“ First of all, this scenario ignores the very real possibility — I would call it a probability — that Trump can win it fair and square.” In the nightmare described in this post, a) that’s the worst and b) the likeliest. Sorry, I know, I seem to be exceptionally negative this week. Dunno why, really. Gotta be advancing dotardism.
As for that not a democracy, but a republic riff: again, my preferred definition is a state responsive to the needs of the majority of its people and, well, it’s been a couple of decades since the US met that definition so no, not a republic.
And I believe the cool kids’ slur is neither socialism nor communism but Marxism. (H/t: Little Marco.)
Whistling past a graveyard that contains 700,000 graves and a landfill crammed with shattered glass and wood from the US Capitol takes a superhuman level of denial. Now do Bret (“not the one who likes beer”) Stephens’ “Biden Not Ethical, Libtards, Neener-neener Where’s My Check, NYT?”
“And I hope all of you have read the I Am No Trump Fan boilerplate that appears in this and every other column I publish that mentions Trump, of whom I am not a fan” — so subtle, so elegant!
You can't imagine how happy I was not to have to read about Rod's uncircumcised boyhood reminisce first thing this morning. After a week where Mushroom Peener is back in the news along with Corey " Painless Pole" Lewandowski,Rod's revelations were just too much. Everywhere I read about it last night, somebody mentioned "Wait until Edroso gets a hold of this!" (Which didn't sound quite right to me...) So , you are the Anti-Rod. ( And we're your loyal followers. )
I'll be honest, I am a Democrat and I'd steal the fuck out of the
I remember, a bunch of years back, when it seemed for a short while that we could count Ramesh Ponnuru as one of the proverbial reasonable conservatives. I see he's since learned how to disguise his wingnuttery as BothSiderism. Good catch, Roy.
I am not as doom laden as some . It may be because I'm a horticulturalist and, like horticulturalists everywhere , I have 3 or 4 bags of high grade Marijuana in the bottom drawer of my desk, each the size of my head. This can contribute to a sunny outlook.
I also spent the first 30-40 years of my life expecting to be vaporized by a Russian nuclear weapon or starving to death in an overcrowded ocean of humanity or alone in a parched dessert in a fight with mutants over the last can of peaches in the entire world.
I've been expecting the worse since before I could read. And here I am , 60 some years later.
Sure, I'm dodging a plague. But there's an effective vaccine that, along with some common sense sanitation will keep us safe. I'll admit- it seems to have driven a lot of our fellow citizens crazy, but, you know, the crazy ones are always going to find a way to go bugfuck about something. The "news" today is all pay by click and people click for crazy so
Bugfuck is a tad over represented I think.
Like any aware person of my persuasion I've been shitting my pants about the environment for years. It got really bad when I started working on a hort degree in my 40's. My environmental science classes were downright bleak.
(Good thing my how to grow weed classes coincided with my heat death of the world classes!) Twenty years ago we were aware of the problem but had no solutions. Today renewables work well enough that there is a way forward out of the mess. Half of of the German power is supplied by renewables. Ford is building a huge factory in Tennessee to build the electric F150 that has
As much torque as a 2500
Ram diesel. That's huge. Gomer will still hang his truck nuts off of it but at least he can't roll coal or destroy the environment. I hate free market solutions as much as the next good Union man, but I'll take a win when I can get it.
The politics is fucked. The ability to mind control the weak willed and stupid through the media is daunting. The Schoolboard Meeting Banshees are hard to turn away from but when it comes down to it most people won't want them anywhere near teaching their kids. The state legislatures in the confederacy are full of sloe -eyed thieves and rounders, sure, but, same as it ever was. White people seem to be dying out. That will certainly help. And young folks seem to be catching on about how maybe that voting thing is important if you want to keep the crazy olds from fucking things up worse.
The people who own and run this country will not put up with the hoi polloi interfering with their plans to vacuum the of all extractive wealth. As manqueman likes to say - this ain't no democracy or a republic either. The country has been an oligarchic plutocracy for decades and when the fascist party finally gets done with all the pandering to "democracy" and goes straight up Pinochet on us no one should be surprised.
When they start tossing people from helicopters at least some of us will get to say "I told you so" before getting the toss.
I know this is satire, or I think so, but do we have the bandwidth for it in these trying times? On the other hand, Drumpf is likely to die of natural causes soon. His replacement might be competent evil instead of incompetent buffoonery mixed with dumbass syndrome. That terrifies me.
“ First of all, this scenario ignores the very real possibility — I would call it a probability — that Trump can win it fair and square.” In the nightmare described in this post, a) that’s the worst and b) the likeliest. Sorry, I know, I seem to be exceptionally negative this week. Dunno why, really. Gotta be advancing dotardism.
As for that not a democracy, but a republic riff: again, my preferred definition is a state responsive to the needs of the majority of its people and, well, it’s been a couple of decades since the US met that definition so no, not a republic.
And I believe the cool kids’ slur is neither socialism nor communism but Marxism. (H/t: Little Marco.)
Ross “Everyone-Pay-No-Attention-To-The-Man-Behind-The-Curtain-While-I-Do-My-Reasonable-Conservative-Schtick” fucking Douthat, man.
Douthat’s first column after the 2024 election is stolen: “Why Theocracy is Good, Actually.”
Jim Crow II--We're Gonna Bleach The Electorate Boogaloo
Whistling past a graveyard that contains 700,000 graves and a landfill crammed with shattered glass and wood from the US Capitol takes a superhuman level of denial. Now do Bret (“not the one who likes beer”) Stephens’ “Biden Not Ethical, Libtards, Neener-neener Where’s My Check, NYT?”
To paraphrase the saying about going bankrupt, this is how a nation falls apart. At first, little by little and then all at once.
Dateline: WeiMar a Lago?...
"Yet here we are." MMMWAAAH!
“And I hope all of you have read the I Am No Trump Fan boilerplate that appears in this and every other column I publish that mentions Trump, of whom I am not a fan” — so subtle, so elegant!
You can't imagine how happy I was not to have to read about Rod's uncircumcised boyhood reminisce first thing this morning. After a week where Mushroom Peener is back in the news along with Corey " Painless Pole" Lewandowski,Rod's revelations were just too much. Everywhere I read about it last night, somebody mentioned "Wait until Edroso gets a hold of this!" (Which didn't sound quite right to me...) So , you are the Anti-Rod. ( And we're your loyal followers. )
I'll be honest, I am a Democrat and I'd steal the fuck out of the
Election if I thought I could.
Wow, that Oct. 2020 Douthat column was really something:
"And there is no mass movement behind him: The threat of far-right violence is certainly real, but America’s streets belong to the anti-Trump left."
Being a conservative New York Times columnist means never having to say you're sorry.
I remember, a bunch of years back, when it seemed for a short while that we could count Ramesh Ponnuru as one of the proverbial reasonable conservatives. I see he's since learned how to disguise his wingnuttery as BothSiderism. Good catch, Roy.
YOU'RE NOT HELPING ROY!
I am not as doom laden as some . It may be because I'm a horticulturalist and, like horticulturalists everywhere , I have 3 or 4 bags of high grade Marijuana in the bottom drawer of my desk, each the size of my head. This can contribute to a sunny outlook.
I also spent the first 30-40 years of my life expecting to be vaporized by a Russian nuclear weapon or starving to death in an overcrowded ocean of humanity or alone in a parched dessert in a fight with mutants over the last can of peaches in the entire world.
I've been expecting the worse since before I could read. And here I am , 60 some years later.
Sure, I'm dodging a plague. But there's an effective vaccine that, along with some common sense sanitation will keep us safe. I'll admit- it seems to have driven a lot of our fellow citizens crazy, but, you know, the crazy ones are always going to find a way to go bugfuck about something. The "news" today is all pay by click and people click for crazy so
Bugfuck is a tad over represented I think.
Like any aware person of my persuasion I've been shitting my pants about the environment for years. It got really bad when I started working on a hort degree in my 40's. My environmental science classes were downright bleak.
(Good thing my how to grow weed classes coincided with my heat death of the world classes!) Twenty years ago we were aware of the problem but had no solutions. Today renewables work well enough that there is a way forward out of the mess. Half of of the German power is supplied by renewables. Ford is building a huge factory in Tennessee to build the electric F150 that has
As much torque as a 2500
Ram diesel. That's huge. Gomer will still hang his truck nuts off of it but at least he can't roll coal or destroy the environment. I hate free market solutions as much as the next good Union man, but I'll take a win when I can get it.
The politics is fucked. The ability to mind control the weak willed and stupid through the media is daunting. The Schoolboard Meeting Banshees are hard to turn away from but when it comes down to it most people won't want them anywhere near teaching their kids. The state legislatures in the confederacy are full of sloe -eyed thieves and rounders, sure, but, same as it ever was. White people seem to be dying out. That will certainly help. And young folks seem to be catching on about how maybe that voting thing is important if you want to keep the crazy olds from fucking things up worse.
So, there's hope.
I'm going to go smoke some weed to celebrate.
I always mixup Douthat with Dreher. Always.
I am the Walrus! Coup coup co coup!
The people who own and run this country will not put up with the hoi polloi interfering with their plans to vacuum the of all extractive wealth. As manqueman likes to say - this ain't no democracy or a republic either. The country has been an oligarchic plutocracy for decades and when the fascist party finally gets done with all the pandering to "democracy" and goes straight up Pinochet on us no one should be surprised.
When they start tossing people from helicopters at least some of us will get to say "I told you so" before getting the toss.
Off topic, but America’s Greatest Film Critic is BACK! Did you know The Sopranos was complete garbage? Deal with it, libtard! https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/movie-review-the-many-saints-of-newark-is-trash/
I know this is satire, or I think so, but do we have the bandwidth for it in these trying times? On the other hand, Drumpf is likely to die of natural causes soon. His replacement might be competent evil instead of incompetent buffoonery mixed with dumbass syndrome. That terrifies me.