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Monthly Archives: March 2019
Adam Schiff faces Republican opposition in the ‘Intelligence Committee’ he chairs. Political Observer comments
I watched a video highlight of the ‘Intelligence Committee’ yesterday: March 28, 2019 | Clip Of Russia’s International Influence Intelligence Committee Chair Pushes Back Against GOP Calls to Resign House Intelligence Committee Chair Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) responds to Representative … Continue reading
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edward.luce@ft.com Posh Boy’s collection of cliches, episode DCCCVII: On Mueller Report and its afterlife. Political Observer comments
Headline: US Democrats should remember, ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ Sub-headline: As long as growth is happening, voters will tolerate presidential character flaws Here is my selection of the metaphors that Mr. Luce uses in his latest essay on the political … Continue reading
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David Brooks, self-appointed Public Moralist, talks about ‘the we’ , after the Mueller Report. Political Cynic scoffs!
Who is ‘the we’ that Mr. Brooks makes the target of his admonition, delivered in his sabbath address to the American Congregation? This ‘we’ is described here: And what about the rest of us? What about all the hours we … Continue reading
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Edward Luce on the ‘Mueller Report’. Political Observer comments
The sub-headline begins the inauspicious essay from Mr. Luce, in a Shakespearean allusion. The headline writers relied on their elite educations to provide the necessary garnish to Luce’s unalloyed hero worship of former FBI director Mueller. Trump will feel dangerously … Continue reading
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@BretStephensNYT : Deflection will no longer work!
The same old deflection by this Zionist Apologist: the Genocide -on-the-Installment-Plan of Palestinians enacted every day & posted to twitter, prove the Fascist State of Israel and its propagandists are jut part of Post-Holocaust apotheosis of Jewish Suffering as Historical … Continue reading
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Andy Divine contemplates the monster he helped create! Old Socialist comments briefly
Andy Divine is at full shriek in his March 22,2019 column titled: Trump Is a Massive Failure — and Getting Exactly What He Wants What eludes Mr. Divine’s grasp is exactly how to define the pressing question of what Trump … Continue reading
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Mrs. May & the evolving ‘Brexit catastrophe’. Old Socialist comments
Here is a bit of long overdue political realism, from an anonymous Tory : One Tory MP who voted for Mrs May’s deal, said: “Every single person I speak to in my party is saying she needs to go — … Continue reading
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Edward Luce’s toxic amalgam of ‘Depth Psychology’ & The Occult, as an exploratory device for American politics 2019. Old Socialist wonders
Headline: Magical thinking crosses party lines in America Sub-headline: The left may prefer white magic to Donald Trump’s black, but everyone is dabbling Mr. Luce wastes no time calling to account the New Democrats for their lackadaisical attitude toward Trump. … Continue reading
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Edouard Philippe announces the new hard line on the gilets jaunes . Old Socialist comments
As the ‘in-order-too’ of saving Macron, M. 37%, from his demonstrated incompetence to ‘govern’ France, much less to lead the E.U. , Edouard Philippe announces a harder line on gilets jaunes , an increase in fines, and the firing of … Continue reading
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@FT of two minds on the latest Brexit Melodrama? Old Socialist shares the Headlines
Headline:May warns UK faces ‘crisis’ following Bercow ruling Sub-headline: Commons Speaker has said PM’s Brexit deal must be substantially changed before a further vote Headline: Bercow’s bombshell cannot mask May’s Brexit failure Sub-headline:Prime minister has lacked political skill and made … Continue reading
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