Political Theatre category archive
Immune to Information 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Joe Pierre examines the “infodemic” of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and how they interact with anti-vaxx propaganda. Here’s a snippet:
In order to understand why this informational battle is being lost, at least online, it must be first understood that the anti-vaccination movement is not just a rag-tag group of people worried about vaccines, but a highly organized and strategically coordinated political campaign. And while its members are indeed comprised of parents from both sides of the political divide who are worried for their children, there are larger, dare we say conspiratorial forces operating behind the scenes of the movement.
Follow the link for the full article, including links to and citations of his sources.
The Void 0
At the Tampa Bay Times, retired military officer and public servant Robert Bruce Adolph admits to being less than sanguine as regards the “leadership” emanating from the White House during these viral times.
I don’t wish to excerpt of summarize it in any way beyond the above. It’s a short article, just on the other end of the link.
The New Pastime 0
AL.com’s Kyle Whitmire notes that American roulette is now all the rage is his home state* of Alabama.
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*And, I would add, many others.
Survey Coarse 0
At The Roanoke Times, Dan Casey writes of a recent “survey”* from the Republican Party that he received in the mail.
Just follow the link.
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*That is, a fund raising request in sheep’s clothing.
“Lethal Incompetence” 0
Experiments fail, even noble ones.
“Nobody Could Have Predicted . . . .” 0
Yet many persons did.
In my local rag, Steven T. Corneliussen rounds up a list of warnings of the possibility of and need to be prepared for a global pandemic reaching back almost three decades.
Fed Up 0
Long-time Alabama Republican John Meredith (who happens to be not white) has had enough. Here’s a bit from his article at AL.com:
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Well, this should work out well (about as well as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, that is).
Two Misdirection Plays for the Price of One, Going Viral Dept. 0
Trudy Rubin skewers Donald Trump’s attempt to pass all the bucks to China.
Will Bunch lampoons Trump’s attempt to himself into a reality-TV parody of a “wartime president.”
Read ’em both.
The Fix Isn’t In 0
At the Washington Monthly, David Atkins suggests that one reason Donald Trump has so severely bobbled the COVID-19 pandemic is that the coronavirus does not respond to his usual tools in his toolbox.
A virus, unlike porn stars, creditors, or contractors, can’t be bullied, bought, or BSed into submission.
Inventory 0
Connie Schultz tries to wrap her mind around the damage done to the polity in just three years of Donald Trump.