Political Theatre category archive
The Rule of Lawless 0
In a letter to the editor of the South Jersey Times, Evan F. Grollman argues for enforcing the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. He writes:
Click Here To Get Scammed 0
Thom warns us not to get taken in by “smishing” (he explains the term in the video). His advice is well worth a listen.
Aside:
I ignore emails and texts from (those purporting to be) political activists. And, believe me, I get a lot of emails and an annoying number of texts. (In Thunderbird, my preferred mail client, I filter the emails into a special folder and delete them unread.)
I also get texts from persons who think I am Jeremy from North Carolina, even though I’m not Jeremy and I have never lived in North Carolina (and given what’s happening in North Carolina these days*, I wouldn’t move there on a bet) and I’ve had my cell phone number for years.
Even when said emails and texts are legitimate, they are almost always overwrought and often obnoxious. They are designed to appeal to emotions, not to brains.
My advice, for what it’s worth: Use your brains.
I do my contributing, political and otherwise, the old-fashioned way.
I use the United States Postal Service.
As I told someone who called me on the telly phone yesterday claiming to represent a cauxe that I support, “I do my contributing by mail.” Then I hung up the phone.
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*I’m so old, I can remember when North Carolina was considered a “progressive” Southern state.
A Tune for the Times 0
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Manifest Dynasty 0
Thom looks at the intellectual rationales plutocrat propaganda used to justify This New Gilded Age.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump’s role in fomenting insurrection disqualifies him from appearing on the 2024 ballot in Colorado under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, an amendment which was passed after–er–an insurrection. This was properly a state matter because, in the United States, individual states are responsible for administering elections.
From the Denver Post:
“We conclude that because President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three (of the 14th Amendment), it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list President Trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot,” the court’s majority opinion says. “Therefore, the Secretary may not list President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him.”
Trump is expected to appeal to the Supreme Supremacist Court. (It may be the only time in his long history of litigation that he does not try to draw things our as long as possible.)
I do not think it a foregone conclusion that the Court will accept his appeal or rule in his favor,* but that’s just me.
But if they do accept his appeal, we might finally have an answer to this question:
How many laws must a lawbreaker break before breaking the rule of law?
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*A majority of the Justices might be happy never to hear his name again . . . ..
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Denis Knock wonders, “What’s in a name-calling?”
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy comments at the Youtube page:
If Donald Trump is successful in stealing the election in 2024, he will likely view his second inauguration as a royal coronation into his new position as King/Dictator for Life. Americans could suddenly lose the majority of freedoms they’ve long enjoyed, such as the right to criticize the government, the right to self determination, the right to travel at will, the right to own property, the right to choose their leaders, the right to personal autonomy, the right to free association, the right to read what they want, the right to fair trials by their peers, and on and on. Trump would be, as promised, a dictator on day one, and also on all days that follow. Pledges of loyalty to Trump will be REQUIRED. Children will be expected to tell authorities if their parents aren’t sufficiently true to Trump. Trump will replace Jesus, Buddha, and Allah as the required subject of adoration and reverence in churches. Jokes about Trump will land folks in prison or the cemetery and songs that are unflattering to him will be forbidden. Those who are more popular, smarter, funnier, more skilled, more articulate, more creative, more handsome, or command more attention and love than Trump, like Taylor Swift. Stephen Colbert, Stephen King, or Alexander Vindman, will be exiled, fined or imprisoned for ‘stealing attention away from Trump. All of this would be consistent with life under a narcissistic sociopath like Trump.
Mangy Fetlocks was imagining the forced displays of fealty and reverence that Trump’s shock forces would likely be required to organize, mimicking the displays that are often put on for other dictators like Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin.
The Hunt for Hunter 0
Thom dissects the misdirection play.
A Tune for the Times 0
Mangy points out that it’s probably not a good idea to hand out with the wrong people.