Tag Archive | politics
Trump vs. Clinton: Different Kind of Awful
Just because Trump is a walking piece of human excrement doesn’t mean that Clinton is perfect, far from it. If the Republicans had fielded a competent candidate, Clinton would be down 20 points across the board. And it goes well beyond things like, “You hate her because she is a woman,” and “If you don’t like her […]
TV Tropes: Balance of Power
Tweet of the Day: Short Fiction News This trope posits a situation were two or more powerful institutions or groups keep in other in check but that the acts of a third party could unbalance the systems and lead to open conflict (see page link for a common example). However, the parties […]
Space for Rent: The Antebellum Presidency
Let’s be honest, Barack Obama will not be remembered as a great president of the United States. While some tout his accomplishments, outside of the expansion of health care he did little else but to moderate yet continue the policies of his predecessors. At a time when the nation, and indeed the world […]
TV Tropes Monday: What do you mean, it’s not political?
Tweet of the Day: The Recipe for a Black Hole ——- What do you mean, it’s not political? That…that is a very good question. I mean, if art is a reflection of reality in some way, shape or form, it follows that part of that reflection would have a political dimension. Except when it […]
Space for Rent: Hillary Clinton & The Politics of Sexual Distraction
——- In today’s cesspool of American politics (and yes politics is always a cesspool) you have two parties: A reactionary, racist, hateful, pack of hyenas, A collection of imbecilic baboons that speak in simplistic tones about things the know nothing about, A bunch of dreamers that dream of vacant pasts that never were […]
TV Tropes Monday: Awakening the Sleeping Giant
Tweet of the Day: Russia’s Open Book ——- There is a war going on. It might be a deadlock or one side is steamrolling the other. But there is a third party that remains neutral. They might send humanitarian aide. They might admonish the warring factions to resolve their differences through diplomacy. Then something […]
Space for Rent: A Year of Fear, A Victory for Terror
2015 was a year of fear: foreign wars, economic woes, rampant police, riots, and terrorism. And the politicians have taken full advantage of this. Sadly, with this new year being an election year in the United States, and with the candidates offered by both parties (with one glaring exception), Fear will rule the roost. […]
TV Tropes Monday: Genghis Gambit
Tweet of the Day: War in the Lands of Midnight ——– Diplomacy and offers of peace in our time are all well and good but nothing brings people together (at least temporarily) as a common enemy. But those are hard to find so sometimes you may have to create them. Enter the Genghis Gambit. […]
Lessons Learned: Politics in Video Games
Tweet of the Day: Upcoming Attractions: A Brief History Of Time Travel Documentary ——- My first official video on my new video game You Tube channel is up. I discuss the idea that video games and politics don’t mix. An idea that I find rather naive. Visit the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSJwmEVas6IDMKaE3YA9_rA Link to the video […]
Weekend Roundup: August 17-23
Tweet of the Day: Boost Story Conflict By Exploring the Dark Side of Your Hero’s Best Qualities ——- Many moons ago I got into blogging out of frustration with politics. I needed an outlet to express my views and generally vent about it all. But along the way it consumed me in a very […]
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