Political Theatre category archive
Tales of the Trumpling 0
Woman trumpled at a Mickey D’s for having a Harris bumper sticker.
Afterthought:
Methinks that persons who would vote for someone who has no respect for the rule of law or for norms and traditions will themselves have no respe–oh, never mind.
Look in the Mirror, Boy!* 0
At The Seattle Times, Carlton Winfrey argues that the recent election tells us more about ourselves than we would like. And it ain’t pretty.
A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
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*With apologies to the Who.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but If Often Rhymes”* 0
Kimball Shinkoskey hears a rhyme (well, two of them, actually, and neither is reassuring).
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*Mark Twain.
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire looks at events over the past few years in his home state of Alabama and concludes:
When voters don’t punish crooked politicians, politicians just do more crooked things.
For some fool reason, he seems to suspect that we are about to see this play out on a larger stage . . . .
Establishmentarians 0
Sociology professor Art Jipson takes a deep look at New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), one of the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christian groups that have anointed Donald Trump as Jesus 2.0.
Afterthought:
Methinks the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christian movmment is not at all about the spreading the gospel of love.
It’s about the propagating the power of preachers.
A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
The main problem with America is we got too much education, which only confuses people. The less people know, the less they have to think, and the less they think, the more time they have for TV and sitting still. Sitting still never hurt anybody. You always hear about people being ticketed for a moving violation, but did you ever hear of anybody getting ticketed for a sitting violation? Didn’t think so.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jessica Koehler explores the effects of living in a bubble, like, say, just as a for instance, a news bubble. Here’s a bit:
I commend the entire piece to your attention as being a most timely read.
It’s the Stupid, Economy 0
Michael in Norfolk isn’t buying the narrative that Trump’s winning the election was about the economy. He argues that
Follow the link for the rest of his remarks.
After the Trumpling 0
Jim Wright is somewhat less than optimistic.
