Category Archives: Society

Global “suicide by police” cannot be the basis for a foreign policy

Posted on January 7, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers     In the abstract, there’s too much meta in global politics. Yet as today’s interview of Robin Wright on NPR indicates having that more theoretical view is very important to gaining perspective on the various machinations of domestic … Continue reading →

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The Fluffy Unicorns believe they’re like Rosa Parks

Posted on January 6, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The Oregon Bird Sanctuary Siege continues and Fluffy Unicorn remains in charge despite being surrounded by Federal minions. The question the militant group now asks is whether they should be treated like Rosa Parks even though they … Continue reading →

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tRump’s First TV ad in Iowa, Iowa that’s where the tall Idiocracy grows

Posted on January 5, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Today’s GOP has shown during the presidency of the actual first Black President that it can be only interested in obstructing legislation (losing count now of ACA repeal votes) and ultimately a kleptocratic capitalism. It is the … Continue reading →

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Let’s not wait until he sends a selfie to Jody Foster

Posted on January 3, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers   This guy below being interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper decided to imitate the  Draw the Prophet competition that resulted in the deaths of two anti-blasphemy extremists from Phoenix that led to some “patriots” there to stage an … Continue reading →

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tRumpian policy and the triumphalism of the LIV / LoFo legions

Posted on December 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers Donald Trump makes great strides forward on the winged feet of many tireless RWNJs in $1500 Princetown shoes by Gucci   Naive, rather than critical realism is the norm in US politics at least at the Congressional level, … Continue reading →

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What the Global War on Terrorism(sic) National Monument should embody

Posted on December 21, 2015 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers I wrote a very early story a couple of years ago on trying to think about a virtual or actual monument to this war and thought that even though we have ceased(sic) combat operations, that a national monument … Continue reading →

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Questions for the GOP candidates at their December 15 debate: 70,000 Cuban refugees coming to the Southern US border

Posted on December 9, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Dear GOP POTUS candidates in the 15 December debate on CNN:  In the fervor to deny refugee status to Syrians because TERROR, what of the possibly 70,000 Cubans now trying to gain egress past the as yet … Continue reading →

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Spree Killings in Colorado Springs & San Bernardino: 2 types of not dissimilar political extremism

Posted on December 5, 2015 by ann li-summers

Let’s be clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of terrorism. Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership. It … Continue reading →

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Bring me the head of Diego Garcia: blaming the Brits for being Dodos about Disposession

Posted on December 1, 2015 by ann li-summers

By ann summers In 1966, the head of Britain’s Colonial Office, Lord Denis Greenhill, wrote about Chagos, “The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours; there will be no indigenous population except seagulls who … Continue reading →

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Are we having terror yet? Naturalizing the Cultural and Culturalizing the Natural

Posted on November 29, 2015 by ann li-summers

by ann summers “They have weapons. F*ck them. We have champagne!” (Charlie Hebdo’s response to recent Paris attacks)                            #Daesh bullshit  www.motherjones.com/…   Terrorism is natural in the sense that … Continue reading →

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