Political Theatre category archive
‘Tis the Season 0
Frederic B. Hill has a Christmas gift suggestion.
Bubble-Boy 0
Steven M. floats a theory. Here’s the gist; follow the link for his reasoning.
A quibble: I submit that we are all not “all in separate political bubbles.”
Rather, it’s the folks who choose to get all their news all the time from Fox News and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers who have willingly en-bubbled themselves in Fox News’s nonsense nonsensical universe where up is down and down is–oh, never mind.
Twits on Twitter 0
The twit less followed . . . .
A quibble. Facebook purges nothing on its ownsome. Once you have been assimilated by the Zuckerborg, the Zuckerborg does not easily let you go.
You can deactivate an account and remove it from public view, but deleting it is much more complicated.
‘Tis the Season 0
Connie Schultz tells a Christmas story.
“The Trump Doctrine” 0
Drew Sheneman spots the pattern:
When something becomes difficult, declare victory and walk away
Follow the link for why he says this.
How Phony a Foundation 0
Mike comments on the pattern of illegality in Trump world. (Warning: Language.)
How Stuff Works, Regulation Rationale Dept. 0
Thom explains the reason for government regulations and examines the right-wing’s efforts to twist and misinterprete them.
How Stuff Works, Gulling the Gullible Dept., Reprise 0
Brian Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun, comments on the gulling. A snippet (caps in the original):
Eisenhower then referred the veteran to Eric Hoffer’s book, “ The True Believer.”
In it, Ike said, the “author points out that dictatorial systems make one contribution to their people which leads them to tend to support such systems — FREEDOM FROM THE NECESSITY OF INFORMING THEMSELVES AND MAKING UP THEIR OWN MINDS CONCERNING THESE TREMENDOUS COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT QUESTIONS (caps added).”
(snip)
So, as we head into the Christmas season with high hopes for more joy, not less, more freedom, not less, and a better understanding of our responsibility to keep our democracy strong and vibrant and not one given to autocratic tendencies by some of our leaders, try to remember the concerns of President Eisenhower almost 60 years ago.
Not the concern about the power of the military-industrial complex — we know he was right about that. I am talking about Ike’s fear that our democracy would and could only work if the people — that’s you and me — took the time and made the effort to inform ourselves about the issues of the day.
How Stuff Works, Gulling the Gullible Dept. 0
Via C&KL.
Aside:
Vladimir Lenin’s phrase, which seemed chopped off when I viewed the video, is “useful idiots.”
