We are a Karentocracy, not a Republic. Government by the most craven and neurotic, by the most craven and neurotic. Shena Bellows is the same person as Ministry of Truth Nina Janowicz, fake kidnapping Big Gretch, plagiarist Claudine Gay, and lockdown child masker Randi Weingarten.
Agreed, but since there is undoubtedly an illegal NSA AI engine scouring our every word here, let me say there's not much daylight diction between "schlonged" and "Karentocracy" (though I'll note the latter is a noun, and the former a verb, so we probably need a verb form of the latter? I've got some ideas, but I'm too genteel to type them here. Also, my mom might read this).
Why does the left associate speech with violence? Could one reason be they have an understanding of the violence in their own heart they would like to inflict but are incapable of executing , so they do it from a bench or a committee seat. I'm persuaded ole Randi performed her own cruel version of "burn down a village in order to safe it" Dark Hearts
It’s 1,000% projection on their parts. Add in a pinch of narcissism and it’s the perfect recipe for the latest season of the shit-show we’re watching on TV.
I sincerely believe there is an epidemic of prescription drug over-use and that the lunatics, crazies, psychos, and sociopaths are running rampant. crazy people dont know that they shouldnt be in charge. thats why they are crazy. social stigma and shame is an efficient tool to keep these people from doing damage to society. it needs a comeback.
These are women (I am one and see SO SO many like this) who perceive they have had no power over any aspect of their lives and don't really know how to wield it positively so it comes out in this twisted perversion . This kind of BS is the ONLY real power they have had over anything in their lives. This kind of detrimental (sometimes life threatening -- see the bioweapon known as COVID 19 vax) perverse need for tyrannical control over anyone and anything should be a syndrome in the DSM-5. Just think how much money Pharma could make.
While we're never allowed to diagnose anyone from a distance, what you describe rhymes with borderline personality disorder, the principal phenomenon of which is a pronounced lack of a sense of self, producing symptoms that result in desperate attempts to control the lives of others.
I objected loudly and often to the multi-hundred Ivy League psychiatrists who diagnosed Donald Trump with all manner of psychiatric ailments - the ethics of the profession forbid diagnosing a patient one has not met. I agree with Jack Gallagher; the description rhymes with borderline personality disorder. There is a possibility of comorbidity with hystrionic personality disorder. Whatever else she is, she's not a person happy with her life.
No one gives a fuck what you think. I’d rather have a president with some ball than one that doesn’t know where the fuck he is. It doesn’t take a dr to see that we currently have a brain dead zombie in the White House.
They definitely have no power over their size. Their weight. It’s odd. Since they cannot control this aspect of their being, does it make them want to control others? There’s something there. It’s not a coincidence.
There are lots of obese people of both sexes, all races, and all political persuasions in the USA. The reasons for it are myriad, from lack of access to fresh food in poor neighborhoods, to lack of education, to preference for culturally specific foods and ways of cooking, to the ubiquity of fast food franchises, to lack of exercise, and so on. Foreign tourists visit the States and comment about how enormous people are here.
There's something off about psychoanalyzing people's political motivations on the basis of their weight. You never saw a fat Trump supporter? Give me a break. People are fat in this country. It's a public health issue.
Kudos. "Smalltime Bureaucrat Syndrome" is actually pretty good though I would concur that an expert polemicist like Mencken might already have come up with a classic.
I didn't find a term as concise as what you propose, but Mencken had many characterizations of the enveloping process, e.g.:
And to think, instead of dog-paddling in Taibbi's comment section, each of us could have actually been reading Mencken or something. Really makes you think
It’s always amazed me how public officials can be bought off and paid for with so little cashola. I’ve seen it at the bush-league school board level in business dealings and all the way up to the varsity “big guy” league. Special interests get a massive return on their bribery investments. From hundreds of dollars in contributions for millions in municipal construction contracts to tens of thousands for billions in defense weapons systems. A dime store whore is a dime store whore.
Shirer's book was in my parents' library; I admit I haven't read it. In my youth, I was drawn more to technical subjects; I work to fill in various lacunae in my background, particularly history and geographical-cultural considerations. So many interesting books to read.
"Gauleiter" perfectly characterizes the often-unelected, or at least way out of their depth, little despots who have been instrumental in weakening our electoral system while declaring their efforts are to the opposite (e.g., the changes in the Pennsylvania election rules that circumvented the state legislature, all the recent shenanigans in Colorado and Wyoming, etc.).
Per your comment, re-titling Elvis Costello's "Two Little Hitlers", can we now we sing "Zwei Kleine Gauleiter"? One can make the latter fit the rhythm of the line reasonably well!
"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron."
They, at least in my observance, tend to eschew deontological evaluations in favor of a consequentialist system. The problem being, getting to a preferred result without considering the precedent it establishes creates unintended consequences.
This is very much a condition of the Democrats. They have a result in mind and disregard the path necessary to do so which results in things like Trump getting 3 SCOTUS appointments and many many federal judgeships. Who would have thought that lowering the cloture vote to a simple majority would ever come back to bite them in the tookus.
You beat me too it. The crowd of grim, obese women behind Ms. Bellows was the first thing that caught my eye. And these are the people to whom is granted moral and political authority? Not for much longer, I think.
this is when the citizens tarred and feathered their "leaders" in the old days of the early republic.
I don't advocate that or anything illegal. I'd be happy to see them sent back to private life where they can work as baristas or the floor at Home Depot for $14 per hour.
There was no "analysis," just a statement of fact. The crowd looked very similar to the attendees of drag shows, the middle aged, obese white women with little kids in tow.
How can a quote from someone else be a lie, when it states an opinion about something that isn't at all subject to factual testing? AFAIK, nobody has a lock on absolute truth and falsehood, and I'm a bit tired of people saying "that is a lie" about someone else's opinion when there is no way to tell one way or the other. Maybe you meant "I don't believe that"?
He's right. I am appalled every time I go to the grocery store. The crap masquerading as food and drink that most people buy is directly related to the way they live their lives. The cheapest, quickest , and easiest products to ingest results in their obesity and poor health. All "fixed" by gobbling handfuls of petroleum based drugs. If you don't care what you look like, nor if your body is healthy, you don't have your act together.
Get it together, Dave! Quit making excuses. Observe Plato’s stance on physical fitness and the majesty of the human body. Don’t let it slide - otherwise your shell (body) is a prison for your mind and spirit.
When I look at Biden, I wonder if any of the front facing people have any power or if they are decoys to eventually collect the bullets of the angry mobs. We had wars, recessions, genocides, etc. before we had hoards of fat women in photos claiming authority to run the world.
I believe there is plenty of evidence to show the more attractive a person is the easier it is to get jobs, friends, etc.
If someone wanted to distract us with disposable leaders they would likely make use of the fact that we are programmed to prefer attractive people - even if we differ about the exact definition of attractive.
We have these in our state. Men and women. They love "mankind" but hate the neighborhood children. Pursed lips and scowling. Meaner than stink. Worried that somewhere someone is having a good time.
Karens, if they are married, have Cuck husbands who enable their toxic behaviors. Cucks are just as responsible as Karens for the state of our country today.
It's tragic, but unsurprising, that Wikipedia was quickly recognized for propaganda value.
I still feel conflicted as I use to regularly donate. I still want to.
However, per your comment, I'd say that the likelihood that something in Wikipedia is accurate is inversely proportional to the subject's currency or socio-political propaganda value.
The real mischief is in subjects where a narrative needs to be projected and protected.
I've read that the editorial process in Wikipedia is highly balkanized and rife with in-fighting.
What is also amazing is that the CIA's "World Fact Book" appears to be a tremendously under-recognized resource, particularly in the U.S.:
I think it's more than anecdotal to note that, if that site were filled with mis-dis-mal-information (or whatever), we'd hear about it. Given that it's never brought up leads me to suspect it's accurate!
Wait a minute! The term 'Karen' is racist? Maybe we should be using "30CatLover" as code for 'Karen'? Oh, wait, then "30CatLover" would have to be racist too ..... and on and on and on, until "tulip" is racist because all words are racist.
According to that Wikipedia article, if one can believe it (I comment on Wikipedia below :-), the "dialect" (such as it is) originated in the 17th century. Crazy!
Americans are incredibly self-absorbed. Also, the media doesn't work to keep us informed. When I returned to college, I was friends with several exchange students from other countries. They would tell me about world news that I had never heard of and they mocked American news outlets for keeping us so ignorant.
Our educational system has gone down the tubes and there's a reason for that. The elites don't really want us to be "critical, analytical thinkers" or we wouldn't put up with them for a moment.
This picking semantic nits, but I don’t call them liberals. Progressive seems more appropriate. These people aren’t liberals, who used to endorse individual freedoms with more government welfare programs and sexual libertinism. These folks are straight authoritarians and sociopaths who don’t have an honestly liberal bone in their bodies.
They are actually Marxist-Leninists in clown clothing. They are paper tigers but will push their agendas until Americans(see Loudon County VA school board coup) and hopefully Canadians wake the fuck up.
Marxists are not without their faults, but they do recognize class divide. These clowns think class divide is an excuse to not talk about whatever "ism" or "phobia" comes along.
They would correctly be called collectivists, particularly in terms of how one should think.
I live in the EU. Doctors make house calls. Of course the neolibs are trying to privatize it and starve the ntl health care in a tub, but I would NEVER move back to the US based on health care alone. And I have the reds to thank!
They are capitalist Marxists. Who think putting third-party for-profit entities in charge of health-care is a workable option. It simply does not get more assinine.
That would be nice. But we do not inhabit either a perfect world or a utopia. And healthcare by algorithm, whether a government one or a for-profit insurance corporation one, is not. If it is a government one it is about equitable distribution of service as opposed to the need of the individual patient. If it is a for-profit insurance corporation one it is about profit. And this notion being lauded in the States that the young people must sign up (contribute to the profits) to bear the costs is akin to Social Security and anyone with firing neurons sees the collapse of that coming despite the pretzel twisting of the economy to make it work. I am not opposed to acknowledging problems. I am definitely opposed to ill-conceived fixes. Can you say unintended consequences? The idea that government can fix our problems, much less satisfy our wants and needs, is a fairy-tale.
Many freely admit they are Marxist. Communism does not happen over night. There is a long March to implement the ideology. Especially in a country that used to value free speech and liberty. Many of us still due. This is their great reset to a globalist world run by the few. I would say it is slightly different than the Russian or Chinese revolutions but the basics are the same. Add in some fascism by collaborating with corporations and voila.
They are not trying to save democracy (who even knows what that word means to them)
They change definitions daily by their brute force by minions or activists(again what’s the difference?) we must all adhere to their lies.
Take control of energy
Take control of the means of production
Take control of money
Take control of water
Take control over food production
Take control over information
Take control over our health
Take control over our education
Take control over our morality
Take control over elections
Wake up that is not democracy.
It is communism-fascism-totalitarianism-oligarchy-socialism-despotic.
"The basics are the same"? The Maoist and Leninist revolutions were barely even the same. The economic situation in America isn't remotely comparable, what are you talking about?
A lot of people call themselves “Christians” but have little they actually share with the precepts of Christianity. The same is true with the political theories of Marxism. Calling yourself such-and-such doesn’t actually mean you are that, or that you even understand what the term means.
Dave- I live in Tuscany. I used to live in California, and had really good insurance. My health care here is better by every measure- except the waiting rooms aren’t so cushy as they are in Pacific Heights. However, the wait times to see my doc are WAY shorter, and I never have to argue with my insurance company about tests or meds. My doc says I need it, she’s the final word.
You wouldn't know a Marxist-Leninist if you debated one on a stage
American liberals or "progressives" (they're not) are the furthest thing from Marxism-Leninism. And you display your ignorance of that form of economic system by making that claim.
Those people are what Catherine Liu defines as "the Professional-Managerial Class" and they are deeply embedded in the capitalist system that works so well for them.
Please go to the library and do some research on Marxism-Leninism. At this time, you are using that phrase to stand in for "something I have been taught to hate," not a valid definition of the term.
They're neo-Marxists/cultural Marxists/Frankfurt School Marxists. Still Marxists or under the family of Marxist systems in the same way that Marx was a Hegelian. Progressives have just changed the groups considered oppresed from proletariat to minorities.
Marxist leninists? Are u kidding? Their raisin detre is to uphold an oligarchy run by Martha's Vineyard elites for the profit of the Martha's Vineyard elites.
Completely agree, and I don’t consider it nit picking. My teeth clench at every reference to these people as liberals, by no definition does that label work. Even calling them progressive is a stretch, though they are progressing toward something. Just not anything good.
I am sure that is true. ‘We’ seem to have different definitions for liberal, progressive, fascism, and so on also. My ‘Karen’ comes directly from Barry when he was in office – the life of Karen, cradle to grave taken care of by the USG. No need for a hubby or a job because Big Gov has her covered. And if she has kids, lots of free lunch meals, day care, child tax credits and Medicaid. ‘Karens’ happen because big gov has installed a communal tax, economic, and subsidy system in which those that don’t chip in are free to continually take out.
Dark money funding of “non profits” such as Citizens for Responsible Ethics (who pushed the Trump ballot issue through the judiciary in Colorado) and its sister org American Oversight have all but guaranteed our inability to challenge electronic voting, unconstitutional absentee ballot voting measures, etc. Fully weaponized lawfare is upon us.
There is no statistical way the Democrats bested the Republicans in the last election. The numbers don’t add up. I live in a purple State (only putple because people like my neighbors fled California for a saner place of living. But we are still reeling from voter fraud. My Dad told me in 2016.that he his vote had already been registered when he went to vote in person. Fraud! Please, you can’t tell me this doesn’t exist when it clearly does…..
Remember when we used to send Jimmy Carter around the world to observe elections in the third world. Now those third world countries need to come and help us.
You should see NYC at the moment- definitely Third World, between the Covid restaurants on the sidewalks, homeless people and illegal migrants everywhere- the smell of marijuana everywhere and during summer the smell of piss’n’poop...we are living the Third World now.
The adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1868 was influenced by the context of the Civil War and its aftermath. The Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865, was a conflict primarily fought over issues of slavery, states' rights, and the preservation of the Union.
Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, in particular, targeted individuals who had engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States during the Civil War. It stated that such individuals would be disqualified from holding certain offices unless Congress, by a two-thirds majority vote, decided to remove the disqualification.
In summary, the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted as part of the Reconstruction efforts to address the aftermath of the Civil War, establish civil rights for newly freed slaves, and reintegrate the Southern states into the Union on terms that aligned with the principles of equal protection and citizenship and as such has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Not sure Bellows is all that different from Putin when eliminating opponents. Neither will go to jail, both think it is the right thing to do, and both don’t care whether it is legal.
As a Maine voter, I am equally appalled. Apparently, our Sec of State says Trump is an insurrectionist so it must be true! Forget due process, forget a trial, forget a conviction. I don't intend to vote for him, but I want my fellow citizens to know their vote matters, that no one will deny them the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice. This decision, if upheld, sets a very dangerous precedent.
I was on the fence but I definitely WILL be voting for him now. I'll change my party affiliation (from none) and go caucus with the Republicans if that's what they decide to do.
I sort of feel the same way, but I think we have to resist the urge to shove our middle finger at the D.C. swamp elites by re-electing Trump. The reason is that we'd be stuck with Trump's unpredictability and pettiness for four years where a lot of major stuff could go down. We can reform Washington without turning it into a soap opera of narcissism.
What is the alternative? Every single politician is a sold-out pile of steaming dreck. Biden is a career criminal in diapers. Blinken uses Joe's 'presidential authority' to fork out money to Ukraine, so who knows who's in control of other issues? Democrats are new, kind Nazis pushing for chic Gulag for all. Republicans (establishment, that is) are a cowardly bunch of morons.
I do not think Trump is the best solution, but there isn't any given that the Cabal in power took us here—the whole establishment is against him, and he has only people on his side. I'd rather side with the people.
That’s what I’m doing. But I see how he’s treated when he’s interviewed by media and Congress. I don’t care if he’s got some wacky doodle shit going on. What are they afraid of with him? He is the only one I can see who acknowledges the weapons of war economy that runs this country.
RFK jr is a great candidate. Vivek would be my next choice. Neither is a corrupt member of the swamp. Either is far superior to Trump or Biden, neither is fit for office albeit for different but equally serious reasons,
I haven't heard West disavow any of the policies, especially Dem party policies, that have gotten us into this mess. He's not my "brother" unless he disengages from the ruling elite.
You haven’t heard his disagreements with the Democrats. Is that supposed to mean he didn’t say anything about them?
There’s plenty. Here’s a couple from an article in Time: “ “It just reveals the moral bankruptcy of both parties when it comes to foreign policy,” he tells me. “We see that so clearly now.”
Asked if they ran someone else besides Biden, he said“ ‘If Martin Luther King Jr. came back from the dead and ran for the Democratic Party ticket, I would not run. But that will never happen in a corporate-dominated Democratic Party.’” Not perfect but not the same.
There’s also Claudia de la Cruz who has made her positions very clear. And we could even vote for Jill Stein again.
When I asked rhetorically about an alternative, I meant someone who could realistically win.
Dr. Cornel West is brilliant but would have zero chance of winning anything in this vile system. RFK Jr. started as a Democrat, a huge no-no in my eyes given what they've been doing, and as an independent, he has as many chances as Dr. West.
Sorry David, but people were saying that for thousands of years, often right before they were massacred. For the foreseeable future, there will be wars, and it only takes one side to start a war. The only questions are, will we be ready? And will we prevail? This doesn’t mean we can’t avoid “unnecessary “ wars (those are the ones where lots of people die, just not Americans). But wars there will be.
We had four years of him, and he was no more narcissistic than Obama, less so I would wager. We have seen what his economy looks like, and it is miles away from anyone who believes in a command economy, which is pretty much everyone else at this point.
But, nothing you have said shows that being a narcissist is more likely to start a war than not being a narcissist, or that we have ever had one in office. But we have had a Trump, and, lo and behold, he didn't start any wars. So, I will take him, the known quantity, verses any of the unknown quantities.
Well when you bring up the narcissism of Obama, it almost makes Trump look like Mother Theresa. I feel like I’ve been checkmated.
But I have to say that narcissists have a bad track record. I would put Mao, Stalin, Hitler in that category. Not to say Trump is anything like those guys - he’s not. He’s more like Trudeau, Mobutu, the Perons.
You Trump supporters act like you’re on a desert island and he’s the only game in town. Sorry, but he’s a clown, a parody of himself. Yes he has been totally shafted by the Leftist media and our state security apparatus. I get that. But if you really want our country to address tough issues and move forward, this guy is a hand grenade with a dangling pin.
As for avoiding wars, that’s more a matter of luck than anything else. Clinton, for example, was lucky and benefited from the Reagan/Bush era. Wars will be with us for the foreseeable future. Some are avoidable , others are not. Prepare, and get used to it. I don’t want a reality TV host driving geopolitics. And I wouldn’t vote for Biden in 100 years. My point is, we have to do better.
The way to prevent wars is to clearly communicate to aggressors that the risks clearly outweigh the rewards. this must be done confidently by a party that is committed to their word.
This is exactly what President Trump did. He took actions against the worst offenders against human rights, Russia, Iran and China. They knew he was serious.
Trump’s instincts were pretty good, but he was mostly successful because he was surrounded by competent people who love this country and executed sound policies, sometimes in spite of him. His tantrums cost him many of his own appointees as he would throw anyone under the bus regardless of their loyalty to him, VP Pence being an excellent example.
This time around it will be harder to attract such talent, and he seems inclined to appoint sycophants. His abandonment of TPP left a void that China has happily and quickly filled. He bungled COVID and ran up trillions in debt. He did some good things too. McConnell is the one responsible for steering constitutional judges into the Supreme Court. He has had years to refine his policies and tell us what to expect and even who some of his appointees would be. Instead, we get the same old stump speeches.
But If you like what you think his policies are, you have to ask yourself if there is no one else who believes what he does but can attract the best people and execute sound policies without the drama. I think DeSantis and Haley both fit the bill, though DeSantis is a better match in terms of policy instincts.
DeSantis would be better at executing Trump-style policies than Trump himself but he lacks charisma and showmanship which, unfortunately, have become a requirement for high office.
Haley? No. She's the third term of George W. Bush with a touch of Liz Cheney thrown in. Possibly a choice for Secretary of State in a DeSantis Administration.
The whole "showmanship" point is a good one. We used to have many very uncharismatic presidents. In just the last century, Truman, Eisenhower, Ford, Coolidge, Harding and even Bush I come to mind. JFK and television changed all that, and I had several women tell me they voted for Clinton despite his policies because they thought he was "cute". Really? it's so shallow and reduces the pool of qualified candidates by a lot. I agree that DeSantis is probably the optimal pick for those currently running.
As if Major crap hasn’t ALREADY gone down! The Dems and their dark money backers are completely corrupt and couldn’t govern their way out of a paper bag. They have BAD policies that are destroying the country. This open border is crushing hard working tax paying citizens. Illegals are taking our money, destroying our schools, health care system and who knows how the current crime wave will end up...worse??? Is that even possible? At least Trump GOVERNED for the PEOPLE. Solid policies create a solid economy and everything that produces. The weaponization of the countries law agencies - all of them - is a disgusting thing to observe. Never thought I would call America a banana republic but if the Dems keep power (which is ALL they care about) it will become one.
I don't disagree with anything you said. But this is a wonderful country of some 330 million people many of whom are extremely bright and talented, and a smaller subset of these who are willing to throw their hats into the public ring and take all the abuse that comes with that decision. Are you saying it's Trump or nobody? I just don't buy that. The never Trumpers say "if we don't stop him we'll lose the country", while the Trump supporters say "if we don't elect him we'll lose the country". Sorry, I'm just not gonna smoke that pipe. We can do better.
Why are people always looking for perfect? are any of us perfect? How about the second best-- narcissism generally doesn't kill/create wars and can put a sentence together, knows where they are and doesn't need amphetamine shot in the morning nor a downer at night to live (re: Tucker Carlson/Alex Jones revelation )
Again, not voting for trump, but I understand that for the vast majority of voters it's as mind numbingly simple as you suggest. Get yourself prepared for it to be as stupid as your sigh warrants _ trump v biden...
You make a good point, we are risk of 4 years of verbal buffoonery but how else do we change? Its obvious that they fear him because of the change he represents not because of any loss of democracy. (The fact that they are willing to kill democracy to save us from him is the tell.) I do not see anyone on the horizon. RFK is the only other alternative and is just as loose a cannon with doubtful administrative competence.
Yeah, it is interesting how visceral the liberal establishment is about their hatred of Trump. For the younger readers here, the media has vilified every republican president from Nixon on, no exceptions.
Still, the hatred of Trump by the swamp is unprecedented. He’s not one of them, and maybe they’re afraid he’ll blow up the whole donation-contracts-appointments-influence game that many live off of. It’s the best argument for his candidacy, and I think deep down it’s the reason why his supporters back him.
yes - Nixon from my childhood but I remember. They have done this consistently, but now they are saying "this time we mean it." But there is something to that as the mask has been taken off. And both parties see the danger he represents. Not to democarcy but to them.
True. And who knows, maybe he'll surprise me. The country really does need a reset - people are sick of the whole elitist-grifting culture of Washington and academia.
Vivek is a Maga candidate . He is smart and not beholden to PACs and donors. He is smart and researches topics in depth. He takes unscripted questions from anyone and everyone. He reaches the youth. He is putting in the hard work of meeting every voter in Iowa and New Hampshire. He could serve 2 terms. He is articulate and charismatic and fearless. How anyone who likes Trump doesn’t see Vivek Ramaswamy as a better, cleaner( uncorrupt) choice.... If he does well in Iowa it’s a new race
True 'dat. I wonder who's really making Biden's decisions for him, or at least guiding his thinking towards certain conclusions. One of the problems with Biden - and there are many - is that you don't really know who's running the country, and you certainly didn't elect them.
We won’t have to put up with a Russia conspiracy crippling the WH and taxpayers for 3 years, nor an impeachment over a conversation that mentioned Biden.
Due process??? What's that? Don't you remember President Obama gloating about his "kill" list? The man assassinated American citizens overseas. Citizens that had not been:
Right on the money. The vote is the only power citizens hold vis a vis our government. No one has the authority to take that away, nor will it ever be forgotten.
You think my vote matters. You think no one will deny me the right to vote for my chosen candidate. Those statements are likely true. But what your statement ignores is what will likely happen. My vote will be diluted by unverified mail-in ballots. Election administration will be again managed by activists, curing ballots for favored candidates while invalidating votes for the disfavored. The courts, including the Supremes, will ignore unlawful activities, due to partisan allegiance or fear. So my vote won't really count.
You get the point. We should be able to respectfully disagree on political views and candidates. Unelected court officials should not deny voters the right to vote for their candidate of choice. Everyone, even if it is a political candidate that is disdained, should have the right to due process. In my opinion, after watching the videos, I dont know how anyone could claim that that a group of unarmed protestors being escorted around the capital building could be considered an insurrection anyways.
It’s truly a brave new world. I don’t feel like there is much to keep the GOP from taking candidates off the ballot for whatever reason they want to imagine now, and why not extend that to Congress critters? Which I think would actually happen if SCOTUS doesn’t take this strategy off the table.
Agree SCOTUS must act, hopefully unanimously, but even with that action, the leftist totalitarians will just raise more hell, take other illegal actions that take years in court to overturn. I am SO SICK of the bolshevist / fascist Democrats. The fact that we seem to be a 50-50 country is terrifying. It means about half of American voters still do not understand that the Democrats are committed to destroying our republic.
From the poll: (However, since 2009, independent identification has grown and reached levels not seen before. Now, political independents (41%) greatly outnumber Republican (28%) and Democratic (28%) identifiers.)
Lots of sources for this. If we ended closed primaries these corrupt empty husks would die.
It is the Republicans that are the problem. The keep enabling Democratic whacko's by losing elections based on their stupid stances on Abortion. I have heard many of them say that they would rather lose elections than give up on outlawing abortion. My problem is the Republicans. They keep allowing the Democratic whacko's to win elections over and over. Trump basically killed the Republicans in 2020 and then the Republicans killed themselves over abortion in 2022. How many times do Republicans have to completely screw up and allow Democrats to be elected before you get it. I guarantee you Trump will lose to Biden again in 2024. Trump is a loser and the Democrats know it and the are doing all this to get Trump as their candidate so that Biden can beat him again.
I agree with you that the GOP needs to let go of abortion issue. That genie ain’t going back in the bottle no matter how you feel. Same thing with the left trying to take our guns away. Let it go. If we could move past those 2 issues things would be smoother. I like to cynically say the left prefers their murder in-utero, the right ex-utero. Fine. Let’s move on.
yes, the republicans try to pander to a media that hates them and
I beleive the abortion issue is going to let the dems win again in 24. So, yes it is mudering a person. It's a horrible issue, nobody wins. If you are choosing to have an abortion that's something that person and those around her will have to carry with them the rest of their lives. If they can't, won't , don't want to raise a child, then they should be allowed to make that choice. If YOU want to keep someone from getting an abortion, then YOU should at least be willing take the child and raise it. Otherwise, shut your mouth.
Yes, you can be against abortion and not choose it for yourself and think it should not be banned - people have to grapple with that issue themselves. I think it’s horrible but I’m not going to force my views on others just like I don’t want to be forced to take a vaccine that might kill or maim me. I think you are right about the Republicans losing again if they don’t change their tune.
It is their Achilles heel. Prohibition doesn’t erase demand - universally applicable - I’m still disgusted by those that celebrate it or pretend it isn’t terminating a human life (despite being pro-choice). Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, however.
That Bill Burr bit about “it’s not a cake yet.” Is about the best analogy there is. Well, it would’ve been if you hadn’t done what you just did!
Thats like saying (even though I agree the Republicans are a problem) the wife of the alcoholic is responsible for his behaviour. Your statement represents all that is at issue with the fact people willl not and do not take responsibility for their actions and that so many of us want to blame others for actions that are clearly not theirs.
1) Roe v Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court because that was the constitutionally correct decision. You could argue it was poor timing, but to uphold Roe v Wade would be to flagrantly decide to toss out all Constitutionality bc that ruling had never had a single leg to stand on which was known abundantly to all scholars and lawyers. So all they were doing is their job but yes of course it negatively effected the midterms.
2) The statistical probability of Joe Biden beating Trump is so extremely small it would truly be a miracle. Trump has gained ground in every single demographic category, and will receive far more votes than he did in 2020. Is Biden gonna receive more votes than in 2020? Certainly not real votes, as he has no real base and many former voters like me are gonna vote Trump this time. However I believe theres no limit to the election fraud the Dems will attempt so we will see
No , it isn’t that.it’s that 70% of Americans can’t even be bothered to vote. If we got a 50% turnout, democrats would never be in power of anything. Ever. People in America are effing stupid.
Who is there to vote for? Sick of being offered the lesser of two evils. Electric chair or lethal injection? THIS is not a democratic republic. It's a corporatocracy. A facade. It'd be a joke if it didn't impact so much of humanity.
I will proudly vote for PDT. Only because the only four years in my lifetime the world didn’t have a war to sell news. Four years of peace. Im 68. So yeah.
Yeah. Well. I'm 72. There were wars going on: just not the ones that the propagandists want to magnify. Our economic engine runs on financial markets, pharma, weapons of war. Trump's primary legislation gave a giant tax cut to the wealthy without closing the carried interest loophole & partnered with Big Pharma to shut down the global economy for the Jab. Obama handed healthcare over to insurance companies He & bailed out the banks, and let taxpayers lose their homes. Trump behaves & talks like a working stiff, but he's not. He used to pal around with all the same demagogues as the Dems. Policy won't change. The names change; they make a show of how different it is, but it just keeps circling the drain. The game is rigged. He loves the attention & the sense of power. They all do. Used to be an empire lasts about 340 years. Technology and geopolitics have shortened that. We're headed for a fall regardless of who assumes the White House. It will have different effects on various people. But the empire is collapsing whether we like it or not. It's ok. It needs a reboot.
Because Republicans are too ideological to do it. Republicans won't break laws, Republicans won't cheat on elections. All Republicans care about is outlawing abortion. Republicans are losers and they enable us to have to live with Democratic whacko's Republicans are stupid. Dems are whacko. Whacko beats stupid everytime.
Nah you’re belittling their voters too you’re just too big of a coward to come out and say what you mean I guess. It’s cool though man this yall are gonna get what you think you want eventually and we’ll see how much shit yall talk when this fucker goes off the rails.
I agree. I think the Red State retaliation is a terrible spiral to get into, and may be what the democrats were hoping for. Now both sides can demonize each other more than ever before and the election will have more drama and confusion than ever before. Thank you Lord God that our supreme court actually cares about the Republic and is mostly above this pettiness- I think.
It's obvious that Team D (with the tacit approval of much of the establishment wing of Team R) intends to rig the election by imprisoning the opposition candidate or removing him from the ballot.
The GOP will write a sternly worded letter. They will be in all the Sunday shows to complain bitterly! And of course make millions of campaign donation solicitations. Taking action!
Look at what they did to the J6 goofballs. Their lives are completely ruined. Message sent and received. Unfortunately I think that once certain types of people reach a their breaking point threshold it’s going to get ugly. Me, I’ll vote as often as I can. I have a family to take care of and I’m no Patrick Henry unfortunately.
I’m appreciative that there are individuals like y’all out there. My MO however is to try and fly below the radar and navigate the system, it being what it is, as best as possible and take care of and provide as best as I can for my peeps.
the funny part about the "threat to Democracy" angle is that DJT's tools are pretty limited. Is the permanent bureaucracy going to go all in with him this time? they were so cooperative last time.
Because when the right protests, the full force of the state is brought to bear. Why the hell would I show up to a protest that is guaranteed to be half feds, trying to entrap people and throw the book at them.
We all learned some pretty powerful lessons in 2020. The feds were clearly disappointed there wasn't any real violence from protesters. They WANTED people to get mad and fight back so they could justify more force, more erosion of civil liberties.
They're holding 95% of the cards. OF COURSE they'll get away with it.
So, nobody is going to get hung, nothing will happen.
We'll still hear lots of Eagle Flag Freedom Talk, especially when they're trying to get the masses fired up for the next war of aggression. Also, Muh Democracy Is Saved. We'll hear lots of that, ad nauseum, if anyone other than Trump wins in November.
Why, let's all call our representatives and senators and complain. I will call Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Seth Moulton and explain to them the defect of their positions.
Matt Taibbi compared the election of Trump to something like leave a big turd blossom on the doorstep of an elitist's house. Maybe it's time to start leaving turds on the doorsteps... literally.
Yes there is a way this ends well. Trump is elected President in 2024. Any other outcome will exponentially aggravate the insanity. If these Third World Democrat antics succeed they will never end. The Democrats have exposed the insane underbelly of their movement so now everyone can see it and must act to end their madness.
I don’t for a minute believe that is ending well, although I will be voting for Trump (since his being the nominee seems inevitable). But I expect 4 years of chaos as the left will likely riot, try and create some event similar to a pandemic if not another pandemic, and otherwise work 24-7 to destroy America in order to save us from Trump.
No, I think you are right, but I'm hoping this time, he stops being so weak. He can't run again, so he can stop the destruction in its tracks. This is why I wasn't going to vote for him. He gave up and let them destroy him from the inside. It was sickening to watch. However, I'll be voting for whoever is on the R ticket (unless it's Nikki Haley, at which point, I will write in Julius Caesar.)
I share your concerns but Trump knows more about the enemy now. What the totalitarian left did during his presidency was shocking and unexpected. They have continued that behavior since 2020 and Trump is in the unique position to know what they do and how to counter it. Maybe he will lose and the country will be doomed, but we need someone with experience fighting them.
I have to wonder. Will soldiers who took an oath to defend the Constitution just roll over and kill their neighbors because some dumbass elites told them to?
Military recruitment is way down, largely thanks to deliberate efforts by Washington to make it unpalatable to folks who historically would have considered it an attractive career choice.
As a solution, Senator Durbin has suggested recruiting illegal immigrants into the military, with a promise of citizenship if they serve well.
... so declining recruitment has nothing to do with the obesity epidemic or the army's rules for enlistment eligibility, in your opinion?
It's all down to "deliberate efforts" by Washington? Some kind of PR effort by the government to shoot its own standing army in the foot. Why would the government do that?
Have you seen any of the TikTok videos of the potential recruits saying they’d dodge any kind of draft and wouldn’t fight for the USA, for any reason? I kinda get the draft-dodging part - because let’s face it, who the hell would want to be drafted? But the underlying current of that generation not caring enough to fight for their country under any circumstances is pretty concerning. No, it’s absolutely concerning.
Well as a Marine vet I can tell you that a good portion of vets aren’t. The internet is full of us sounding the alarm. The real question is will YOU and the Civilians roll over and kill their neighbor. There’s more of you than us. Not just our responsibility.
I’m thinking the young soldiers I know, won’t be taking up arms against their conservative parents. They will be alongside their conservative parents, taking the country back. Unfortunately this is becoming a very real possibility. Thank God for old pissed off armed conservatives.
Side note: I find it hilarious when people say "secession has already been decided by the Civil War" -- I don't think that sets the precedent they think it does.
Oh it’s gonna get silly but it won’t play anymore. People are tired of playing along. And all these people acting cocky in here who’s brains trump broke in 2016 are going to go into complete mental breakdown mode and it’s gonna be epic.
The nation will likely end up on fire (literally) if Trump is elected POTUS 2024. The only good outcome, as I see it, is the election of a sane Republican (that would be RDS in my opinion) or RFK (which ain't gonna happen).
Democrats compare Desantis to Hitler all the time. There is no such thing as a Republican who is not Hitler to the Democrats. There is no way forward, until Democrats can be convinced that democracy means compromise and sharing power with people they disagree. But that will not happen, so there is no coming back from here.
In canada a conservative prime minister was called fascist for limiting press conference frequency. His successor prosecuted critical journalists and openly bought/paid off those who tended to favour him.
The nation is already (figuratively) on fire under the Democrats, who have become a band of racist warmongers preaching censorship and disenfranchisement. RDS seems like a nice guy but not up to the task of overcoming a foe that monstrous.
Well, I guess you haven't paid attention to what he has done in Florida (formerly purple state) in a few short years. Trump talks a good game but he's a blow hard. Just look at what he didn't accomplish the last 4 years around. RDS gets things done.
The Democrats will hate and go ballistic over any Republican or conservative who is in a leadership role. They absolutely adored John McCain until he became the Republican nominee. Then he became Hitler. They didn't actively love Romney, but he was the prototypical "good Republican" who was sane and reasonable. He'd been governor of Massachusetts after all. But it turned out that he was Hitler too. And you know what, they loved Donald Trump too. The hatred and the violence have nothing to do with who the Republican is. It's how the Democrats view all of their opponents.
Good points and it’s a serious problem. Another issue is that their behavior is pushing more and more people to become just as hateful and ornery as they are on the other end of the spectrum - and it’s creating locked in balkanization on both sides. It’s no way to run a country. It’s quite literally insane to see to so many purposeful actions develop when you can imagine the negative outcomes. Maybe Santa Claus will make an appearance and referee the situation - one can dream…
That is the fear and a profound one. but at this point, the establishment is point a gun to all of our heads and saying "do not do it! For your own good of course." You have to ask why, as trump, with all his warts, is simply not powerful enough to do what they say he will do.
It will end up on fire no matter what. 2024 is going to be a shit show. You have a 50/50 shot of it not being so, and those are not great odds. We may as well be as prepared as we can be.
Trump getting elected will not end well. Not only will it cause a full melt down on the left, but Trump is not actually a good president. He didn’t drain the swamp. He didn’t get his infrastructure projects through. And he allowed the “pandemic” to happen. The only real hood is a full on revolt in the democrat party or some other third party win.
Trump is not about infrastructure. He is about exposing and ending the national security state that has run the country for decades and assumed totalitarian control since the manufactured crises of 2020. The Democrats, RINOs and Fake News are their agents who have traded integrity for authoritarian power. The reason for the hysteria is that they all know Trump understands the problem and plans to solve it. You can't reform authoritarian institutions from within. They must be eviscerated by someone with the authenticity, motive and constitutional power to do it. There are no happy endgames here, but you have to choose between the authoritarian left and Trump. They are leaving no other choice. They throw tantrums no matter what happens so don't let fear of their melt down affect your judgement. If they are not stopped now you will live in fear of their hysterics forever.
Trump already had four years to end the national security state and all we managed to get out of it was the addition of a bio security state. He failed the first time and he will fail again because he doesn’t actually have a plan.
In a country that managed to increase the debt, income inequality, polarization and yet still get shut down by a cold virus. The only hood Trump did was not start another war, but that didn’t las either.
I lived in Portland, Oregon, ground zero for the Maoist Democrat revolution. I lived through the fires the Biden voters set each night through the summer. I listened to the trucks with loudspeakers they sent into the neighborhoods ordering white people out of their homes. Once there was nothing left to burn in the city they set fire to the forests around my home and I lived in choking black smoke for two weeks waiting to see if the fires would burn our house down. I saw first hand that Democrats are not a political party. They are a Maoist Revolutionary Guard that is carrying out a violent revolution to first cower and then kill their enemies. Trump thought he was dealing with conventional politicians but now he and we all know that we are already in a war.
Democrats don't CARE if it ends well. They've been trying to destroy the country for at least the last 8 years.
And this is EXACTLY why they kept calling 1/6 "insurrection" -- it's the magic word that allows them to remove him from the ballot. THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN. Knowing that, you should understand why they're so desperate to keep video evidence of what happened on 1/6 secret.
The FBI supervisor of the fake Whitmore kidnapping was promoted to head of the D.C. field office. He retired after January 6th. It's as obvious as a punch in the face what happened.
Let the Governors of the Southern border states remove Joe from the ballot. He has committed treason for not upholding his oath to protect our country. Can you imagine MSM on reacting to that?
But section 5 is very specific in saying all 14th Amendment sections shall be enforced by an act of Congress: "The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." The word "shall" is usually used in the exclusive sense, meaning no other way than "appropriate legislation". The focus on Article 3 is just another example of bogus Democrat lawfare hoodwinking.
And the senate already acquitted him for insurrection specifically. The Secretary of State of a state is superseding the US Senate on matters of presidential electability. And this decision was almost 3 years ago
What that means is the amendment cannot be enforced without appropriate legislation. The 18th amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol, but until the Volstead act was passed, it was unenforceable. What is the legislation passed by congress to enforce the provisions of section 3 of the 14th amendment?
This is all so bewildering. I am almost forced to put on my tin foil hat. What the hell is going on? Are the Democrats playing 3D chess? Is there some ulterior motive? Or is this just a case of arrogance and stupidity? Or maybe this is just a nation coming apart at the seams.
It’s possible that they are attempting to incite civil unrest as a justification to crack down on our civil liberties. Look at how much mileage they are getting from January 6th. Imagine what they would do if there was actually a serious backlash to their attempts at undue influence on the next election.
It’s not just possible. That’s 100% what they’re doing. Push until they know we won’t tolerate being disenfranchised any longer and then drop the hammer. Textbook authoritarianism.
The citizens of Colorado and Maine should be embarrassed. Even the CA crazies don’t appear to want to go the route of these two disgraceful states. You’re right Matt. This will not end well…for a Democrat party that is now much closer to Karl Marx than JFK.
CA does indeed want to get Trump off the ballot. Newsome opposes that because he’s got his eye on a presidential run and he’s not a complete idiot, but the move is cynical rather than principled.
Newsom can be counted on to do the WRONG thing at pretty much all times. He makes Biden look like a centrist. Emptying prisons, removed parental rights, child molestation now a ticket able offense, taxation thru agencies instead of voter approval, soft on crime, horrid record on education, lacking infrastructure with abysmal water and power. $500 million missing in PPE with no explanation. Aids must keep him apprised of goings on due to severe dyslexia Newsom is unable to read. Speeches are memorized, easy pickings in a debate as he is unable to counter on anything not previously memorized.
Carl? You may be onto something as I think that most of their supportes would be happy to stay on the coach with Carl's Jr and let them do whatever they want.
People in the media really really hate trump. And honestly he isn’t that great, but he’s also not the anti-Christ. I am trying to imagine a path which doesn’t lead to...gulp....violence and I think our one and only salvation is almost no one I talk to IRL cares. America is walking blindly goofily and clumsily into technocracy and everyone is like, life’s never been better! We have an incredible predilection towards chewing the cud. Sitting on the couch, watching Netflix. It is more culturally acceptable to take ass pics for your onlyfans at your grandmother’s birthday than it is to say the word congress in polite conversation. Everyone knows that politics are a pretend world where up is down and down is up. It isn’t until this upside down world turns off the power or makes gas $8 a gallon that anyone will stop grazing at their pile of media and entertainment that they slop up from their feeds. We are incapable of bringing light to the darkness. And that might just be fine for everyone.
I am a lawyer, and predict that Trump's removal will be struck down by the courts just like it was in Colorado. It will increase his poll numbers, too. Maybe Trump should send Ms. Bellows flowers.
I don't believe there has been a final ruling on the CO decision. The Colorado Supreme Court stayed their own ruling so it wouldn't go into effect until after being upheld but AFAIK the process hasn't fully played out. The MI and MN Supreme Courts did reject efforts to keep Trump off the primary ballot in those states.
“We are a nation of laws, none of which apply to us,” - the liberal elite
We are a Karentocracy, not a Republic. Government by the most craven and neurotic, by the most craven and neurotic. Shena Bellows is the same person as Ministry of Truth Nina Janowicz, fake kidnapping Big Gretch, plagiarist Claudine Gay, and lockdown child masker Randi Weingarten.
Karentocracy, love it!
Run by Zhou Bai Dinh. (stole it too)
Both of those are now in my current lexicon!
"Zhou Bai Dinh"!
Priceless - and accurate! Already shared it - thank you!
Agreed, but since there is undoubtedly an illegal NSA AI engine scouring our every word here, let me say there's not much daylight diction between "schlonged" and "Karentocracy" (though I'll note the latter is a noun, and the former a verb, so we probably need a verb form of the latter? I've got some ideas, but I'm too genteel to type them here. Also, my mom might read this).
Your friend Geordie Robison is reading this! Haha! Hey Branson! Don’t worry, I won’t tell your Mom!
See, nobody appears to worry what their mom might think anymore, and they should. Happy new year Geordie.
delightful.
Stealing this.
Nailed it perfectly.
Why does the left associate speech with violence? Could one reason be they have an understanding of the violence in their own heart they would like to inflict but are incapable of executing , so they do it from a bench or a committee seat. I'm persuaded ole Randi performed her own cruel version of "burn down a village in order to safe it" Dark Hearts
It’s 1,000% projection on their parts. Add in a pinch of narcissism and it’s the perfect recipe for the latest season of the shit-show we’re watching on TV.
Oh crap YB, now I can't get Karentocracy out of my head. Which means I might borrow it. Good one BTW.
Well put.
Me neither. Just when I thought I was almost out of the woods.
he's here he's there he's every fucking where ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOcTdH-Cg7M. be like Roy Kent
I sincerely believe there is an epidemic of prescription drug over-use and that the lunatics, crazies, psychos, and sociopaths are running rampant. crazy people dont know that they shouldnt be in charge. thats why they are crazy. social stigma and shame is an efficient tool to keep these people from doing damage to society. it needs a comeback.
I typically forego the mid-word “are” and substitute a completely accurate “u” when I speak of it.
These are women (I am one and see SO SO many like this) who perceive they have had no power over any aspect of their lives and don't really know how to wield it positively so it comes out in this twisted perversion . This kind of BS is the ONLY real power they have had over anything in their lives. This kind of detrimental (sometimes life threatening -- see the bioweapon known as COVID 19 vax) perverse need for tyrannical control over anyone and anything should be a syndrome in the DSM-5. Just think how much money Pharma could make.
While we're never allowed to diagnose anyone from a distance, what you describe rhymes with borderline personality disorder, the principal phenomenon of which is a pronounced lack of a sense of self, producing symptoms that result in desperate attempts to control the lives of others.
I objected loudly and often to the multi-hundred Ivy League psychiatrists who diagnosed Donald Trump with all manner of psychiatric ailments - the ethics of the profession forbid diagnosing a patient one has not met. I agree with Jack Gallagher; the description rhymes with borderline personality disorder. There is a possibility of comorbidity with hystrionic personality disorder. Whatever else she is, she's not a person happy with her life.
Ethics? What has ethics got to do with politics?
... so you say that and then say "but I'm not diagnosing anyone if I just say 'the description rhymes with such and such disorder'" 🤣 holy shit man
No one gives a fuck what you think. I’d rather have a president with some ball than one that doesn’t know where the fuck he is. It doesn’t take a dr to see that we currently have a brain dead zombie in the White House.
Outwardly, is very similar to sociopathy--the urge to fuck with other people’s lives
They definitely have no power over their size. Their weight. It’s odd. Since they cannot control this aspect of their being, does it make them want to control others? There’s something there. It’s not a coincidence.
There are lots of obese people of both sexes, all races, and all political persuasions in the USA. The reasons for it are myriad, from lack of access to fresh food in poor neighborhoods, to lack of education, to preference for culturally specific foods and ways of cooking, to the ubiquity of fast food franchises, to lack of exercise, and so on. Foreign tourists visit the States and comment about how enormous people are here.
There's something off about psychoanalyzing people's political motivations on the basis of their weight. You never saw a fat Trump supporter? Give me a break. People are fat in this country. It's a public health issue.
Agreed. Its not political to be overweight, its just processed food ingredients plus commute times and whatever other factors
I am informed that it is White Supremacy to exercise and be physically fit.
https://time.com/6242949/exercise-industry-white-supremacy/
Smalltime bureaucrat syndrome. I suspect someone better in the misanthropic arts-like HL Mencken-has a better name for it.
Kudos. "Smalltime Bureaucrat Syndrome" is actually pretty good though I would concur that an expert polemicist like Mencken might already have come up with a classic.
I didn't find a term as concise as what you propose, but Mencken had many characterizations of the enveloping process, e.g.:
https://fee.org/articles/12-hl-mencken-quotes-on-government-democracy-and-politicians/
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
And to think, instead of dog-paddling in Taibbi's comment section, each of us could have actually been reading Mencken or something. Really makes you think
It’s always amazed me how public officials can be bought off and paid for with so little cashola. I’ve seen it at the bush-league school board level in business dealings and all the way up to the varsity “big guy” league. Special interests get a massive return on their bribery investments. From hundreds of dollars in contributions for millions in municipal construction contracts to tens of thousands for billions in defense weapons systems. A dime store whore is a dime store whore.
"Little Hitler" gauleiters. I forget where that came from . . . I think from Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich."
Wow. Yes. Word of the day!
"Gauleiter"
Shirer's book was in my parents' library; I admit I haven't read it. In my youth, I was drawn more to technical subjects; I work to fill in various lacunae in my background, particularly history and geographical-cultural considerations. So many interesting books to read.
"Gauleiter" perfectly characterizes the often-unelected, or at least way out of their depth, little despots who have been instrumental in weakening our electoral system while declaring their efforts are to the opposite (e.g., the changes in the Pennsylvania election rules that circumvented the state legislature, all the recent shenanigans in Colorado and Wyoming, etc.).
Per your comment, re-titling Elvis Costello's "Two Little Hitlers", can we now we sing "Zwei Kleine Gauleiter"? One can make the latter fit the rhythm of the line reasonably well!
"As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and a complete narcissistic moron."
Rashida Tlaib
I think that's an HL Mencken quote.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/27042-as-democracy-is-perfected-the-office-of-president-represents-more
They, at least in my observance, tend to eschew deontological evaluations in favor of a consequentialist system. The problem being, getting to a preferred result without considering the precedent it establishes creates unintended consequences.
This is very much a condition of the Democrats. They have a result in mind and disregard the path necessary to do so which results in things like Trump getting 3 SCOTUS appointments and many many federal judgeships. Who would have thought that lowering the cloture vote to a simple majority would ever come back to bite them in the tookus.
You beat me too it. The crowd of grim, obese women behind Ms. Bellows was the first thing that caught my eye. And these are the people to whom is granted moral and political authority? Not for much longer, I think.
First thing I noticed as well. Talk about the "elephant(s)" in the room!
Lbs of bacon to be cut off those backs.
Ouch! Definitely getting into some classic-era National Lampoon -level jokes there!
Crazily, I really can't disagree.
I can't hear you--I have a banana in my ear!
Me, too, but I thought maybe that was because I live in Maine.
It looks like the Salem witch trials.
time to clean house and send the fat bitches packing.
this is when the citizens tarred and feathered their "leaders" in the old days of the early republic.
I don't advocate that or anything illegal. I'd be happy to see them sent back to private life where they can work as baristas or the floor at Home Depot for $14 per hour.
Nothing teaches like experience.
Scolds. Worried that somewhere, someone is having a good time.
Make that obese middle aged white women.
Or get off the silliness of "obese middle aged women" to begin with. Very stupid analysis.
There was no "analysis," just a statement of fact. The crowd looked very similar to the attendees of drag shows, the middle aged, obese white women with little kids in tow.
Her having cats is perhaps her only humanizing quality.
as.much as I like Jordan P. that is a lie
How can a quote from someone else be a lie, when it states an opinion about something that isn't at all subject to factual testing? AFAIK, nobody has a lock on absolute truth and falsehood, and I'm a bit tired of people saying "that is a lie" about someone else's opinion when there is no way to tell one way or the other. Maybe you meant "I don't believe that"?
How now, white cows?
🤣🤣🤣🤣😳
Fat men are consistently observed and offended. Offended fat women are just numerous.
Oh that’s kind of funny but I’m not sure why.
What does obese have to do with anything?
are you offended?
Of course I'm offended. As I'm sure you would be had the people referenced by male and defined with an equivalent insult. Grow the hell up.
I don't get your point but I assure you, unless directly insulted, I am unlikely to be offended. It's something I learned to manage whilst growing up.
Don’t despair, check the fat, homely guy in the tan shirt, 🤣😝
Seemed like a simple observation.
From “obese”? Come, now…
He's right. I am appalled every time I go to the grocery store. The crap masquerading as food and drink that most people buy is directly related to the way they live their lives. The cheapest, quickest , and easiest products to ingest results in their obesity and poor health. All "fixed" by gobbling handfuls of petroleum based drugs. If you don't care what you look like, nor if your body is healthy, you don't have your act together.
Get it together, Dave! Quit making excuses. Observe Plato’s stance on physical fitness and the majesty of the human body. Don’t let it slide - otherwise your shell (body) is a prison for your mind and spirit.
30 cats???!!!! Impossible! There is no way on earth she has fewer than 40 cats!
HA HA HA!
Well while we are being bitchy, I understand there are 3 women who run Washington. The state not the center of federal nongovernment.
When I look at Biden, I wonder if any of the front facing people have any power or if they are decoys to eventually collect the bullets of the angry mobs. We had wars, recessions, genocides, etc. before we had hoards of fat women in photos claiming authority to run the world.
I believe there is plenty of evidence to show the more attractive a person is the easier it is to get jobs, friends, etc.
If someone wanted to distract us with disposable leaders they would likely make use of the fact that we are programmed to prefer attractive people - even if we differ about the exact definition of attractive.
We have these in our state. Men and women. They love "mankind" but hate the neighborhood children. Pursed lips and scowling. Meaner than stink. Worried that somewhere someone is having a good time.
It's pretty low to comment on the opponent's physical appearance or diction instead of responding to their ideas. Is that all you can find to oppose?
30? That's rad!
That's a new one for me
I always thought it meant a busy body, nosy, preachy harpie. Could apply to any sex or race. And that's how I'll continue to use it.
Spot on. Karen is a state of mind, not a sex or color.
How about "Jamal" to represent someone with low IQ, quick temper, and violent disposition, irrespective of sex or race?
Same concept.
That’s a good kid who dindu nuffin.
How is it racial? It has nothing to do with race. It means a middle aged harpy of any race. The male equivalent is a Kevin.
Karens, if they are married, have Cuck husbands who enable their toxic behaviors. Cucks are just as responsible as Karens for the state of our country today.
You are going to need to define cuck husband for some on here. Not me.
That’s where google and their own curiosity is going to have come in.
If you don’t know what a cuck is, you probably are one ;)
Low T is destroying the Western World.
I think black women are excluded from the "Karen" category, as the more public Karens are invariably white women.
No. Do not pay attention to either pop culture or Wikipedia. I expect either or both to change the definition of definition shortly.
wikipedia is a propaganda toilet that flushes backwards.
Wikipedia is not a good reference for anything
It's tragic, but unsurprising, that Wikipedia was quickly recognized for propaganda value.
I still feel conflicted as I use to regularly donate. I still want to.
However, per your comment, I'd say that the likelihood that something in Wikipedia is accurate is inversely proportional to the subject's currency or socio-political propaganda value.
The real mischief is in subjects where a narrative needs to be projected and protected.
I've read that the editorial process in Wikipedia is highly balkanized and rife with in-fighting.
What is also amazing is that the CIA's "World Fact Book" appears to be a tremendously under-recognized resource, particularly in the U.S.:
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
I think it's more than anecdotal to note that, if that site were filled with mis-dis-mal-information (or whatever), we'd hear about it. Given that it's never brought up leads me to suspect it's accurate!
Wait a minute! The term 'Karen' is racist? Maybe we should be using "30CatLover" as code for 'Karen'? Oh, wait, then "30CatLover" would have to be racist too ..... and on and on and on, until "tulip" is racist because all words are racist.
What a country!
tulip. racist. refers to people with two lips
Yeah, two BIG lips, if you get me.
P.S.
I just remembered "tulip" was my cousin's euphemism for "fart." He would pronounce it using "Ub" language, so it sounded like "Tuboolubip."
...and I learned another thing today!
According to that Wikipedia article, if one can believe it (I comment on Wikipedia below :-), the "dialect" (such as it is) originated in the 17th century. Crazy!
Key-ripes! It's retro-day on Substack!
Are you referring to "Ubbi Dubbi"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubbi_dubbi
Dating myself, no doubt, but it was a good time to be a kid.
Banana in one's ear, forsooth!
Good grief. What are you writing about? Regardless, I fully embrace the original comment.
There it is, the expansion of definitions.
Except that most Americans couldn't define the Karen people or locate their territory on a map.
why?
Americans are incredibly self-absorbed. Also, the media doesn't work to keep us informed. When I returned to college, I was friends with several exchange students from other countries. They would tell me about world news that I had never heard of and they mocked American news outlets for keeping us so ignorant.
Our educational system has gone down the tubes and there's a reason for that. The elites don't really want us to be "critical, analytical thinkers" or we wouldn't put up with them for a moment.
This picking semantic nits, but I don’t call them liberals. Progressive seems more appropriate. These people aren’t liberals, who used to endorse individual freedoms with more government welfare programs and sexual libertinism. These folks are straight authoritarians and sociopaths who don’t have an honestly liberal bone in their bodies.
They are actually Marxist-Leninists in clown clothing. They are paper tigers but will push their agendas until Americans(see Loudon County VA school board coup) and hopefully Canadians wake the fuck up.
If they were Marxists, you would be enjoying public health care. Words actually mean things.
I dont know if I would be enjoying but yes we'd be getting it.
Good and hard.
I was going to say that but I stopped my self, thought it was too much. Thanks for completing it.
Exactly.
Marxists are not without their faults, but they do recognize class divide. These clowns think class divide is an excuse to not talk about whatever "ism" or "phobia" comes along.
They would correctly be called collectivists, particularly in terms of how one should think.
Public health care is what I call Medicare, Medicaid and ObamaCare. So yeah, we have it already.
I live in the EU. Doctors make house calls. Of course the neolibs are trying to privatize it and starve the ntl health care in a tub, but I would NEVER move back to the US based on health care alone. And I have the reds to thank!
Stay there.
Don't ever move if you want house calls! I have a relative in England and he has now waited over two years for a surgery he needs.
Don't come to Canada either- where euthanizing you because you can't get timely treatment is now a common occurrence.
To me it’s a nightmare to think I couldn’t pick my own dr.
They are capitalist Marxists. Who think putting third-party for-profit entities in charge of health-care is a workable option. It simply does not get more assinine.
Healthcare (free or affordable for all) should be recognized as a human right world-wide.
That would be nice. But we do not inhabit either a perfect world or a utopia. And healthcare by algorithm, whether a government one or a for-profit insurance corporation one, is not. If it is a government one it is about equitable distribution of service as opposed to the need of the individual patient. If it is a for-profit insurance corporation one it is about profit. And this notion being lauded in the States that the young people must sign up (contribute to the profits) to bear the costs is akin to Social Security and anyone with firing neurons sees the collapse of that coming despite the pretzel twisting of the economy to make it work. I am not opposed to acknowledging problems. I am definitely opposed to ill-conceived fixes. Can you say unintended consequences? The idea that government can fix our problems, much less satisfy our wants and needs, is a fairy-tale.
If they were Marxists, with the kind of power they like, we would be dead.
Many freely admit they are Marxist. Communism does not happen over night. There is a long March to implement the ideology. Especially in a country that used to value free speech and liberty. Many of us still due. This is their great reset to a globalist world run by the few. I would say it is slightly different than the Russian or Chinese revolutions but the basics are the same. Add in some fascism by collaborating with corporations and voila.
They are not trying to save democracy (who even knows what that word means to them)
They change definitions daily by their brute force by minions or activists(again what’s the difference?) we must all adhere to their lies.
Take control of energy
Take control of the means of production
Take control of money
Take control of water
Take control over food production
Take control over information
Take control over our health
Take control over our education
Take control over our morality
Take control over elections
Wake up that is not democracy.
It is communism-fascism-totalitarianism-oligarchy-socialism-despotic.
It makes the rest of us slaves to their will.
Wake up
"The basics are the same"? The Maoist and Leninist revolutions were barely even the same. The economic situation in America isn't remotely comparable, what are you talking about?
No. We are too well armed and they know it.
A lot of people call themselves “Christians” but have little they actually share with the precepts of Christianity. The same is true with the political theories of Marxism. Calling yourself such-and-such doesn’t actually mean you are that, or that you even understand what the term means.
Crappy public health care. Which is identical to what we have here.
Dave- I live in Tuscany. I used to live in California, and had really good insurance. My health care here is better by every measure- except the waiting rooms aren’t so cushy as they are in Pacific Heights. However, the wait times to see my doc are WAY shorter, and I never have to argue with my insurance company about tests or meds. My doc says I need it, she’s the final word.
I wasn't aware Marxists had taken control of Italy. When does this happen?
Don't ever think Canada has better. Signed, a Canadian
Enjoying Public Health Care? The system in which those with means still go to the head of the line but GenPop gets rationed care! No thanks
From your State assigned Government housing huvel.
I'm cool with neo-communofascist elites
You wouldn't know a Marxist-Leninist if you debated one on a stage
American liberals or "progressives" (they're not) are the furthest thing from Marxism-Leninism. And you display your ignorance of that form of economic system by making that claim.
Those people are what Catherine Liu defines as "the Professional-Managerial Class" and they are deeply embedded in the capitalist system that works so well for them.
Please go to the library and do some research on Marxism-Leninism. At this time, you are using that phrase to stand in for "something I have been taught to hate," not a valid definition of the term.
They're neo-Marxists/cultural Marxists/Frankfurt School Marxists. Still Marxists or under the family of Marxist systems in the same way that Marx was a Hegelian. Progressives have just changed the groups considered oppresed from proletariat to minorities.
Marxist leninists? Are u kidding? Their raisin detre is to uphold an oligarchy run by Martha's Vineyard elites for the profit of the Martha's Vineyard elites.
School board coup? Did that happen before or after they elected a dude that swore in on a stack of kiddie porn
More like the Clear Smoker
Completely agree, and I don’t consider it nit picking. My teeth clench at every reference to these people as liberals, by no definition does that label work. Even calling them progressive is a stretch, though they are progressing toward something. Just not anything good.
I prefer to call them leftists.
Speaking as one who knows, they aren't leftists. In fact, they would be horrified if a real leftist ever got on their ballot.
I only wish that Substack allowed down votes on comments.
No. They are leftists. Like all the ones Robert Conquest described.
Then what are they?
They are what Chris Hedges calls the liberal class. Or Catherine Liu calls the Professional-Managerial Class.
They are centrists.
Go on YouTube and listen to Phil Ochs' song Love Me, I'm a Liberal.
The children of the "New Left"...
The children of the corn were less dangerous
Outstanding
yup. That's what they are and always have been. Good thought.
I think it is those liberal 'more government welfare programs' that brought us 'Karen'.
I don't think we all use word "karen" in same context.
I am sure that is true. ‘We’ seem to have different definitions for liberal, progressive, fascism, and so on also. My ‘Karen’ comes directly from Barry when he was in office – the life of Karen, cradle to grave taken care of by the USG. No need for a hubby or a job because Big Gov has her covered. And if she has kids, lots of free lunch meals, day care, child tax credits and Medicaid. ‘Karens’ happen because big gov has installed a communal tax, economic, and subsidy system in which those that don’t chip in are free to continually take out.
Be careful or you’ll be accused of anti-semanticism
fabulous!
And we're supposed to trust these Blue Anon conspiracists to properly administer and count the ballots come November 2024.
They must want to completely discredit the electoral process. This is incredibly stupid, just unbelievably bad.
Dark money funding of “non profits” such as Citizens for Responsible Ethics (who pushed the Trump ballot issue through the judiciary in Colorado) and its sister org American Oversight have all but guaranteed our inability to challenge electronic voting, unconstitutional absentee ballot voting measures, etc. Fully weaponized lawfare is upon us.
There is no statistical way the Democrats bested the Republicans in the last election. The numbers don’t add up. I live in a purple State (only putple because people like my neighbors fled California for a saner place of living. But we are still reeling from voter fraud. My Dad told me in 2016.that he his vote had already been registered when he went to vote in person. Fraud! Please, you can’t tell me this doesn’t exist when it clearly does…..
Did you mean America Overweight?
Remember when we used to send Jimmy Carter around the world to observe elections in the third world. Now those third world countries need to come and help us.
You should see NYC at the moment- definitely Third World, between the Covid restaurants on the sidewalks, homeless people and illegal migrants everywhere- the smell of marijuana everywhere and during summer the smell of piss’n’poop...we are living the Third World now.
Damn that's funny. Great post!
Ha! So sadly true…..
In 2016 Trump had a third world organization evaluate the election.
Sec. Bellows just admitted that the Democrats can't beat Trump in an election.
Well they were sure it would work when they supported him in the primary in '16; so at least they've learned that lesson, sort of.
Exactly!
I am so pissed that I have to share my own take on that grotesque travesty.
https://trygvewighdal.substack.com/p/maine-insurrection
The adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1868 was influenced by the context of the Civil War and its aftermath. The Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865, was a conflict primarily fought over issues of slavery, states' rights, and the preservation of the Union.
Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, in particular, targeted individuals who had engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States during the Civil War. It stated that such individuals would be disqualified from holding certain offices unless Congress, by a two-thirds majority vote, decided to remove the disqualification.
In summary, the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted as part of the Reconstruction efforts to address the aftermath of the Civil War, establish civil rights for newly freed slaves, and reintegrate the Southern states into the Union on terms that aligned with the principles of equal protection and citizenship and as such has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
Too true! Americans don't know their own history, as you do clearly show. Not many know the Constitution or have ever studied civics in school.
You, however, seem to know EVERYTHING.
hear hear!!
"Rules based international order for thee, not for me."
Yeah, our rules - no one else's - when we feel like it.
🎯
Amen
The “goddamed piece of paper”:
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2
Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5
The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Oh to be able to convey so much meaning with so few words! Brilliantly stated Danika.
Yes, in the brave new "Rules Based International Order" created by our liberal elite, they MAKE the rules, they don't follow them.
I seem to remember a bunch of laws being violated with impunity in the 2020 election year.
Of course they made up some BS to justify it. Now, four years later, people are waking up?
The election itself was unconstitutional and thus void. Only State legislatures can change voting laws, not Governors by diktat.
Facts
I believe they would like to follow the election laws of Hamas
This is organized lawfare:
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Famgreatness.com%2F2023%2F12%2F29%2Ferasing-trump-from-2024-ballot-is-an-inside-the-beltway-job%2F
2024 will be a political cluster f. Enjoy the show.))) 😄
except none of the left's laws line up with the laws of Nature and Natures God.
Not sure Bellows is all that different from Putin when eliminating opponents. Neither will go to jail, both think it is the right thing to do, and both don’t care whether it is legal.
As a Maine voter, I am equally appalled. Apparently, our Sec of State says Trump is an insurrectionist so it must be true! Forget due process, forget a trial, forget a conviction. I don't intend to vote for him, but I want my fellow citizens to know their vote matters, that no one will deny them the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice. This decision, if upheld, sets a very dangerous precedent.
I was on the fence but I definitely WILL be voting for him now. I'll change my party affiliation (from none) and go caucus with the Republicans if that's what they decide to do.
I sort of feel the same way, but I think we have to resist the urge to shove our middle finger at the D.C. swamp elites by re-electing Trump. The reason is that we'd be stuck with Trump's unpredictability and pettiness for four years where a lot of major stuff could go down. We can reform Washington without turning it into a soap opera of narcissism.
What is the alternative? Every single politician is a sold-out pile of steaming dreck. Biden is a career criminal in diapers. Blinken uses Joe's 'presidential authority' to fork out money to Ukraine, so who knows who's in control of other issues? Democrats are new, kind Nazis pushing for chic Gulag for all. Republicans (establishment, that is) are a cowardly bunch of morons.
I do not think Trump is the best solution, but there isn't any given that the Cabal in power took us here—the whole establishment is against him, and he has only people on his side. I'd rather side with the people.
Hey y'all. RFK Jr.
That’s what I’m doing. But I see how he’s treated when he’s interviewed by media and Congress. I don’t care if he’s got some wacky doodle shit going on. What are they afraid of with him? He is the only one I can see who acknowledges the weapons of war economy that runs this country.
RFK jr is a great candidate. Vivek would be my next choice. Neither is a corrupt member of the swamp. Either is far superior to Trump or Biden, neither is fit for office albeit for different but equally serious reasons,
RFK Jr
RFK anti 2A. Deal killer.
Dr. Cornel West
I haven't heard West disavow any of the policies, especially Dem party policies, that have gotten us into this mess. He's not my "brother" unless he disengages from the ruling elite.
West is a woke DEI phony
You haven’t heard his disagreements with the Democrats. Is that supposed to mean he didn’t say anything about them?
There’s plenty. Here’s a couple from an article in Time: “ “It just reveals the moral bankruptcy of both parties when it comes to foreign policy,” he tells me. “We see that so clearly now.”
Asked if they ran someone else besides Biden, he said“ ‘If Martin Luther King Jr. came back from the dead and ran for the Democratic Party ticket, I would not run. But that will never happen in a corporate-dominated Democratic Party.’” Not perfect but not the same.
There’s also Claudia de la Cruz who has made her positions very clear. And we could even vote for Jill Stein again.
When I asked rhetorically about an alternative, I meant someone who could realistically win.
Dr. Cornel West is brilliant but would have zero chance of winning anything in this vile system. RFK Jr. started as a Democrat, a huge no-no in my eyes given what they've been doing, and as an independent, he has as many chances as Dr. West.
It’s all relative. I think DeSantis or Haley would be a significant improvement over the last two presidents.
DeSantis maybe - Haley is Bush III
I'd accept some narcissism to stop forever wars.
Sorry David, but people were saying that for thousands of years, often right before they were massacred. For the foreseeable future, there will be wars, and it only takes one side to start a war. The only questions are, will we be ready? And will we prevail? This doesn’t mean we can’t avoid “unnecessary “ wars (those are the ones where lots of people die, just not Americans). But wars there will be.
We had four years of him, and he was no more narcissistic than Obama, less so I would wager. We have seen what his economy looks like, and it is miles away from anyone who believes in a command economy, which is pretty much everyone else at this point.
But, nothing you have said shows that being a narcissist is more likely to start a war than not being a narcissist, or that we have ever had one in office. But we have had a Trump, and, lo and behold, he didn't start any wars. So, I will take him, the known quantity, verses any of the unknown quantities.
Well when you bring up the narcissism of Obama, it almost makes Trump look like Mother Theresa. I feel like I’ve been checkmated.
But I have to say that narcissists have a bad track record. I would put Mao, Stalin, Hitler in that category. Not to say Trump is anything like those guys - he’s not. He’s more like Trudeau, Mobutu, the Perons.
You Trump supporters act like you’re on a desert island and he’s the only game in town. Sorry, but he’s a clown, a parody of himself. Yes he has been totally shafted by the Leftist media and our state security apparatus. I get that. But if you really want our country to address tough issues and move forward, this guy is a hand grenade with a dangling pin.
As for avoiding wars, that’s more a matter of luck than anything else. Clinton, for example, was lucky and benefited from the Reagan/Bush era. Wars will be with us for the foreseeable future. Some are avoidable , others are not. Prepare, and get used to it. I don’t want a reality TV host driving geopolitics. And I wouldn’t vote for Biden in 100 years. My point is, we have to do better.
The way to prevent wars is to clearly communicate to aggressors that the risks clearly outweigh the rewards. this must be done confidently by a party that is committed to their word.
This is exactly what President Trump did. He took actions against the worst offenders against human rights, Russia, Iran and China. They knew he was serious.
Great comment.
Trump nailed it four years, and now he’s unpredictable? Wtf.
Trump’s instincts were pretty good, but he was mostly successful because he was surrounded by competent people who love this country and executed sound policies, sometimes in spite of him. His tantrums cost him many of his own appointees as he would throw anyone under the bus regardless of their loyalty to him, VP Pence being an excellent example.
This time around it will be harder to attract such talent, and he seems inclined to appoint sycophants. His abandonment of TPP left a void that China has happily and quickly filled. He bungled COVID and ran up trillions in debt. He did some good things too. McConnell is the one responsible for steering constitutional judges into the Supreme Court. He has had years to refine his policies and tell us what to expect and even who some of his appointees would be. Instead, we get the same old stump speeches.
But If you like what you think his policies are, you have to ask yourself if there is no one else who believes what he does but can attract the best people and execute sound policies without the drama. I think DeSantis and Haley both fit the bill, though DeSantis is a better match in terms of policy instincts.
DeSantis would be better at executing Trump-style policies than Trump himself but he lacks charisma and showmanship which, unfortunately, have become a requirement for high office.
Haley? No. She's the third term of George W. Bush with a touch of Liz Cheney thrown in. Possibly a choice for Secretary of State in a DeSantis Administration.
The whole "showmanship" point is a good one. We used to have many very uncharismatic presidents. In just the last century, Truman, Eisenhower, Ford, Coolidge, Harding and even Bush I come to mind. JFK and television changed all that, and I had several women tell me they voted for Clinton despite his policies because they thought he was "cute". Really? it's so shallow and reduces the pool of qualified candidates by a lot. I agree that DeSantis is probably the optimal pick for those currently running.
As if Major crap hasn’t ALREADY gone down! The Dems and their dark money backers are completely corrupt and couldn’t govern their way out of a paper bag. They have BAD policies that are destroying the country. This open border is crushing hard working tax paying citizens. Illegals are taking our money, destroying our schools, health care system and who knows how the current crime wave will end up...worse??? Is that even possible? At least Trump GOVERNED for the PEOPLE. Solid policies create a solid economy and everything that produces. The weaponization of the countries law agencies - all of them - is a disgusting thing to observe. Never thought I would call America a banana republic but if the Dems keep power (which is ALL they care about) it will become one.
I don't disagree with anything you said. But this is a wonderful country of some 330 million people many of whom are extremely bright and talented, and a smaller subset of these who are willing to throw their hats into the public ring and take all the abuse that comes with that decision. Are you saying it's Trump or nobody? I just don't buy that. The never Trumpers say "if we don't stop him we'll lose the country", while the Trump supporters say "if we don't elect him we'll lose the country". Sorry, I'm just not gonna smoke that pipe. We can do better.
At some point you will probably need to choose the lesser of two evils. Wishing that weren’t the case will not change that.
Why are people always looking for perfect? are any of us perfect? How about the second best-- narcissism generally doesn't kill/create wars and can put a sentence together, knows where they are and doesn't need amphetamine shot in the morning nor a downer at night to live (re: Tucker Carlson/Alex Jones revelation )
Oh really? How? By writing blog posts? Don´t think so...Voting for their Nemesis would go a long way to upsetting the apple cart.
I'm not voting for Trump, but this argument that Trump ”will mess everything up" is absurd at this point.
My instinct here is to list Bidens greatest hits, but to what end? You either look at the world around us and understand, or you don't...
Sigh. Is Biden vs Trump our only choice? Can we please move past this artificial binary dance of death?
Again, not voting for trump, but I understand that for the vast majority of voters it's as mind numbingly simple as you suggest. Get yourself prepared for it to be as stupid as your sigh warrants _ trump v biden...
Yeah, you're probably correct. I'll have plenty of popcorn on hand to watch the show, and boy will it be a show.
No.
You make a good point, we are risk of 4 years of verbal buffoonery but how else do we change? Its obvious that they fear him because of the change he represents not because of any loss of democracy. (The fact that they are willing to kill democracy to save us from him is the tell.) I do not see anyone on the horizon. RFK is the only other alternative and is just as loose a cannon with doubtful administrative competence.
Yeah, it is interesting how visceral the liberal establishment is about their hatred of Trump. For the younger readers here, the media has vilified every republican president from Nixon on, no exceptions.
Still, the hatred of Trump by the swamp is unprecedented. He’s not one of them, and maybe they’re afraid he’ll blow up the whole donation-contracts-appointments-influence game that many live off of. It’s the best argument for his candidacy, and I think deep down it’s the reason why his supporters back him.
yes - Nixon from my childhood but I remember. They have done this consistently, but now they are saying "this time we mean it." But there is something to that as the mask has been taken off. And both parties see the danger he represents. Not to democarcy but to them.
True. And who knows, maybe he'll surprise me. The country really does need a reset - people are sick of the whole elitist-grifting culture of Washington and academia.
RFKjr. needs to win the D label primaries.
Da way to good at this stuff to let it happen
Vivek
Vivek is a Maga candidate . He is smart and not beholden to PACs and donors. He is smart and researches topics in depth. He takes unscripted questions from anyone and everyone. He reaches the youth. He is putting in the hard work of meeting every voter in Iowa and New Hampshire. He could serve 2 terms. He is articulate and charismatic and fearless. How anyone who likes Trump doesn’t see Vivek Ramaswamy as a better, cleaner( uncorrupt) choice.... If he does well in Iowa it’s a new race
I think that lameculo will be Trump’s Vice President pick.
The Trump years were rather good compared to now - Biden’s spending and subsequent inflation is fierce and hard to live with
True 'dat. I wonder who's really making Biden's decisions for him, or at least guiding his thinking towards certain conclusions. One of the problems with Biden - and there are many - is that you don't really know who's running the country, and you certainly didn't elect them.
And it seems like his puppeteers are eager for him to run so that they can keep their jobs…
We won’t have to put up with a Russia conspiracy crippling the WH and taxpayers for 3 years, nor an impeachment over a conversation that mentioned Biden.
LOLLLLLL!!! Sure we can
Me too - and I’m guessing many others are boarding the Trump train as well
Everytime they act him he gets stronger
Same, and I wasn't planning on voting.
Due process??? What's that? Don't you remember President Obama gloating about his "kill" list? The man assassinated American citizens overseas. Citizens that had not been:
1. arrested
2. charged
3. indicted
4. tried
5. convicted
6. sentenced
Right on the money. The vote is the only power citizens hold vis a vis our government. No one has the authority to take that away, nor will it ever be forgotten.
You think my vote matters. You think no one will deny me the right to vote for my chosen candidate. Those statements are likely true. But what your statement ignores is what will likely happen. My vote will be diluted by unverified mail-in ballots. Election administration will be again managed by activists, curing ballots for favored candidates while invalidating votes for the disfavored. The courts, including the Supremes, will ignore unlawful activities, due to partisan allegiance or fear. So my vote won't really count.
Judith,
You get the point. We should be able to respectfully disagree on political views and candidates. Unelected court officials should not deny voters the right to vote for their candidate of choice. Everyone, even if it is a political candidate that is disdained, should have the right to due process. In my opinion, after watching the videos, I dont know how anyone could claim that that a group of unarmed protestors being escorted around the capital building could be considered an insurrection anyways.
Call her office and tell her.
It’s truly a brave new world. I don’t feel like there is much to keep the GOP from taking candidates off the ballot for whatever reason they want to imagine now, and why not extend that to Congress critters? Which I think would actually happen if SCOTUS doesn’t take this strategy off the table.
Agree SCOTUS must act, hopefully unanimously, but even with that action, the leftist totalitarians will just raise more hell, take other illegal actions that take years in court to overturn. I am SO SICK of the bolshevist / fascist Democrats. The fact that we seem to be a 50-50 country is terrifying. It means about half of American voters still do not understand that the Democrats are committed to destroying our republic.
Actually half the country are registered independent. The D/R labeled gangs are minor parties.
Great news if it's true! Mind citing a source?
https://news.gallup.com/poll/467897/party-preferences-evenly-split-2022-shift-gop.aspx
From the poll: (However, since 2009, independent identification has grown and reached levels not seen before. Now, political independents (41%) greatly outnumber Republican (28%) and Democratic (28%) identifiers.)
Lots of sources for this. If we ended closed primaries these corrupt empty husks would die.
Thanks!
It is the Republicans that are the problem. The keep enabling Democratic whacko's by losing elections based on their stupid stances on Abortion. I have heard many of them say that they would rather lose elections than give up on outlawing abortion. My problem is the Republicans. They keep allowing the Democratic whacko's to win elections over and over. Trump basically killed the Republicans in 2020 and then the Republicans killed themselves over abortion in 2022. How many times do Republicans have to completely screw up and allow Democrats to be elected before you get it. I guarantee you Trump will lose to Biden again in 2024. Trump is a loser and the Democrats know it and the are doing all this to get Trump as their candidate so that Biden can beat him again.
I agree with you that the GOP needs to let go of abortion issue. That genie ain’t going back in the bottle no matter how you feel. Same thing with the left trying to take our guns away. Let it go. If we could move past those 2 issues things would be smoother. I like to cynically say the left prefers their murder in-utero, the right ex-utero. Fine. Let’s move on.
yes, the republicans try to pander to a media that hates them and
I beleive the abortion issue is going to let the dems win again in 24. So, yes it is mudering a person. It's a horrible issue, nobody wins. If you are choosing to have an abortion that's something that person and those around her will have to carry with them the rest of their lives. If they can't, won't , don't want to raise a child, then they should be allowed to make that choice. If YOU want to keep someone from getting an abortion, then YOU should at least be willing take the child and raise it. Otherwise, shut your mouth.
Yes, you can be against abortion and not choose it for yourself and think it should not be banned - people have to grapple with that issue themselves. I think it’s horrible but I’m not going to force my views on others just like I don’t want to be forced to take a vaccine that might kill or maim me. I think you are right about the Republicans losing again if they don’t change their tune.
It is their Achilles heel. Prohibition doesn’t erase demand - universally applicable - I’m still disgusted by those that celebrate it or pretend it isn’t terminating a human life (despite being pro-choice). Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, however.
That Bill Burr bit about “it’s not a cake yet.” Is about the best analogy there is. Well, it would’ve been if you hadn’t done what you just did!
Call me crazy but i thought it was a State issue now? Why is this part of the Presidential debate?
'Trump is a loser and the Democrats know it and the are doing all this to get Trump as their candidate so that Biden can beat him again.'
Forgive me for being dense, but I don't see how removing Trump from ballots squares with your statement above.
So you think that imbecile Joe beat trump? Lol. Silly man.
Thats like saying (even though I agree the Republicans are a problem) the wife of the alcoholic is responsible for his behaviour. Your statement represents all that is at issue with the fact people willl not and do not take responsibility for their actions and that so many of us want to blame others for actions that are clearly not theirs.
1) Roe v Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court because that was the constitutionally correct decision. You could argue it was poor timing, but to uphold Roe v Wade would be to flagrantly decide to toss out all Constitutionality bc that ruling had never had a single leg to stand on which was known abundantly to all scholars and lawyers. So all they were doing is their job but yes of course it negatively effected the midterms.
2) The statistical probability of Joe Biden beating Trump is so extremely small it would truly be a miracle. Trump has gained ground in every single demographic category, and will receive far more votes than he did in 2020. Is Biden gonna receive more votes than in 2020? Certainly not real votes, as he has no real base and many former voters like me are gonna vote Trump this time. However I believe theres no limit to the election fraud the Dems will attempt so we will see
No , it isn’t that.it’s that 70% of Americans can’t even be bothered to vote. If we got a 50% turnout, democrats would never be in power of anything. Ever. People in America are effing stupid.
Voter turnout in the 2020 election was 66.6%.
Fitting percentage for events since...
Mail in fake ballots were about 35% of that. Way to go.
Who is there to vote for? Sick of being offered the lesser of two evils. Electric chair or lethal injection? THIS is not a democratic republic. It's a corporatocracy. A facade. It'd be a joke if it didn't impact so much of humanity.
I will proudly vote for PDT. Only because the only four years in my lifetime the world didn’t have a war to sell news. Four years of peace. Im 68. So yeah.
Yeah. Well. I'm 72. There were wars going on: just not the ones that the propagandists want to magnify. Our economic engine runs on financial markets, pharma, weapons of war. Trump's primary legislation gave a giant tax cut to the wealthy without closing the carried interest loophole & partnered with Big Pharma to shut down the global economy for the Jab. Obama handed healthcare over to insurance companies He & bailed out the banks, and let taxpayers lose their homes. Trump behaves & talks like a working stiff, but he's not. He used to pal around with all the same demagogues as the Dems. Policy won't change. The names change; they make a show of how different it is, but it just keeps circling the drain. The game is rigged. He loves the attention & the sense of power. They all do. Used to be an empire lasts about 340 years. Technology and geopolitics have shortened that. We're headed for a fall regardless of who assumes the White House. It will have different effects on various people. But the empire is collapsing whether we like it or not. It's ok. It needs a reboot.
Need to split into two or three different countries…
Good luck with that-- so easy right? so helpful?
I too was wondering what’s to stop Republicans from doing likewise - or at least until crazy Joe gets a cognitive capacity/competency test...
Because Republicans are too ideological to do it. Republicans won't break laws, Republicans won't cheat on elections. All Republicans care about is outlawing abortion. Republicans are losers and they enable us to have to live with Democratic whacko's Republicans are stupid. Dems are whacko. Whacko beats stupid everytime.
republicans are too stupid. Even if they did do it, they would screw it up so badly that they would take the blame for doing the exact same thing!
My opinion is that republican pols are people who wanted to run as Democrats but realized they were too incompetent to win, so they ranas republicans.
Go ahead and continue to belittle and disrespect half the country you goofy mf.
I’m belittling and disrespecting their representatives who have failed them. If they feel disrespected I can’t help that.
Nah you’re belittling their voters too you’re just too big of a coward to come out and say what you mean I guess. It’s cool though man this yall are gonna get what you think you want eventually and we’ll see how much shit yall talk when this fucker goes off the rails.
Lighten up Francis and enjoy the football games.
Have a good night
Maybe they'd be so busy screwing each other, they'd forget to screw the normals.
I too was wondering what’s to stop Republicans from doing likewise - or at least until crazy Joe gets a cognitive capacity/competency test...,
The first thing Trump should do if he debates Biden is walk over to him with a pen and piece of paper and say ' Draw a clock, Joe'.
Good one Bill!
Page blocked me from liking your reply for some reason. Bizzare, never seen that before.
I agree. I think the Red State retaliation is a terrible spiral to get into, and may be what the democrats were hoping for. Now both sides can demonize each other more than ever before and the election will have more drama and confusion than ever before. Thank you Lord God that our supreme court actually cares about the Republic and is mostly above this pettiness- I think.
“Hey! We’re trying to save Our Democracy(TM) here!”
“This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you”
“Saving” their “Democracy” by destroying It. I fear for our Republic. Keep up the fight Matt!
I forgot to add:
“I’m doing this for your own good!”
I always liked (LOL) " The adults are back in the room". 🤣
🤣I’m actually hoping we get some actual adults back in the room. I ain’t holding my breath tho🤷♂️
its always for our own good,
It's obvious that Team D (with the tacit approval of much of the establishment wing of Team R) intends to rig the election by imprisoning the opposition candidate or removing him from the ballot.
Basic banana republic stuff.
So what does anyone propose to do about it?
The GOP will write a sternly worded letter. They will be in all the Sunday shows to complain bitterly! And of course make millions of campaign donation solicitations. Taking action!
It's not just the non-MAGA republicans.
Trump's biggest fundraising days are the ones when he gets indicted or arrested or when SCoCO or the like hand down a judgment on him
He's basically using all of this the way his cronies used "build the wall."
n.b. the US has bombed countries that it does not like for less.
Don't encourage them.
It will be done surgically, with drones.
Look at what they did to the J6 goofballs. Their lives are completely ruined. Message sent and received. Unfortunately I think that once certain types of people reach a their breaking point threshold it’s going to get ugly. Me, I’ll vote as often as I can. I have a family to take care of and I’m no Patrick Henry unfortunately.
I am.
I’m appreciative that there are individuals like y’all out there. My MO however is to try and fly below the radar and navigate the system, it being what it is, as best as possible and take care of and provide as best as I can for my peeps.
the funny part about the "threat to Democracy" angle is that DJT's tools are pretty limited. Is the permanent bureaucracy going to go all in with him this time? they were so cooperative last time.
Tall trees, short ropes
So far, I haven't seen so much as a protest sign.
Because when the right protests, the full force of the state is brought to bear. Why the hell would I show up to a protest that is guaranteed to be half feds, trying to entrap people and throw the book at them.
So they'll get away with it, is what you're saying.
well...yeah. The Establishment has been getting away with bullshit my entire life without consequences.
Amen, brother.
C'mon, that's the beauty of bi-partisan fascism. You can vote but you can't change anything.
We all learned some pretty powerful lessons in 2020. The feds were clearly disappointed there wasn't any real violence from protesters. They WANTED people to get mad and fight back so they could justify more force, more erosion of civil liberties.
They're holding 95% of the cards. OF COURSE they'll get away with it.
The prescripted propaganda about January 6th cleary meant they expected real violence from the protesters, not for them to be the only fatalities.
I see no recent evidence to make me think otherwise.
So, nobody is going to get hung, nothing will happen.
We'll still hear lots of Eagle Flag Freedom Talk, especially when they're trying to get the masses fired up for the next war of aggression. Also, Muh Democracy Is Saved. We'll hear lots of that, ad nauseum, if anyone other than Trump wins in November.
And I thought I was depressed before reading your last several comments.
Sorry 'bout that.
Why, let's all call our representatives and senators and complain. I will call Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and Seth Moulton and explain to them the defect of their positions.
Who's with me?
Matt Taibbi compared the election of Trump to something like leave a big turd blossom on the doorstep of an elitist's house. Maybe it's time to start leaving turds on the doorsteps... literally.
Only the homeless have the privilege of shitting wherever they want without repercussions.
Excellent idea
Right?
Yes there is a way this ends well. Trump is elected President in 2024. Any other outcome will exponentially aggravate the insanity. If these Third World Democrat antics succeed they will never end. The Democrats have exposed the insane underbelly of their movement so now everyone can see it and must act to end their madness.
I don’t for a minute believe that is ending well, although I will be voting for Trump (since his being the nominee seems inevitable). But I expect 4 years of chaos as the left will likely riot, try and create some event similar to a pandemic if not another pandemic, and otherwise work 24-7 to destroy America in order to save us from Trump.
Here’s hoping I’m wrong!
No, I think you are right, but I'm hoping this time, he stops being so weak. He can't run again, so he can stop the destruction in its tracks. This is why I wasn't going to vote for him. He gave up and let them destroy him from the inside. It was sickening to watch. However, I'll be voting for whoever is on the R ticket (unless it's Nikki Haley, at which point, I will write in Julius Caesar.)
I share your concerns but Trump knows more about the enemy now. What the totalitarian left did during his presidency was shocking and unexpected. They have continued that behavior since 2020 and Trump is in the unique position to know what they do and how to counter it. Maybe he will lose and the country will be doomed, but we need someone with experience fighting them.
I agree with you. He should be wide awake this go round.
Do you really think the Demos won't ramp up their insanity by 100X if Trump is elected?
I just don't see an end to this stupidity without civil war.
I really don't.
But that’s what they want.
I have to wonder. Will soldiers who took an oath to defend the Constitution just roll over and kill their neighbors because some dumbass elites told them to?
Military recruitment is way down, largely thanks to deliberate efforts by Washington to make it unpalatable to folks who historically would have considered it an attractive career choice.
As a solution, Senator Durbin has suggested recruiting illegal immigrants into the military, with a promise of citizenship if they serve well.
See where this is headed?
They'll be our prison guards.
... so declining recruitment has nothing to do with the obesity epidemic or the army's rules for enlistment eligibility, in your opinion?
It's all down to "deliberate efforts" by Washington? Some kind of PR effort by the government to shoot its own standing army in the foot. Why would the government do that?
" Largely thanks to" does not mean the same thing as "entirely due to".
Hope that helps. Always a pleasure interacting with non-native speakers.
Have you seen any of the TikTok videos of the potential recruits saying they’d dodge any kind of draft and wouldn’t fight for the USA, for any reason? I kinda get the draft-dodging part - because let’s face it, who the hell would want to be drafted? But the underlying current of that generation not caring enough to fight for their country under any circumstances is pretty concerning. No, it’s absolutely concerning.
Yes, it is concerning. Many believe their government has betrayed them. They’re not wrong.
Yep. It’s all being put in place. Double time plus for all the arms manufacturers.
Well as a Marine vet I can tell you that a good portion of vets aren’t. The internet is full of us sounding the alarm. The real question is will YOU and the Civilians roll over and kill their neighbor. There’s more of you than us. Not just our responsibility.
I’m thinking the young soldiers I know, won’t be taking up arms against their conservative parents. They will be alongside their conservative parents, taking the country back. Unfortunately this is becoming a very real possibility. Thank God for old pissed off armed conservatives.
That is what false flags, propaganda and censorship combined is for...
Yes
This is true. The intelligence community is already planting the seeds of this all over the media.
Yup would be a convenient enemy for the gooberment to go rouge on. Justify their insanity.
Do we get a John Brown moment or do we proceed directly to Fort Sumter?
We can ignore the trolls and try the opposite of violence
Trolls. Better put your faith in us trolls, because there comes a time you will need us for your safety, Karen.
And die on your knees? Anything not to have to get up off that couch eh Carol?
Reichstag fire followed by Enabling Act.
Yeah you think the summer of 2020 was bad? Hold my beer.
Or more likely state(s) secession.
I'm pretty sure that process would be met with the same response it got last time it was tried.
Side note: I find it hilarious when people say "secession has already been decided by the Civil War" -- I don't think that sets the precedent they think it does.
Who in their right mind would go to war for Trump? or Biden, for that matter? lol
No one goes to war for one politician.
But.the rights recognized by our Constitution are worth fighting for, don't you think?
Oh it’s gonna get silly but it won’t play anymore. People are tired of playing along. And all these people acting cocky in here who’s brains trump broke in 2016 are going to go into complete mental breakdown mode and it’s gonna be epic.
The nation will likely end up on fire (literally) if Trump is elected POTUS 2024. The only good outcome, as I see it, is the election of a sane Republican (that would be RDS in my opinion) or RFK (which ain't gonna happen).
Democrats compare Desantis to Hitler all the time. There is no such thing as a Republican who is not Hitler to the Democrats. There is no way forward, until Democrats can be convinced that democracy means compromise and sharing power with people they disagree. But that will not happen, so there is no coming back from here.
In canada a conservative prime minister was called fascist for limiting press conference frequency. His successor prosecuted critical journalists and openly bought/paid off those who tended to favour him.
And conservatives consider gov Ron no different that the bushes. So I’d like to keep him as gov,for he will be a useless president.
Well, denazification worked for Germany. Unfortunately, they had to lose the war first. This also seems to be on our horizon. Losing the war, that is.
Did it really work? Because it sure seems like the EU aka Germany is still being run by fascists.
You have a point. It worked for a while. Now, it seems as if Hitler has won.
If you mean globalist eu leftist that have run Germany and every other eu nation for decades are fascist then yeah.
Exactly and how are they now
The nation is already (figuratively) on fire under the Democrats, who have become a band of racist warmongers preaching censorship and disenfranchisement. RDS seems like a nice guy but not up to the task of overcoming a foe that monstrous.
Well, I guess you haven't paid attention to what he has done in Florida (formerly purple state) in a few short years. Trump talks a good game but he's a blow hard. Just look at what he didn't accomplish the last 4 years around. RDS gets things done.
Where exactly were you getting your news when PDT was in power. Just curious.
The Democrats will hate and go ballistic over any Republican or conservative who is in a leadership role. They absolutely adored John McCain until he became the Republican nominee. Then he became Hitler. They didn't actively love Romney, but he was the prototypical "good Republican" who was sane and reasonable. He'd been governor of Massachusetts after all. But it turned out that he was Hitler too. And you know what, they loved Donald Trump too. The hatred and the violence have nothing to do with who the Republican is. It's how the Democrats view all of their opponents.
Good points and it’s a serious problem. Another issue is that their behavior is pushing more and more people to become just as hateful and ornery as they are on the other end of the spectrum - and it’s creating locked in balkanization on both sides. It’s no way to run a country. It’s quite literally insane to see to so many purposeful actions develop when you can imagine the negative outcomes. Maybe Santa Claus will make an appearance and referee the situation - one can dream…
By design.
That is the fear and a profound one. but at this point, the establishment is point a gun to all of our heads and saying "do not do it! For your own good of course." You have to ask why, as trump, with all his warts, is simply not powerful enough to do what they say he will do.
He's thier excuse, predictive programming.
Creating a devil boosts campaign contributions. It's the path to wealth.
If only.....way past that
It will end up on fire no matter what. 2024 is going to be a shit show. You have a 50/50 shot of it not being so, and those are not great odds. We may as well be as prepared as we can be.
Not sure about RDS-- RFK is captured by AIPAC etc. Between the 2 I would pick RFK
I think the dangled assassination threat that denying him SS protection three times now has manipulated him.
So bc the militant left will burn the country down if the guy they hate is elected we shouldn’t vote for who we want? Fuck that.
I don’t negotiate with terrorist. You can. But I won’t.
Trump getting elected will not end well. Not only will it cause a full melt down on the left, but Trump is not actually a good president. He didn’t drain the swamp. He didn’t get his infrastructure projects through. And he allowed the “pandemic” to happen. The only real hood is a full on revolt in the democrat party or some other third party win.
Trump is not about infrastructure. He is about exposing and ending the national security state that has run the country for decades and assumed totalitarian control since the manufactured crises of 2020. The Democrats, RINOs and Fake News are their agents who have traded integrity for authoritarian power. The reason for the hysteria is that they all know Trump understands the problem and plans to solve it. You can't reform authoritarian institutions from within. They must be eviscerated by someone with the authenticity, motive and constitutional power to do it. There are no happy endgames here, but you have to choose between the authoritarian left and Trump. They are leaving no other choice. They throw tantrums no matter what happens so don't let fear of their melt down affect your judgement. If they are not stopped now you will live in fear of their hysterics forever.
Trump already had four years to end the national security state and all we managed to get out of it was the addition of a bio security state. He failed the first time and he will fail again because he doesn’t actually have a plan.
Yes but the masks are off now. We know who's who.
Where were you living whilst PDT was in office, may I ask?
In a country that managed to increase the debt, income inequality, polarization and yet still get shut down by a cold virus. The only hood Trump did was not start another war, but that didn’t las either.
I lived in Portland, Oregon, ground zero for the Maoist Democrat revolution. I lived through the fires the Biden voters set each night through the summer. I listened to the trucks with loudspeakers they sent into the neighborhoods ordering white people out of their homes. Once there was nothing left to burn in the city they set fire to the forests around my home and I lived in choking black smoke for two weeks waiting to see if the fires would burn our house down. I saw first hand that Democrats are not a political party. They are a Maoist Revolutionary Guard that is carrying out a violent revolution to first cower and then kill their enemies. Trump thought he was dealing with conventional politicians but now he and we all know that we are already in a war.
There's no way this ends well.
Unless NASA miscalculated the trajectory of Asteroid 2023 TK15.
Well, that’s not a good ending either, just preferable.
Sweet Meteor O' Death 2024.
FLATTEN UNEMPLOYMENT TO ZERO!
And bring back rock bottom prices.
SMASH INEQUALTY!
By including everyone!
Last time I checked, Sweet Meteor O' Death had not updated its website from 2016. It did run the best campaign. I still have my bumper sticker.
SMOD undercover.
Democrats don't CARE if it ends well. They've been trying to destroy the country for at least the last 8 years.
And this is EXACTLY why they kept calling 1/6 "insurrection" -- it's the magic word that allows them to remove him from the ballot. THIS WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN. Knowing that, you should understand why they're so desperate to keep video evidence of what happened on 1/6 secret.
Agreed. This move was telegraphed on Jan 7
And from FOIAed FBI emails, we know the plan started long before 1/6.
https://simulationcommander.substack.com/p/reviewing-fbi-emails-involving-january
The FBI supervisor of the fake Whitmore kidnapping was promoted to head of the D.C. field office. He retired after January 6th. It's as obvious as a punch in the face what happened.
1/6 is the Dems' bloody shirt and they will never stop waving it.
well who would vote fir the stats quo
The question is "Who WILL vote for the status quo?"
And the answer is -- everybody streaming across the border right now.
Let the Governors of the Southern border states remove Joe from the ballot. He has committed treason for not upholding his oath to protect our country. Can you imagine MSM on reacting to that?
How would that help the situation? getting into the gutter with the democrats? why?
Because trying to appease with them has worked so well in the past.
It was rhetorical. Look at the last sentence... “can you imagine...”
But section 5 is very specific in saying all 14th Amendment sections shall be enforced by an act of Congress: "The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article." The word "shall" is usually used in the exclusive sense, meaning no other way than "appropriate legislation". The focus on Article 3 is just another example of bogus Democrat lawfare hoodwinking.
And the senate already acquitted him for insurrection specifically. The Secretary of State of a state is superseding the US Senate on matters of presidential electability. And this decision was almost 3 years ago
They violate section 1 of Article 14 which speaks to due process in order to enforce section 3. They have all lost their damn minds.
...and gives them a reason to scream “insurrection” from now to November. God, I hate these people.
What that means is the amendment cannot be enforced without appropriate legislation. The 18th amendment prohibited the sale of alcohol, but until the Volstead act was passed, it was unenforceable. What is the legislation passed by congress to enforce the provisions of section 3 of the 14th amendment?
How will future generations even parody this crap? I mean it is already self parody right now.
Parody and satire will be stomped out:
youtube.com/watch?v=zdbqUoTyReo
This is all so bewildering. I am almost forced to put on my tin foil hat. What the hell is going on? Are the Democrats playing 3D chess? Is there some ulterior motive? Or is this just a case of arrogance and stupidity? Or maybe this is just a nation coming apart at the seams.
It’s possible that they are attempting to incite civil unrest as a justification to crack down on our civil liberties. Look at how much mileage they are getting from January 6th. Imagine what they would do if there was actually a serious backlash to their attempts at undue influence on the next election.
That is my fear as well. Incite some randos to get violent and that is used as predicate to seriously curtail 1A and 2A.
And if that doesn't work, they'll do it themselves.
I’m picturing some fedly coming to knock on my door to ask me to turn over my firearms. Lol
I think that is an entirely plausible "tin foil hat" take.
It’s not just possible. That’s 100% what they’re doing. Push until they know we won’t tolerate being disenfranchised any longer and then drop the hammer. Textbook authoritarianism.
They are not playing 3D chess. Just arrogance combined with an uninhibited will to power.
Yes they are hoping for a ‘triumph of the will.’
Yes, they are big admirers of Leni Riefenstahl's and Adolph's book/ movie, and now align with UkroNAZIs and Zionist fascists.
No, just the party of evil. Said by someone else whose name escapes me
A completely immoral and intellectually bankrupt elite finally running the country to destruction.
The citizens of Colorado and Maine should be embarrassed. Even the CA crazies don’t appear to want to go the route of these two disgraceful states. You’re right Matt. This will not end well…for a Democrat party that is now much closer to Karl Marx than JFK.
CA does indeed want to get Trump off the ballot. Newsome opposes that because he’s got his eye on a presidential run and he’s not a complete idiot, but the move is cynical rather than principled.
"CA does indeed want trump off the ballot" what can you possibly be basing that claim on?
Newsome for all i disagree with him has consistently shown that he is not an idiot. I will give him credit for doing the right thing.
Newsom can be counted on to do the WRONG thing at pretty much all times. He makes Biden look like a centrist. Emptying prisons, removed parental rights, child molestation now a ticket able offense, taxation thru agencies instead of voter approval, soft on crime, horrid record on education, lacking infrastructure with abysmal water and power. $500 million missing in PPE with no explanation. Aids must keep him apprised of goings on due to severe dyslexia Newsom is unable to read. Speeches are memorized, easy pickings in a debate as he is unable to counter on anything not previously memorized.
What? 😳 Ask anyone in CA re: lockdowns
The Democrat (sic) party has never been closer to Karl Marx. Ever. But thanks for the laugh.
Because they want more Carl Marx. That’s the whole movement.
Carl? You may be onto something as I think that most of their supportes would be happy to stay on the coach with Carl's Jr and let them do whatever they want.
That the informal Republican spelling?
No. That's the spelling they teach in NY, LA and Chicago public schools.
I'll look into it.
People in the media really really hate trump. And honestly he isn’t that great, but he’s also not the anti-Christ. I am trying to imagine a path which doesn’t lead to...gulp....violence and I think our one and only salvation is almost no one I talk to IRL cares. America is walking blindly goofily and clumsily into technocracy and everyone is like, life’s never been better! We have an incredible predilection towards chewing the cud. Sitting on the couch, watching Netflix. It is more culturally acceptable to take ass pics for your onlyfans at your grandmother’s birthday than it is to say the word congress in polite conversation. Everyone knows that politics are a pretend world where up is down and down is up. It isn’t until this upside down world turns off the power or makes gas $8 a gallon that anyone will stop grazing at their pile of media and entertainment that they slop up from their feeds. We are incapable of bringing light to the darkness. And that might just be fine for everyone.
Or, in Walter Kirn’s splendid phrase from last week: “America’s amazing talent for bovine complacency.” (from memory).
Nailed it. Bread and circus. Where have we heard that before.
People in the media are PAID to hate Trump
I am a lawyer, and predict that Trump's removal will be struck down by the courts just like it was in Colorado. It will increase his poll numbers, too. Maybe Trump should send Ms. Bellows flowers.
I don't believe there has been a final ruling on the CO decision. The Colorado Supreme Court stayed their own ruling so it wouldn't go into effect until after being upheld but AFAIK the process hasn't fully played out. The MI and MN Supreme Courts did reject efforts to keep Trump off the primary ballot in those states.
Exactly. There was actually no change in the possible outcomes:
SCOTUS declines the case --
Before: Trump off
After: Trump off
SCOTUS rules for CO --
Before: Trump off
After: Trump off
SCOTUS rules for Trump --
Before: Trump on
After: Trump on
Literally nothing has changed.
The Trump situation in CO is the same as it was at the start -- he has to win at the Supreme Court or he's off the ballot.
“DEMOCRACY’’ IS ON THE BALLOT <unless it’s not>
Democracy is all well and good, until the wrong person gets elected.