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Thursday, September 12, 2024

The Cult of Trump: A Cult of Many Cults

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Noted expert on cults describes the cults within the cult of Trump

The Cult of cults – –

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Our former leader in the debate

Let me simply quote Shakespeare – – sound and fury signifying nothing.

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The “Gotchas” of Capitalism

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Bill Clinton Warns on Rising Nationalism

Rush Link -- Bill Clinton on Rise of Nationalism

Tracking I.C.E. and Arms

List of locations where armed forces have been sent illegally, according to courts. California: Los Angeles, San Francisco. Illinois: Chicago. Minnesota: Minneapolis. Oregon: Portland. Washington, D.C. — last up-dated January 16, 2026

Anti-Trump protest marches pop up in state Capitals all across America.

Follow this URL for a report. Caution: contains PG-13 language. https://www.youtube.com/live/_5Niv1pjl9I?si=KSJWcN5pM7gbGeA5

An invitation

In Minneapolis, in Los Angeles, in Chicago, in Washington, DC., Where is the international media? We need you, now! Our legacy broadcast media has essentially abandoned us, the American people. The United States has stood up for the oppressed around the world over and over again. O world, now it is your turn to stand up for your friends, the true Americans.

Viewpoint: How Congress can exercise oversight of the supreme court

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/07/03/dont-expand-the-supreme-court-shrink-it-00043863

Important Best-Selling Book

Details the process by which democracies fail. Highly recommended. (Click on image above.)

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New Weblog

The newest blog in the family of Musical Patriot blogs is entitled “Pray for the former President.” Not just any president, but President Biden. It is surely a perilous time. Joe and Jill Biden deserve the support and prayers of the people. “Pray for the former President” can be found at https://prayforpresidentbiden.blogspot.com/

Bill Clinton Warns on Rising Nationalism

Rush Link -- Bill Clinton on Rise of Nationalism
The American government has always been anti-fascist

American anti-fascist film

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Recommended Books

A. Lincoln -- Ronald C. White, Jr
Anatomy of Fascism -- Robert O. Paxton
Disaster Capitalism (The Shock Doctrine) -- Naomi Klein
It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis
It's Worse Than You Think -- David Cay Johnston

Now at 'Democratic Campaign Watch'

A New Role for Our Civic Organizations

www.democampaignwatch.blogspot.com

It Was All a Lie

Author: Stuart Stevens

A corporation is not a person with rights — never has been. Never will be.

In the mid 1990s a group of scholars and interested persons led by Richard Grossman, and others, discovered a covered – over history of corporations in America. This research led to the surprising reality that not only had the early American citizens kept a close eye on the legal fiction which is a corporation, but that over time, and step by step, corporations got more and more power within the political realm. This important story in outline can be found here. https://poclad.org/

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Vitally Important Book

New paperback version revised and up-dated. URGENT

Marijuana: Not Your Father's Weed

None of this means we need to lock up people for using marijuana. But it does mean we should be honest about the drug’s real dangers. And legalization — with all of the American-style promotion that will accompany it — is the last thing people in recovery, parents, communities — and even our nation — need right now.

https://learnaboutsam.org/public-health/

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24625/the-health-effects-of-cannabis-and-cannabinoids-the-current-state?gclid=Cj0KCQjw5arMBRDzARIsAAqmJexlu8vKgpgCpoCzEi0kLnSEFdn5MhELaLs6yQ9MVXRszWn6iEstXGcaAti7EALw_wcB

Current Quote: A.K. Chesterton

The man who achieved integrity does so only after he has taken his screeching ego across his knee & spanked it into a recognition of the unseemliness of its demands. He learns that what there is of nobility in life lies in disinterestedness and service. …The trouble with most of the highbrow authors is that they have never seen life whole. All that they have seen is the chaos springing from the welter of conflicting thoughts and emotions of the day, and because they lack the true inner vision they have failed to reduce their experiences to any kind of order and so merely fling back into the teeth of chaos a still more reckless chaos tortured by their dithering nerves and mental and spiritual disorders…their products are not art, but rather the denial and negation of art..these spiritual pygmies.

AK Chesterton, March 1934.

Bush Knew -- 21st Anniversary

Twenty-first Anniversary: Reports Say Bush Had Foreknowledge of 9/11/01 Attack

Greg Palast, Voter Suppression Sleuth Extraordinaire

Greg Palast, Reporter Extraordinaire, Interviews Politician

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Investor, Musician, Author Roger McNamee

Roger McNamee

Living History: The Mysterious Events of 9/11/01

Why America Needs Constructive Dialogue with Russia

In the News

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/why-trump-is-right-on-russia.html

Tent Cities Have Returned

Tent city in Ontario, California. Click on photo for more information

From 2016: On The Occasion of Our Tenth Anniversary

On Saturday, May 28, 2016, The Musical Patriot web log marks its tenth anniversary live on the World Wide Web. From the beginning The Musical Patriot has been interested in world affairs from an ethical, philosophical, and artistic viewpoint.

During its first summer, the blog presented a series of posts under the general title of "Theologians Under Hitler," ta2016: king its title from a major book and video by the same name produced by the United Methodist Church.

Economic justice has been a recurrent theme of the blog, and the author has frequently taken less-than-popular positions on various issues from low wages and union-busting activities to unsung political candidates both national and local.

The Musical Patriot was one of the first blogs to warn about the seriousness of the Trump candidacy. This was at a time when pundits of mainstream media were claiming Trump would never be nominated.

Issues also given attention have included music both good and bad, the environment including global climate change, European political unrest such as in Greece, the Russian view of modern American life, and the Chinese economic threat to American economic dominance.

This vast array of issues has been somewhat unusual for a small-scale blog. It has, of course, provided a more interesting and varied menu for its readers compared with single-item blogs.

Readership has recently seen an uptick as readers from all continents except Antarctica have visited and read posts.

Most recently, The Musical Patriot has concentrated heavily on the D. Trump candidacy with the blog writer viewing Trump as essentially a fascist and demagogue. Many examples have been given and a clear picture of the real estate mogul has emerged.

The Musical Patriot looks forward to a continued presence on the web during the critical days ahead. Readers will continue to be valued wherever they may reside.

Notable Quote

Paul Krugman writes: “For whatever may happen to Donald Trump, his party has turned its back on democracy. And that should terrify you. The fact is that the G.O.P., as currently constituted, is willing to do whatever it takes to seize and hold power.”

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Policy: For the foreseeable future, The Musical Patriot shall be free of images of Our Military Leader.

About Me

The Musical Patriot: Direct descendant of signer of The Leedstown Resolution, predecessor document to the Declaration of Independence. Holder of two masters degrees in music. Over fifty years' experience in music and sacred music, now semi-retired. Named one of Outstanding Young Men of America by United States Jaycees. Author of article published in national music magazine. Member Steering Committee, local independent business alliance. Former college instructor.

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Important newer book by Madeleine Albright

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Facts Not Fascism

Our International Community

Welcome to new readers in Romania. And thanks to readers everywhere.

Fascism Can Be Defeated

Holocaust Survivor

Now at LANGUAGE CROSSPOINT

Humor -- Misplaced Homonyms https://languagecrosspoint.blogspot.com/2021/07/ad-hominem-homonyms.html

Now at "Patriot in Exigency"

White House Details President's Recovery Plans

https://patriotinexigency.blogspot.com/

Now at "Technopoly Alert"

StarChip: Technology in its Rightful Role

https://technopolyalert.blogspot.com/

Click Here to go to Greg Palast Web site

Greg Palast, Election Sleuth Extraordinaire

Featured Web Article

Interesting article on the "original" Musical Patriot.

View article on the Counter Punch web page:

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/09/28/the-musical-patriot/

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Escaping Mine Country

Archival Statement on the 2016 Presidential Campaign

As John McCain said, Donald Trump, through his employment of the emotions of fear and disdain, has not appealed to the best in us. He has, in fact, done grave damage to the country. Kudos to the Republicans (and others) who denounced him. Their bravery has been commendable and has had a good effect.

STOP TRUMPISM AND THE FAR-RIGHT DRIFT NOW!

The Media Must Stop Normalizing Trump

The European Union Has Weakened Blogging

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2018/05/gdpr-europe-internet-rules-change-life-180520114258369.html

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OML = Our Military Leader