Political Theatre category archive
(Lack-)Wits Gathering Wool(ery) (Updated) 0
We are a society of stupid, and the stupid, it burns. It burns all of us.
Image via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.
Afterthought:
I was in a shop recently and said to the clerk, after a bit of banter, “I never thought I’d live to see the end of the American dream.”
But I have, and America did it to itself.
I am not sanguine.
Addendum:
Button, Button, Who’s Pushing the Buttons? 0
David warns those who would be rid of the Trumpler not to let Trump and the Trumpettes push their buttons.
Facebook Frolics, Jerks and Knees Dept. 0
In a thoughtful and well-reasoned editorial, my local rag unloaded on a local frolicker, one who is on a school board and has a political presence and who habitually spreads tommyrot and bilge.
Here’s a telling snippet from their editorial (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Path to Pariah 0
Seth takes stock of where we are in these viral times.
Not with a (Big) Bang, but with a Whimper 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear is not sanguine.
“B-B-But No Other Explanation Makes Sense” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, David Ludden explores recent research as to the varied reasons why some persons adhere to conspiracy theories that are plainly absurd in the light of pesky things like “facts,” “knowledge,” and “logic.” Here’s one element he cites; follow the link for the full discussion.
Tripping on the Guilting 0
Bill Nemitz reports on what happened when, on a lark, he signed up for the “Team Trump” mailing list. It was not quite what he expected. A snippet:
What I expected was a window into the messaging being deployed by the Trumps to propel the president to a second term – increasingly unlikely as that appears to be. What I got was a guilt trip, day after day, for not doing as I’m told.
The Cancellator-in-Chief 0
In an article at the Inky exploring the grammatical and psychological (psycho-grammatical? gramma-psychological?) reason the phrase, “cancel culture,” has caught on so quickly, Jeffrey Barg notes the irony of Donald Trump’s recent screed against “cancel culture.” Here’s a nugget; follow the link for the rest.
Facebook Frolics, No Russian to Judgement Here Dept. 0
The image above accompanies an article at The Roanoke Times in which Rupert Cutler, long-time public servant, warns us that Russia is cranking up its bot nets to do it again.
School Daze 0
David looks at the political motives behind Donald Trump’s push to turn classrooms into incubators of infection reopen schools in the fall.