Political Theatre category archive
“She Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Was” 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay talks about the part of Dolly Partin’s legacy that isn’t getting talked about.
We lost a good person.
He’s Bubblelicious 0
Methinks Michael in Norfolk makes a good point when he says that
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Steam Punked 0
Donald Trump has demanded that the Navy rip out new launch technology from aircraft carriers and, instead, go back to steam-powered catapults like the ones used in WWII. At my local rag, retired military officer Bree Fram looks at the bureaucratese in the military’s response to this and decodes de code.
Here’s a sample:
After years in defense acquisition, allow me to translate: This is a spectacularly bad time to change the design, and it’s going to cost a fortune.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
The Bully’s Pulpit 0
In the midst of a longer post about Donald Trump’s war of choice with Iran, Atrios sums up Trump’s approach to foreign policy, or, for that matter, to just about everything:
Kleptocracy 0
Grung_e_Gene raises an interesting point: The Trump maladministration is interested, not in the public good, but only in the public’s goods
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration again exercises its freedom of repress.
Details at the link.
The Sycophancier 0
Steve M. offers a theory as to Donald Trump’s fascination with Natalie Harp:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Mona Charen is less than sanguine at the prospect of Todd Blanche holding the post of Attorney-General. A snippet:
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears some rhymes.
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*Mark Twain.
The Macho Man, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Thom sees a pattern.
Republican Thought Police 0
Exercise your Constitutional right of freedom of speech and you just might find yourself on ice ICE on you.
The Me Veneration 0
As far as U an concerned, this is a bridge too far.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: mild language.)