American
Exceptionalism
now consists of
being proud of
having a President
the rest of the world
thinks a buffoon
Tag: Trump
Naming names
Chamberlain
Caligula
Bush
Petain
Mugabe
Charles I
Nixon
Yeltsin
Hindenburg
Nicholas II
Abbott
George III
Akhenaten
Hirohito
Louis XVI
Pol Pot
Trump
Certificates
The world seems
increasingly ruled
by people who are
certifiably insane.
But perhaps it
always was.
Pardoning turkeys
How could a
country whose taste
in media is built
on extreme
heart-warming
sentimentality
finish up with a
nasty arsehole
like Trump?
Dress rehearsal
Watching Trump gradually putting together the framework of a Fascist state is like seeing a re-enactment of Hitler putting together the framework of Nazi Germany.
40 winks more
Strange how some event which is a “wake-up call” leaves everyone sleeping just as soundly as ever.
Doesn’t matter who votes, it’s who counts the votes*
Americans, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, believe they have the “world’s greatest democracy” (whatever that means). What is undoubtedly true is that they have the worst electoral process of any western democracy.
* And establishes electoral boundaries, and decides on voter ID, and sets up polling places, and uses electronic voting, and has no control over election funding.
Lament for a lost planet
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….
Of the people
Every election, everywhere, since politics began, has been invested with a rich mix of hooes and fears. Fears seem to be winning more often, lately.
All together now
All over the world, religion and fascism are, separately or together, driving the people of the world collectively insane.
