Author: Hipolito

“Snowflakes” and the Alt-Rights’ (White Supremacists) Strategic Insults

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher “Snowflake” seems to now be the latest code word used to attack “liberals” who are very unhappy with the Snowflake in the White House. The way it seems to work is that when asked for evidence for the comments or statements made by the alt-rignt (white supremacists) and their supporters, the alt-right (white supremacists) seem to feel attacking the sensibilities of those asking for an intellectual conversation is the best recourse. You have folks like Milo Yiannopolous, a gay immigrant, who create controversy by spouting comments that raise people’s internal alarms and causes them...

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A $584.4 BILLION MARKET FOR BETSY DEVOS, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher So Betsy Devos has been appointed as the Education Secretary of the United States, what does that mean for our children? Most educators will tell you, nothing good for one major reason, she does not respect the education establishment and wants to bring business models using public funds. Secretary Devos also does not understand their challenges, and does not seem to care. Secretary Devos, does not understand what it entails to run a department that has around 5000 employees and handles a budget of around 73 Billion, so it certainly wields a large stick...

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THE 44TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GOT YOU COVERED

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher For 8 years the 44th President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, stood under the brightest spotlight in the world and managed to elegantly and nobly absorb every conceivable sleight launched at him continuously, because he is black. Because the hue of his skin, because of the chosen name, because of his success. There is no question that the greatest gift he has given the people of the United States and the world is, to just be… just to be. He embodies the best that a striving American can achieve. He has pursued...

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THE BUSINESS OF INK – WRITER’S PANEL AT SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher There is no doubt that one of the most mesmerizing events at the Santa Barbara Film Festival is it’s Writer’s Paneland this year it was made up of Oscar-nominated writers Luke Davies (“Lion”), Eric Heisserer (“Arrival”), Theodore Melfi (“Hidden Figures”), Mike Mills (“20th Century Women”) and Taylor Sheridan (“Hell or High Water”) as well as Phil Johnston, co-writer “Zootopia” and Rhett Reese, co-writer of “Deadpool.” It is not only entertaining to hear the stories that gave birth to the celebrated films, but also some of the very difficult choices they had to make in order...

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IT’S ALL POLITICS, RIGHT?

By Hipolito Navarrete, Managing Editor/Publisher Politics is defined as the activities associated with the governance of a country, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power. The power the policy arm of those that want to control the financing of programs that affect all people in the country. When folks attack a policy maker, they attack the policies that may create a perceived or real harm to them, because ideology drives the actions taken to achieve the results they crave. The Trump administration is executing orders based on the philosophy and psychology...

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