Political Theatre category archive
Twits on Twitter 0
Frederick Neuman, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, has a theory as to why Donald Trump cannot control his twitting on Twitter. Here’s a bit of his article:
No Selfie-Awareness 0
No selfie-awareness whatsoever.
Aside:
There’s a sure way to keep your nude selfies from becoming public.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Jay Bookman laments the Trumpling of the rule of law.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
No News Is Bad News 0
My local rag, which has a long history of trying to do a good job (that does not mean I always agree with them, by the way), has just implemented yet another 10% reduction in force because the ad revenues just aren’t there.
“The Cup Conspiracy” 0
Afterthought:
I do not patronize Starbucks. I like coffee (that, frankly, is reason enough), and I refuse to learn an ersatz secret language to purchase it.
Easy Marks 0
Timothy Egan writes about something I’ve mentioned before. Lies don’t work unless persons believe them.
A snippet:
Fake news is a real thing produced by active disseminators of falsehoods. Trump uses the term to describe anything he doesn’t like, a habit now picked up by political liars everywhere.
But Trump is a symptom; the breakdown in this democracy goes beyond the liar in chief. For that you have to blame all of us: we have allowed the educational system to become negligent in teaching the owner’s manual of citizenship.
Out of the Ashes? 0
In my local rag, Phil Terrana savages the nihilists–you know, those folks who want to tear everything down hoping that out of the rubbish will rise whatever cockeyed paradise they desire. He gives an example of how that works:
A Charted Flight of Fancy 0
Stephen Colbert explores Louie Gohmert’s chart of crazy.
The Clandestine Keyboard Corps 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Christopher Lane discusses a recent report on the tactics of Twitter twits and Facebook frolickers, who, armed with bots and weaponized blather, to promulgate propaganda, tarnish truth, and gull the gullible.
Read it.
In Common 0
Jay Bookman asked a question via Twitter.
Do I write about the outrage of someone with Trump’s history of sexual harassment gloating about Franken’s downfall?
Or about the fact that in this “middle class tax cut,” the middle class gets $1 for every $9 that goes to rich and corporations?
Follow the link for his own answer.