Political Theatre category archive
Missing the Point 0
Gene Collier suggests that the hullabaloo over the Iowa caucuses is not addressing the key issue in this election year. Here is what he thinks is being overlooked/ignored; follow the link for why he said that.
Future elections: yea or nay?
The Rest of the (Creation) Story 0
Yastreblyansky fills us in on what happened on the eighth day.
Speaking of Conspiracy Theories . . . . 0
Full Disclosure:
As far as I know, I have never listened to a Taylor Swift song.
Frankly (I do everything frankly), I could care less about Taylor Swift.
50 years later, I still haven’t gotten over my crush on Eydie Gormé.
“But It’s the Only Possible Explanation” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, lene Strauss Cohen explores the factors that make persons susceptible to conspiracy theories. Given our current environment (for example), methinks it a timely and worthwhile read. Here’s a snippet:
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Mary Beth Tinker figured in a case that went to the Supreme Court when, as a 13-year-old student, she was suspended from school for having the unmitigated gall to peacefully express her disagreement with the Vietnamese War.
At the Des Moines Register, she writes that she hears echoes of the past.
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0
Chris Satullo has some suggestions about how to do just that.
Suffer the Children 0
As Micheal in Norfolk reminds us, that is not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Via Slantblog, where F. T. Rea offers this as evidence that Mark Twain had seen the likes of Donald Trump:
You take the lies out of him, and he’ll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he’ll disappear.
Putin’s Fifth Column 0
Thomas Geoghegan offers a theory as to why the Trump and the Trumpettes are so hostile to the U. S. aiding Ukraine in its battle to defeat the Russian invaders. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
The whole piece is worth the few minutes it will take you to read it.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Robert Reich has some suggestions for our news media. A snippet:
Good jounalist should not seek “balance” between truth and lies.
Via Balloon Juice.
A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
This week, at a rally, Donnie Bonespurs (aka, Donald Trump) bravely attacked the late John McCain, showing Donnie is scared of no one, at least no one who is dead or severely handicapped. Bonespurs cleverly belittled McCain to his adoring crowd of morons and sycophants, by making fun of how McCain couldn’t even lift his arms (debilitated by years of torture by the North Vietnamese) to vote against gutting Obamacare, having to resort to a very unmanly thumbs down. The heroic Bonespurs, said to write his own brilliant comedy material, showed his followers again that there are no depths to which he will not go to endear himself to a roomful of unpatriotic rubes.
Proud Bonespurs admirer, Falcon E. DeEtte was so impressed by Bonespurs’ fearless assault on a dead war hero, that he wrote this song.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom discusses the explosion 0f “pink slime”–that is, political propaganda masquerading as newspapers and newspaper websites. He also points out that this is a peculiarly right-wing phenomenon (that part starts at about the six minute mark and is well worth a listen).