Political Theatre category archive
The Art of the Con 0
Thom argues that Donald Trump is setting up fall guys for his failures.
The Biblical President 0
Donald Trump is not Samson, but he does indeed wield the jawbone of an ass.
A Pandemic Paradox 0
AZCentral’s E. J. Montini comments on the planned “spread the virus” his words not mine “reopen Arizona” rally. A snippet:
There you go.
If attendees are planning to “practice physical distancing to the extent feasible” then they realize the need for such distancing in order to inhibit the spread of the virus and therefore the number of COVID-19 cases.
In other words, the rally is a bad idea.
Supply and Command 0
Badtux explores the shortage of medical personal protective equipment (PPE), explaining that it’s a result of an unprecedented and unplanned for spike in demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. He argues convincingly that the responsibility lies in only one place: the office of the man who was repeatedly warned that the pandemic was coming and did nothing. A snippet (emphasis added):
My American Dickens 0
Though their styles are very different (Dickens, in particular, illustrates what can go wrong when writers are paid by the word), I must admit that Hemingway is my American Dickens. Though I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to finish anything he wrote.
Full Disclosure:
I have managed to read some of Dickens’s short stories, but I’ve never succeeded in wading through one of novels except for A Tale of Two Cities a la Classics Illustrated.
The Trump Show 0
I don’t watch it because I have worthwhile things to do with my time (like crossword puzzles), but Field watched one.
Curbing the Curve of Crazy 0
In related news, Fred Keith suggests that it’s time for us as a nation to grow the heck up.
Image via Job’s Anger.
So Much Winning . . . . 0
When I go to a store wearing a cloth mask where an employee wearing a medical mask and gloves opens the door for me and asks if she can spray my hands with sanitizer before I enter (as happened to me yesterday), for some fool reason, I don’t feel as if winning is taking place.
An Off the Rails Reality Check 0
I am not sanguine.