Tag: Rabbit Holes

• The Problem Isn’t Just That Putin “Might” Escalate To Nukes/Bioweapons, It’s WHERE He’d Do It

  War, in general, never presents perfect choices where going one way (if it works) will be pain-free. Trade-offs and trenches go hand-in-hand. As we’re learning – since our intelligence services are suddenly liberated like never before to tell what they know – Putin started this war not only under false pretense but under the false […]

  A L Katz

  April 1, 2022

  Corruption, Cyber War, Magical Thinking, Putin's War, Racism, Russia, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  Chemical Weapons, Corruption, Hypersonic Weapons, NATO, No Fly Zone, Nuclear Weapons, Putin, Rabbit Holes, Thermobaric Explosives, War, War Crime

• Republicans And Rabbit Holes

  As plenty of Americans learned anew during their Christmas celebrations, arguing with Republicans, conservatives, authoritarians or Trumpists is guaranteed to be one hundred percent fruitless and unsatisfying. It’s a rock solid guarantee that nothing productive will come from any such conversation. While the progressive wing of the family throws down receipt after receipt to back […]

  A L Katz

  December 28, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Republicanism, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  American Democracy, Anti-vaxxers, Christmas, Disruption, Empowerment, Facts v Feelings, Progressives, Rabbit Holes, The Big Lie

• The Only “Good Way” For A Democrat To Counter “Critical Race Theory” Is For The News Media To Have Resisted The Rabbit Hole To Begin With

  Fascists, authoritarians, seditionists and Republicans all adore rabbit holes, the deeper, the darker, the flat-out crazier the better… What makes the whole “Critical Race Theory” conversation so perfect for them is that their rage isn’t based on anything. Well, not anything real. It’s a balsa wood chimera and that’s super ironic because there really is […]

  A L Katz

  November 9, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Racism, Republicanism, Slavery, The Nature of Evil, Trump

  Authoritarianism, Black Holes, Boogeyman, Critical Race Theory, Education, Fascism, Glenn Youngkin, QAnon, Rabbit Holes, Racism, Sedition, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• How To Argue With A Republican

  Step One: Don’t. That is, don’t argue with a Republican on their terms. That’s because Republicans don’t really have terms. They’re hell bent on winning all arguments purely for winning’s sake and it doesn’t matter how they win. That means if you enter an argument with a Republican thinking there are some kind of “rules”, […]

  A L Katz

  October 10, 2021

  American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  American News Media, Arguments, Billable Hours, Cheating, January 6 Insurrection, Kevin McCarthy, Nihilism, No Sense Of Humor, Rabbit Holes, Ron DeSantis, Treason, White House Press Corps

• The Reason All Republican Arguments Sound Like Bullsh*t Is Because That’s What They Are

  No one ever does anything “just because”. Trust me on this. It’s something storytellers know about human nature because we have to draw on human nature to create believable characters that ring true both inside and out. What’s worse than a character you’ve come to love who suddenly acts “out of character” — not because […]

  A L Katz

  August 25, 2021

  Afghanistan, American News Media, Coronavirus, Corruption, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, "Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump", Afghanistan Withdrawal, American News Media, Brain Chemistry, But Her Emails, Kevin McCarthy, Pussy grabbing, Rabbit Holes, Racism, Storytelling, Vladimir Putin

• Of Republicans And Rabbit Holes

  How does one answer the question “And when did you stop beating your wife?”? There is no good way,. That’s the point. Same goes for “When did you stop loving me?” or “Why don’t you respect the flag?” These aren’t legitimate questions. They’re a passive-aggressive set up meant to put the person being asked the […]

  A L Katz

  August 23, 2021

  Afghanistan, American News Media, Coronavirus, Culture, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Afghanistan is where empires, Black Holes, Both Sides Do It, Logic and illogic, Logic As A Null Set, Mitch McConnell, Rabbit Holes, Republican rabbit holes, Wonderland

• Everyone May Have Their Point Of View But Not Every Point Of View Has A Valid Point

  There was a terrific Monty Python sketch called “The Argument Clinic” where — pure theatre of the absurd — a customer (played by Brian Jones) goes to an argument clinic where he pays to have an argument with an argument counselor played by John Cleese. Right off the bat, Cleese’s counselor is disagreeable and argumentative […]

  A L Katz

  July 19, 2021

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Election 2020, Republicanism

  Argument Clinic, Both Sides Do It, Corruption, Donald Trump, John Cleese, Monty Python, Rabbit Holes, Social Media, The Big Lie, Theatre Of The Absurd

• Of Republicans, Rabbit Holes And Russia

  If the last four plus years of Trumpism feel like anything recognizable, it’s Wonderland. Before Team Biden could begin to effectively govern — the thing we elected them to do — first, they’ve had to confront, reverse, strip out or defuse the myriad ways Donald Trump and his corrupter-than-corrupt admin went about destroying our ability […]

  A L Katz

  March 5, 2021

  Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, "Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump", Alice In Wonderland, American Democracy, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan, Rabbit Holes, Trumpism, Vladimir Putin, Wonderland

• A Presidency Is Like A Four-Year Story Cycle — And America Is Done, Done, DONE With The Donald Trump Story

  We didn’t need to preview “The Donald Trump Presidency” to know it was going to be a double-barreled dumpster fire that could only end horribly. Everything about the prequel to Trump’s presidency — his life — suggested he was a terrible businessman, a terrible husband, a terrible father, a terrible American and an even worse […]

  A L Katz

  November 20, 2020

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Election 2016, Election 2020, Political Commentary, Republicanism, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Branding, Dumpster Fire, George W Bush, Rabbit Holes, Republican Party Brand, Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell, Trump A Terrible Businessman, Trump Is Bonkers, Trump presidency

• Dear American News Media — Just Because Donald Trump Likes Running Down Rabbit Holes Doesn’t Mean You Have To Follow Him There

  

  Remember this image — Trump going down that golden escalator on the day he formally declared? What we didn’t realize at the time — though we should have — it wasn’t the lobby of Trump Tower he was descending into, it was a goddamned rabbit hole. The first sign we had was “Mexicans are rapists”. […]

  A L Katz

  September 2, 2020

  American News Media, Coronavirus, Election 2016, Magical Thinking, Political Commentary, Trump

  “Mexicans are rapists”, American Journalism, American News Media, Both Sides Do It, Planes Loaded With Thugs, Rabbit Holes, Republican corruption