Category Archives: States

Lady Gaga half-time shows how patriotism is greater than patriots … or falcons

Posted on February 6, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “In a Super Bowl performance that spanned her entire discography, Lady Gaga opened her act with a rendition of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” which has become a popular anthem at rallies protesting President Trump … Continue reading →

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Police infiltrated by RWNJs … It’s worse when we discover the paranoids are really after us

Posted on February 1, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers What has long been accused and now manifest in a variety of agencies, incidents, and even specific actions comes to light in a classified FBI study obtained by The Intercept. President Trump has inherited a vast … Continue reading →

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Fake Art in the age of Fake News “… there are more Republicans buying art than are making it.”

Posted on January 15, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The Art of the Deal: The Movie is funny, and it’s scary, and it’s well-made. http://www.google.com/…   What does it mean to own artwork when for some, its worth is only in terms of its material costs … Continue reading →

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The Trump Presidential Library: an unpresidented(sic) and premature monument

Posted on December 21, 2016 by ann li-summers

  (2015) http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/11/donald-trump-presidential-library-and-museum By ann summers So many were in denial up to now. It’s time to anticipate the site for the Trump Presidential Library … will it be Mar-a-Lago, Las Vegas, Queens, Long Island, maybe in Scotland or Russia … … Continue reading →

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Earth art… “Most people wouldn’t know (art) if it came up and bit them on the ass.” – Frank Zappa

Posted on December 14, 2016 by ann li-summers

 “Most people wouldn’t know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.” – Frank Zappa By ann summers This is why I always wanted my own bulldozer… (2015) Artist Michael Heizer, in the Nevada desert for 43 … Continue reading →

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a Democratic Party minus triangulated power politics will win elections … #Recount2016

Posted on November 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The NYTimes’ Charles Blow tells Donald Trump to F*ck off, in no uncertain terms. https://t.co/yNSf8jbTsu pic.twitter.com/FiuXegbaEE — Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) November 24, 2016 $2.002 MILLION for #RECOUNT2016 #AUDITTHEVOTE! And it’s not even midnight!https://t.co/nyRV2cwdhY pic.twitter.com/9SK6SYaK28 — Anonymous … Continue reading →

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Election Day 2016 – Some Thank Yous

Posted on November 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

Status of Women’s Voting Rights 1913 U.S. Election Day 2016 It’s customary to thank all the people who helped you reach a milestone, so on behalf of all the Americans who voted today for the first time for a woman … Continue reading →

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Vote-trading is nothing like spouse swapping in key swing states

Posted on October 29, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers There are some thought experiments that arise each election cycle and the regularity of the question does raise other useful questions that would take far too long to resolve. For example, the issue of why an Electoral … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam: Mary Beth Stanley, 1968 – 2016: “Think of Me”

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Her name was Mary Beth Stanley. I am her father, and she was the older of my two daughters. Please remember her. No child was ever wanted more. I was reluctant to have another kid, because money was tight and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: October 18, 2016

Posted on October 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 18th is Alaska Day * Chocolate Cupcake Day No Beard Day Hard-Boiled Detective Day * Rocky Horror Picture Show Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Moby-Dick, Persons Day and the BBC, click 

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