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Why Vermont? A Facebook comment (slightly edited) on Russian "hacking"...
Sunday, January 1, 2017One request, from a not-so-humble, uninformed, ignorant, non-tech-savvy citizen -- to the "Intelligence Kommunity (CIA, FBI)," The Press Pundrity," and the "WHinfotry":Could you...
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Our handsome President-to-be looking at this best!
A painting of Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Florida; from
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Intellectuals for Trump
via GC on FacebookA rogue group of conservative thinkers try to build a governing ideology around a President-elect who disdains ideology.Image from article, with caption: "A small group of thinkers...
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Overheard in Washington, D.C., in a public space
image from"God is a mystery, not a solution."--Overheard in a public space in Washington, D.C.
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The Curious World of Donald Trump’s Private Russian Connections
James S. Henry, the-american-interest.com [original article contains more charts/diagrams and illustrations]; via LJB; see final paragraphs for highlighted summary.Re "shock therapy," mentioned by the...
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Trump and Conway’s transition of contradictions - Note for a discussion, "E...
Dana Milbank, "Trump and Conway’s transition of contradictions," Washington PostConway image from articleExcerpt:Three weeks ago, Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway sat on stage in a hotel...
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How ‘Elites’ Became One of the Nastiest Epithets in American Politics - Note...
By BEVERLY GAGE JAN. 3, 2017, New York Timesimage from articleOur new president is a private-jet-setting billionaire Ivy League graduate, a realestate tycoon, a TV star and a son of inherited wealth....
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The Rules of the Game: A New Electoral System
Eric Maskin and Amartya Sen,New York Review of Books, jaNUARY 19, 2017 ISSUESarin Images/Granger‘The Electoral Vote: Now Let Us Look at It from Another Point of View’; illustration by Thomas Nast,...
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Каким видели 2017-й в советском диафильме 1960 года
tjournal.ru; via IK on Facebook; note the Kamchatka-Alaska bridge image belowВ соцсетях кто-то вспомнил советский комикс, датированный 1960 годом. В нём художники и авторы студии «Диафильм»...
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The Real Face of Washington (and America): Note for a discussion "E Pluribus...
by Tom Engelhardt, lobelog.comimage (not from article) fromKnow thyself. It was what came to mind in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory and my own puzzling reaction to it. And while that familiar...
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A Harvard linguist reveals the most misused words in English
Jessica Stillman, Inc., businessinsider.comRose Lincoln/Harvard UniversitySome languages, like French, have an official body that decides how words can and cannot be used.English, as a flexible, global...
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Unusual for such a piece on Crimea to appear in the US mainstream media ...
"Crimeans back Russian takeover: If they try to take it back, ‘I will fight’," USA TodayKim Hjelmgaard , USA TODAYPublished 4:32 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2017 | Updated 1 hour ago(Photo: Kim Hjelmgaard, USA...
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From Post-Soviet to Neo-Soviet
EDWARD C. HOLLAND, kennan-russiafile.orgBY EDWARD C. HOLLANDIn a series of polls conducted at various points over the past 25 years, the Levada Center has asked Russians about their nostalgia for the...
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What is it called when you go past “propaganda”?
What is it called when you go past “propaganda”? medium.com. By Mark H. Teeter, Ph.D., former opinion page editor of The Moscow News and The Moscow Times. He writes the weekly column Moscow TV Round-Up...
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Under Amazon’s CIA Cloud: The Washington Post
Norman Solomon, commondreams.orgJeff Bezos recently acquired the Washington Post, but the company that made him his real fortune, Amazon.com, is also under a multi-hundred million dollar contract with...
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Will the Liberal Order Survive?
The History of an IdeaBy Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Foreign Policy [original article contains links.]Image from article, with caption: Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin and the Yalta Conference, 1945During the...
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Abandoned combats boots ... (Vietnam 1975)
April 30, 1975 from mashable.comCombat boots litter the road on the outskirts of Saigon, abandoned by ARVN soldiers who shed their uniforms to hide their status. "I'll never forget the shoes and the...
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Why Rural America Voted for Trump - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum?...
By ROBERT LEONARD JAN. 5, 2017, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: Trump supporters in Iowa last JanuaryKnoxville, Iowa — One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shophere...
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Why Trump Can’t Disengage America From the World
By ROBERT D. KAPLAN JAN. 6, 2017, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: an illustrated map of the United States by Isaac W. Moore, 1832.Debates about the extent to which the United States...
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Interesting articles on language -- ranging from computer to Native American...
The current issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly (January 11, 2017) has a series of very interesting, non-technical articles pertaining to language.FeaturesFEATURESIn Computer Languages, Clarity Is...
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