Political Theatre category archive
Republican Family Values 0
It should come as no surprise to learn that they are a (not at all) surprisingly flexible thing when Republicans find them inconvient.
The Deal Breaker 0
The Editorial Board of the Las Vegas Sun sees an ominous pattern (emphasis added):
Follow the link for their reasoning.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Trump maladministration is trying an end run around the law so as to punish journalists who report news they don’t like (i. e., actual factual news).
Stray Thought, Devolution Dept. 0
I note in the “Today in History” item in my local rag that today marks the 18th anniversary of Sarah Palin’s selection to be John McCain’s running mate in the 2008 presidential election.
Although the origins of today’s Republican Party reach back at least to Nixon’s “Southern Strategy,” methinks that that might have been the “no turning back” point in that party’s devolution from the party of traditional conservatism to the party of the New Secesh.
Just saying.
The Name Game 0
Mary Trump comments on Donald Trump’s attempt to rename Lake Ontario and the Republican Party’s continuous enabling of his venality. As an aside, she also reveals the new acronym for remember the names of the Great Lakes.
“She Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Was” 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay talks about the part of Dolly Parton’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.