Tag Archives: United States history

It Started Out as Just Some “Harmless Fun”*

Posted on August 18, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Anonymous Anonymous is a decentralized international activist and hacktivist collective and movement primarily known for its various cyberattacks against several governments, government institutions and government agencies, corporations and the Church of Scientology. Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an “anarchic”, digitized “global brain” or … Continue reading →

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Trump Did Not Invent the Republican Agenda

Posted on August 14, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Shameless (2024) {Newt} Gingrich gained power and held sway in the House while behaving just as he had encouraged young Republicans to act before he had even been elected to Congress. He’d advised them to “learn to ‘raise hell,’ to … Continue reading →

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Is This Just Another Way to Hijack Wealth?

Posted on August 11, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Cryptocurrency I’ve written about this previously, in a post about the Number of the Beast (in April 2018): at the time, I was still hooked on the idea that we would need a computer chip in or on our body … Continue reading →

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In the Last Few Days, this Adage has been Proven True:

Posted on August 10, 2024 by cdsmiller17

“All’s Fair in Love and War and Politics”

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Who are You Calling an “Unfaithful Lover”?

Posted on August 7, 2024 by cdsmiller17

J.D. Vance (August 2, 1984) I guess it’s time to look at the ‘other’ Presidential ticket. Trump chose J.D. Vance on a whim, it seems. At the time, it appeared to be a doubling down on the MAGA side of … Continue reading →

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Here’s the VP that Harris Chose:

Posted on August 6, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Tim Walz (April 6, 1964) Well, he wouldn’t have been my first choice, but then I’m not running for the Presidency of the United States, am I? Lots of strategic thinking has gone into Harris’ decision, I’m sure, but did … Continue reading →

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This Film is (Loosely) Based on a 1924 Chicago Murder

Posted on August 5, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Murder by Numbers (2002) As someone mentioned after we watched this on Saturday night, “That is one messed up story.” For sure. But, in the echo chamber of my mind, I remembered something that wasn’t actually stated, but had a … Continue reading →

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Take a Look Back to Understand What’s Going On Now

Posted on July 31, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Trump as the Trickster Here is a different point of view of what happened in 2016. This YouTube video is from 4 years ago. I wonder what will happen this year?

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Suddenly, This Old Meme is Back Again:

Posted on July 29, 2024 by cdsmiller17

But Who Wins? During World War II, both sides of the conflict thought they had God on their side. Still, one side won and the other lost. Hasn’t anyone learned the lesson, yet? Thinking that you are doing God’s will … Continue reading →

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In Political Cycles:

Posted on July 27, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Essentially when you have a dominant two party system, each side wants what it wants and doesn’t like what the other side likes. That’s one of the reasons that in democracies, elections produce a flip-flop switch of parties which changes … Continue reading →

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