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Month: July 2016

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We Have Nothing to Fear,,,part 2

31 Jul 2016
A different response to forwarded material re Trump from a different source requesting once again no attribution... I entered this world rife with fascism and am loathe to exit one…
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We Have Nothing to Fear….an anonymous post

31 Jul 2016
The following is from a former student in response to a forwarded message re Trump: Reviewing all that you forwarded demonstrates enormous insight.It would seem to me that more from…
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Hippolyte Outgunned

29 Jul 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was dumped by the Clinton campaign as DNC chairperson and disappeared from sight despite her promise to resign at convention's end.This tough and capable double mastectomy cancer survivor…
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R.I.P. Sherman

29 Jul 2016
On July 17th Sherman Mellinkoff died at his home in Westwood He was 96 years old and was the former Dean of UCLA School of Medicine.He was the longest tenured…
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The Media and Objectivity

24 Jul 201629 Jul 2016
As the opponents in this year's presidential election get squared away, it's time to examine the powerful role of the media in swaying public opinion rather than reporting events.Ivanka Trump's…
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Hail Caesar(Sieg Heil)…Ho Hum

22 Jul 2016
  The republican convention clattered to a close last night with the coronation of the Trump...eter in chief.I was prepared for the dog whistles and the red meat oratory, but…
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Image is Everything(not only to Canon)

20 Jul 201620 Jul 2016
Thanks to SB&JT, I saw the Tony Schwarz revelation to the New Yorker (Mayer) re:"The Art of The Deal" and his (the true author thereof ) assessment of the Donald through the…
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The State of State Affairs:A Post From RMV

18 Jul 201618 Jul 2016
Yes,the media sure are pouring on the smoke these days: talk about Teflon politics,the man's dirtiest trickery are presented as the works of a saint by CNN.(TRUMP) Over the past…
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The Danger of Assigning a Democratic Label Without a History

16 Jul 201616 Jul 2016
Demos means of,by,or upon the people.Among the Greek city states only Athens seems to have qualified for less than 200 years.The United States has officially supported the overthrow of "democratically"elected…
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Symbolic Interaction and Bastille Day 2016

15 Jul 201615 Jul 2016
As Isis gives up territory,they hasten to remind us that the real battlefield is for the mind.They attacked a Nice celebration of the French 4th of July.We can expect more…

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