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Liber8or's avatar

Re: the gay/race communists: I think the most absurd/traumatic visual was that of Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. An overweight, aging Jewish male, with long hair, lipstick and spike high heels. (Smiling at the camera) Even Alfred Hitchcock or Steven Spielberg couldn't create a scene like that.

DDForTruth's avatar

Can't forget about his cohort, the luggage stealing bald dude sportin' a mustache and constant 5:00 shadow, also applying the bright red lipstick and turquoise eye shadow whilst pranicin' around in stolen attire and Gucci stilettos! Ya know, the one in charge of nuclear waste!

The thing that was most bothersome, (as in jaw-dropping, eye-popping, and mind bending) albeit, both of these examples are hard to beat, was the fact that the "media" portrayed this as "normal" and the controllers silenced anyone who thought otherwise, making it seem as if the whole country was way ok and on board with this lunacy.

Good times , if one is retarded or completely insane!

Cankerpuss's avatar

I have always believed that the government is a bright reflection of the people it governs. Are Americans so different from the insanity of the Biden Administration? Trump won the last election but in most states he won he won by a fairly narrow margin. Only in a few states did he win by convincing margins. My point? Literally half the American people believe in and support the nonsense of Rachel Levine and Gucci Stilettos dude. A righteous and sane people would never permit a government like the one we are experiencing today. It exists because the people largely accept and support it.

john's avatar

Trump won 'bigly' in almost every state; they just didnt figure the steal quite enough...

Lisa's avatar

Followed up by a more than portly Governor JB Pritzker who supports lopping off the body parts of minors saying that RFK Jr. was spreading dangerous ideas about health.

Kathy Christian's avatar

It's about time for Pritzker to have a heart attack.

Cosmo T Kat's avatar

First you have to have one to be attacked.

nancylee's avatar

cheney can speak to that. heart transplants trying repeatedly to kill him

Ira's avatar

Hitchcock or spielberg wouldn't CONSIDER a Rachel Levine scene. THAT is the purview of Mel Brooks.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I was thinking the Zucker Brothers (creators of the Naked Gun series).

Ben's avatar

Mel Brooks would have spun it to be funny not grotesque.

My what big knockers.

Why thank you Doctor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB_aegewceU

Ira's avatar

Mel Brooks is currently involved in a sequel to his 1987 film Spaceballs, titled Spaceballs 2, which is set to be released in 2027. He will be reprising his role as Yogurt. Additionally, Brooks is executive producing a new series, Very Young Frankenstein, a reboot of his 1974 film Young Frankenstein, according to MSN.

This video explains the plot and cast of Mel Brooks' Spaceballs sequel:

https://youtu.be/RmqqZa8aPh0

Cankerpuss's avatar

Did you see that Liam Neeson is set to start in a new Naked Gun / Police Squad movie? Those movies were hilarious. I hope these new ones will have the charm and humor of the originals. Modern comedy usually just involves disgusting sexual innuendo and constant grotesque evaluations of human genitalia. Not funny at all.

Ira's avatar

he has a way with wry, pithy humor.

Kathy Christian's avatar

They're incapable of understanding how other countries look at us or looked at us during the Biden administration. They look at us as a liability, not an asset.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Do they, Kathy? Really? American democracy breeds abortion, drugs, pornography, feminism, homosexuality, transgenderism, child mutilation, welfare, sloth, gluttony and corruption. Many countries call us the "great satan" for a reason.

OTOH/IMHO's avatar

I'm not sure you can blame it on democracy, Cankerpuss. The Age of Pericles is described with reverence, and Greece was a democracy.

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

I surmise that the BRICS Bunch (esp. Iran and Russia) have decided that they cannot have any diplomatic negotiation with America, because it is unreliable and does not keep its promises.

Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

I used to think the same Kathy, but now that I see most of Europe veering headlong into the insanity, I’m not so sure they weren’t cheering on our own case of crazy this whole time. Pat yourself on the back for staying on the sane side

Phil Denter's avatar

How do you think other countries look at Trump and Trumpsters?

KevinM's avatar

With respect and things may get back to normal.You have to agree that with Iran was given a 60 day window to dress down it's Nuke program and it did not happen day 61 brought on an event....accountability.The administration was still trying to gather a deal but..No..then came the busters.The world now knows that what Trump says Trump will do look at Canada giving up on the tech taxes?

SheilaB's avatar

A large part of the world knows Iran didn't have a military nuke programme. They made it illegal in 2003. Perhaps your president thinks he's entitled to say how Iranians heat their homes. Actually, take out the 'perhaps'.

The US has a nuke programme.

Israel has a nuke programme.

nancylee's avatar

lololol first trump dismisses the obama fully regulated nuke deal, then demands that they make the same deal with him, in the midst of which israel started bombing them . . .. accountability? or just bad faith. of course the US gov practiced for centuries not keeping a single treaty with native americans so they're pretty good at it.

Phil Denter's avatar

The world despises him. The world laughs at him. The world calls him a 'clown' and a 'buffoon.' The world does fear him but it sure as hell does not respect him.

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Right. It is far better that Bezos have that money earned in Canada off of Canadians on a purely tax-free basis while Canadians go hungry because taking over Venice costs a lot of loonies, eh?

Good thinking.

MarshaLouise's avatar

God, I’d almost forgotten about that creation of trans-whatever!

Ron Neff's avatar

Alfred E. Newman of Mad Magazine was about as close to Rachel as I could imagine but Alfred was more handsome.

One question----how would you like to be the offspring of such an insane individual ?

Or....ex wife ( I assume he is divorced).

Liber8or's avatar

Strangely enough, "Rachel" Levine married a female and they had 2 kids. So it doesn't sound like he was overly dedicated to his transgenderism.

BlazeCloude3's avatar

Tried to find an emoji for Dr. Rachel Lavine and just noticed...There are no emoji's for the TRANS crowd. Even emoji's are more sane than the 'Numb Skull's' thinking to gaslight us all into delusions.

DWEEZIL THE WEASEL's avatar

Spielberg could. He is one of them.

Jeff Keener's avatar

There should be a call for the five activist judges to resign and if they don't, begin impeachment proceedings for abuse of office in their attempt to usurp the constitutional authority of POTUS, purely for political purposes. There should be no room in the Judiciary for legal experimentation with fucking around with the commander in chief.

Lugh's avatar

Five? You think they're are just five? Fire all of them like Bukele did in order to save El Salvador.

Jeff Keener's avatar

The five that formed the basis of the recent appeal to SCOTUS. Can't just fire judges. Have to be impeached and removed.

Lugh's avatar

State of Emergency. Then you can do what must needs be done without a lot of mewling and keening. It's kill or cure time, Jeff.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I read he has a 95% approval rating. Someone likes what he is doing down there.

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

Well, since America has become a Banana Republic, that would be a normal action.

Phil Denter's avatar

Do you mean that old rag that says only Congress can send American forces to war?

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Left and Right both cherry-pick the Constitution like an a la carte restaurant menu.

Jeff Keener's avatar

The Constitution also allows for Congress to pass legislation that authorizes the commander in chief to use the military to act swiftly, if needed, without a formal congressional declaration of war.

https://govfacts.org/explainer/declaration-of-war-vs-authorization-for-use-of-military-force-how-america-goes-to-war/

Obviously, there was no way to conduct a successful mission like the recent B2 bomber mission if a vote of Congress was needed. There are far too many in the opposition that would pull a Milley and warn the enemy ahead of time.

Phil Denter's avatar

That blatantly, obviously unconstitutional law has never once been confirmed by a judge ... in one a half of a century. The uni-Party never challenge it because it would obviously be thrown out for obviously being the complete opposite on the constitution itself.

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Even that blatantly, obviously unconstitutional law states that there must be "imminent danger to the USA." Trump's 9/21 sneak-attack bombing of Iran did not even adhere to that blatantly, obviously unconstitutional law.

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Here is a list of the countries bombed and/or invaded by the United States from the end of WW II to 2020:

Afghanistan 1998, 2001-

Bosnia 1994, 1995

Cambodia 1969-70

China 1945-46

Congo 1964

Cuba 1959-1961

El Salvador 1980s

Korea 1950-53

Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69

Indonesia 1958

Grenada 1983

Iraq 1991-2000s, 2015-

Iran 1987

Korea 1950-53

Kuwait 1991

Laos 1964-73

Lebanon 1983, 1984

Libya 1986, 2011-

Nicaragua 1980s

Pakistan 2003, 2006-

Palestine 2010

Panama 1989

Peru 1965

Somalia 1993, 2007-08, 2010-

Sudan 1998

Syria 2014-

Vietnam 1961-73

Yemen 2002, 2009-

Yugoslavia 1999

... but you don't have a king. No, no, no. You have a Commander-in-Chief.

Toe-may-tow. Toe-mah-toe.

OTOH/IMHO's avatar

While you were apparently not looking, Jeff, the Commander-in-Chief unilaterally declared war on Iran without requesting a declaration from Congress as required by the Constitution, and then bombed the hell out of them, continuing a decades-long trend of activity designed to keep the dogs of war free to feed at the trough to their hearts' content, full speed ahead and damn the deficits .I do agree with you that impeachment proceedings against jurists who violate the Constitution are in order, e.g.,justifying Obamacare as a tax bill and not the imposition of health care whereas all tax bills according to the Constitution must originate in the House and "Affordable" Health Care started in the Senate. Not to mention the Patriot Act which nullifies habeas corpus, the War Powers Act and other abominations.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Sounds good but will never happen.

rd3's avatar

Is there a way to remove Jumanji Jackson for incompetence? Or another angle would be along the lines of the Autopen fiasco. She was appointed by Biden who was non compos mentis. She should be removed and Trump should be allowed to appoint a new justice.

William Wallace's avatar

The entire Biden Administration was Fraudulent. The 2020 Election is being proved with evidence as willfully fraudulent.

Every single item, action, and decision made by the Fraudulent Election and the insertion of the Biden Administration must be considered null and void regardless of whether FJB or his guilty cohorts with the Magical FJB Pen signed it or implemented it.

Letsrock's avatar

And we all know that fraud vitiates everything else.

Ben's avatar

Amen she is a complete and utter joke.

Put in place for being black and "female" even though it is so absurd as to not be able to tell us what makes a human female.

For Christ sakes even four years olds know boys from girls.

Cankerpuss's avatar

She doesn't even know what a fucking woman is and she is a fucking woman. Well, at least that is what we are told. Who knows in America anymore.

John Schrauth's avatar

Regardless of how her name came to be put forward, she was confirmed by the Senate. Repealing the 17th amendment would fix so many things negatively affecting the US.

rd3's avatar

Agreed. Every amendment after the 12th is fraudulent and should be invalidated anyway.

Clyde's avatar

I would respectfully disagree in this regard; although the thirteenth amendment may not be the original "Titles of Nobility" amendment, in keeping with the consistency of the 8th amendments "Cruel or Unusual Punishment" clause, why are so many people being forced and coerced into conditions of slavery and/or involuntary servitude if people have a "Right" to be secure or a right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, if people can be prematurely punished and coercively detained on the word of a bureaucrat alone? The tribal warfare/lawfare continues as long as only one side gets to define what "Reasonable" or "Cruel and Unusual" is? Is there any dialogue with autocrats?

rd3's avatar

Lincoln claimed that the Southern states never really seceded and that it was just the action of some rogue leaders and that the states never actually left the union. Then, during reconstruction, they were put under military rule and puppet governments who had to pass certain laws as a condition of "readmission." It can't be both. They either seceded or they didn't. If they seceded, which was perfectly constitutional, then the Northern actions were unconstitutional and amounted to a tyrannical war and forcing readmission unconstitutionally. Or, if they didn't secede, then they didn't need readmission. Either way, everything that happened as a consequence of reconstruction was unconstitutional, and every amendment passed after the war is illegitimate.

JohnAZ's avatar

A really good thought. Most of them are to accommodate the Leftist or Rightist politics of the moment. Should amendments have review cycles after a period of time, or even sunset conditions. I think that the corrections concerning former slaves were correct, but some things like the birthright part of 14 should be expanded upon by further judgement y SCOTUS. IMHO, SCOTUS under Roberts has done a magnificent job of dodging the political issues. That seems to be abating now as finally, SCOTUS is growing a spine and is defending the strict interpretation of the Constitution.

Esther Cook's avatar

Bill Benson went to every state legislature looking for the original documents ratifying the 16th and17th amendments. They were never actually ratified.

GAVEMartin's avatar

One of my "senators" does not appear to have been "elected" in 2020. If he couldn't see it per the "reported" and "certified" results he has no business being a senator.

He also received $2M from the medical industry and then successfully had a stroke...

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/01/sen-ben-ray-lujan-suffered-stroke-and-underwent-surgery.html

at age 49. And speaking of the Supreme Court...

wkenn's avatar

Obviously it would be breaking new ground.

Considering a strategy based on the use/misuse of the autopen, I'd go for some low-hanging fruit first.

The legal system is based on precedent, something former law professor ACB pointedly emphasized in her recently authored decision signed onto by 5 other Justices. With this in mind, set the precedent of reversal of actions based upon fraudulent use of the device in a series of escalating steps. It would be a slow process. Since she could be hanging around for another 20-30 years as a DEI hire, the effort could be worth the time.

Of course, given all the boring legalese involved in such an action, she might be persuaded to take early retirement with whatever pension goes with the job. It will nicely supplement the income from some book deals.

She could then sit around pondering her body parts, discordantly assembling a stream of thoughts and feelings concerning the definition of 'woman'.

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

Surely in the whole history of the Supreme Court there has never, ever been a denunciation of a fellow Justice by another Justice like what came down this week from Amy Coney Barrett of Jumanji Jackson.

ezinmn's avatar

ACB's smackdown of Brown Jackson was well said and well deserved.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I'd like to read it. Where can it be found?

ezinmn's avatar

Here's how journalist Julie Kelly explained the opinion: https://x.com/julie_kelly2

crabe-tambour's avatar

"Jumanji!" That's a good one. I wouldn't be surprised if "Biden" chose her on the premise that her "prenom" would piss off the Deplorables even more. If she were named "Margaret" or "Dolores" or some other non-hiphopism, I wonder whether she would have been nominated. Her juridical acumen certainly wasn't a priority.

GAVEMartin's avatar

This is Great! More "relief" coming? I hope so.

Thomas Madden's avatar

You speak of the National Debt. Factually, the US is going bankrupt. If the "Big Beautiful Bill" passes, the National Debt will rise, and the US will continue to go bankrupt. Ditto if it fails to pass. In fact, no matter what happens, in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in the South China sea. . .no matter what happens, the US is going bankrupt, and it went farther in debt in the time it took you to read this. Eventually, the National Debt will be downgraded (again) and interest rates on our debt will rise (again) as the process of the bankruptcy moves faster. It really doesn't make much difference who wins, and who loses, elections in this failing nation. . . all of our political leaders cheerfully agree that we must borrow more money, spend more money, and keep going bankrupt. The ending of this farce is quite predictable, and inevitable. . . it will be very, very ugly.

Charles Maxwell's avatar

Correct. The only variable that keeps us afloat for now is the dollar's reserve currency status. The world, nations and markets in particular, are drenched in dollars denominated in TBills. It's telling that Japan holds a lion's share of treasuries and enjoys the interest payments BUT, cannot sell them. When the buying stops there will be no chairs left to sit in!

Mike B's avatar

The British pound was once the world's reserve currency but two world wars brought an end to that. These days, Britain is a second rate power which has difficult paying for its defense commitments while at the same time trying to pay for its National Health Insurance plan. I hate to disappoint you, but Japan held only 3% of US government debt as of 2023. See: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-heres-who-owns-u-s-debt/

The published National Debt numbers do not include what accountants call unfunded liabilities such as the shortfall in the Social Security, Medicare and Disability trust funds.

It is very expensive to be the world's policeman.

wkenn's avatar

Maintaining a strong dollar helps keep the reserve currency status.

Weakening it (reducing its value) will push foreign investors to dump US assets. Reducing the value of the dollar reduces the value of all assets.

jennifer dibley's avatar

And it going downhill fast inlast two weeks

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wkenn's avatar

‘Disaster looms LARGE’

Yes, on many fronts.

Some people write of a soft landing. That ship likely sailed a long time ago.

jennifer dibley's avatar

X cept the dollar has been continually downgraded in last month

Ernest N. Curtis's avatar

Unfortunately, those that think that shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic to keep her afloat may be sane, but they are apparently irrational. The inability to recognize Trump and other "leaders" for what they are is astounding.

Mike B's avatar

If the bill passes, Congress will be able to kick the can down the road a while longer. If it fails, the Treasury won't be able to borrow any more money and will face an immediate financial crisis. Who are the fools still buying 30 year Treasury bonds?

Ron Neff's avatar

Mr. Mike---I am certainly not a financial genius but if you look at the rates payable on 30 year Federal Bonds, I cannot think why anyone would even consider buying a long term bond at a rate of 4-6%. However, I would guess that the big banks who a too big to fail probably have had discussions with the Fed and got assurances that if they plow money into long term bonds they will be protected and made whole when it goes to bat guano. The rate you get on a long term bond does not even cover the inflation risk----unless you believe the gov't when they say inflation is 1 or 2%.

I was amazed a couple of years ago when several banks got into big trouble when the interest rates went from negative (after you factor in inflation) to 4-5%----which is still close to zero with inflation included. These banks had no idea that the zero interest rates had to end at some period of time. I think that these Financial genius' all sit around and pump each other up with the latest BS and they all go and make the same decisions which is based on the federal gov't never having to pay the piper for the last 50+ years of federal financial stupidity.

JohnAZ's avatar

Good posts regarding the debt.

Couple of comments.

IMHO, we are caught in a death spiral with the debt. Our government has just spent 70 years working to make folks dependent on them for subsistence. So much of the economy is based on a service sector model, championed by Obama. To keep up with the needs of a constantly growing economy, more and more federal money is needed. If the BBB is defeated, taxes go up, spending continues open loop, the Dems succeed in keeping things going just the same as always. Trump’s contingent has to deal with the fact that this service economy needs more and more input just to stay up with the times. A good example is the unbelievable minimum wage ideas floating around right now, leading up to UBI, the dems wet dream.

Second, are you aware that the gold bullion banks, the international gold buyer and sellers for nations, have been allowed to take Treasuries in place of gold in transactions. Think about that one, we do not even know what value gold has as a goodly amount of “gold” is worthless Treasuries. I do wonder, assuming an audit was actually done at Ft. Knox, how much gold is in there? IOW, how worthless is the dollar?

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JohnAZ's avatar

The only way UBI is possible is if the government figures out a way to tax the robots and AI that will take over the workplace. Even then, what happens to the pride in work that folks need? Elon has a negative feel about what AI is going to do to humanity. He was a co-founder of Open AI and left when he saw that they did not give a hoot about what AI could do to humanity. His own AI stuff, robotics, is under careful control to not be overtaking humanity. In his factories, reviews are held on workstations to see if humans can beat out robots and AI. I think Elon is right, it is inevitable. For the Luddites in the crowd, AI is a totally different animal that John Henry’s drilling machine. AI does not only take away your job, it takes away your neighbor’s job and then improves on its own performance, maintains itself, works 24/7 with maintenance breaks.

UBI is the hi tech solution to the damage it is going to do to the workplace. UBI will be scarce compared to today’s wages and that is going to slow down the consumer market. So what if the tech gurus can build a car using robots and AI, if there are not enough people to buy them, who cares.

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Mike B's avatar

It sounds like a repeat of the German central bank buying German government bonds in WWI. It did not end well for Germany.

Esther Cook's avatar

Unless Trump releases enuf of the minerals trapped in federal land "reserves" to pay off the debt. Ukrainian minerals could help, too. Using them requires restoring manufacturing, too, which requires tariffs.

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

One HUGE shot in the arm of the Nation's economy would be abolishing the IRS. The release of individuals' productivity would sky rocket.

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Ron Neff's avatar

Dude----I think that Trump has already moved on from Ukraine. I agree that there is no chance in Hell that we will get any money out of Ukraine-----except, of course, all the money that has been shifted from Ukraine aid to Swiss bank accounts owned by our Congress critters.

Ross Phelps's avatar

Is terminal TDS painful?

Ira's avatar

You need to work on developing subtlety. See if you can concoct something more subtle than hitting your 1.5 readers over the head with that "Trump and his Zionist Masters" crowbar. It flies waaay over the top!

Justin Martyr and John Chrysostom no doubt used nuance and finesse, when teaching so many Christians to hate Jews, 2000 years ago. Illiterate stupid boneheads like you haven't even the slightest scintilla of an idea about from where your biased hatred is derived.

jennifer dibley's avatar

Wrong it doesn’t come from Christendom it comes from experience and observation for many

Cankerpuss's avatar

Going bankrupt? I argue the US IS bankrupt. The money is long gone. The US is broke. Bankrupt. Busted. Broken. There is no fucking way this debt get repaid.

Add to the Federal debt, private debt in the USA is somewhere around $78 trillion.

There is not enough money in the world to pay this debt off. Default is the only way to absolve the debt and that brings economic catastrophe.

Mike B's avatar

Don't forget the Federal government's unfunded liabilities i.e. the reserve shortfalls of Social Security, Medicare and the Disability trust funds.

SheilaB's avatar

Dealing with that is one of the things fake plagues and 'vaccinations' are for.

Dennis Merwood's avatar

What about the idea of a Debt Jubilee, Cankerpuss?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_jubilee

The American economist Michael Hudson is a proponent of a Debt Jubilee, writing in a Washington Post op-ed that it was an alternative to a depression. A debt jubilee is a clearance of debt from public record across the nation.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/21/debt-jubilee-is-only-way-avoid-depression/

Prominent economists proposed a Debt Jubilee as a solution to debt anticipated during the COVID-19 recession.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2020/06/21/the-case-for-a-modern-debt-jubilee/

Similarly, anthropologist David Graeber pointed to kings' historical use of debt jubilees during regime changes to suggest that a Debt Jubilee would have been an appropriate response to the 2008 financial crisis.

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-cliff-and-the-jubilee-on-david-graebers-debt/

Another proponent of debt jubilee is Australian economist Steve Keen.

https://braveneweurope.com/steve-keen-political-economy-forever

If Micheal Hudson likes this ~ maybe it's worth the USA looking at it, eh?

Cankerpuss's avatar

I know you are not a believer in the Bible, DM, but, the Old Testament had the same kind of idea as you suggested. If I remember correctly (been a long time since I read in the Old Testament) the ancient Israelites were solidly against usury and all debts were automatically forgiven after 7 years.

I think the idea of a debt jubilee has merit. Otherwise the debt burden just continues to grow and the interest payment grows to a point that it consumes all the wealth any individual may have or ever have.

I think a debt jubilee would also make lenders think twice about loaning money to individuals who are not likely to pay it back. Knowing they might not have that money paid back would require more responsible lending practices and may even keep debt levels down.

Usury is evil and our country is all about usury.

If I were king of the world, I'd support it.

cbeard's avatar

Money isn't real. It is a figment of mans imagination. An invention intended to wield power and control over the masses. That said, it is extremely difficult to live in this fucked up world without it. Wanna buy some treasury bonds?

JohnAZ's avatar

Not yet, I am still trying to buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Gold and silver are real and have real value.

Steve (recovering lawyer)'s avatar

Those whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. So the leftards have clearly gone mad. Now, can we please watch them be destroyed?

Cankerpuss's avatar

50% of Americans still support this shit. Destroyed? Not yet.

Occam's avatar

I suspect that a big reason for the left's histrionics is that there's not competence nor moral standing to support themselves. Simply put, there's no "there" there.

So, like an unruly 3yo child, when bargaining doesn't work and things aren't going the way they want, a temper tantrum results.

Ron Neff's avatar

Occam----and the proper thing that should happen when a tantrum erupts is the boss should jerk the slack out of the reins and get control over the child so the unruly child knows that continued insanity will not be tolerated Unfortunately this has never happened to our bureaucrats and useless Reps and Senators.

JohnAZ's avatar

And the bullies arise!

The King's avatar

Your masterful first sentence says it all.

Casey Jones's avatar

Attend also the title!

Suzie's avatar

“ If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”

~ “IF”, by Rudyard Kipling

JohnAZ's avatar

Give up Caesar what is Caesar's , and unto God what is God’s.

Politics should NOT be the ultimate answer to human problems, as they are man generated. And Man sucks at philosophy.

Dennis Merwood's avatar

Religion should NOT be the ultimate answer to human problems.

Religion sucks at answers to human problems.

EG: Netanyahu invoked the Biblical reference with the Amalek rhetoric for a blatant call to genocide.

"Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey." 1 Samuel 15:3.

Religion: The divided states of delusion, hubris, arrogance, ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity. People killing each other trying to decide who has the best imaginary friend.

Who is the last atheist that sawed the head off an infidel, or strapped explosives to his belt to kill hundreds in a public square, or publicly hung a homosexual, or drove planes into buildings where people were at work, or committed genocide in the name of a GOD?

JohnAZ's avatar

One reply: God does not kill people, Man does. Man is totally responsible for his own self-inflicted misery. Man is the font of evil. God sent a very simple message through Jesus, love God and love your fellow man. That does not seem like a war cry to me.

You do not like religion, but all it really is, is an inspiration, an excuse to MOST of humanity to do terrible things to each other. As atheism is a religion in itself, Quite a few atheists in the SS gassed and cremated millions of people and not just Jews. Quite a few atheists throughout history tried to destroy other humans to feed their own egos, Khan, Lenin, Mao, Tojo, Napoleon, Julius Caesar , the Jewish Sanhedrin leadership, people who had no idea what God and religion are all about. They have a common ideal, they are blinded by their own egos so they cannot believe someone or something is bigger than them. Sound familiar?

Dennis Merwood's avatar

"God sent a very simple message through Jesus, love God and love your fellow man."

Its a great CLAIM, John. Now prove that this actually happened.

Start by proving that your God exists. LOL

ezinmn's avatar

A great poem of wisdom, except for the part about making "one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss".

Peace2051's avatar

Wise words for no matter what is coming. Stay cool. Use thermal mass to your advantage, basements and under slab foundations.

Daryl Poe's avatar

Paper ballots only, counted by The National Guard.

John Schrauth's avatar

How about paper ballots counted in a live feed in every county broadcast online where the public can see what the counter is seeing?

JohnAZ's avatar

Omigod, you want to take all the political machines powers away from them? Yay, let’s go.

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

No. Paper ballots counted by The League of Women Voters. They used to. Of course, maybe they have been "disappeared" too?

GAVEMartin's avatar

Surely, they can count better than what is in place now.

ezinmn's avatar

I think we need to commission someone like "Big Balls" of DOGE fame. That kid could put together a near seamless voting system far better and faster than the 535 members of congress.

Casey Jones's avatar

Excellent. but this is the second offering this morning with a victory lap-adjacent feel to it. But vigilance! It all stops at the mid-terms without wise candidate selection and beyond the margin of fraud turnout. Because no federal level election reform is getting out of the senate with the existing margin.

Te Burt's avatar

I have said and written your introductory line so often in the last 9 years, you coulda been quoting me! Witnessed by 2 of his opponents in Congress deciding over the weekend to quit the arena. This term, Trump isn't mincing words; he's saying out loud what most of us are thinking. He has no reason to care where the chips fall as long as he achieves his mission - and I'm behind him 100%.

Grandma Bear's avatar

"Aim to stay sane"--Words to live by in this upside-down world!

Charles Maxwell's avatar

We've been living in a 'ClockWork Orange' stage set! Thank God for President Trump. Could you image a Kamala Harris Administration? Over the edge!!

Kathy Christian's avatar

Yes, I can. The J6 people would still be in jail, reparations would've already been implemented, homeowners would be saddled with the 44.6 percent capital gains tax and the 25 percent equity tax (unless they were black), and Christianity would be outlawed and churches closed (unless they were black).

Lisa's avatar

Another trend has been the removal of cause of death from obituaries. If some young person just keels over and drops dead, there is a nice summation of his or her brief life. If anyone dares to ask the cause of death, a barrage of criticism ensues. Let them grieve! How dare you disturb the family at this time! etc. etc. Meanwhile medical journals, mostly abroad, continue to publish studies showing various downsides, to put it politely, of our recent mandates. Last year, I believe, the august Cleveland Clinic published a peer-reviewed study which showed the boostered group was actually more likely to test positive for Covid than the group with no vaccinations at all. This is not the only research with this result. Of course, the press did not find this newsworthy.

Lying MSM's avatar

The closest definition of a vaccine related death that the obituary section will print is "suddenly and unexpectedly".

Lying MSM's avatar

There's a channel on Bitchute and X called Kurganreport, where this guy has been meticulously posting, (dark humor included), from VAERS and other websites, cataloging the ongoing damage and deaths that have occurred and continue to occur ever since this scamdemic started.

"Celebration of life".

jennifer dibley's avatar

Even babies are getting Covid now after vaccinated

Truman Verdun's avatar

A useful definition of wisdom is competence with Reality--and the ability to know the best thing to do when the rules don't apply. And the best way to do navigate the unknown is by staying sane, alert, and not repeating past mistakes.

What is true for the individual is true for society. Much of the insanity (and indeed evil) abroad in the land is the stinking bubbly discharge from the nether end of a rotting body of bad ideas and wishful thinking coming to the end of its parasitic life cycle.

Matthew McWilliams's avatar

I keep coming back to Mark Halperin’s prediction that a Trump win in the 2024 Presidential election would cause the biggest mental health crisis in the history of the Country.

Catherine Cronin's avatar

Why blame him? Most of our country had lost sight of sanity with the acceptance of Obama….too many fell for the rouse. The GOOD thing that came out of his running for presidency the first and second time is that he won. THANK GOD! Truth will hurt those who are lost to their various groups of insane. They cannot ever be sane again. Who Cares!! They are soon to be history.

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

just a little typo "the rouse" - 'the ruse'

Catherine Cronin's avatar

The spelling was not my mistake because it was changed by the computer. However i did not fix it. Thanks

Breck Breckenridge's avatar

My computer doesn't change what I write.

I guess it's just as old fashioned as I am.

JohnAZ's avatar

Besides, who gives a shit what Mark Halperin thinks. Another TDS nut?

jennifer dibley's avatar

Actually the country did have a mental breakdown it was the libs tbat are having it

jennifer dibley's avatar

The libs are certifiable and on psychotropics