Political Theatre category archive
How To Deal with a Threatened Trumpling 0
Spocko offers a case study.
Twits on Twitter 0
PoliticalProf anticipates the purity twits.
A Tune for the Times 0
Say hello to Devin Nunes’ Cow (warning: language).
Freedom of Screech 0
Ed at Gin and Tacos considers “deplatforming.” A snippet:
It’s worth the 30 seconds of your time that it will take to read the rest.
The Entitlement Society 0
Thom’s guest, Vicky Ward, argues that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are no Ken and Barbie.
A Gamed System 0
The Founders argued that the Electoral College would prevent incompetent persons from becoming president. In the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton asserted that
Clearly, the Founders were, as my old boss used to say, “in error.”
Twits on Twitter 0
The Rude One comments on our Out-of-Control-Twit-in-Chief (warning: rudeness).
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe” 2
As much as I liked and respected Joe Biden as a Senator, I agree with Shaun.
Heck, there are already too many Democrats testing the presidential waters (not to mention that entitled snowflake, the Man Who Ruined Coffee) and it’s still way too early . . . .
Sometimes, I find myself nostalgic for the smoke-filled rooms.
It’s the American Way 0
Tony Norman looks at the college admission cheating scandal and argues that, once you look past the patriotic propaganda, cheating is woven into the fabric of America. Here’s a nugget:
We’re even cheating the future by saddling coming generations of Americans with trillions of dollars of debt to finance obscene tax cuts for the wealthy. Our descendants will also inherit a much-degraded environment because the political party most devoted to protecting the interests of the rich doesn’t believe in climate science.
More at the link.
The Privatization Scam, Chartering a Course for Disaster Dept. 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts comments on a recent charter school “reform” bill in the Arizona state legislature. A snippet:
Follow the link for more.
Aside:
Charter schools were a con from the git-go.
