Political Theatre category archive
Voting Is Not a Right. It Is a Duty. (Updated–Kicked to the Top) 0
Your vote matters, and don’t ever think it doesn’t.
It even matters when you don’t use it, for, in not using it, you empower others through your inaction.
You, who did not vote, are responsible for the Republican kleptocracy. Live with it.
H/T Raw Story for alerting me to this item, though I would have seen it in tomorrow’s local rag when it was delivered on my doorstep because I support my local newspaper and you should too because responsible journalism matters.
Addendum:
If you want it to count for you, you have to use it.
Newspeak, Reprise 0
Daniel Ruth comments on the proscription of the Center for Disease Control’s vocabulary. A snippet:
Sort of puts a new spin on swearing like a schoolmarm, doesn’t it?
Just why an agency charged with doing stuff related to health, which unfortunately requires committing science, would be prohibited from using words and phrases that are an intrinsic part of the medical lexicon isn’t entirely clear. But this is an administration that recoils in horror over a term like “climate change” as if it was a line of dialogue from Reservoir Dogs.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen’s mind is boggled.
Not with a Bang, with a Whimper 0
I cannot help but fear that Jason330 is correct.
The Descent 0
Lee expresses concern about the quality of nominees for public office. (Warning: Language.)
And the Morals of the Story Are . . . . 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear draws some lessons from the recent Alabama Senate special election. Here’s a couple; follow the link for the rest.
5. BUT: let’s be honest, a candidate like Strange would have probably beat Jones pretty handily.
6. That last point shows the Republican Party has a continuing problem of letting its base choose candidates in the primary who are repulsive to the general electorate. See Todd Aiken, Joe Miller, etc.
The Galt and the Lamers, Republican Roulette Dept. 0
Dick Polman looks at the Republican tax deform bill and tries to figure out, why, for Pete’s sake, just why are they rushing ahead with this monstrosity.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
A constituent writes an open letter to his Congressman asking why he refuses to do his job.
So Much Winning . . . . 0
Farron looks gleefully at the track record of candidates endorsed by Donald Trump.
Hey, Little Girl, Want Some Candy? 0
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Sanity Claus.