tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276638054486960095.post1653898880904668109..comments2023-10-30T09:08:40.925-07:00Comments on Burdens of a Bachelor: Hillary Sews Up the Election + Podesta Email Hack an Answer to Panama Papers?Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12803238253689954199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276638054486960095.post-88504707535592259682016-10-22T09:56:12.732-07:002016-10-22T09:56:12.732-07:00Krassner is quite a writer. I read the TD piece. H...Krassner is quite a writer. I read the TD piece. He is commenting on Jeffrey Toobin's new book about Patty Hearst, AMERICAN HEIRESS; saying that Toobin, an attorney and establishment intellectual, misses entirely the government origins of the SLA. If you ever get a chance to pick up Krassner's PATTY HEARST & THE TWINKIE MURDERS, do. It is terrific; short, it can be read in an afternoon. The TD piece is basically a really short abridgment. <br /><br />I think you're right about the divisiveness of the O.J. trial. I think -- maybe I'm too optimistic here -- we are now beyond that in the U.S. Trump was the last gasp of the Southern strategy, a campaign based entirely on white resentment. When he goes down in flames, the whole Reagan/Nixon '60s reboot of the GOP based on demonizing Blacks and punching Hippies is going to have to reevaluated. Hillary will appropriate some of its elements -- the punching Hippies part (she already has) -- but her base is so fractured and evanescent (based as it is on the Trump bogeyman) that any moves she makes going forward will be defensive and of short-term value. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803238253689954199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2276638054486960095.post-56675079441926674482016-10-22T09:16:33.146-07:002016-10-22T09:16:33.146-07:00Off-topic: Paul Krassner has book out about Patti ...Off-topic: Paul Krassner has book out about Patti Hearst and it looks like he's embracing Mae Brussel's work:<br /><br /> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/patty_hearst_double_agents_and_the_symbionese_liberation_army_20161021<br /><br />Now consider the legal life of F. Lee Bailey, a former fighter pilot. Was his defense of Capt. Medina in the whole My Lai thing a coverup of the Phoenix Project? What was his appearance during the OJ Simpson trial more than what it appeared? Did the Simpson trial serve as a means to acerbate US race relations like, say, the Dreyfus Affair stirred up old anti-Semitic feelings in France? Bob In Portlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06969665109260881650noreply@blogger.com