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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Donald Trump and Ur-Fascism
Umberto Eco and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Over twenty years ago, in The New York Review of Books (June 22, 1995), Umberto Eco wrote of the difficulty of deciding whether a contemporary political movement is fascist: It would be so much easier, … Continue reading
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Donald Trump And The Slave Market
I detect the whiff of the slave market in these stories. Trump casually and repeatedly compromised young women’s modesty, mixing among them while they were naked in their dressing rooms–and some of them were as young as fifteen. Because he … Continue reading
Make It Go Away
The second debate in a nutshell. Image source: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/memes-ahoy-the-internet-reacts-to-todays-dumpster-/72af03a8-5f0c-49a3-8a2f-77b477440f10.htm https://twitter.com/JAMNPP/status/785316346158583808/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Donald Trump Assaults Nonconsenting Debate Chair
The image that sums up the second debate. Image source: https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/memes-ahoy-the-internet-reacts-to-todays-dumpster-/72af03a8-5f0c-49a3-8a2f-77b477440f10.htm
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Donald Trump, Full Metal Jacket, And Taking Life Too Seriously
Make America Grope Again. Where are we after the second debate? I’d say, film-wise, at Full Metal Jacket. Donald Trump is now akin to the soldier in the film who fails at basic training and begins to take life’s humiliations … Continue reading
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Donald P. Grabber Is No Laughing Matter
Politico this morning: “[W]ithin Trump’s own campaign, there was an overriding sense of doom. One aide expressed doubt that the GOP nominee, who has successfully weathered a number of scandals, would be able to ride the current firestorm.” GOP panics … Continue reading
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Danielle Allen on Donald Trump’s Groping
Gilgamesh, Plato, the tyrannical soul, and Donald P. Groper. The most illuminating opinion article I’ve run across on what Trump’s predatory sexual behavior means. Donald Trump is a walking, talking example of the tyrannical soul This election has moved to … Continue reading
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Donald Trump: Political Death (Finally) By A Thousand Tic Tacs?
Wave two. Trump’s Tic Tacs are becoming drip-drops and tick-tocks. Reports of behavior that accord with what he said on the tape–right down to the Tic Tacs–are coming in. From groping to assault. This is in Politico this morning: Late … Continue reading
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