Political Theatre category archive
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears some rhymes.
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*Mark Twain.
Ethics Schmethics 0
Farron discusses unsigns of the times.
Afterthought:
If you don’t have any, how can you sign for them?
The Vice of the Turtle 0
Writing at the Portland Press-Herald, Lincoln Paine voices his fear that the election of Donald Trump may signal the death knell of American democracy (and, frankly, I doubt he’s alone in that fear). And he points a finger:
But the people who lost our democracy are the Republican leadership, starting with Mitch McConnell.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Mike Barrett is not Harding of hearing.
He hears a Republican rhyming from slightly over a century ago.
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*Mark Twain.
A Dental Examination 0
Michael Hiltzik drills through the conspiracy mongering, deception, and outright lies behyind RFK Jr.’s crusade against fluoridated drinking water and concludes it could lead quite literally to decay in our society.
Here’s a bit:
Who would benefit from the end of community fluoridation and a recrudescence of tooth decay? Dental supply companies, investors in which are rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of more demand for their products. For example, shares of Henry Schein Inc., a distributor of specialty dental products, have risen more than 9% since RFK Jr. was named as Trump’s choice for HHS secretary.
Taking Exception 0
Methinks this cartoonist has got it exactly backwards as to who failed to learn from history.
And methinks we shall all pay a great price for that failure to learn.
It’s Bubblelicious 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Amir Levine takes a deep look at “information bubbles”: Where they come from, how they work, and the dangers they pose. Here’s one of said dangers (emphasis in the original:
Follow the link for his recommendations as to how best to avoid getting caught in a bubble.
“Stay Calm and Soldier On” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Sara Eckel offers some hints on how to stay calm while soldiering on in these Trumpled times.
The Ties that Bind 0
Steve M. tries to make sense of Trump’s case of Muskrat love.
No, the Land Did Not Slide 0
Michael in Norfolk points out a fact that seems to have disappeared from dis coarse discourse. A snippet:
Mevertheless, methinks Trump will act as if the land slid and, in so doing, do even greater harm than he has already done to this “noble experiment.”
I do not sleep well these days.