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Putin’s Revenge: Regime Change in Washington DC
by Gordon Adams, lobelog.comimage (not from article) fromAs the stories about Russian interference in the US presidential election begin to swell, it seems possible that Vladimir Putin may have...
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Population of Washington DC: 601,723; population of U.S. intelligence...
John Brown16 hrs · https://en.wikipedia.org/…/United_States_Intelligence_Commu…"The Washington Post reported in 2010 that there were 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000...
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‘California will launch its own damn satellite’ - Note for a discussion, "E...
Brown image (not from article) fromChristopher Cadelago, sacbee.com [original article contains links and video.]Gov. Jerry Brown, rallying a room of scientists Wednesday with his most heated rhetoric...
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Research Note for an article on buzzword "narrative" (11): Quite Recent...
image from(Pls. see below for other, less lengthy citations from Google Alerts).(11.1) What makes influential science? Telling a good story, phys.org (December 16, 2016)It turns out that even in the...
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The electoral college has always been the wrong way to choose a president
Kenneth Jost, latimes.comimage (not from article) fromThe electoral college ought to have been struck from the Constitution or invalidated by the Supreme Court long ago. Donald Trump’s electoral...
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Trump is stoking his base on his pre-inaugural tour. But is he building...
Philip Rucker and John Wagner, Washington PostImage from article, with caption: The president-elect has gone to Alabama, Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina and Ohio and...
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California's Separatist Movement Gets an ‘Embassy’ in Moscow - Note for a...
Kevin Rothrock, Moscow Times, December 16, 2016 [original article contains more links and images]The leader of ‘Yes California’ might live in Russia, but now he's got a little piece of home with...
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‘Buryats are Accused of Separatism but the Main Separatists Now are Ethnic...
Buryat image (in red; not from entry) fromPaul Goble, windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com; on Buryats, see. Staunton, December 18 – Having overlearned the results of the demise of the USSR in...
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What Donald Trump Doesn’t Know About Black People - Note for a discussion, "E...
Michael Eric Dyson, New York Timesimage (not from article) fromExcerpt:If there is a dirty secret in American life, it is this: The real unifying force [JB emphasis] in our national cultural and...
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Kneeling and Football in America ...
1. Jessica Chasmar, "Florida football coach reprimanded for kneeling during team prayer," The Washington Times - Friday, December 16, 2016 [original article contains links; see also 2. and 3....
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The Electoral College Is Meeting on Monday. Here’s What to Expect.
From: The New York Times, "First Draft on Politics," Monday, December 19, 2016 (sent by email)image (not from article) fromOn Monday, 538 people will meet to determine who will be the next...
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Dear Diary, J’Accuse!
[JB note: John Quincy Adams was the first American minister plenipotentiary (ambassador) to Russia]As ‘calamitous’ as civil war would be, Adams wrote in 1820, ‘so glorious would be its final issue,...
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Canadians invite liberal US states to break away from Donald Trump's America...
via RM on FacebookPeter Walker, independent.co.uk [original article contains images of tweets]Image from article, with caption: Canada has extended a friendly hand to the liberal west-coast states...
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Journalism at its best: Osnos on Trump (written in Sept 2016!)
With the polls virtually tied, the possibility of a Trump victory is no longer the stuff of dark comedy or fan fiction. It is fair to ask: What would he actually be like as President?image (not from...
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Inside America’s Shocking WWII Propaganda Machine
JB comment: "Shocking" is perhaps too strong a word ...Becky Little, news.nationalgeographic.com; via VY [original article contains a video] More than half a century ago, the U.S. used provocative...
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Books for the Trump Era - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...
Ross Douthat, "Books for the Trump Era,"New York Times [original article contains links.] DEC. 21, 2016uncaptioned image from articleThe Donald Trump presidency is not yet officially upon us, but the...
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What Keeps the Russian Federation United?
Владимир Путин: Государство будет поддерживать патриотизм как объединяющий факторВладимир Путин: Государство будет поддерживать патриотизм как объединяющий фактор. Новости. Первый канал«У нас нет...
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How to defend America the Indivisible - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus...
Danielle Allen, Washington Post [original article contains links.]Allen image fromExcerpt:America the Indivisible spreads opportunity wide and embraces all colors, all creeds within the sunshine of...
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Happy Holidays from the Video Asshats at Your State Department
Image (not from entry) fromwemeantwell.com [click on link to see videos.] See also, about the USA amb to Japan ...So what better use of taxpayer money and time than for your State Department to make...
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Андрей Битов: "У Запада нам учиться не нужно. В США всего этого «совка»...
philologist.livejournal.com; English translation atИнтервью писателя Андрея Битова еженедельнику "Аргументы и Факты"№ 51 21/12/2016Сергей Грачёв, «АиФ»: Андрей Георгиевич, декабрь выдался богатым на...
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