Political Theatre category archive
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Mark Zuckerberg: Facts schmacks.
Here’s a bit from the CNN report:
Zuckerberg, however, acknowledged a “tradeoff” in the new policy, noting more harmful content will appear on the platform as a result of the content moderation changes.
Methinks “politically biased” in the passage above is Zuckerspeak for “keep calling out right-wing lies,” but that’s just me.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme from the other side of the world.
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*Mark Twain.
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” . . . 0
. . . was is the motto of The Washington Post.
Now you can meet the darkness.
Welcome to this New Gilded Age.
Via Juanita Jean.
The Crash This Time 0
PoliticalProf charts the course.
Courting Disaster, One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice dissects Supreme Supremacist Court Chief Justice John Roberts’s misdirection play.
All the News that Fits 0
Amy Goodman and Juan González spoke with The Nation’s Chris Lehmann about Donald Trump’s efforts to stifle free speech and silence the press. Lehman notes that this is a long-standing tactic for Trump. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the full article.
(Broken link fixed.)
Devolution 0
In the midst of a longer article about Jimmy Carter’s life and legacy, AL.com’s John Archibald makes what methinks is a apt observation in this age of clicks and likes and X cretions (and X cretins):
Follow the link for context.
The Courage of His Conniptions 0
John Amato points out that a self-proclaimed “independent thinker” who proclaims that he will do as ordered is not that independent a thin–oh, never mind..
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation . . . .” 0
Submitted for your consideration . . . .
Nor Any Drop To Drink 0
Many have speculated that there must be something in the water down in Florida. If there is, it sappears Florida law prevents taking any action about it.
In other words, Florida is apparently the home of the dirt pour.
A snippet from the story:
The Fifth District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that although 83% of voters in Titusville approved a 2022 initiative establishing the right to clean water, the city in Brevard County couldn’t enact it because of a 2020 state law preventing local government from giving rights to bodies of water, plants, and animals.
And, in related news . . . .
Pay Prey To Pray
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Jesu, Mary, and Joseph.
Barnum was wrong. There’s more than one born every minute.