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Politics Purely Moronic

The Traitor [T]rump Godfather Show

From The Hill, “The book [This Will Not Pass], obtained by The Hill prior to its release on Tuesday, depicts Trump as a mafia don, demanding loyalty from supplicants and political opponents alike, by turns using the largest bully pulpit in the world to beat them into submission and cajoling them in private to offer support. When Trump called California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to discuss a cruise ship moored in San Francisco Bay, on which passengers were sick with the coronavirus, Trump agreed to allow the ship to dock so passengers could be treated. Trump said he would be watching, for ‘the reciprocity,’ according to the book. … On a visit to the White House early in the pandemic, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) was taken aback when Trump showed him a room adjoining the Oval Office crammed with MAGA gear. ‘They literally hand you a shopping bag, and you took anything you’d like,’ Murphy recalled to the authors.”

It has been a while since I’ve written exclusively about traitor trump. This book provides an excellent opportunity. Of course, it is just a reminder that the traitor trump presidency was nothing more than a blended version of The Godfather 3 and his sh*tty reality T.V. show. Traitor trump ran the government as some elaborate mafia organization where he extorted, stole, and reigned over the country. Naturally, his position as president was never about the people or making America “great again,” except to make it awesome to be a racist, bigot, homophobe, misogynist, conspiracy kook, and white nationalist again. His time in office was always about him playing president, holding rallies, and advertising for his (now destroyed) brand. In the process, he ruined America, and half the country loves him for it because — wait for it, wait for it — welcome to stupid America!

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GOP Says Meow!

This picture is hil-argh-ious!

Have I mentioned that America is the dumbest country on the planet? Have I mentioned that RepubliKKKlans are the dumbest people on the planet? Have I ever mentioned these? I think I may have at least once, but allow me to provide more proof of my certitudes. According to the Minnesota Reformer, “Minnesota Republicans repeated debunked tales about schools providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats during debate over the House education budget bill Wednesday. Reps. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, and Tim Miller, R-Prinsburg, shared the fictional stories in support of Drazkowski’s proposal to give lawmakers control over a statewide student survey.” And for those of you who may be incredulous that such a story is unique, the Akron Beacon Journal reports, “State Sen. Bruce Bostelman caused quite a stir when he stood on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature last month and lamented that schools were providing litter boxes for students who dress as dogs and cats. Bostelman was shocked and outraged at the nonexistent practice. In his televised floor speech, he demanded that school administrators, the Nebraska Department of Education and the State Board of Education explain what was going on.” So the lie starts in Nebraska and moves onto Minnesota even after Bostelman walked back his comments. But whatever. Truth doesn’t matter anymore.

RepubliKKKlans just keep repeating the absurd because they’re f***ing G.D. morons of the highest f***ing order, and they believe (know) that their constituents are even dumber. Remember, RepubliKKKlan voters (MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, QAnon kooks, et al.) must be dumber than their representatives lest RepubliKKKlans would be incapable of saying bat-sh*t-crazy stuff with conviction and a straight face. This is the level of stupidity to which America has descended: Believing schools are providing litter boxes and that students are requesting them. As I have long said, America is too stupid to survive. This level of stupidity cannot be undone — ever. Welcome to stupid America! It’s a cat-astrophe!

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Dumbass Democrats Politics RepubliKKKlans

The Culture War and the Economy, Stupid?

I have long revered James Carville’s trenchant mind, especially the pithy “The economy, stupid” quip he espoused as an advisor to then-Governor Bill Clinton. This clear-cut and to-the-point insight focused 1992 political talking points that helped Clinton win the presidential election. Of course, it is only in my reading of The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) by economist John Maynard Keynes that I realized he understood the interconnectedness of economic prosperity and political stability long before Carville. However, an exclusively economic perspective is not enough for today’s politics. It is lacking and does not fully explain the political events of the day — e.g., the accelerating spread of anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ legislation across a dozen states. To suggest that culture war is the missing component is no tremendous intellectual accomplishment; RepubliKKKlans have made it a prominent and central political element for decades. Perhaps of more interest is the interaction of economic and cultural stresses. Therein lies the true sphinx to understanding.

I shall not endeavor a complete analysis here; that I will leave to a Political Philosophy De Novo. But I will begin some ad hoc ruminations on the matter. I wonder if the two are equal. Do matters of the economy press on voters’ minds more than those of culture, or is it vice versa? Maybe voters are ambivalent between the two. Perhaps when one issue is foremost, the other is forgotten. Or, perhaps, when one rises to a level of ire, then the other becomes a factor of rage as well. That is to say, one re-enforces the other; they work synergistically. Undoubtedly, there are well-established and enlightened philosophies with which I must re-familiarize myself that speak to these interplaying factors. Still, for now, I will attack the analysis from my typical jaundiced view of stupid America.

Consequently, economic and cultural notions can be reduced to two emotions: fear and hate. Indeed, I am employing reductionism, and it is imperfect. While each emotion can be ascribed as a reaction to either the economy or the culture war, in whole or part, for my purposes, I will associate economic agita primarily with fear and the culture war primarily with hate. Again, I make these designations without much evidence. There is no theoretical underpinning, just my intuition. I could develop a logic, but I chose not to here. So, if the economy is to fear what the culture war is to hate, then understanding what emotion animates which political party becomes formulaic and explains certain political antics. In short, hate agitates RepubliKKKlans to the polls, and fear stirs dumbass Democrats to complain about Biden and thus abstain from voting in protest. Is the interaction so simple? Do RepubliKKKlans retreat to their corner, embracing the culture war to placate their hate, and do Democrats fear the state of the economy, thereby deterring electoral participation? It may seem counterintuitive to believe fear causes a revolt with Democratic voters. Whereas RepubliKKKlans act (e.g., vote) out of hate, Democrats appear to shut down in fear or perhaps “act” (e.g., not vote) out of fear by allowing the other side to take over running the government.

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MAGA Morons Purely Moronic

‘Run by Fruiting’

Traitor trump is a f***ing p*ssy, just like all of his MAGA moron followers. Axios reports, “Former President Trump feared that protesters throwing tomatoes, pineapples and other ‘very dangerous’ fruits could have killed him at campaign rallies several years ago, according to newly unveiled court documents Tuesday.” Oh, yes! The perils of a thrown tomato! Welcome to stupid America!

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Has This Guy Looked in the Mirror?

Neil Robinson Kumar — Half white (mother) and half Indian (father) (dot not feather)

First, this is the meaning and origin of the surname Kumar, “Indian: Hindu name found in several communities, from Sanskrit kumara ‘child’, ‘son’, ‘prince’. It is also an epithet of the god Kartikeya, the son of Shiva. It commonly occurs as the final element of compound given names, and sometimes as a personal name in its own right.” Second, Kumar says in an interview, “The most pressing issue facing my constituents is also the most pressing issue facing America: the Great Replacement. … I will fight anti-white discrimination and anti-white critical race theory, along with LGBT perversion in our classrooms. I will introduce legislation to criminalize LGBT propaganda targeted at minors, and also to criminalize transgender pharmaceuticals and surgical procedures.”

This is more common than one might think: A non-white who is a white supremacist — irony at its best. Clearly, such people do not own a mirror or have a very high and misplaced opinion of themselves. It is, nonetheless, astonishing that Christians, of which Kumar is one, can so easily ignore (never learned in the first place) teachings of Christ, namely, “And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5, NKJV).

As usual with RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and QAnon kooks, it’s always the other person who is a minority while they, themselves, never are. If they just look in the f***ing mirror! These non-white white supremacists are not kidding anyone, least of all their fellow white supremacists, who are, no doubt, calling Neil Kumar a sand-n***** behind his back. I hope Neil understands that he is literally the definition of white replacement! Eh, whatever! In the words of Jesus, the hypocrisy is blinding. Welcome to stupid America! I live in stupid hell.

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MAGA Morons Politics Purely Moronic RepubliKKKlans

Oh Lordy, There Are Tapes and Texts

There are too many tapes and texts to include here, but take your pick of news sources — Newsweek, NPR, The Washington Post, Axios, The New York Times, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, USA Today, CNN. So, I’ll provide the Cliff Notes version: RepubliKKKlans — then and now — understand the danger of traitor trump destroying America’s democracy, and they don’t care. No one cares, actually. No voter, that is. These same RepubliKKKlans who decry the January 6 insurrection, traitor trump, and MAGA morons in private are the same ones who are more than willing to support all the worst elements of their party and society. These are the same RepubliKKKlans that voters want to give control of Congress in 2022. To what end? To show Biden that they’re mad about the economy? Probably! This is the amygdala type of thinking I would expect from stupid America. A pissy electorate wants to punish Biden by voting insurrectionist-supporting, democracy-hating RepubliKKKlans into majorities. As if RepubliKKKlans are going to help Biden improve the state of the nation? Really? Whatever! I give up! These recent tapes and texts evince a RepubliKKKlan Party that really doesn’t care about preserving our democracy, and, as it seems, voters don’t care either. I expected nothing less. Welcome to stupid America! As I’ve been saying for years now, America is too stupid to survive.

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Title 42

From CNN, “A federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border. The Biden administration had been on track to end the public health authority, known as Title 42, on May 23, a decision that has been criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike. The measure allows border authorities to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries because of the public health crisis.”

Dear dumbass Democrats: Take the win, morons! Just let the courts deal with the mess. It was stupid to create this a political football before the midterms in the first place. Now Democrats have the perfect excuse: It’s held up in the courts. If the administration had any grey matter between their ears, then they would let this thing drag on without a resolution. The last thing Democrats need is another “caravan” photo op as an October surprise. I’m indifferent to the morality of immigration at the southern border; I only care about the political implications, and nothing riles up RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and QAnon kooks more than brown people at the border, so why give them more bait that energizes them to the polls? Don’t think immigration is a winning issue for Democrats; they don’t vote based on what’s going on at the border. Only RepubliKKKlans do.

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International Indigestion

Secretary Austin Finally Says It!

Wow! From The New York Times, “When Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared Monday at the end of a stealth visit to Ukraine that America’s goal is to see Russia so ‘weakened’ that it would no longer have the power to invade a neighboring state, he was acknowledging a transformation of the conflict, from a battle over control of Ukraine to one that pits Washington more directly against Moscow.” Just when I had posted about the West’s usual timidity of just stopping short on confronting Russia, Austin finally acknowledged the imperative: Cripple Russia and its military. Moreover, he tacitly admitted that the West is already at war with Russia. We shall see if America’s (and the West’s) actions match its rhetoric and desire to win and force Russia to lose. It is critically important that Russia is seen and acknowledged by the world to have lost the war — not merely withdraw.

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Purely Moronic

The D-Bag Gets His Twitter

Breaking from CNN, “Twitter has agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk in a deal valued at around $44 billion, the company said Monday.” Yet another nail in America’s coffin. Do not think for a second that Musk is going to improve Twitter. He’s only going to make it nastier and safer for right-wing haters and conspiracy theorists. Musk, an avowed free-speech-at-all-costs-with-impunity supporter, will open the flood gates to unregulated conservative hate speech and misinformation. I can see Twitter becoming a “free speech” cesspool that will drive moderates and liberals away, allowing it to become a right-wing dominated site. Private companies have far less responsibility (accountability) to stakeholders (i.e., the public). Expect this social media platform to make America even worse with Musk at its head. What could possibly go wrong? Musk is just a billionaire version of traitor trump. Mark this day as the moment one person helped to destroy America whose name was not trump. Welcome to stupid America! Dumber by the day. Oh, well.

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International Indigestion

Democracy Dodges Another Bullet: LePen

The Guardian reports, “Macron became the first French leader to win re-election for 20 years, scoring a clear margin of 57% to 43%, with almost 95% of the votes counted on Sunday night.” Compare that to the last matchup in 2017: Macron 66%; LePen 34%. A win is a win, but there is something to be said for liberal democracies that worry the next election will surrender political power to right-wing authoritarians. It is shameful that the leadership and voters of major western democracies must hold their collective breath during election time for fear that citizens will vote to end their own democracy! It is disgraceful that in the 21st century, we cannot be secure in the notion that democracies in North America and Europe are secure. We spend too much time dodging bullets while people willingly flirt with authoritarianism as a viable alternative to participation in government.