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Despair and Hope in Trump’s America - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
image from article Americans are optimistic about the communities they live in—but not their nation. Why?James Fallows, theatlantic.com; via JJ on FacebookI have been alive for a long time. I remember...
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American Dream collapsing for young adults, study says, as odds plunge that...
By Jim Tankersley December 8 at 11:48 AM, Washington Post Rising income inequality has eroded the ability for American children to grow up to earn more than their parents, according to new research...
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What Trump Got That Romney Didn’t - Note for discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By PEGGY NOONAN, WalL Street JournalUpdated Dec. 8, 2016 6:52 p.m. ETThe other night I came across an internet exchange I’d had last June with a talented writer and editor, a journalist who is also...
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Trump as Lady Gaga
Trump is a political performance artist, challenging what we think is normal.0:00 / 0:00Wonder Land Columnist Dan Henninger on the similarities between president-elect Donald Trump and Lady Gaga....
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Trump: Madman of the Year - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Charles M. Blow Dec. 8, 2016, New York Timesimage from [JB -- Note: the "subtle" editorial hint by the placement of the letter"M" (horns?) above Trump's head.]Excerpt:So, Time magazine, ever in search...
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The Real Trump
Mark Danner, The New York Review of BooksTrump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Powerby Michael Kranish and Marc FisherScribner, 431 pp., $28.00Damon Winter/The New York...
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The World Fears Trump’s America. That’s a Good Thing.
By MARK MOYAR Dec. 9, 2016, New York Times [original article contains links]image from articleAmong global elites, Donald J. Trump’s recent phone call with Taiwan’s presidenthas induced fear on a scale...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are on their way to the White House
Donald Trump. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)By Michael Gerson Opinion writer December 8 at 7:51 PM Washington Post What are we seeing in Donald Trump’s presidential transition so far? The emerging outlines of...
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Research Note for an article on narrative (10): Quite Recent Google entries...
image fromAlertsMonitor the web for interesting new content"narrative"December 9, 2016 NEWSSEC Insider Narrative: Jeffrey Tengel, People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBCT)'s insider ...Thorold...
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MGM casino outside Washington may change Washington's ways - The Washington Post
[JB Note: If Edward Gibbon were alive, the MGM casino is probably where he would go to find inspiration to write his Decline and Fall of the American Empire.]Gibbon image from; note the Roman ruinsBy...
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FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia’s motives in 2016...
By Ellen Nakashima and Adam Entous December 10 at 7:56 PMWashington Post image from[original article contains video]In a secure meeting room under the Capitol last week, lawmakers held in their hands a...
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A Facebook comment on the New York Times editorial, "Truth and Lies in the...
image from[comment slightly edited by the author since its appearance on Facebook]John Brown42 mins (12/11/2016)· Why do I, as an ordinary citizen, find parts of this NYT editorial condescending, with...
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Research note for a planned article on mot du jour "narrative": Julie Beck,...
Julie Beck, "Life's Stories: How you arrange the plot points of your life into a narrative can shape who you are—and is a fundamental part of being human," The Atlantic, Aug 10, 2015; via MCB; original...
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The truth behind British politeness
Translation table explaining the truth behind British politeness becomes internet hitThe British trait of being too polite to speak one's mind has led to a table translating numerous hollow English...
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Why Trump’s Republican Party Is Embracing Russia
[JB note: A perceptive essay, putting the current brouhaha re Russia and Trump in a thought-provoking way focusing (perhaps too broadly) on history.]image (not from article) fromPETER BEINART,...
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Best faux-news quote of the day re FBI/Hillary e-mails (and by extension...
via KR on Facebookimage from"FBI still reviewing emails in Abe Lincoln case."
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All the President’s Propaganda
By JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON and KEVIN R. KOSAR DEC. 12, 2016, New York Times; via ACP III on Facebookimage from articleIt didn’t take long for President-elect Donald J. Trump to claim his first triumph...
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Lefties -- Trump (sorry, I meant dump) you bicycle -- a Facebook comment
IN FAINT "PRAISE" OF THE PROPOSED EXXON SECRETARY OF STATE (SEE BELOW); ON THE OTHER HAND, MAYBE WE NEED A "TOUGH" GUY TO DEAL WITH THE SLEAZEBALLS OF THIS WORLD ...John Brown3 hrs · OK lefties, dump...
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From FFN (funny fake news) on Facebook: Putin Presidential Announcement re...
Andrew GaraninLike · Reply · 3 · 2 hrsLoose translation: "Appoint Donald Dzhei [i.e., "J"] Trump as plenipotentiary representative to the North American federal district. V. V. Putin."
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