Macron….Excellent Fake Right & Go Left

HARDSCHELL REPORT, May 27, 2017, Evanston, IL..…. Mr. Macron, Sir….We had no idea what an agile athlete you are and praise your improbable move to avoid the clumsy Trump arm wrestling. The way you left America’s fake president hanging was priceless. https://www.yahoo.com/news/emmanuel-macron-swerves-donald-trump-101549987.html

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Macho Insecurity on World Stage

  Does oafish behavior appeal to the base? That would be an interesting study in macho-insecurity. Pushing the Montenegro Prime Minister out of camera range in order to be front and center, now seems like normal behavior and perfectly encapsulates the person. Of course, “America First” and the rest of you get in line! Lecturing […]

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Our Mad Man?

The U.S. appears to be out of step. Our guy is a Mad Men era character with the grabbing, stream polluting, and sclerotic thinking about us against them. Canada seems so much more evolved and now probably France. Sure, if you are in the “us” camp you can look forward to tax breaks but pity the […]

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The Greeks had their Metics

  What is so vile and scary about a “path to citizenship”?   Amnesty, from Greek amnēstía, “forgetfulness of wrong” seems like a good concept. Who wants to hold on to resentment for someone who bravely escaped a hard and often dangerous life and crossed a border? Could it be simply a dislike and fear […]

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