Political Theatre category archive
When News Is No News 0
This pretty much sums up why I stopped watching broadcast news.
The Art of the Con 0
Neil Barsky, ex-WSJ reporter and current Wall Street analyst and hedge fund manager, suggests that, whereas Donald Trump has made a successful career of giving America the business, his ventures into the world of actual profit-and-loss businesses have not been quite so successful. A snippet:
Do please read the rest.
“Pay No Attention to the Man behind the Curtain”
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Defying the advice of the Wizard, Madelon Sprengnether does pay attention the man behind the curtain. She is not impressed.
Mr. Trump, I would argue, does not feel big, powerful, or in control. His appeal to a certain segment of the US voting population seems based on his identification with them in their self-perceived weakness and vulnerability, masked by an authoritarian promise that he alone can fix things—by consulting the “shows,” holding “meetings,” trusting the advice of his adult children (all of whom work for him and are hence beholden to him) and himself.
Follow the link to learn more about why she thinks he doesn’t have the write stuff.
“I, Me, Mine” 0
Thom reviews the history if glibertarianism.
Minority Retort 0
I have from time to time noticed that one mark of a really good idea is that, once someone else thinks of it, it seems blindingly obvious.
Driftglass and Bluegal point out, in their latest podcast, that, thanks to the Fox News/Wingnut talk radio bubble, the hate-full Republican base likely believe they are the majority, even though they are not, because they have insulated themselves from other views.
Hence the coming rage when their candidate loses.
Aside:
I got a dollar to a doughnut that the husband in the second letter here is a Fox News devotee. Takers? (Krispy Kreme only, please. Delivery directions upon request.)
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Dick Polman waxes optimistic, fantasizing that the corporate media might eschew he-said-she-said for facts.
What Ailes Fox? 0
Pap goes off on an astounding rant. Excerpt:
All he did was tap into the hate in America.