tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post7764463648731824700..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Plots against AmericaDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-80826551849388807402016-08-05T09:05:51.546+01:002016-08-05T09:05:51.546+01:00Never cause for complacency, but the Trump meltdow...Never cause for complacency, but the Trump meltdown seems to be on a roll now, and it's hard to see how it won't get worse for the Republicans. I even feel a bit sorry for the old-style GOPpers. How fortunate that he's no smooth operator...but will the diehards take any notice? For them, the worse it gets the better it gets. Nothing short of Armageddon will satisfy them. Quite a phenomenon for our times, though it happened in the 1930s...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-55455041943660425242016-08-02T21:45:08.639+01:002016-08-02T21:45:08.639+01:00I think actually the Khan incident did contribute ...I think actually the Khan incident did contribute to changing the course of things, as did the stark contrast between the Repub and Dem conventions. There are diehard Trump supporters, and way too many of them, so it will be a nail-biter to the end, but I have hope.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-36931906798604390772016-08-02T07:00:21.428+01:002016-08-02T07:00:21.428+01:00Again, the complications of psychology seem to get...Again, the complications of psychology seem to get left out of merely 'political' arguments. You could boil it all down to people's fear of the unknown, but there does seem to be some kind of nihilistic 'tear it all down', if not a death wish, among the irresonsible part of the electorate. And, yes, the phenomenon here would be well absorbed in the run-up to the US Election. The frightening thing is that nothing - the day of Jo Cox's murder and Farage's Nazi-quoting anti-immmigration poster here, Trump versus Khan with you - seems to change the course of things. As one Guardian writer put it, Trump has lost the plot, if he ever had one, but will his supporters notice or care?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-4369969908358521862016-08-02T04:02:23.051+01:002016-08-02T04:02:23.051+01:00The news comes so thick and fast it's impossib...The news comes so thick and fast it's impossible to keep up with it, let alone digest it. A friend sent on an article to me today that further analyzes the ascent of Trump, from the view of "The Rise of American Authoriarianism." It's <a href="http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The Economist article's view that the counterpoints are changing from Left and Right to Open and Closed, an issue which has also been discussed in at least two other articles I've read my side of the pond, seems to me to provide excellent insights into where we are (both sides of the pond). It is worrisome to me how hard a sell "Open" is even among some of my friends who are generally enlightened in their thinking.Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-31342147649054104082016-07-29T16:56:49.910+01:002016-07-29T16:56:49.910+01:00I like what I've read from Ann Applebaum, thou...I like what I've read from Ann Applebaum, though not too impressed that the neo-con-ish Legatum Institute in London with which she has ties invited Michael Gove as the guest of honour - by that stage, post-Brexit, it was definitely 'dishonour' - to their summer party. Oh, the shame of those folk photographed with that cove.<br /><br />The Interpreter is always best at sticking to facts so that you see it's not pedalling conspiracy theories. I would suggest that 'hard nosed logic' is fairly incompatible with 'conspiracy theories'.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-18278838850061517982016-07-29T15:32:27.148+01:002016-07-29T15:32:27.148+01:00Ann Applebaum is very good on the Trump/Putin conn...Ann Applebaum is very good on the Trump/Putin connection, and although her opinion of Putin's actions in Europe as well as America have something of the feel of a conspiracy theory her hard nosed logic is impressiveDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.com