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Was 9/11 a state and local issue? Asking for a Coronavirus — Media Meditations
The President and Jared Kushner have indicated that any shortages in ventilators or medical equipment is the fault and responsibility of state and local authorities.[1] They want the public to believe that it is not their fault that there is … Continue reading
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America is not ready for what’s coming with the Covid-19.
First, America lacks the tests to understand the scale, scope or severity of the outbreak. The incubation period is up to 14 days which means it has spread widely in America. News reports indicate that 35 states have infected residents. … Continue reading
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Has Donald Trump’s Thabo Mbeki moment arrived?
Donald Trump comments about coronavirus have sowed doubt and confusion within the public. He has suggested that there are mild cases and that people could return to work in such a condition or recover from it without realising that they … Continue reading
Did Sarah Sanders lie to the Special Counsel?
To serve Trump, Sarah Sanders lied repeatedly about James Comey having lost the confidence of the rank and file FBI. Despite her claim that it was a “slip of the tongue” utter in the “heat of the moment”, it was, … Continue reading
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Tagged Comey, Donald Trump, FBI, Mueller Report, Sarah Sanders
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Trump and Judgement at Nuremberg
The film Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) is a powerful historical courtroom drama based loosely on the trial of the Nazi Judges. The film focuses on Spencer Tracy as Judge Dan Haywood a rock-ribbed Republican who, while not the first choice … Continue reading
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Tagged Decent Politics, Mueller Report, Nuremberg, Trials, Trump
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Why Trump does not understand James Comey
Trump fired Comey in part because he did not understand him and in part because of who or what Trump is. What has been less explored is why or how Trump did not understand Comey. On the surface, one view … Continue reading
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Trump and Miller are too timid about immigration.
Dear Readers, I am honored to have a guest blog by the world famous scholar Joanne Swift. She has taken time out from her busy schedule to provide a short proposal on how Trump and Miller should deal with the … Continue reading
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Tagged immigration, miller, NATO, Rule of law, Russia, Trump
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Addicted America: Why Facebook, Apple and Amazon thrive
America is addicted. We see this everyday as 100s of Americans die from drug overdoses. The opioid crisis is a national emergency yet the government’s response is insubstantial in comparison to the problem with their most substantial act to declare … Continue reading
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A legitimate president knows “Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.”
Over the past year, we have been treated to, or rather forced to endure, the unsavoury aspects of a president’s personality. Over the past year, we have tweets and public statements that show us something that is usually hidden. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, George W Bush, hypocrisy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Milo Yiannopoulos, persona, President of the United States, Robert Mercer (businessman)
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Trump’s Warsaw Speech: some tentative thoughts on the Crisis of the West
Trump’s Warsaw speech has attracted a lot of attention. Grown men and women have literally swooned at its beauty, grandeur, and audacity. Their claims suggest that if you combined Lincoln’s Lyceum Address, King’s I have a Dream speech, and Kennedy’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Crisis of the West, Donald Trump, Leo Strauss, Martin Heidegger, Poland, Warsaw
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