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THE ALLURE OF CENSORSHIP
Apparently the executives at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) feel that some ideas are so controversial they must be censored. To do otherwise would violate their commitment to...
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THE HEIRS OF HITLER
It seems so long ago–71 years this December, America declared war on global Fascism. And won. In April, 1945, with Italy in ruins, Benito Mussolini–Il Duce–was shot by anti-Fascist partisans. Benito...
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THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT: PART ONE (OF TWO)
If Barack Obama is re-elected President on November 6, the result will be “civil war” within the Republican Party. That is the prediction of POLITICO and a number of other politics-following pundits,...
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THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENT: PART TWO (END)
Oligarchy: a government in which a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The returns are in. And Barack Obama has been re-elected to another four years as...
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THE HEIRS OF HITLER
It seems so long ago now. Seventy-one years ago–in December, 1941–America declared war on global Fascism. And won. In April, 1945, with Italy in ruins, Benito Mussolini–Il Duce–was shot by...
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A LIE TOLD BY BULLIES
Ernest Hemingway said it best: “Fascism is a lie told by bullies.” And right-wing pundit Ann Coulter best illustrates the truth of this. Let’s start at the beginning: On April 7, Martin Bashir, host of...
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THE PIRATES OF LIMBAUGH
On April 8, 2009, four Somali pirates boarded the Maersk Alabama when it was located 240 miles southeast of the Somalian port city of Eyl. The ship, en route to Mombasa, Kenya, was carrying 17,000...
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THE HEIRS OF HITLER
It seems so long ago now. Eighty-one years ago–on January 30, 1933–Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Nazi Germany. Six years later, on September 1, 1939, he ordered the invasion of Poland–and...
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THE PIRATES OF THE RIGHT
As supporters of President-elect Donald Trump demand that “everyone must get behind our President,” it’s worth recalling how Right-wingers “got behind” President Barack Obama. On April 8, 2009, four...
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GIVING ADVICE SAFELY—THE MACHIAVELLI WAY
Ask the average person, “What do you think of Niccolo Machiavelli?” and he’s likely to say: “The devil.” In fact, “The Old Nick” became an English term used to describe Satan and slander Machiavelli...
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POLICE: IGNORING THE CRIMES OF FASCISTS–PART ONE (OF TWO)
At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., the following sign is prominently displayed: WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM. Beneath that are listed the signs to beware of an approaching Fascistic...
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POLICE: IGNORING THE CRIMES OF FASCISTS—PART TWO (END)
On August 11-12, 2017, white supremacists from across the country gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” rally. Among the organizations represented: The Ku Klux Klan (KKK);...
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TRUMP’S INSULTS COME BACK TO HAUNT HIM
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) was an Italian Renaissance historian, diplomat and writer. Two of his books continue to profoundly influence modern politics: The Prince and The Discourses on the...
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“THE CORRUPT SOCIETY” MEETS THE CORRUPT PRESIDENT
According to a January 18 CNN story, President Donald Trump can’t understand why he’s been impeached. “Why are they doing this to me,” an anonymous source quoted Trump as saying repeatedly. Over the...
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WHAT “PATRIOTISM” MEANS TO RUSH
On February 4, President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Right-wing propagandist Rush Limbaugh. It was the Big Surprise on the night of his fourth annual State of the Union...
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THE MAYOR AND MACHIAVELLI
Ask the average person, “What do you think of Niccolo Machiavelli?” and he’s likely to say: “The devil.” In fact, “The Old Nick” became an English term used to describe Satan and slander Machiavelli...
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THE WORLD SEES HORROR IN UKRAINE; ISLAMICS SEE RACISM: PART ONE (OF TWO)
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive invasion of Ukraine. To Ukrainians, it’s a matter of life-or-death. To Americans, Europeans and Westerners in general, it’s a...
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THE WORLD SEES HORROR IN UKRAINE; ISLAMICS SEE RACISM: PART TWO (END)
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a massive invasion of Ukraine. To Ukrainians, it’s a matter of life-or-death. To Americans, Europeans and Westerners in general, it’s a...
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ANN COULTER: HATRED IS MY MOTIVE
On November 6, 2012, Ann Coulter, the Right-wing activist and propagandist, was devastated by the re-election of President Barack Obama. “People are suffering. The country is in disarray,” she whined...
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REPUBLICANS: LINCOLN IS DEAD–LONG LIVE BOOTH!
It’s the racism and sexism, stupid! That’s how Lilliana Mason, an associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute, sees the reason for the animosity between...
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