MACRON WINS FRENCH PRESIDENCY BY A LARGE MARGIN Macron has defeated Marine Le Pen 65 percent to 35 percent, with a record number of blank and spoiled ballots. Political newcomer Emmanuel Macron will be France’s next president. Government sampling of the vote showed that Emanuel Macron d[...]
Posts Tagged ‘neofascism’
May 6th, 2017 - 9:15 am § in Donald Trump
2017 FRENCH ELECTION: 538 predicts that the Trumpette will lose.
Le Pen Is Just A Gargantuan Polling Error Behind Macron Donald Trump’s candidate for President of France is an enormous, historic polling error behind the centrist En Marche! candidate Emmanuel Macron.[...]
May 4th, 2017 - 8:14 am § in Misc.
Barack Obama Campaigns For Macron in France
US President Barack Obama sends a video message supporting Macron for appealing “to people’s hopes and not their fears”. “The French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about,” Obama said in the message, distributed [...]
April 17th, 2017 - 6:27 am § in Foreign Affairs
France: Moderate vs Communist vs Fascist
With one week to go, the French election pits the two extremes of the 20th century .. a communist and a fascistg ..against a moderate. gainst all odds. A communist soars in French election polls With less than two weeks before France’s presidential election, the meteoric and unexpected rise of[...]
April 6th, 2017 - 2:45 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
The Putsch: Bannon Removed from Trump’s NSC
Bannon removed from National Security Council, reversing controversial decision Chief strategist and far right supporter of the Russian based neo fascist movement, Stephen K. Bannon, has been removed in part of a sweeping reshuffle that gives greater influence to key military officials who now[...]
March 27th, 2017 - 7:36 am § in Misc.
Turkish Fascism
German Intelligence Chief: Coup in Turkey Was Just a Welcome Pretext’ German intelligence doesn’t buy Turkish President Erdogan’s claims that last year’s coup attempt was backed by the Gülen movement. BND chief Bruno Kahl, 54, speaks with SPIEGEL about Turkey, possible Rus[...]
March 10th, 2017 - 10:35 am § in Misc.
On Fascism
Fascism is no more “bad” than atomic bombs, prostitutes, or slavery. The badness lies in what happens when you buy one.[...]
March 3rd, 2017 - 7:10 am § in Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: Americans May Need Visas to Travel to Europe
Want To Visit Europe Next Summer? The European Parliament has passed a non-binding resolution calling on Brussels to force Americans to apply for visas before visiting Europe unless Washington adheres to a visa reciprocity policy and stops discriminating against eastern EU citizens. The resolution, [...]
March 2nd, 2017 - 12:57 am § in Donald Trump
AMERICA FIRST: Dr. Seuss 1941
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dr. SEUSS[...]
February 25th, 2017 - 12:49 am § in Misc.
Excerpts From “The Weimar Republic 1919-1933”
“Yet despite such signals, the surge in support for the Nazi Party in the elections of September, 1930, came as an enormous shock to large numbers of Germans.” “As Feuchtwanger has noted, ‘the Nazi breakthrough was not only sensational, it finally destroyed a party system’ whic[...]