Year: 2016

Trump/Pence Off to a Bad Start

Probably the worst thing about the Trump/Pence ticket right now is that they’ve gotten off to such a mistrustful start. For Trump, I think he feels like people in the Pence camp starting leaking that he was the pick before...

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Nihilism is in Fashion

Even if former First Lady Barbara Bush says that it is incomprehensible that any woman could vote for Donald Trump, he still has a polling lead in Missouri roughly equal to Mitt Romney’s margin of victory four years ago....

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SPP Vol.570 & Old Time Froggy Bottom Cafe

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Second Empire Victorian.  I am using the photo seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 6×6 inch...

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Coup in Turkey

I’ve been kind of privately, and ambivalently, hoping for another military Atatürkian coup in Turkey for about half a decade now. It’s too early to say whether I’ve been right to long for such a thing or even...

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BREAKING: Military Uprising Underway In Turkey

Tanks seen at Istanbul airport and bridges are closed down. Internet has been cut, or at least social media … more to come. Turkey soldiers launch ‘illegal action’ – PM Yildirim | BBC News |...

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