You’re an intelligent and erudite person, aren’t you, Gentle Reader? I certainly hope so. Which means you’re already cognizant of the old saying that “war is a continuation of diplomacy by other means.” While it’s not absolutely true in every applicable respect, it contains a terrifying insight. In a peacetime situation (“Peace: a …
Category: political combat
Dec 01 2024
A Maxim For the Coming Trump Administration
… and for all of us in the Right: Shamelessly stolen from Non-Original Rants.
Nov 29 2024
The Danger Facing House Speakership
Fran knows me to make connections between sometimes widely diverse observations. Today’s connection is far from diverse. I hope its importance reinforces his inclination of providing me this platform in which to speak out. Here, in a nutshell, displays the warning of the problem the Uniparty is preparing to exploit. But wait. The situation is …
Nov 22 2024
Swamp Rats Scurrying
Sadly, Gaetz’ withdrawal got them some more breathing room. This, Matt Gaetz: What Actually Happened, provides readers some more inkling on the intricate methods of the worst Swamp creatures. On how many people in DC do they have stronger strings they have been threatening to pull? I’m surmising on at least 4 GOP senators. So …
Nov 16 2024
The Republican Circular Firing Squad Has Assembled
Some of its members have distinguished histories: Once highly respected, former South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy has proven to be an abject disappointment, particularly when it comes to spewing asinine rhetoric as a Fox News contributor against President Trump and his allies. […] Gowdy said he liked most of Trump’s picks …
Nov 11 2024
A Truly, Brand New Broom Updated
Listen to this seedling. [For reasons unknown my edit page displays (what should be) the embed, but the final published page sometimes does not. Please bear with me as I try to obtain the proper display. I will be adding some text from the original twitter post.] Vice President @JDVance as Senate Majority Leader??? @charliekirk11 …
Nov 09 2024
What We Know Now
The fourth word in the title is the one to stress. There is much that we suspected – including a few things we were sure of but could not prove definitively – that we now know to be incontrovertible. The evidence is unimpeachable. The implications are unavoidable. (And ending three sentences in a row …
Oct 30 2024
Are we deplorables, or are we garbage?
Or are we Nazis? Fascists? Ever since Drooling Joe the Chinese Hand Puppet body-checked the Cackling Whore’s speech the other night, I’ve seen people making jokes about it. Which is good, Laughing in the faces of the communists is an effective strategy. However, don’t lose sight of the fact that these people have made an …
Oct 26 2024
The Left Will Not Be Balked By Godwin’s Law
Mike Godwin’s contribution to the analysis of political rhetoric states that: Godwin’s law (or Godwin’s rule of Nazi analogies) is an Internet adage asserting that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1″—that is, if an online discussion (regardless of topic or scope) goes …
Oct 24 2024
Open This Can Of Enthusiasm!
I listened at normal speed for the first dozen minutes. I listened to the rest at 1.5 speed with a few stops so I could read what was on the screen. In my long life, no carnie barker has ever outdone Peterson here (see frieze screen below,) and I imply no disparagement with that analogy. …
Oct 23 2024
To Knock Down A House (UPDATED)
…you must knock down its supports, including its load-bearing walls. The same logic applies to the undermining of a movement, or a political campaign. The Left is not steered by stupid people. Its strategists and tacticians know what they’re about. And they’ve recognized the immense value to the Trump / Vance presidential ticket …
Oct 18 2024
The Predicted Acting-Out
I’ve quoted this before, from the late, lamented Florence King: Did your Congressman fuck a Doberman on the steps of the Capitol? He’s guilty of bad judgment, not dog-fucking. Who said anything about dog-fucking? Where in the world did you get that idea? Dog-fucking has nothing to do with dog-fucking. It’s a question …
Oct 05 2024
When A Majority Isn’t A Majority
Now and then, that’s the case in the United States Senate: New polling numbers out of the states of Ohio and Wisconsin are very good news for Mitch McConnell and very bad news for Chuck Schumer. Panic seems to be setting in for Democrats as they see their chances of retaining control of …
Oct 04 2024
Opposites In Opposition
If you don’t recall the 2008 presidential campaign, the contestants were opposites in many ways; old white man versus young mulatto was only the beginning of the contrast. But as regards their campaign platforms, both were moderately specific and moderately cagy. No doubt their campaign advisors had counseled them to avoid too many details …
Sep 26 2024
Motives And Meanness
Some years ago, the wife of a friend argued vehemently that government charity – yes, she used that phrase – is superior to private charity because “private givers have bad motives.” I asked her to elaborate, and she mumbled about “image polishing” and “tax deductions.” She felt those (imputed) motives invalidate private charity ab …
Sep 12 2024
Fearful Heirs Of Critical Theory Now Censor Their Critics
When the Left initiated Critical Theory a hundred years ago, their thrusts were markedly subtle. They grasped small advances by posing questions of the sort “Are you absolutely certain what you have been doing is the best course of action?” Today hardly any of their movers would recognize subtlety if they tripped over it. One …
Aug 22 2024
The Credibility Is No Longer There
Via AoSHQ, we have this from the Washington Post: In retrospect, Mr. Biden should not have sought reelection. The June 27 debate was worse than just a bad night, as the president maintained afterward. The 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time, but his inner circle worked to conceal his …
Aug 15 2024
His Mistake Was In Pleading Guilty
Here is what he allegedly gained from his admission of guilt. The judge arbitrarily decided to reduce his sentence from 30 months to 20 months “because you pleaded guilty to this serious crime.” Three Facebook posts criticizing UK policy is now viewed as a serious crime in a country where voter awareness of the consequences …
Aug 06 2024
Tim Walz? Seriously?
The dude who let Minneapolis burn to the ground after George Floyd did his drug overdose on camera? The dude who has successfully turned Minnesota into Somalia? This is where my brain kicks into hyperdrive? Tim Walz is such a failure that without the outright voter fraud (and the votes of the Somalis who want …
Aug 02 2024
How much are you willing to do?
So, does anyone know what the term “scraping” is in the context of physical therapy? It’s when they take a metal “scraper”, a metal tool, and literally scrap the tissue that they’re trying to work on. With me, it’s my Achilles tendon. Also, a cortisone shot into the ankle is not something that I recommend. …
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