August, 2016 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The gunnularity draweth nigh, as yet another gun fireth itself.
Blazer was reportedly handling a gun, when the firearm discharged and a bullet it (sic) the woman in the foot.
The Art of the Con 0
Neil Barsky, ex-WSJ reporter and current Wall Street analyst and hedge fund manager, suggests that, whereas Donald Trump has made a successful career of giving America the business, his ventures into the world of actual profit-and-loss businesses have not been quite so successful. A snippet:
Do please read the rest.
“Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain”
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Defying the advice of the Wizard, Madelon Sprengnether does pay attention the man behind the curtain. She is not impressed.
Mr. Trump, I would argue, does not feel big, powerful, or in control. His appeal to a certain segment of the US voting population seems based on his identification with them in their self-perceived weakness and vulnerability, masked by an authoritarian promise that he alone can fix things—by consulting the “shows,” holding “meetings,” trusting the advice of his adult children (all of whom work for him and are hence beholden to him) and himself.
Follow the link to learn more about why she thinks he doesn’t have the write stuff.
Getting a Leg Up 0
Oh, my.
The travelling (sic) dinosaur exhibition discovered on Sunday that its Diplodocus model was missing one of its four legs. The massive leg was strapped to a trailer along with the other pieces of the model on Saturday night but on Sunday it was gone.
That puts me in the mood for a song . . . .
“I, Me, Mine” 0
Thom reviews the history if glibertarianism.
Immunity Impunity
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Shorter Leonard Pitts, Jr:
Minority Retort 0
I have from time to time noticed that one mark of a really good idea is that, once someone else thinks of it, it seems blindingly obvious.
Driftglass and Bluegal point out, in their latest podcast, that, thanks to the Fox News/Wingnut talk radio bubble, the hate-full Republican base likely believe they are the majority, even though they are not, because they have insulated themselves from other views.
Hence the coming rage when their candidate loses.
Aside:
I got a dollar to a doughnut that the husband in the second letter here is a Fox News devotee. Takers? (Krispy Kreme only, please. Delivery directions upon request.)
Parsing the Polls (Can “Unskewed Polls” Be Far Behind?) 0
Remember as you listen that the Young Turks were berning for Bernie. (They are young and innocent enough to believe that. after 150 years of unrelenting anti-socialist propaganda in this country, an avowed socialist, however benign his brand of socialism, would have had a chance in a general election.) Hints of that Bernie bern come out in their commentary.
