Monthly Archives: April 2018

gideon.rachman@ft.com contemplates ‘the strange isolation of Emmanuel Macron’ . Almost Marx comments

Mr. Rachman outdoes himself in this second paragraph of his anguished love letter to M. 37%. And the quotes from CIA shill Jeff Bezos’ Neo-Con dominated Washington Post, or from John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei’s political gossip sheet Politico … Continue reading

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The New York Times’ Editorial Board metaphorically kisses Anthony Kennedy’s Ass. American Writer comments

After their obsequious preliminaries, The Editorial Board of The New York Times frames their milquetoast critique of Neo-Confederate/Originalist Fellow Traveler Anthony Kennedy, as residing in ‘part of his charm’. Call this not just the exercise of the obsequious, but of … Continue reading

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Andy Divine on Viktor Orbán. Almost Marx gazes into the shallow pool of brackish water

This concluding paragraph of Mr. Divine’s April 13 , 2018 essay leave no doubt where he stands on Orbán, as not just the harbinger of  decline, but where ‘Democracy Disappears’  in the America of Trump. We cannot take anything for … Continue reading

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Macron & Trump: a political romance. Political Cynic comments

I went grocery shopping a little after 6 AM this morning, and on my way out of the store, I caught a glimpse of today’s Wall Street Journal front page. I stopped, arrested by this political obscenity. There was M. … Continue reading

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Firstly Mr. Rachman is not a Political Cosmopolitan, for that see Ulrich Beck’s Cosmopolitan Vision. Mr. Rachman is a ‘pundit’ who is paid to write propaganda: It’s only seen as propaganda if viewed from a nationalist point of view. Explain … Continue reading

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A ‘wistful’ Gideon Rachman on the possibilities of a ‘hard’ or a ‘soft’ Brexit. Political Observer’s wry observations

In Mr. Rachman’s latest essay on the Brexit he quotes an anonymous source : ‘… one leading British political analyst to predict to me recently that Brexit will not happen because “there is no version of Brexit that can get … Continue reading

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@BretStephensNYT: ‘Jewish Power at 70’. Old Socialist comments

Your  depiction of Jewish Power at 70, is in fact here: Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/palestinian-journalist-in-vest-marked-press-shot-dead-by-israeli-troops-in-gaza/2018/04/07/ac57b524-3a30-11e8-8fd2-49fe3c675a89_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.0163327a95c5 Source, your old employer, The Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/LIVE-COVERAGE-Multiple-dead-and-hundreds-hurt-as-Palestinians-clash-with-IDF-on-Gaza-Border-547534 No matter your fear mongering about the eternal ‘Jewish Victim’, and the growing threat of Anti-Semitism in Europe,  Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman … Continue reading

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@JananGanesh on a Generation ‘that has found power before finding its voice’ : American Writer wonders at this collection of cliches.

From its inauspicious beginning: That jangling sound is the keys to the world being passed to millennials. People born in the general radius of 1980 now govern democracies as mature as France, Ireland, New Zealand and Austria. Mohammed bin Salman … Continue reading

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my reply to @Hamlet

@Hamlet For you and the rest of the ‘Macron Coterie’ there is a ‘profile’ at Vanity Fair that reeks of the usual treatment accorded to Movie Stars, living and dead, and the scandals and successes of ‘High Society’ and ‘Royals’ … Continue reading

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philip.stephens@ft.com : ‘Emmanuel Macron is the rightful heir to the spirit of 1968’: A model of self-serving historical revisionism.

Headline: Emmanuel Macron is the rightful heir to the spirit of 1968 Sub-headline: Today’s protesters want to cling on to the past, not seize the future You needn’t read Mr Stephens essay to get the point of his advocacy/defense of Macron’s putative … Continue reading

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