“For any other politician, a mug shot would be the end. For Trump, it’s a springboard. After all, he was processed in the jail in Atlanta only 24 hours after most of his rivals for the GOP nomination raised their hands in a presidential debate in Wisconsin to say they’d support him if he becomes the GOP nominee. “Photos of those who served as president – often choreographed by administration spin masters for propaganda purposes – come to define eras. Even though he’s no longer in office, Trump’s mug shot will now enter the historic record of the select band of those who’ve called the White House home. This includes images of John Kennedy and his kids in the Oval Office that encapsulated a youthful generation’s rise to the pinnacle of power. A photo of Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as president on Air Force One in Dallas in November 1963 beside newly widowed first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who still wore a suit stained by her assassinated husband’s blood, was designed specifically to show continuity of government at a moment of horror. Like all great photographs, it captures a decisive moment and retains the power to haunt. “President Richard Nixon’s two-handed victory salute from the doors of his helicopter couldn’t hide the stigma of his defeated final exit from the White House after he resigned over Watergate. In September 2001, President George W. Bush stood on a pile of charred wreckage at Ground Zero in New York with a bullhorn, catalyzing a wounded nation’s shift from grief to resolve after its worst ever terror attack. Four years later, a picture of him staring down from the presidential plane at the drowned Gulf Coast epitomized his negligent leadership after Hurricane Katrina. For future generations, such images define a chapter of national lore when all the details have blurred together.”
Not only did six of the debate participants say they would support Trump, they said they would support Trump if he were in prison. If that’s not a cult mentality, I don’t know what is.
The Conventional Wisdom on Trump Is Wrong [Click] Mark Antonio Wright: “After the debate last night, I watched Tucker Carlson’s sit-down interview with Trump. Trump looked old, tired, and frail. He spoke softly. He rambled and meandered through stories, anecdotes, and nicknames for which — if you weren’t deeply engaged in right-wing cable-news chatter — you’d need a guidebook in order to understand the references.”
“He didn’t effectively defend his record or prosecute any arguments. He told the same old stories, he had the same old lines — but the humor is gone. He just talked . . . for 45 minutes.” (The original is well worth reading, IMO.)
I imagine he's tired. After all, things haven't been going too well for him lately. Besides, contemplating spending the rest of one's life in the pen, be it federal or state, must be depressing.
I just saw a video of downtown Oakland, California--- streets I am well familiar with because of many court appearances and associated shopping. It's nearly a ghost town. Already property prices (and therefore rents) had become oppressive, and then the Covid work-at-home thing hit. ----Alan
Mother Jones: Radicals Took Over the Michigan GOP. Now They Can’t Stop Losing. [Click] Wow.
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‘Hi, Mom. I love you’: US man kidnapped as child in Pinochet’s Chile reunited with family [Click]
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My goodness, he's the same age as Root*Center*Son. Breaks my heart. I'm so glad he found his mom!!
Delete‘Overrun with rats’: Charles Dickens Museum illuminates author’s factory stint [Click] “Dickens was taken out of school aged 11 to work in a London blacking factory as his father sank into debt.”
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How about a NEW—electric—Citroen 2CV? [Click]
ReplyDeleteOr the Citroen Oli concept car? [Click]
—Alan
Presidential mug shot of inmate No. P01135809 is stark in its simplicity
ReplyDelete“For any other politician, a mug shot would be the end. For Trump, it’s a springboard. After all, he was processed in the jail in Atlanta only 24 hours after most of his rivals for the GOP nomination raised their hands in a presidential debate in Wisconsin to say they’d support him if he becomes the GOP nominee.
“Photos of those who served as president – often choreographed by administration spin masters for propaganda purposes – come to define eras. Even though he’s no longer in office, Trump’s mug shot will now enter the historic record of the select band of those who’ve called the White House home. This includes images of John Kennedy and his kids in the Oval Office that encapsulated a youthful generation’s rise to the pinnacle of power. A photo of Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as president on Air Force One in Dallas in November 1963 beside newly widowed first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, who still wore a suit stained by her assassinated husband’s blood, was designed specifically to show continuity of government at a moment of horror. Like all great photographs, it captures a decisive moment and retains the power to haunt.
“President Richard Nixon’s two-handed victory salute from the doors of his helicopter couldn’t hide the stigma of his defeated final exit from the White House after he resigned over Watergate. In September 2001, President George W. Bush stood on a pile of charred wreckage at Ground Zero in New York with a bullhorn, catalyzing a wounded nation’s shift from grief to resolve after its worst ever terror attack. Four years later, a picture of him staring down from the presidential plane at the drowned Gulf Coast epitomized his negligent leadership after Hurricane Katrina. For future generations, such images define a chapter of national lore when all the details have blurred together.”
Not only did six of the debate participants say they would support Trump, they said they would support Trump if he were in prison. If that’s not a cult mentality, I don’t know what is.
DeletePardon me smooshing so many stories together.
ReplyDelete---Alan
Another Trump Co-Defendant Seeks Speedy Trial [Click] Sydney Powell.
CPAC Vice Chair Resigns, calls for investigations(!) [Click]
One of Trump’s Co-Defendants Held in Jail [Click]
Did Trump rehearse his mug shot? [Click]
Trump Fans Mistook Ex-Atlanta Mayor for Fani Willis [Click] Psychology 1: people have difficulty telling people or things they dislike apart.
Majority Want Trump to Face Trial Before Election [Click] Also that the Justice Department’s decision to indict Trump “was based on a fair evaluation of the evidence and the law.”
The Conventional Wisdom on Trump Is Wrong [Click] Mark Antonio Wright: “After the debate last night, I watched Tucker Carlson’s sit-down interview with Trump. Trump looked old, tired, and frail. He spoke softly. He rambled and meandered through stories, anecdotes, and nicknames for which — if you weren’t deeply engaged in right-wing cable-news chatter — you’d need a guidebook in order to understand the references.”
“He didn’t effectively defend his record or prosecute any arguments. He told the same old stories, he had the same old lines — but the humor is gone. He just talked . . . for 45 minutes.” (The original is well worth reading, IMO.)
I imagine he's tired. After all, things haven't been going too well for him lately. Besides, contemplating spending the rest of one's life in the pen, be it federal or state, must be depressing.
DeleteAlas, no more golfing or lobster barbecues at Club Fed. . .
Delete---Alan
Anton Petrov: Major Moon Updates! India Landing, Strange Tides, Experiments and Dust Hazard [Click]
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I just saw a video of downtown Oakland, California--- streets I am well familiar with because of many court appearances and associated shopping. It's nearly a ghost town. Already property prices (and therefore rents) had become oppressive, and then the Covid work-at-home thing hit.
ReplyDelete----Alan
I went to get an RSV vaccination this afternoon, but the drugstore's shipment hadn't yet come in.
ReplyDelete---Alan