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Research Note for an article on narrative (5): Quite Recent Google entries on...
image fromNote: I am doing research on the use (misuse?) of the mot du jour"narrative," in the past most associated with literature but now frequently proposed by inside-the-beltway international...
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Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days - Note for a...
Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days -- NPRFacebookTwitterGoogle+EmailNovember 9, 20163:45 PM ETAMITA KELLYFacebookTwitterInstagramBARBARA SPRUNTEnlarge this imagePresident-elect...
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#Calexit: California want to leave the US after Donald Trump’s election win...
via LR on Facebook#Calexit: California want to leave the US after Donald Trump’s election win (excerpt)Ashitha Nagesh for...
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Donald Trump's entire election victory speech 15:14(CNN) Here is the text of the speech Donald Trump delivered when he became the President-elect of the United States of America:Thank you. Thank you...
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Alexander Hamilton on the Electoral College (via Mark Teeter on Facebook)
Mark H. Teeter added 2 new photos.AHAHA! Alexander Hamilton, 18th c. Publick Comedian:"The process of election [through an Electoral College] affords a moral certainty that the office of President will...
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"The Only News I know" by Emily Dickinson -- How much more "relevant" can a...
image frompoemofquotes.comPoemThe Only News I knowBY EMILY DICKINSONThe Only News I knowIs bulletins all dayFrom Immortality.The only shows I see,Tomorrow and Today,Perchance Eternity.The only One I...
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"Nothing is forever in this country" ... -- Note for a discussion, "E...
image from"Nothing is forever in this country. . . ."--A Republican senator, cited in the Washington Post (November 9), a propos of the USA***See also: E pluribus unum exhibition; and Gore Vidal -...
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I said Clinton was in trouble with the voters I represent. Democrats didn’t...
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)By Debbie Dingell November 10 at 10:16 PM The Washington Post Debbie Dingell, a Democrat, represents Michigan’s 12th Congressional District in the...
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Trump's Election Will Be The Biggest "F**k You" Ever Recorded In Human...
One version of the video, posted earlier on this blog, via MC on Facebook; but an expanded version of the video, replacing its earlier "version," now posted below, based on -- regrettably -- not always...
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Rampant sexism has long existed :) email message from a distinguished...
Image fromKissinger was asked what if Krushchev was assassinated instead of Kennedy? Answer: I don't think Onassis would have married Mrs. Krushchev. Cheers
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Donald Trump as president - will he be deal-maker or divider? - Note for a...
Katty Kay, Presenter, BBC World News 11 November 2016image from article, with caption: Feelings are running highAs Washington swoons in the halcyon promise of unity, a somewhat trite commitment made in...
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Fixing the electoral college ...
image fromRobert Reich on Facebook14 hrs · Excerpt:For the second time in five elections, the presidential candidate who won the most popular votes lost the election. And once again, presidential...
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All Americans must be accompanied by an adult ...
thepoke.co.ukOuch, not sure we’re in a position to judge though… View image on Twitter FollowDan Alpert @DanielAlpertOutside a pub in Clerkenwell, England.3:54 PM - 10 Nov 2016 · Manhattan, NY...
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Public opinion
image fromThe point is that the relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion,” Orwell wrote in his essay “Freedom of the Park.” “The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but...
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The Price We Pay for an Ad-Powered Internet
The Price We Pay for an Ad-Powered Internet By EMILY BELL NOV. 11, 2016, New York Timesimage from articleReview of THE ATTENTION MERCHANTS:The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our HeadsBy Tim Wu403 pp....
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Research Note for an article on narrative (6): Quite Recent Google entries on...
image fromNEWSHochman: Signing Fowler would be juicy narrative for CardinalsSTLtoday.comChicago Cubs' Dexter Fowler celebrates with Kris Bryant after hitting a home run during the first inning of Game...
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The Jesuit Mantra: Narrative
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Do You Know Your Narrative? - article by a "Chief Narrative Officer"
odwyerpr.com/story/public/7881/2016-11-10/do-you-know-your-narrative.html; JB: FYI, an doing research for a planned article on this mot du jour of inside-the-beltway ... Do You Know Your Narrative?By...
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Two favorite headlines on "narrative" (from Facebook)
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Why identity politics couldn’t clinch a Clinton win - Note for a discussion,...
washingtonpost.com; via LH on FacebookWhy identity politics couldn’t clinch a Clinton winClinton supporters attend a rally in Tempe, Arizona, on November 2. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)By John B. Judis...
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