Political Theatre category archive
Hysterical Over-Reactors 0
Methinks Grung_e_Gene makes some good points.
Honest to Betsy, we seem to have forgotten that substance should surpass superficiality.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
All the coverage I’ve read and heard about the recent presidential debate–well, almost all–seems to focus on appearances, on how persons looked and sounded.
Very little seems to concern what persons actually said.
Methinks it more important to focus on the substance, which leads in a much different direction.
“Insane from the Top Down” 0
Methinks Farron may be onto something.
Unprecedentedly Partisan 0
Michael in Norfolk, a lawyer with decades of experience, notes that
Follow the link for context.
“The Man Who Would Be King” 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Kim Shinkoskey posits that we face a stark choice in November: democracy or autocracy.
State of Secrecy 0
Scott Maxwell discusses the underhanded strategies that Florida’s Governor DeSantis is using to keep Florida’s citizens from knowing the state’s public employees are doing. Here’s a tiny bit:
(snip)
Fortunately, the court system has so far rejected DeSantis’ secret-keeping scheme involving records his staff created while plotting to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
The Match-Up 0
No, I will waste my time watching the debate, as I already know who I’ll be voting for (and I already know who I would not under any circumstances vote for).
I’ll read about it in the morning,
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Today, it is Lynne Roy, writing at the Portland Press-Herald, who hears a rhyme.
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*Mark Twain.
No Surprises Here 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier considers tonight’s debate between Biden and Trump and wonders
Put another way, the same question goes, debate what?
Methinks he has a point.
Follow the link for the rest of his thoughts.
The Privatization Scam 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini finds himself disgusted, but not surprised, at the money grab.
Our Trumpled Polity 0
Thom runs the numbers that show that, since Donald Trump entered the political scene in 2015, hate crimes have escalated dramatically.
Thom also notes that “hate is a cheap effective political weapon” and warns not to be taken in by it.
“Values Voters” 0
Mangy argues that Donald Trump truly represents the essence of today’s Republican Party.
Market Farces 0
Farron points out that Trump’s “Truth Social” is tanking in the stock marked.
The Establishmentarian Indoctrination Initiative 0
Thom debunks de bunk.