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Friday, July 22, 2016
The Republican Convention Odds and Ends
Am I the only one that thought Trump resembled Mussolini in the way he strutted, gestured, and preened during his speech? I went looking for some videos to capture what I mean, and discovered that it's been a YouTube subject for some time now, though I think they should all be updated after last night's performance.
I know it's not nice to say something mean about a 9-year-old kid, but I was fascinated with watching the face of Donald's son, Baron, as he regarded the great unwashed below his feet.
Baron's on the left
The picture above just captures the typical 9-year-old bored-with-it-all expression.
Continuing with my theme of making inappropriate attacks on candidates' children (although she's 21, at least), did you hear that Mike Pence's daughter, Charlotte, is suspected of being a vampire? You laugh? Then you explain why her reflection does not appear in this photo, shared by Governor Pence himself!
Maybe Trump was warning us about a Zombie Apocalypse!
Scary stuff, for sure. And to prove he will say anything, did you notice how he struck Democratic themes in his ramblings--respect for the hard-working poor, for Latinos, for LBGT community? And the convention cheered lustily.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder (New York: Crown, 2017
"Both fascism and communism were responses to globalization: to the real and perceived inequalities it created, and the apparent helplessness of the democracies in addressing them. Fascists rejected reason in the name of will, denying objective truth in favor of a glorious myth articulated by leaders who claimed to give voice to the people. They put a face on globalization, arguing that its complex challenges were the result of a conspiracy against the nation.
Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Naziism, or communism in the twentiety century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.
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Scary stuff, for sure. And to prove he will say anything, did you notice how he struck Democratic themes in his ramblings--respect for the hard-working poor, for Latinos, for LBGT community? And the convention cheered lustily.
Virginia Ted
Did Chip do this?
I'm not that good.
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