Political Theatre category archive
Marketing Moments 0
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Aside:
The other day as I was driving to a local recycling center, I stumbled over our local R&B station and decided to listen a bit.
I heard a Bloomberg ad clearly directed at the expected demographic of an R&B station’s audience. I totally get (as the kids say) this cartoon; the ad was warm with smarm.
Image via Job’s Anger.
The Idiocy of Isolationism 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., suggests that the spread of the coronavirus bears a message for wall-eyed pikers everywhere. A snippet:
Aside:
The one bright spot is that the illness the virus causes could be much worse than it is. As warnings go, it could have been a lot worse.
Behind That Curtain 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Susan Krauss Whitbourne offers a guide to Trump and Trumpism Machiavellian manipulators.
The Rule of Lawless, Get Out of Jail Free Dept. 0
Methinks David understates the situation.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
David and Thom Hartmann explore the history of voter suppression (aka, “rule by an elite white male majority”) efforts in the U. S.
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The Rule of Lawless 0
Will Bunch reflects on the double-standard. A snippet; follow the link for the complete essay.
In a major investigative piece that got buried in the rubble of Trump’s assault on democracy and the New Hampshire primary, the Huffington Post’s Michael Hobbes found that punishment of white-collar crime has plummeted to unthinkable depths during the current administration.
Devolution 0
We have gone from the President who “could not tell a lie” to the President who cannot tell the truth.
An Eggistential Dilemma 0
At the Hartford Courant, Susan Campbell coddles an egg.
A Notion of Immigrants, Have Cake, Eat It Too Dept. 0
Scott Maxwell discusses a proposed law in Florida to ensure that employers hire only legal immigrants except when they don’t.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Trudy Rubin weighs in on the Trump Administration’s decision to meddle in the sentencing of Roger Stone. Here’s how she starts:
They call it “telephone justice.” That means the official picks up a phone and tells the judge what verdict to deliver. It’s a phrase that dates back to Soviet Union days, when the Communist Party always dictated outcomes to the judge.
Follow the link for where she goes next.
