"The early days of the Trump administration ('The 45th president', January 21st) bring to mind Robert Graves's "Claudius." The ageing Roman emperor longs for the return of the republic. To this end he marries Agrippina, mother of Nero, hoping that Nero will be so cruel and despised that it will lead to a rejection of [...]
Tag: politics
Delusional Republic
"But can Trump voters be convinced that things are getting better when they aren't? The truth is that I don't know. Views on many issues are driven by motivated reasoning, and when people say that things got worse under Obama, what they may really be saying, whatever the actual question was, is 'I hate the [...]
What do Trump voters want?
"... In this terrible political year, the story was in part one of people in Appalachia angrily demanding a return of the good jobs they used to have mining coal,” even though the world doesn't want more coal given fracking, and it can get the coal it still wants from strip mines and mountaintop removal, [...]
America’s Kaligula Theater, episode 2
Call me Madam! Molly Kiely is on fire. And... Rudy Giuliani Is Donald Trump's Top Pick for Secretary of State, Diplomat John Bolton Also in Running, by Nicholas Hautman, Weekly US, November 15, 2016 Sigh. Well, maybe the U.S. will be a good joke for 4 years. Yeah. Right.
America’s Kaligula Theater, episode 1
Okay, I'm back. Do I want to be back? No, of course not. I was hoping I could hit the political snooze button for another four years, but it is not to be. I'm sorry Hillary lost. I'm sure she's sorry, too, but not as sorry as I am. Of course I'm also sure this [...]
The past is never dead.
It's not even in the past. Alas. "Early this morning, when Donald Trump accepted the presidency of the United States, Ronald Reagan and Jerry Falwell were somewhere enjoying the last laugh. Their vision for the nation had held firm for almost four decades, culminating with a candidate who spoke their truths more clearly than either [...]
Hillary concedes
...well, shit.
Donald Trump; Tiny Dancer
"But that's not all the 54-year-old Sheehan Orlando's first out gay elected commissioner had to deal with at Orlando's cemetery. She has had to put up construction fencing all around the plot of land, and organise a human chain from within the LGBT community to encircle the grave at each funeral. That way, they'll be [...]
America isn’t great? Since when?
"'Donald Trump chose racism as his weapon, but his aim is exactly the same as the rest of the Republicans,' Warren said. 'Pound the courts into submission to the rich and powerful.'" Elizabeth Warren labels Donald Trump 'nasty, thin-skinned fraud' in speech, by John R. Ellement, Boston Globe, June 9, 2016 I like E Warren, [...]
Hacked or Trumped with? You decide
'"Donald Trump is a shape shifting lizard!!' an electronic road sign was informing motorists around Dallas as of Tuesday (5/31/2016)." Hacked road sign dubs Donald Trump a 'shape-shifting lizard', by Lisa Vaas, Naked Security, June 2, 2016 Amusing, but explains very little. And in Dallas of all places, hm. "You can dance around the question [...]