Stop the Idiocracy

Thursday, October 17, 2024

‘Countless People Will Be Put in Definitive Danger’. Lord Elon’s latest move—essentially banning the block feature on X—has outraged many

Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

X slammed for allowing blocked users to see posts anyway. {The Wrap 16 October}

Though technically speculative, I firmly believe this is a deliberate tactic to aid dangerous, psychotic MAGA extremists in targeting anyone who doesn’t stand with Trump after Election Day, as the inevitable societal unrest unfolds. The far-right in the United States today makes no secret of its anticipation and desire for civil war, declaring daily that only they actually qualify as ‘Americans’. They speak of a ‘real America’ (#Murica), in stark contrast to the urban and metropolitan areas that form the backbone of the Democratic Party. The rest of us are ‘Americans’ with an asterisk, and #Cult45 is eager for a culling. Civil war is on the horizon, and Elon Musk—more than even Trump—is uniquely positioned to help ignite it. He is an international criminal, deserving the harshest punishments imaginable for his ongoing crimes against humanity, and I believe there is at least a possibility that Elon Musk may be the Antichrist (or, if he isn’t THE Antichrist, he will still play the part).

Recent headlines:

Revelations have emerged that Elon Musk routinely employs private investigators to spy on and intimidate those who cross him. {Daily Mail 13 October}

‘We’re being railroaded into a second civil war and nothing that will make a difference is being done to stop it.’ - A must-read to understand the horror that is about to unfold in the US. {Jim Stewartson 14 October}

Ex-Defense Secretary Mark Esper warns: take Trump's military threat against US citizens seriously. {The Hill 15 October}

Once again outdoing himself, Trump describes the J6 insurrection as ‘a day of love’ - Will 6 January 2025 also be ‘a day of love’? How many of the police officers that #Cult45 ‘love’ so much shall be wounded or slain this time? A**hole. {BBC 17 October}

For years, Trump has repeatedly shifted his stance on abortion and reproductive rights - Ultimately, he nominated three religious zealots to a Supreme Court that is setting the country back by decades. {AP 17 October}

Former NBC executive John D. Miller expresses remorse for presenting Donald Trump as a strong leader on ‘The Apprentice’ - If only we had nipped this ‘reality TV’ s**t in the bud as soon as it began in earnest in the late 1990s. {US News 16 October}

Spokesperson for John Deere says Trump’s claim of saving US jobs with tariff threat is bogus. {CNN 16 October}

It’s astonishing how deluded the American people are: Trump’s plan to end taxes on Social Security benefits earns 55% approval, despite experts warning that it would deplete SS of the funds necessary to sustain it (the whole point). {Newsweek 14 October}

Independent review panel calls for ‘fundamental reforms’ to the US Secret Service. {CBS News 17 October}

North Carolina: authorities have taken a 44-year-old man into custody for threatening FEMA agents and concluded that he acted alone. {WP 14 October}

Trumpism is a mental disorder: a Massachusetts town orders a resident to stop projecting a ‘Trump 2024’ sign onto a water tower. {NBC Boston 13 October}

Although denied by the Kremlin, North Korean troops are reportedly training to serve in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. {BBC 16 October}

‘Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented MPs with a long-awaited "victory plan" that aims to strengthen his country's position enough to end the war with Russia.’ {BBC 16 October}

The remaining residents of a Ukrainian town near Donetsk are living in terror under constant enemy bombardment - This is the evil the American people support when they back Putin’s orange puppet. {BBC 13 October}

UK: MPs to vote on a bill granting terminally ill individuals the right to assisted dying. {BBC 16 October}

Zimbabwe reports its first mpox cases, raising the total of African countries stricken to 17. {CIDRAP 14 October}

Unfunny comedian and accused rapist turned right-wing Catholic zealot Russell Brand selling ‘magical amulet’ to ward off ‘evil energies’. Only $240.00. {Indy100 15 October}

Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook. @Sunking278 on X, and at the same handle on FACEBOOK. MASTODON - @ArthurNewhook@mastodon.world, BLUESKY - @arthurnewhook.bsky.social. DONATIONS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED at https://tinyurl.com/ArthurNewhook.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sound the alarm: Trump is escalating warnings that all dissent against him will be criminalised in his second presidency

'Totally illegal': Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism. {NBC News 13 October}

I’ve long said that the top priority of Donald Trump and his millions of cult-like followers is to dominate the culture and force their fellow citizens to conform to their will. Criticising him is already dangerous to one’s health in certain areas of this country, or in certain circles, and shall soon outright become illegal everywhere. Pay attention to the way his devout supporters speak: they genuinely want all Americans on their side and react with venomous rage to even the slightest criticism. They see any attack on him as a personal attack on themselves, and like him, they are highly sensitive and willfully ignorant. The United States now revolves around one man, Donald J. Trump, and those of us who refuse to bend the knee to him are in serious trouble. Better pay attention, because he is telling us what he is going to do: millions will be repressed, and millions more are perfectly fine with that. Dark days lie ahead.

Recent headlines:

Q-Anon guru and convicted felon Michael Flynn, when questioned, does not deny that he wants Trump’s political enemies to be executed - Quote: ‘Believe me, the gates of hell, my hell will be unleashed.’ {Raw Story 12 October}

‘(C)ompletely comfortable channeling his inner eugenicist.’ Mary Trump: Donald went full-on fascist. {Substack 12 October}

Gen. Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, says Trump is ‘fascist to the core’, the gravest danger to the US in its history. {The Independent 11 October}

‘If given a second term, (Trump is) preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil.’ {AP 13 October}

‘People are just so far gone, it’s honestly making me lose all faith in humanity.’ US meteorologists receiving death threats for doing their jobs - Another quote: ‘Ignorance is becoming socially acceptable. Forty or 50 years ago, if I told you I thought the moon was pretend, people would have laughed at me. Now, people are bonding over these incredibly fringe viewpoints.’ This f**king country, I swear. {Rolling Stone 9 October}

‘What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.’ {Charlie Warzel 10 October}

Poll shows one-fifth of young Americans, and one-tenth of Americans overall, believe Adolf Hitler wasn’t such a bad guy, after all - Take with a grain of a salt, the real numbers are undoubtedly a bit higher {Daily Mail 12 October}

Amsterdam, NY: A giant sign reading ‘vote for Trump’, visible from the Thruway and posing a hazard to drivers, has been given the ‘OK’ to be illuminated - Take NYC and its metro area out of the equation, and most of what remains of New York is a red state. {NY Upstate 8 October}

Trump falsely claims he has visited the Gaza Strip, ‘and it’s rough.’ {CNN 8 October}

England: North London golf club vandalised with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti. {Jerusalem Post 12 October}

Severe COVID-19 cases from the first pandemic wave may face double the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study finds. {ABC News 11 October}

Copyright 2024, Arthur Newhook. @Sunking278 and @FloydEtcetera on X, and at the same handles on FACEBOOK. MASTODON - @ArthurNewhook@mastodon.world, BLUESKY - @arthurnewhook.bsky.social. DONATIONS GRATEFULLY ACCEPTED at https://tinyurl.com/ArthurNewhook.

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

ALL AMERICANS NEED TO READ THIS: NEW REVELATIONS FROM BOB WOODWARD UNEQUIVOCALLY SHOW TRUMP IS PUTIN’S PUPPET: HE ARRANGED TO HAVE COVID TESTS SENT TO RUSSIA FOR PUTIN’S PERSONAL USE, AND HAS CONTACTED THE RUSSIAN TYRANT AFTER LEAVING OFFICE

Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

Trump secretly sent COVID tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says. {WP 8 October}

The orange motherf**ker stole from the American people at the height of a deadly pandemic to keep a foreign dictator—an adversary of the United States—healthy. Yet most Americans will simply shrug or cry ‘fake news’ when they should be demanding that Trump be sent to the gallows. It is no wonder #Murica is in such a sorry state. But I digress, for the story gets even more interesting.

Bob Woodward reveals that President Biden regrets choosing Merrick Garland as Attorney General (though why he hasn’t simply fired Garland remains a mystery). Kamala Harris is portrayed as having limited influence on the administration’s foreign policy, although she did reach out to both French President Macron and President Zelensky in the lead-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Another interesting anecdote: George W. Bush expressed sympathy for President Biden’s ordeal in withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, telling him, ‘I can understand what you’re going through. I got [expletive] by my intel people, too.’ As for Barrack Obama, Mr Biden is quoted as saying, ‘Barack never took Putin seriously’—which is true. Remember how Obama mocked Mitt Romney for warning about Putin during the 2012 election? Not so funny now, is it, Barry? Bob Woodward is one of the last true journalists, and I am grateful he remains at the top of his game, even at this late stage in his life.

Recent headlines:

Trump takes 8.6% lead in Polymarket betting odds - Not an absolute indicator, but there are more signs out there Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are fading fast. I keep trying to tell everyone, this nation is hellbent on national suicide. If Trump was ever going to be rejected by the not-so silent majority in #Murica, it would have happened long before now. Trump is going to win in a relative landslide. We are in deep s**t.

Don’t shoot the messenger: Kamala's lead over Trump in the Reuters/Ipsos poll narrows to three points, with a plurality believing Trump is stronger on economy and immigration - When pointing out facts is met with hostility, name-calling, and baseless accusations of being a ‘traitor’, it becomes clear that far too many of Kamala’s supporters are now simply the flip side of the same coin as the Trumpers. A political cult. It also further confirms why I have never, and will never, find a home in the Democratic Party. American politics are broken beyond repair, because the American people are, by and large, broken individuals. I despise myself for not having fully foreseen all of this twenty-five or thirty years ago, as I would have done everything differently and prepared myself to leave this s**thole. (I did have some vague inkling, but I was still young and quite damaged from a not-so-happy childhood, and made a million bad decisions in spite of what my gut would tell me, but no matter). No chance of being able to settle anywhere else now; I am forced to wallow in the blood and mud with all the other pigs (to paraphrase a great song from better times).

Elon Musk tells Tucker Carlson that he believes Kamala will put him in prison: ‘I’m f**ked’ (if Trump loses) – This is called projection, as the fascist cabal Musk sold his soul to plans to imprison millions of political enemies. {Daily Mail 7 October}

At a Trump rally, Elon Musk, jumping around like a toddler, declares that Trump will ‘save’ (read: destroy) American democracy. {AP 6 October}

FWIW: in contrast to 2016 and 2020, leftist filmmaker Michael Moore predicts that Trump is ‘toast’ in 2024 - To be fair, this is the man who predicted Trump’s win in 2016 when everyone thought he was crazy. However, four years ago, he predicted another Trump win and was wrong. I strongly suspect he is wrong again and underestimates just how hateful and self-destructive the people of this dying nation are. (If anyone disagrees, prove me wrong on 5th November!)

Trump and co. swindling gullible #Cult45 followers out of their life savings on TruthSocial with various nefarious schemes. {Rolling Stone 6 October}

Kim Jong Un sends a love note to Putin on the Russian dictator’s 72nd birthday, calling him his ‘closest comrade’. {BBC 8 October}

Project 2025 shall ‘unequivocally’ lead to more deaths from hurricanes and other natural disasters - Red State #Murica is voting for their own demise. {The Guardian 8 October}

The non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Budget estimates that Trump’s economic plans ‘would increase budget deficits’ by twice as much as Harris’s plans – a shame that Americans are convinced we are still in an economic recession and have, for decades, been brainwashed to believe that Republicans are better for the economy. {WSJ 7 October}

US Civil War (1861-65) reenactors reveal they are worried a new civil war in America is imminent. {TNR 6 October}

Continuing her longstanding fascination with (‘Jewish space’) lasers, Marjorie Taylor Greene refuses to back down on Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories, even after officials plead with the tin-foil hat crowd to stop spreading lies. {Daily Beast, 7 October}

Who wants to live forever, anyway? ‘Humanity is reaching the upper limit of life expectancy, according to a new study’. - The US doesn’t rank among the top forty nations with the highest life expectancies. {AP 7 October}

A most urgent headline that #Murica will ignore: the largest supplier of US drinking water falls victim to a cyberattack. {Fast Company 7 October}

Sunday, October 6, 2024

The American people (far too many of them, at least) continue to blatantly and deliberately emulate Nazi Germany, with antisemitic incidents soaring to a record high.

Photo: Neo-Nazis on a highway overpass on the I-40 near St. Louis, Missouri. Shared by Reddit user rojowro86 in the r/StLouis subreddit on 5th October 2024. (https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/1fwx5n0/nazis_on_i40_wtf/)

‘Antisemitic incidents in the US surge to a record high’ {BBC 6 October}

Whether it was before (a debate for another day, obviously we weren’t always saints), America in 2024 is undeniably becoming a blatantly and openly evil, repressive, and antisemitic nation. Beyond being a bloody outrage and a national disgrace, it personally repulses me to the point of feeling physically ill. It is also terrifying beyond the comprehension of those of us who grew up in times of greater peace, prosperity, and personal liberty (pre-9/11). For years, I have endured intense prophecies of a neo-Nazi state, and it is all coming together just as I envisioned. People continue to so gravely disappoint me. Remember, the numbers cited by the ADL are just what has been reported. Think of how many more incidents that have not been reported, likely multifold. #Murica is rapidly becoming the new Nazi Germany, to be made official on November 5.

Recent headlines:

East Coast dockworkers have suspended their strike until January and are returning to work - Those who hoarded toilet paper now appear rather foolish, especially since paper goods were not among the affected commodities. {AP 3 October}

Residents in areas devastated by Helene still scrambling for drinking water and basic necessities, a week after the storm. {AP 4 October}

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘They can control the weather.' - She’ll be re-elected to her seat in a landslide, and a great many Americans immediately and without question buy into any right-wing conspiracy theory, no matter how implausible. MTG is the face of #Murica in 2024. {Mediaite 4 October}

President Biden during press room briefing appearance, on the upcoming election: ‘I’m confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it'll be peaceful.’ - It will not. {NPR 4 October}

Trump returns to Butler County, PA: the site where his ear was so badly wounded (yet now miraculously healed) back in July. {BBC 5 October}

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Special Counsel Jack Smith releases documents proving that Trump deliberately attempted to overturn the 2020 election and stage a coup, fully aware that he had genuinely lost

Photo: NYT

{ABC News 2 October} Bombshell immunity filing details Trump's alleged 'increasingly desperate' bid to overturn 2020 election

This revelation will make not one iota of difference to his legion of depraved sycophants, nor to most of the American people at large. Mark my words: 5 November will be national suicide, and the streets will flow with blood. A significant portion of the population is willing to risk their lives and take those of others to keep a Black woman out of the White House and their orange hero out of prison. It is sheer insanity on a level never before seen in American history, and it is all coming to a head. Civil war is imminent – God’s judgment on an evil and mentally ill nation.

Recent headlines:

Bill Kristol: ‘Embracing a foreign policy that hearkens back to the world of the 1930s is a risk I think the American people will not want to take. It’s a risk that should be central to our national deliberations over the next five weeks.’ {The Bulwark 30 September}

Astronomical: An estimated 40 trillion gallons of water fell on the eastern seaboard of the US as a result of Hurricane Helene. {AP 1 October}

East Coast dockworkers go on strike, effectively holding the US economy hostage. {AP 1 October}

Montana man sentenced to six months in prison for a scheme to clone sheep for the purpose of captive trophy hunting. {CBS News 1 October}

On American soil, Sergei Lavrov addresses the UN General Assembly, reiterating Putin’s latest nuclear threats towards the West - Part of me (key words) feels that if the American people do as I suspect they will on 5 November—namely, commit national suicide—then we might as well blow up the planet in one final grand orgy of mass destruction. {The Guardian 28 September}

Another article on the pending legislation in the Russian Duma to outlaw anything deemed as ‘propaganda’ for the ‘child-free movement’. {NBC News 28 September}

UK: the 'birthplace' of coal power becomes the first major economy to end all reliance with the closure of its final coal plant. {BBC 30 September}

‘NEW HIV diagnoses among heterosexual men and women in England have surged by over 30 per cent in the last two years’. {US Sun 1 October}

Marburg virus, a disease similar to Ebola ‘with a fatality rate of up to 88%’, strikes Rwanda. {BBC 30 September}

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hit leader, and the most controversial exclusion from the National Baseball Hall of Fame, dies at 83. Rest in Peace, Charlie Hustle. {ESPN 30 September}

A great songwriter and a great American. Rest in Peace, Kris Kristofferson. {AP 30 September}

Pink Floyd agrees to sell its catalogue to Sony for $400 million - The article notes that the amount could have been higher if not for Roger Waters' antisemitism, his support for Putin, and his foul tongue. {Variety 2 October}

Saturday, September 28, 2024

Hurricane Helene exacts a deadly toll upon the US Southeast, particularly in southern Appalachia

AP Photo/Erik Verduzco

Asheville has been isolated after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service. {AP 28 September}

Am quite saddened. It has been nearly thirty years since I last visited Asheville and Western North Carolina. My parents have returned at least once, mayhap two or three times, in the years since. Asheville remains one of the most scenic and pleasant places I have ever experienced. East Tennessee, where I once had strong ties for many years, was largely spared the worst of the calamity, though poor Newport was not so fortunate.

Global warming—or 'climate change', if one prefers—is both terrifying and real, and largely man-made. For the longest time, before I parted ways with the 'conservatives' (now #Cult45) in 2015 and 2016, I was as adamant as any of them that global warming was a 'hoax' and that humanity was blameless for acts of nature. Yet now, I think, 'Well, if mankind ruins everything else, why would we not also be culpable for this?' In the eternal battle between humanity and nature, nature always prevails. Human beings do not respect nature, and the consequences of this disregard grow ever more dire with the passing of each day, week, month, and year.

Prayers are with all those affected.

Recent headlines:

Project 2025 would cripple NOAA and the National Weather Center. {Poynter 27 September}

The 1 October deadline threatens to shut down ports on the US East Coast. {Reuters 25 September}

President Biden leads a bloc of North American, European, Arab, and Pacific nations in calling for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon. {BBC 26 September}

Trump signals that he is going to throw Ukraine to the wolves, calls their people ‘dead’ and their land ‘demolished’ - The American people shall have blood on their hands if (when) they vote to return this cretin to power. Слава Україні. {AP 25 September}

Despite his delicate feelings being hurt, Trump decides to meet with Zelensky during the Ukrainian leader's visit to the US. {BBC 27 September}

Another utterly shameful omen of where the US is heading: the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism reveals a sharp spike in Jew hatred and a ‘decline in allies willing to stand up against it.’ {Jerusalem Post 27 September}

Neo-Nazis use AI to rebrand a ‘misunderstood’ Hitler for a new generation - It is working, all too well. Far too many Americans today, particularly teenage boys and young males, are easily misled and disturbingly eager to embrace hate. {WP 27 September}

Jewish leaders have condemned Trump after he vowed to hold Jews and Catholics to account should he face defeat - Whether he wins or loses, this is all going to get worse. #Cult45 is champing at the bit to begin the slaughter of countless Americans. Without fail, Jews are always the first targets when societies descend into tyrannical madness. Nazi #Murica shall strive to outdo Nazi Germany in its wickedness. Mark my words. {AP 27 September}

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Justice temporarily served: Alex Jones loses in court yet again, but do not be misled into thinking that he and his kind are going away or shall ever face true consequences

Photo: CBS News

A Houston judge has ruled that all of Infowars’ assets are to be auctioned off, with proceeds going to the defamed Sandy Hook families {CBS News 25 September}

For likely the final time, justice appears to have prevailed in Texas—albeit only very partially, as Alex Jones remains free and shall never face true accountability, given that this Putin-backed cabal of theocrats and fascists (of which Jones is part and parcel) are about to be granted full control of the US by popular consent. It pains me, and enrages me, to have to acknowledge that the Sandy Hook families shall never receive the compensation they deserve; they shall continue to face harassment and demonisation by far right zealots (and possibly by federal agencies once they have been purged and replaced with Trump loyalists), as they have for over a decade now, and will continue to be shunned by the American people. Alex Jones is going to remain in business for a long time to come, profiting while millions in this shameful realm of #Murica, and countless souls around the globe, suffer the consequences of the division, evil, and malice he has been so instrumental in sowing.

Recent headlines:

Trump throws temper tantrum disparaging federal law enforcement and demanding the State of Florida to assume control of the investigation into the (second) assassination attempt. {WP 23 September}

Trump suggests non-citizens will be given ‘serial numbers’ pending deportation. {TNR 23 September}

Michael Cohen, former Trump 'fixer' who later testified against him, is planning to leave the US when Trump returns to office - Also warns other prominent Trump critics, including Liz Cheney, to consider leaving the country now. {Boing Boing 25 September}

More confirmation that Russia, Iran, and China employ AI tools to sow chaos in US politics, especially to undermine Kamala Harris - Such meddling has been public knowledge since 2016, yet gullible and eager right-wing Americans shall continue to lap up these lies, facts be damned, so long as these foreign actors remain unchecked. Hence, how and why an elderly convicted felon is going to win back the White House and a bloody civil war is coming. {WP 23 September}

Zelensky: Russians are using Chinese satellites to photograph Ukrainian nuclear plants in advance of potential strike. {ABC News 24 September}

Russia’s Duma takes up legislation that would fine individuals and legal entities for spreading ‘childfree ideology’. {News.az 24 September}

‘Free speech absolutist’ Elon Musk has complied with gov’t censorship demands on X more than Twitter did before his ownership. {WP 24 September}

‘US intelligence has warned Donald Trump of "real and specific" threats from Iran to assassinate him’. {AFP 24 September}

Even after the events of 6 January 2021, and with civil war looming, Congress still does not have a comprehensive plan for continuing operations in the event of a mass casualty incident. {Politico 23 September}

Nowhere in #Murica is safe from redneck bulls**t (quite literally): Final bull that escaped from rodeo at Massachusetts mall captured. {WCVB 23 September}

Study reveals no heightened risk of autism in children born during the first year of the COVID pandemic. {CIDRAP 24 September}

CDC: Severe obesity continues to soar in #Murica, particularly among women. {AP 24 September}

Severe flooding in central Europe provides a deadly preview of the future impacts of global warming. {BBC 25 September}

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Post-debate Reuters/IPSOS poll: Harris fails to surpass fifty percent, with eleven percent still undecided, even after Trump’s notably poor performance

A political cartoon lampooning Donald Trump supporters. Illustration: Monte Wolverton

While I do not place too much weight on polls, here is proof this election is going down to the wire, regardless of how low Donald Trump will sink. It is crucial to always acknowledge that Trump commands the largest and most loyal political cult in American history, and Kamala Harris, as a mixed-race woman, faces the additional challenge of running in a country that harbours deep and violent prejudices against women of colour.

This may not be the optimistic spin most reading this want to hear, nor am I at all happy about having to say it, but it serves as a reminder that in a more rational, just, and moral society, this race would not be close, and a vile and criminal figure like Donald Trump would never have risen to power in the first place.

I have said it before, and I shall say it again: we have not yet witnessed the full extent to which White America will go to avoid being governed by a coloured woman. Trump’s most devoted supporters will stand by him, no matter what he says or does or how frail he becomes. Prepare accordingly, to whatever extent possible, for mass bloodshed is on the horizon.

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Trump voters care more about hurting you than they do about their own welfare

It is deeply terrifying that millions of seniors and disabled individuals who rely on Social Security shall vote to return the cretin to the White House. Every last Trump voter knows full well that he and the GOP is hellbent on ending Social Security and Medicare, despite any claims they make to the contrary. Trump voters are willfully voting against their own economic interests, knowingly hurting themselves in order to ‘own the libs’. That is how much #Cult45 hates the rest of us living in their #Murica. We are witness to a sickness that defies all logic and common sense, and are standing on the precipice of civil war.

Friday, September 6, 2024

Is Kamala Harris within striking distance in Texas and Florida?

NEW POLL SHOWS FLORIDA, TEXAS WITHIN MARGIN OF ERROR IN HARRIS-TRUMP RACE {The Hill 6 September}

Polls are garbage, and I trust what my instincts continue to tell me: this is a nation beset with malevolence, anger, and ugliness. Trump embodies what America has become, which is why so many millions identify with him and remain so steadfastly loyal. This is also an undeniably racist and misogynistic country. Had one asked me before Trump’s rise to power, I would have dismissed that notion, but it turns out that half the country decided it would be an excellent idea to conform to every negative stereotype and perception of this nation and its people. Nevertheless, my instincts have been wrong on rare occasions, and it is vital that the American people prove me wrong this time. Otherwise, it will be national suicide.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Gov. Tim Walz: an absolute winner of a VP pick. If only I could believe it will make any difference

Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Some may have noticed that I am most pessimistic about the upcoming US election and our overall society as it presently stands. I firmly believe that the folk of this very right-wing, majority-white country shall return Donald Trump to the White House. I remain grievously upset over the Democratic Party’s betrayal of President Joe Biden and still believe their actions shall return to plague them. My overall stance remains unchanged, though I do acknowledge that Kamala Harris has run stronger than I did anticipate, whilst Trump made an unforced error in nominating JD Vance as his running mate (or was it ‘unforced’? See my post of 13 July).

That being said, I must acknowledge that Kamala Harris has been running much stronger than I had anticipated, at least so far. She has also made an excellent choice of running mate in Governor Tim Walz. Not being from Minnesota, I was not familiar with him, but he made an immediately strong first impression on me. He is an affable, sensible, and competent candidate, far more likeable than his GOP counterpart. If only the people of #Murica respected such qualities any longer. Alas, they do not.

No matter the outcome, win or lose, I am now more inclined to lend my active support to this Democratic ticket because of Governor Walz. Yet, please remember that people do not cast their votes for Vice-President. As much as Vance wounds Trump and as much as Governor Walz aids the current Madame VP, I shall not harbour false hope. There is nothing I hate more in this universe than false hope, yet I shall do my part and obey my conscience, no matter how futile. By the way, I am more than happy to be proven wrong about the outcome of this election. I acknowledge that I am an exceptionally untrusting and pessimistic person, and a total misanthrope. What can I say? Life’s experiences have moulded me into the bitter middle-aged man that I am. I shall always err on the side of caution and brace myself for the worst when it comes to people and circumstances.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Extreme natalist JD Vance denigrated Kamala Harris for being childless

Photo: Julia Nikhinson/AP

{Newsweek 23/7} JD Vance's 'childless cat lady' attack on Kamala Harris sparks 'disgust'

Scorn towards ‘childless cat ladies’ and calls for forcing women to give birth are major tenets of the Christian nationalists at the moment. A cursory scan of X (formerly Twitter) will quickly reveal thousands upon thousands of accounts of people screaming ‘we need more babies’, in spite of the fact the world has over eight billion people at present and cannot handle the load. I would like the next Vice President to tell us what he and his Christian soldiers intend to do to those of us deemed unfit for their theocratic, reality-defying utopia? He, of course, would not be completely forthcoming about what they intend to do about it, but we shall soon find out (think Auschwitz).

Kamala Harris v Donald Trump: An initial prediction of the electoral map

My gut feeling on how this election turns out. Time will show that Democrats have made the most colossal blunder in American political history. It is ‘progressive’ Democrats, and not so much #Cult45, that will put Donald Trump back in the White House. Damn fools.

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Only halfway decent POTUS of my lifetime is bullied out of continuing his reelection bid, Democrats with blood on their hands

Photo: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg/Getty Images

{BBC 21/7} President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek re-election and endorses Kamala Harris to run in his stead.

I would say that I am forever done with posting about US politics, yet I know that is unlikely to endure. No matter, I shall never be enamoured of this foul age. President Joe Biden is of a different era, and for that reason, I favour him. Yet, there is no restoring sanity; the nation and its people are too far gone. It is all but a clown show now. None of you Democrats reading this shall beat me over the head, for I shall likely cast my vote for Kamala Harris, despite not being overly fond of her—though, remember, I dwell in a solid blue state, so technically I need not do aught—but we are about to learn the lengths to which the American people will go to avoid being governed by a black woman. To say it shall be ugly is putting it mildly. Shoot not the messenger.

Beyond any doubt, in these past eight years, Americans have proven they value being entertained and having their prejudices validated above all else. They will go to great lengths—even to their own detriment—to preserve this wretched state of affairs. Not a serious country, not a serious people. Joe Biden is too good for this wicked nation, and we shall reap what we have sown, which is another Donald Trump presidency and all the horrors that shall ensue.

Recent Headlines:

President Biden outraises Trump in June, but is also compelled to outspend him, for Trump’s advertising is freely provided by the MSM. {Reuters 20/7}

Crypto CEO resigns after tweeting ‘anyone that votes against Trump at this point can die in a f**king fire’. {Fortune 19/7}

JD Vance, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and others: Beware the ‘tech broligarchs’ courting favour with Trump (and Putin). {Carole Cadwalladr 20/7}

‘(N)o reason to actually engage the merits of Vance’s Saul to Mar-a-Lago parable’: JD Vance wants to take America to a ‘dark place’. {Tim Miller 15/7}

JD Vance in 2016: ‘I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole ... or that he's America's Hitler’. Trump’s Christian nationalist, traitorous running mate was an avid NeverTrumper in 2016. {BBC 15/7}

Bill Kristol: ‘The selection of JD Vance confirms that the Trump movement now is a full-on authoritarian movement’. {The Bulwark 16/7}

Questions swirl as to why no medical reports have been released by Trump, or reported on by the MSM, since shooting. {Raw Story 17/7}

MUST-WATCH: Witness at Trump rally tells BBC reporter he saw man in a tan suit on the rooftop minutes before the shots, Secret Service did nothing. {BBC 13/7}

‘Top officials of the European Union will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary while the country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, after Hungary’s pro-Russian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held a series of rogue meetings with foreign leaders about Ukraine that angered his European partners’. {AP 15/7}

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Donald Trump: ‘the infallible one’

Maybe I shall start referring to Trump as ‘the infallible one’. He spends years running his mouth and pissing people off, but then an incident happens and somehow it is President Biden who needs to tone down the rhetoric. Golden Boy Trump can be as fat, old, and senile as he pleases, but even purported supporters of the President say it is Mr Biden who is too old and must go. Orange Godking Trump can stage a coup attempt without facing legal consequences (not in earnest, at least), and yet even President Biden and world leaders calmly wish him well and condemn political violence. All the while, #Cult45 shouts that it is ‘the left’ and President Biden causing all the problems. (And *some* on the left are causing problems, this is true). Trump can spend years hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein and be all over the travel logs, but somehow it is Biden who is the pedo because - and this is a fault of Mr Biden’s - he tends to be a bit too touchy-feely with people. No matter, we are not even scratching the surface of what this man, Donald Trump, has gotten away with. No American in history has been more pampered and protected than he. I am grateful he was not killed, and I absolutely condemn anyone celebrating the actions of Thomas Matthew Crooks. But the double standards are glaring, and I will not stop speaking out against them. #Biden2024

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Shooting at Trump’s Pennsylvania rally is being investigated as an attempt on his life

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One can only run their mouths and threaten their political enemies, piss on our allies while praising America’s enemies, and domineer over all media for so long before someone pushes back. Of course, this all could have been staged, as well. Never put it past those who are constantly crying 'conspiracy' to engage in a conspiracy. Projection is an estimated 75% of their fascist playbook. Either way, #Cult45 must be watched more carefully than ever, as a retaliation attempt on President Biden is likely to follow. {AP 13/7}

Recent headlines:

Ivan Raiklin, Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’, vows to have ‘Deep State’ figures killed. Ordinary citizens are next. {Thom Hartmann 11/7}

Trump asks NY judge to overturn guilty verdict in ‘hush money’ case, citing Supreme Court’s immunity decision - Mark my words, this knave shall prevail in eluding justice. The most cosseted, pampered, and self-entitled man in US history. {NBC News 11/7}

WSJ survey finds most economists believe inflation would worsen under Trump 2.0. {Salon 12/7}

Israeli strike targets a mastermind of the 7 October terrorist attacks, unconfirmed if the bastard is among the dead. {BBC 13/7}

UN estimates that the global population shall reach a peak of 10.3 billion by the 2080s - Naturally, it is the poorest citizens in the most impoverished countries who will not stop breeding like rabbits. It is inhumane to continue allowing this. {AP 11/7}

I place next to no stock in polls, but it is interesting that, at a time when his own party and the MSM wax hysterical, insisting he cannot win, Mr Biden’s purported poll numbers are on the rise while the other old man is falling flat. {Newsweek 10/7}

Germans outraged following report that the Putin regime intended to kill the CEO of the country’s largest arms manufacturer. {BBC 12/7}

For the fourth consecutive month, US inflation did abate in June. {ABC News 11/7}

Should he be reinstalled as POTUS, Trump is said to be considering reducing intelligence sharing with NATO allies. {New Voice of Ukraine 11/7}

Alabama GOP chair: ‘The mainstream media wants us to think of ourselves as a democracy because that leads to socialism’. - To quote the author of this article: ‘When someone tells you they don’t believe America is a democracy, you can stop right there. They don’t want America to be a democracy’. {Kyle Whitmire 11/7}

#Murica: Bullets now being sold out of vending machines in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas. {AP 10/7}

Snooty asshole actor and Democratic Party fundraiser who owns homes in Mexico, France, Italy, and England calls for President Biden to step aside - George Clooney may kindly go forth and consort with himself. {CNBC 10/7}

US intelligence warns that Russia, along with Iran and China, remains a 'preeminent threat' for election meddling. {Scripps News 9/07}

‘Project 2025 is Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is Project 2025’. Why Donald Trump is lying about Project 2025. {Slate 09/7}

Russians launch a fresh missile assault on Ukrainian cities, targeting a children’s hospital in Kyiv - I defy any American in Putin’s fan club to defend this outrage. I am enraged. {AP 08/7}

Not even human beings, rather demonic orcs: A day after bombing a children’s hospital, the Putin regime issues an arrest warrant for the widow of Alexei Navalny. {BBC 09/7}

‘What Trump 2.0 would mean for Ukraine’ - #Cult45 have become so rabidly Ukrainophobic and pro-Putin that even Trump risks their wrath (and Putin’s) if he ever stops talking out of both sides of his mouth and pivots towards Ukraine. {Cathy Young 06/7}

Christian nationalism and the 'woke right': an authoritarian cult of victimhood employing the tactics of the far-left: a lengthy but vital read, courtesy of Neil Shevni.

Why ultra-right-wing populist J.D. Vance is on the shortlist of Trump running mates

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Rumour has it that J.D. Vance, the 39 y.o. Christian nationalist senator from Ohio, will be Donald Trump’s running mate. It would be a curious choice that probably would not bring one single vote to the table that Trump has not already secured. Vance is absolutely a dystopian extremist decidedly out of touch with the social and cultural views of the majority of Americans. Nominating a woman to combat Kamala Harris would seem more logical than another white male in a more sane political environment, and this is not the 1950s.

J.D. Vance really only makes any sense if one considers who is actually doing the picking (hint, that individual sits in the Kremlin). To quote a commenter on Reddit: ‘maybe Trump should worry about why Daddy might want a pliable 39 year old a heartbeat away. He was a useful idiot, but the big orange dildo is probably way more trouble than he's worth to Putin now’.

Saturday, July 6, 2024

After being interrogated by a disrespectful little toad named Stephanopoulos, President Biden should say ‘no more Mr Nice Guy’; no sense in maintaining civility at a moment when Americans no longer respect it, and fascism is knocking on the door

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President Biden should have, in no uncertain terms, bidden George Stephanopoulos of ABC News to go forth and fornicate with himself and should have walked off the set. Likewise, he should have refused to debate Donald Trump, for it proved both a folly and a waste of everyone’s bloody time.

Americans today respect neither civility nor common manners - behold how they (perchance thou art among them) react on social media whenever another posts anything they dislike or disagree with; they respond with name-calling, childish emojis and memes meant to degrade, and the like. Civility is sneered at, considered a weakness. Go figure, much like their idol Donald Trump, this is a land of thin-skinned bullies who were long ago rendered incapable of expressing themselves any other manner.

Perchance, Mr Biden might actually benefit politically by adopting a firmer stance with those acting in bad faith, rather than always striving to be the bigger man. Start giving these knaves a taste of their own medicine, Mr President, for none in modern American history deserve retribution more. And it is the only language they understand. As someone who dearly wishes to live in a more civil society, I can plainly see that being the bigger person when dealing with Trump, his supporters, and enablers has gotten us nowhere over the past eight years.

For the sake of securing President Biden’s victory in November and maintaining continuity afterwards, Kamala Harris must be replaced immediately

US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris at a campaign event. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.

If anyone in this administration needs to be replaced, it is the Vice-President. Hard truth: if re-elected, President Biden shall almost certainly be compelled to step down shortly afterwards, and shall not be able to serve another four years (neither shall his orange goblin adversary, and may we proclaim this fact to the hilt). Yet, we absolutely cannot afford to abandon President Biden at this crucial moment. The calls from within the Democratic Party and among their allies in the mainstream media for the President to step aside are verging on treasonous. Having said that, we cannot ignore that Mr Biden is growing too old to do this for much longer.

There is a reason Kamala Harris is not often seen or heard: the VP’s demeanour is such that she is not a particularly likeable or relatable person. She lacks charisma and sorely lacks public speaking ability (and the United States desperately needs a well-spoken leader once more, with none in immediate sight). She is the sort who makes for an excellent district attorney but is not a capable politician. Her ascension would only invite further radicalisation of the Christian nationalist, white supremacist right (#Cult45 for short), who are already on the verge of declaring all-out civil war. To be blunt, Kamala Harris would be vanquished in an election against Donald Trump, and the consequences would be devastating. America simply does not like her, for both proper and improper reasons, yet many of these reasons are valid.

I suggest President Biden replace VP Harris with a lady of moderate politics and disposition, white in complexion. America is - then, now, and forever - a racial basket case, but now is not the hour to fret about such matters: we have a dictatorial menace to vanquish, and utmost practicality and caution must prevail. As the Christian nationalist Heritage Foundation points out - and herein they are correct - it is too late to place another candidate on the ballot in many states. We ride with President Biden until he completes the job - the task of defeating Donald Trump and the GOP in this election - but thereafter we need someone who is capable of tempering the fervour and governing with prudence. That fair lady from Minnesota, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, may be whom I have in mind, but not necessarily her. Someone of that moderate, centrist ilk. #JustSaying #Biden2024

Friday, July 5, 2024

UK General Election 2024: a tale of the timeless resilience and efficiency of British governance vs. the decay of American ‘democracy’. Americans ought take heed (but will not, naturally)

Sir Keir Starmer celebrates his electoral victory, 5 July 2024. Photo: PA Media

Though not without blemish, the political tapestry of the UK persists as a marvel of efficiency and justice, as demonstrably proven anew. As an American of WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) blood, I say #Murica must take heed; the state of our system of governance lays bare its flaws as never in history. A fair election, conducted with civility and respect, unfolded in the Motherland, a beacon for how a nation should conduct a fair election. If only Americans were willing to pay attention and were not hellbent on national suicide.

Twelve long hours have I spent as I write this, eyes glued to Sky News, and what anyone who followed mine lead would have a revelation: the electoral process within the realm of Britannia doth function with grace and order, a stark contrast to the sorry state of affairs that plagues the United States. For 237 years, the American constitution hath served as a bulwark, yet time, alas, hath rendered it painfully outdated. It has reached the limits of its usefulness, offering but a tattered defense against the ills of the modern age. Corruption festers at America’s systemic core, a corruption beyond repair. This unwieldy empire, a monstrous polyglot, hath grown too vast to govern as one. The only path forward is a sundering, carving up the land into more manageable pieces.

The British system is time-tested and reliable, and shall function a hundred years and longer. It shall function with unwavering purpose (assuming the planet has not been destroyed years hence). For all the beatings they are enduring, notice how the Tories are not blaming their historic loss on baseless cries of election fraud, nor do they forment rebellion in the vein of a J6-style coup attempt, nor are they calling for white supremacist theocracy.

Relative to our zealous #Cult45 and adjacent Christofascist goons, even Reform UK displays a commendable restraint in matters of societal control. Nigel Farage is a man of eloquent tongue and gentle demeanor, leading a group far less fixated upon social dictates and the micromanagement of peoples’ lives. and I find that he and his bunch are not anywhere near as obsessively focused on social issues and wanting to control all aspects of citizens’ lives. Compared to the current GOP, the Tories of the past fourteen years appear as paragons of reason and competence. Yet, the Britons have proven themselves not entirely lost to the allure of charismatic conmen or the throes of moral hysteria as #Murica is in its twilight time.

The United Kingdom shall still be standing when the United States of America is but a memory. A yearning grips my soul, a longing for a place unseen, yet somehow deeply familiar, a home I've never known in this earthly coil. It has been a while since I last delved into my ancestral research, but I shall do so over the next few days. Take me home.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Kremlin prepares law to bind the wombs of Russia's daughters and essentially force them to give birth

Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images.

An extreme fervor for fertility amongst those who cloak themselves in piety and nationalism - and predominantly amongst men - is quickly becoming rampant in #Murica. Five minutes on Twitter will confirm that this is a major tenet of the Christian nationalists. From whence springs this obsession? Where they get nearly all their propaganda and marching from, of course, Mother Russia. Eight billion people inhabit this mortal coil, far more than was ever needed or is sustainable: yet fascists everywhere repeat the same refrain of 'we need more babies’. Indeed, Russia’s birth rates are lower than those of much of the world, but the last thing this world needs is any more Orcs. {Daily Wrap 28/6 - Kremlin targets child-free ideology: new laws to boost birth rates}

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Eradicating the global fascist plague: a call for the restoration of British global leadership in troubled time on general election day in the UK

The Palace of Westminster. Photo: Britannica.

Today is the day a nation rid itself of the Tory menace that hath plagued their land for fourteen years. I hold not my breath that the US shall follow their lead regarding Trump and the GOP, but I am confident Sir Keir Starmer shall set Britain aright, as he did with the Labour Party after the disgraceful Jeremy Corbyn years.

France teeters on the brink of neo-fascism, and Germany cannot manage all alone. The United States is collapsing, Russia is not retreating from Ukraine, Hungary is drunk on nationalist populism and becoming a grave problem within the EU, China waxeth ever bolder, the Middle East is in flames, and India is swiftly becoming a menace under Modi. The UK must step up once more as leaders of the free world.

I am hopeful that mine two primary ancestral homelands, the UK and Germany, shall lead the resistance against the neo-fascist and theocratic tyranny poisoning the planet. The country fate hath placed me in, and the gaggle of idiots and sadists that populate it, shall not save the world this time. The United States and Canada were noble once, when mine grandfather and uncles fought to defeat the Nazis and Imperial Japan. Yet, the United States hath now become a monster, and Canada is increasingly irrelevant under the leadership of an insufferable, inept narcissist. In mine heart, today I am in England. #Labour #SirKeirStarmer #LeaderOfTheFreeWorld