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Parting shot—a word from the editors
The Best Definition of Donald Trump We Have Found
In his zeal to prove to his antagonists in the War Party that he is as bloodthirsty as their champion, Hillary Clinton, and more manly than Barack Obama, Trump seems to have gone “play-crazy” -- acting like an unpredictable maniac in order to terrorize the Russians into forcing some kind of dramatic concessions from their Syrian allies, or risk Armageddon.However, the “play-crazy” gambit can only work when the leader is, in real life, a disciplined and intelligent actor, who knows precisely what actual boundaries must not be crossed. That ain’t Donald Trump -- a pitifully shallow and ill-disciplined man, emotionally handicapped by obscene privilege and cognitively crippled by white American chauvinism. By pushing Trump into a corner and demanding that he display his most bellicose self, or be ceaselessly mocked as a “puppet” and minion of Russia, a lesser power, the War Party and its media and clandestine services have created a perfect storm of mayhem that may consume us all.— Glen Ford, Editor in Chief, Black Agenda Report
No time to laugh, gentlemen. The current German President of Romania came to power during a “communist” government (the social-democrats). Obviously, he couldn’t get anything “done”, though he tried to get rid of that government, accusing it of both corruption and incompetence. As any “responsible government” (who claimed it was blackmailed with jailing threats if they as much as built any highway, particularly leading to Transylvania), they stayed on. Out of despair, God started a fire in a disaffected communist former factory, used by Democracy as a night/dance club for young freedom fighters. Due to that “communist’s government” utter corruption,… Read more »