Political Theatre category archive
The Fifth Columnist 0
At AL.com, John W. Davis savages Donald Trump’s ahistorical, incorrect, incoherent, inane promise to lead the United States to violate its commitment to its NATO allies. Here’s a bit (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
Former President Trump said he would not defend NATO allies if invaded, if he deemed them financially delinquent. Says Trump, who regularly reneged on just payments to his own contractors. Says Trump who would encourage Russia to, “… do whatever the Hell they want” to our allies. Our NATO allies risked all to trust and join NATO, so to shed Soviet chains and torture chambers. Russia’s leaders want nothing better than to enslave Eastern Europe again.
Rand Gestures 0
Cliff Schecter discusses Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman’s reaction to Rand Paul’s Putin fetish. (Warning: Mild language.)
Via C&L, which has commentary.
Those Who Forget the Past . . . 0
. . . would doom themselves–and the rest of us–to repeat it.
Impaired Judgment Goes Viral 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Kimball Shinkoskey argues that there is a disorder in the courts.
The Lake Effect 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini points out that, despite the Baloney Served up by the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Kari Lake is a divider, not a uniter.
Nursery for Narcissism 0
Writing at Psychology Today Blogs, Anthony Silard describes how narcissism is growing in our society, suckling on the teat of “social” media. Here are a couple of the points he makes; follow the link to read the entire piece.
- Social media plays a role in our increasing narcissism.
- The toxic posts of politicians become more popular than those expressing positive feelings.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Treaty Obligations 0
My old Philly DL friend Noz argues that Donald Trump doesn’t understand what NATO is or how it works.
Methinks he makes some pretty good points and mecommends his post to your attention.
Aside:
Of course, there’s a lot that Donald Trump doesn’t understand, but that doesn’t stop him from getting it wrong time after time.
The Swift Vote Conspiracy 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, Daniel Ruth lays out the whole dastardly plot:
Worse yet, tens of thousands of Swifties actually–we here to clutch some pearls–actualy went out and registered to vote, lurching the cuontry to the precipice of anarchy.
Follow the link for more of the devilish details.
