Political Theatre category archive
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 0
For years, the right-wing has been telling us that the federal government can’t be trusted.
And they’ve given us one.
Woman says, “The Epstein files are a distraction from the arbitrary cruelty of his deportation program.”—>Man says, “The arbitrary cruelty of his deportation program is a distraction from his inexplicable subservience to Putin.”—>Woman says, “His inexplicable subservience to Putin is a distraction from his disastrous tariff policies.”—>Man says, “His disastrous tariff policies are a distraction from his blatant financial corruption.”—>Woman says, “His blatant financial corruption is a distraction from his autocratic consolidation of power.”—>Man says, “His autocratic consolidation of power is a distraction from the malevolent incompetence of his entire administration.”—>Woman says, “The malevolent incompetence of his entire administration is a distraction from his fascist militarization of D. C.”—>and back to the beginning.” />Windbags 0
Emma and the crew debunk de bunk about wind farms.
Afterthought:
In Trump world, government does not exist to serve the people.
Government–and the people–exist to serve the Trump.
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
The Cracker Up 0
Afterthought:
I dined–if you can call it that–at a Cracker Barrel once. It was the day the space shuttle blew up.
They Got What They Voted For 0
Farron points out that, occasionally, poetic justice happens.
The Me Veneration 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy has a premonition.
The U. S. S. Banana Republic 0
Glynn Wilson argues that the United States has gone bananas–banana republic, that is. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
But Trump is proving all previous political punditry pathetically wrong, the first autocratic tin pot dictator in American history with little political credibility and delusions of grandeur, trying to run the United States like a banana republic.
Follow the link for the rest. Methinks he makes a strong case.
Stray Question 0
Did you seriously believe that the Trump maladministration would act on actual factual information when, instead, they can deploy the Republican thought police?
The Rule of Lawless 0
It’s something that happens when the lawless try to remake the rules.
The “Attention Economy,” Dis Coarse Discourse Dept. 0
The “attention economy” refers to how hockey puck spread on “social” media can lead to–er–less than optimal decisions.
That phrase was mentioned almost in passing early in Harry Shearer’s interview with Edward Niedermeyer about Niedeermeyer’s book about Tesla, Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. I commend the interview to your attention, if only through the example of the “attention economy” at work.
And, remember, “social” media isn’t.
Trolling the Troll 0
Sam and the crew discuss Gavin Newsome’s masterful trolling of Trump and the Trumpettes.
Emoluments 0
Farron runs the numbers.
