Political Theatre category archive
Twelfth Night 0
Afterthought:
“Cleaning up homelessness” and “mopping up the homeless” are not the same thing.
The Lies of the Land 0
Will Bunch points out that it’s starting all over again once more. A snippet:
The Art of the Con 0
Atrios spots a pattern.
Credit Where Credit is Undue 0
(Warning: Commercial starts at about the five minute mark.)
Gutting Postal 0
Sam discusses Republican efforts to undermine the U. S. Post Office.
Behind that Curtain 0
In The Roanoke Times, James Ballou looks behind the smokescreen of Republican rhetoric to discern the essence of today’s Republican Party.
A nugget:
Leaving the Polity Agogue 0
Eli Whitney reminds us that, of all things the Founders feared, the demagogue was what they feared the most. A snippet:
They believed uniformly that some men, though elected by the people, would be temperamentally incapable of serving the public interest under the Constitution. Therefore, they offered Congress the remedy of impeachment and removal from office.
Follow the link for more. It’s worth the three minutes it will take to read.
Misdirection Plays, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
David looks back at a year of Foxy shadiness.
Russian Impulses, Putin on the Ritz Dept. 0
In The Roanoke Times, Nancy Liebrecht calls out the subservient toady for his groveling obsequiousness.
(Misplet wrod correxed.)
The Credulous 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bobby Azarian probes the Evangelical “Christians” willingness to swallow Donald Trump’s particular type of hogwash, despite the hog’s being in plain sight. It’s an interesting read.
Here is a snippet (emphasis added):
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For Christian fundamentalists, being taught to suppress critical thinking begins at a very early age. It is the combination of the brain’s vulnerability to believing unsupported facts and aggressive indoctrination that create the perfect storm for gullibility. Due to the brain’s neuroplasticity, or ability to be sculpted by lived experiences, evangelicals literally become hardwired to believe far-fetched statements.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
David considers the dynamics of pathological liars and his tactic for dealing with them.
