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Category Archives: Civil War
The ‘many sides’, of the RWNJs’ phantom enemies
By ann summers YouTube Video The only reason for an American to hold a Nazi flag is if it has been captured in battle. pic.twitter.com/g44h8PSZyd — Senor O (@TKOastIsBack) August 12, 2017 Like Joe McCarthy’s ‘reds under your bed’, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Anti-Semitism, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Civil War, Communism, Fascism, Free Speech, Government Propaganda, History, Holocaust, inequality, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Racism, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, World War II
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Culture, KKK, Media, Politics, Racism, Racism in the United States, Racists
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Prezident Kozyr’s diplomacy as reality-TV genre
By ann sunmers Reality-TV rather than Realism … Nikolai Volkoff is known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and also with Boris Zukhov as The … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Civil War, Foreign Policy, Government, History, Media, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Society, Television, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Iceland, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media, News Media, Politics, reality TV, Ronald Reagan, television, WWE
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After Trump’s defeat, a new American Warlordism
By ann summers Trump’s now inevitable loss will signal perhaps a Democratic age for at least two years until the residual misogyny gains yet another mid-term resurgence of reactionary fervor as they did in 1994 (class), 2010 (race), and 2018 (gender). … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil War, Democracy, History, Libertarians, Media, Uncategorized
Tagged Donald Trump, secession, warlords
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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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First Read of a Literary Blockbuster
The worst years of the Great Depression were 1932 and 1933. In 1932, the Gross National Product fell a record 13.4% and unemployment rose to 23.6%. FDR was elected in 1932, and took office in March 1933. He worked … Continue reading
The Coffee Shop – ‘We Make Promises’ – In Memoriam
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading
Reclaiming the possibility of democracy or creating libertarianism warlordism
Sophie’s Hobson Choice on Maggies Bullet Farm: George Miller’s nearly aboriginal-free post-apocalypse vision or JJ Abrams’ non-LGBTQ utopian dystopia -— What a lovely day for Star War’s POC clone diversity already signalled What remains certain is that Reconstruction failed, and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Capitalism, Civil War, Economic Policy, Economics, History, Industrial Revolution, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Political Science, Racism, Society, States, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged economic crisis, panic of 1873, Racism, reconstruction, Republicans
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Word Cloud: BELLTONGUE
by Nona Blyth Cloud A human being is made up of all the experiences of a lifetime — sometimes a few carelessly spoken words, long forgotten by the speaker, can change the course of the hearer’s life forever. I do not know if … Continue reading
Posted in Baha’i, Civil War, Poetry, Racism, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Belltongue, Black History, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Robert Hayden
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Word Cloud: RIFT
by Nona Blyth Cloud We sometimes forget how closely History is following behind us. Only 50 years ago, it was still illegal for people of different races to marry in 16 U.S. states, mostly in the South. It wasn’t until … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Constitutional Law, Louisiana, Mississippi, Poetry, Racism, Word Cloud
Tagged African American, Black History, Interracial Marriage, Natasha Trethewey, Pulitizer Prize, Rift
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