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If One Standard It Good, Two Must Be Better 0

Image One: Republican Elephant captioned,

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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February 10, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

The Firehose 0

Chart showing that Donald Trump's volume of lies is in a class by itself.

You must admit, nevertheless, that even though they are high in volume, they make up for it by being low in quality.

Via PoliticalProf.

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February 10, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Lies |

Toy Soldiers 0

PolititcalProf.

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February 9, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

“A Fish Rots from the Head Down” 0

Dick Polman.

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February 9, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

“He Couldn’t Afford To Live” 0

Thom tells of the story of a friend who died because he couldn’t afford health insurance and draws its lessons.

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February 9, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Health and Sanity, Political Theatre |

The Trump of Marching Feet 0

Title: Trump's military parade. Image: Scrawny white guys carrying Tiki Torches as they goose-step along with their right arms raised in Nazi salute.

Via Job’s Anger.

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February 9, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Politics of Hate |

The Following 0

Donald Trump looks at his smartphone and says,

Via The Bob Cesca Show Blog.

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February 8, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Training Day 0

Title: GOP Basic Training. Image: Donald Trump as drill instructor and Republican Senators and Representatives and recruits crouching in a hole in the field. Trump wield bullhorn saying,

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February 8, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Over Hill, Over Dale
He Won’t Hit the Dusty Trail . . . . 0

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February 8, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Walkering the Walk 0

Donald Trump dreaming that he is an

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February 8, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Politics of Hate |

Ryan’s Derp 0

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February 7, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Seal of Approvals 0

Image of the Presidential Seal Applausemeter showing scale from traitor to the media to NFL players to Jeff Sessions to stock market to patriot.


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February 7, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Twits on Twitter 0

Twits with strong feelings.

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February 6, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Tryst Trust, but Verify 0

Jerry Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon playing a friendly game of cards in the afterlife. Reagan says,

Via Job’s Anger.

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February 6, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Discarding People 0

Thom discusses how Republicans are rebranding health care as welfare.

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February 5, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

In the Capital, There Was Gerry Mander (and His Entire Staff) 0

A bit or good news on the Republican gut-out-the-vote front:

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Monday an attempt by top Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers to delay the redrawing of congressional district maps after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court found them unconstitutional.

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February 5, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

Facebook Frolics, All the News that Fits Dept. 0

At the San Francisco Chronicle, Audrey Cooper comments on the Zuckerborg’s latest stunt to shape (I originally typed “shave” and am wondering whether that was a typo or a Freudian slip) its news they-laughingly-call-it-a “feed.” A snippet:

Then this week you announced that the news makes people cranky and anxious, so Facebook would suppress all publishers’ posts. Never mind that many of our subscribers made a conscious, proactive decision to follow us on Facebook. News is too messy, too much of a bummer, and because you haven’t been able to stop click-bait shops or the Russians, you shrugged and gave up. Maybe you’ll put news posts on a separate stream somewhere else within the app. Maybe.

The thing is, my relatives will still share fake news on Facebook, and it will show up in my “news” feed under your new rules. I’ll still see the partisan opinion pieces that my friends share. But I won’t see posts from responsible news outlets I choose to follow unless I take several steps to force the newsfeed to prioritize it.

Do please read the rest.

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February 5, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Geek Stuff, Political Theatre |

Meatless Monday 0

Badtux reviews the menu.

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February 5, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Hypocrisy |

VocEd 0

Title: How the Nunes Memo Was Prepared. Image: Voice coming from Capitol Building: It's a good think I took that creative writing class in college.

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February 5, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre, Republican Lies |

Giving America the Business 0

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February 4, 2018 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Economy, Political Theatre |
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