Political Theatre category archive
Starr Chamber 0
Shaun Mullen explains how the side effects of Ken Starr’s misbegotten and partisan investigation of Bill Clinton’s sexual peccadilloes may come back to haunt Donald Trump.
Aside:
When I was in grad school, one of my professors was fond of remarking on the “ironies of history.” If Shaun is correct, as he usually is, this would surely make his list.
Petty Arseny 0
Shorter Donald Trump: I’ll take your ball and go home.
Misdirectioned Play
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You can argue that it’s also a misdirection play, as Russia is over there———————>.
Suffer the Children 0
Donald Trump’s government shutdown is now taking food out of the mouths of children.
Vance County Schools officials announced on Facebook late Tuesday that lunch menus “have been revised to a minimum level to conserve food and funding” starting Jan. 21. The county is about 50 miles northeast of Durham, along the Virginia state line.
More at the link.
Parks and Wreck 0
The San Francisco Chronicle looks at the Trumpling of the national parks. A snippet:
But that 2013 shutdown, he said, was “a stewardship act”: Without employees on duty to manage and provide stewardship, the parks would be vulnerable. “I think we’re actually seeing that play out now,” he added.
Wildlife has been dining on garbage that normally would be collected and secure — a wildlife buffet that contributed to the decision to close Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and raised dangers of human-bear encounters at parks from Yosemite in California to Big Bend in Texas.
Much more disturbing stuff at the link.
Signs of the Times 0
In related news, real world consequences of the Trumpian Temper Tantrum are starting to pile up.
Image via Job’s Anger.
The Wall-Eyed Piker Gets It Wrong (Why Am I Not Surprised?) 0
In my local rag, historian Matthew Gabriele points out that, on the historical evidence, walls don’t work, despite Donald Trump’s claims that they do.
“Compassionate Conservatism” 0
Uh, yeah.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen keeps up with the latest so I don’t have to.
Going to the Dog 0
Victoria Hugo-Vidal suggests that, since our government is going to the dogs, it might be better if it went to the dog. A snippet:
The Art of the Con 0
David Treadwell marvels at the marks.
The Vice of the Turtle . . . 0
. . . lays about the land.