Political Theatre category archive
Clearing the Air No More 0
Daniel Ruth summarizes the administration’s environmental outlook in a few little paragraphs:
Phffft! Folks with Ph.Ds in science. Please. They’re just a cabal of showoffs. What do they know? Lead is actually good for you. It strengthens your bones.
It’s about time we had a presidential administration with the courage to be clueless when it comes to stuff like pollution, climate change and clean water.
Who needs clean water, anyway? It just encourages people to drink it, when gin (which looks just like water) tastes even better.
More paragraphs at the link.
“Pre-Planning”* 0
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*One more time: Is there any other kind of planning?
Portrait of the Con Artist as a Younger Man 0
Mythbuster 0
In the Bangor Daily News, Gordon Weil busts some myths. Here’s one:
In his confirmation hearing, Sessions swore he would tell “the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” The term “the whole truth” ought to mean he left nothing out.
But in denying he had talked with Russians during the presidential campaign, he omitted two meetings with the Russian ambassador. Later, he said those meetings had nothing to do with the campaign but only with his job as senator. Fair enough, if true, but still his answer was not “the whole truth.”
He might have avoided subsequent controversy if instead of telling “the truth,” he had revealed “the whole truth.” As a lawyer, he should have known better.
Follow the link for the other four.
“Suffer, Baby” 0
A writer to editor of The Roanoke Times recalls the suffering of a nephew stricken with cystic fibrosis at the age of six weeks and marvels at Republican efforts to gut health care coverage.
A snippet:
Out of the Woodwork, Origins Issue 0
Update: Edited to fix the goofs.
Lee Camp notes that, during Trump’s campaign, white supremacists, white nationalists, and wannabe robber barons were not evident in the Trumpian entourage (though garden-variety rascists and bigots certainly were). He wonders where they came from. The relevant section is the first 10 minutes or so in the video (warning: language).
“Presidented” 0
In the San Francisco Chronicle, John Diaz list precedents for a President. A nugget:
Actions Have Consequences 0
Southern Beale explains that you get what you vote for.
Be Careful What You Wish for 0
Thom tangles with a glibertarian.
The Enabler 0
Elie Mystal argues that Donald Trump brings out the worst in people.
Designed to Fail? 0
Noz has a theory that the proposed Republican “they laughingly call it a health care” bill is designed to fail.
I’m not sure I buy it.
Applying Occam’s Razor, I suspect that this is the more likely backstory.
Decoding De Code 0
Farron Cousins translates Jason Chavetz:
Pre-Planning* 0
Reminder: It’s all about the Benjamins.
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*As if there were any other kind of planning.