Category Archives: War

Send in the Trumpian overlords

Posted on October 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Will Trump turn the election into a snuff film — his bread is in the form of debt, but regardless, the GOP will be toast after the election.  Berlin, 1945 Trump flak tower for Alamo rent-a-wrecks   One might very well … Continue reading →

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After Trump’s defeat, a new American Warlordism

Posted on October 12, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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Cadet Trump Mongers War: more George C. Scott & Gregory Peck than Patton & MacArthur

Posted on October 11, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Why Trump only mentions two generals: Patton and MacArthur. Did he lose it at the movies: Patton (1970) and MacArthur (1977). Breitbart comes over the Southern Border for your Wildlife Refuge   Trump’s generational fascination with the Playboy … Continue reading →

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The Cats of Aleppo … and Their Keeper

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Nicole Plyler Fisk

by Nicole Plyler Fisk If there’s one thing I’ve learned from teaching Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games series to freshman composition students, it’s that — despite what presidential candidate Donald Trump would have us believe — we should not wax poetic over bombing anything. … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: RESISTANCE

Posted on September 2, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In 1895, Japan was at war with China for supremacy over Korea, which was China’s most important client state. Japan wanted access to Korea’s coal and iron, and to use it as a buffer zone to prevent Chinese or Russian … Continue reading →

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Terry Welshans; New Contributor on FFS

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

By Chuck Stanley If you notice the list of authors, Terry Welshans has joined the team.  Terry is an eclectic kind of guy, who is interested in just about everything. I have known him for a couple of years. He … Continue reading →

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Can Occam’s Razor Still Cut?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Terry Welshans

by Terry Welshans I have been interested in conspiracy theories for some time. I suppose there has always been a dissenting point of view on about everything, but some of these theories fly in the face of Occam’s Razor with … Continue reading →

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Step away from the #2 pencil — you failed the ideological screening test!

Posted on August 16, 2016 by ann li-summers

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 →

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ON THIS DAY: June 28, 2016

Posted on June 28, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 28th is: Paul Bunyan Day Tapioca Day Data Privacy Day International Body Piercing Day National Holidays Around the World Bosnia and Herzegovina – St. Vitus Day Serbia – St. Vitus Day Ukraine – Constitution Day On This Day in HISTORY … Continue reading →

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First Read of a Literary Blockbuster

Posted on June 27, 2016 by wordcloud9

  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 →

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