the cold war we had an ideological screening test … The time is overdue for a … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Government, History, Immigrants, Immigration, Media, Political Science, Racism, Society, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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On the Cover of the Rolling Stochastic Terrorism
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
Word Cloud: AFTERIMAGE
NONA BLYTH CLOUD Writing poetry in reaction to headline news is risky business. Even some of the best poets have written work so momentary about a particular incident it’s glaringly out-of-place in their future collected works. But when a poet … Continue reading
Posted in Mississippi, Poetry, Racism, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Afterimage, Audre Lorde, Homophobia, Lynching in America, Police Killing, Sexism
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purge those free radicals – eight years is not enough
By ann summers Family resemblance in language is like relative autonomy in philosophy, because academic ideologies’ democracy is the Other to anti-intellectual reactionaries across the political spectrum, but are they the same as those of low-information voters (LIV), and more importantly, … Continue reading
Political Correctness & how plagiarism goes off the light rails at the RNC
By ann summers Apparently the revolution will be televised, but the counter-revolution comes from a “series of tubes”. And it will be led by a pernicious Political Correctness (PC) that can only be eradicated by a strong, fearless, leader for the genuinely uninformed. … Continue reading
America, “a divided crime scene”, terminated with extreme vetting
By ann summers The GOP seeks a perfect storm to excite their base by scheduling an opportunity for Open Carry idiots to confront Cleveland protestors outside the secure zone in a surreal 8th grade reenactors’ version of Kent State. And … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Media, Ohio, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, RNC, Society, Tea Party, Terrorism, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Republicans
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Expert Discourse and using IEDs to “neutralize threats”
By ann summers So Trumpians, RWNJs, and lesser neoconservatives might be described as the following: “They talk a lot about justice. They talk a lot about freedom. They want to change the society into a positive direction. They believe that they’re doing … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Equal Rights, Free Speech, Government, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Police, Terrorism, Terrorists, Texas, Uncategorized, War on "Terror"
Tagged Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Terrorism
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