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Rage-Farming Trump Mimic Poilievre Scrambles to Pretend He’s Pro-Canada
The trade war that the racist and fascist felon and Putin asset Donald Trump initiated against American allies Canada and Mexico, as well as against China, Colombia, and other nations…
The Death of Truth in the Trump Era
The ongoing criminal trial of Donald Trump (the first one; others are to follow) continues to expose the difference between what he and his followers believe and anything related to…
He’s Living In The Past
For quite some time, I have suspected that Putin was living in the past – quite specifically, the Cold War. His "State of the Nation" speech today confirmed that. Most…
Milton Was Wrong
In 1644, the English poet and pamphleteer John Milton wrote an impassioned defence of free speech (or, more factually, against censorship of print and in favour of restriction-free publication) called…
There’s a Reason They Called it MAD.
They were all the rage in my day. Tactical nuclear weapons, mini-nukes, or “those little bags of instant sunshine.” Somewhere around here I’ve got a then-“secret” field manual laying out…
Living With Trump in the Age of Entropy. We Have to Figure This Out and Soon.
The Washington Post carried this message of warning from Steve Bannon in February, 2017: Bannon dismissed the idea that Trump might moderate his positions or seek consensus with political opponents.…
The Disaffected Lib 2018-06-08 13:26:00
There is no proof that Donald Trump is working for Vlad Putin but Obama’s national security advisor, Susan Rice, writes that Putin couldn’t have wished for a better stooge. Mr.…
Taking Democracy for Granted. We’re Probably On This Road Too.
Andrew Sullivan has a thought-provoking essay in New York Magazine about how we’re killing off liberal democracy and not just in Poland or Hungary or the United States either. This…
I Hope Bob Mueller Has a Sense of Humour
There are some things that just get better with age. That includes scandals. They need time to soak and simmer. Yesterday it was Manafort (plus one) and Papadopoulos. Trump began…
So Much for Democracy
We now know that Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by well more than 2.5-million ballots. Perhaps as many ballots again were not counted due to Republican efforts…
How the Leader of the Free World Became the Leader of the Global Right Wing.
AmeriKa’s president, Donald Trump, will not be the leader of the free world. He will, however, be the leader of the global right wing. Across Europe, the radical right is…
Stop Giving Trump Chances To Be Civil
He won’t. We already gave him two. His whole campaign: many of us wrote him off as a lark. I imagined only 30-35 million people would vote for such a…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump... can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump... can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump... can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Trump to Receive First Intelligence Briefing Today
Normally a presidential candidate receiving a classified intelligence briefing is not big news, it has been done for decades. However with Donald Trump… can he be trusted? Will he blurt…
Could Syria Become the 21st Century Sarajevo?
There were plenty of proxy wars during the Cold War only back then the principals had enough sense to avoid direct clashes. That was then, this is Syria where today…